Alma Foundation

Mar
21
Thu
Alma Community Bingo
Mar 21 @ 6:00 pm
Alma Community Bingo @ Alma Town Hall

Join us on the third Thursday of each month for Alma Community Bingo. Community potluck at 6:00 pm followed by bingo starting at 7:00 pm. Proceeds benefit Alma Foundations scholarships for our local students. For more info call 719.836.2712 or email us at info@almafoundation.com.

Apr
18
Thu
Alma Community Bingo
Apr 18 @ 6:00 pm
Alma Community Bingo @ Alma Town Hall

Join us on the third Thursday of each month for Alma Community Bingo. Community potluck at 6:00 pm followed by bingo starting at 7:00 pm. Proceeds benefit Alma Foundations scholarships for our local students. For more info call 719.836.2712 or email us at info@almafoundation.com.

Jul
19
Fri
22nd Annual Festival in the Clouds
Jul 19 – Jul 21 all-day
22nd Annual Festival in the Clouds @ Alma Town Park

2019 is the 22nd year. The Festival in the Clouds is the largest and most popular event sponsored by the Alma Foundation. The free outdoor art and music festival includes about 25 bands and 40 regional artists annually. In addition to fabulous art and music, the event features delicious food, children’s activities, a beer garden, dancing and more.

The festival, originally intended to provide a venue for local musicians and artists to gain exposure has proven to be the biggest Alma Foundation fundraiser. More than $25,000 was raised in 2018 for area community projects.

2019 Festival in the Clouds Band Schedule

SPECIAL THANKS to Ellwood “Chip” Barrett and his great stage crew for organizing all the music!

 

 

 

 

Volunteer Firefighters Pancake Breakfast

  • 8am to 10am July 21, 2019
    Alma Fire Station (SE corner of Main & Buckskin)
    Presented by NWFPD

2018 Sponsors

(Please visit and thank our sponsors for their support)

  • Alma and Fairplay Storage, Almart General Store, Flexible Massage Therapy, Ann’s Trucking, Aspirations Dance Studio, Breckenridge Distillery, Breckenridge Real Estate Group, Breckenridge Hair Company, Bristlecone Realty Group, Caniglia Real Esate Group, Dagave Colorado Tequila, Diggin Jack Excavation, Even in The End, Guided by Humanity, Hairy Situation, Headwaters Construction, Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning, High Country Healing, High Mountain Mining LLC, Hoosier Daddy Liquors, Irish Rose Vacation Rental, Jason’s Magic Carpet Cleaning, Jill E. Fishinger, CPA PC, KC Car Wash, Matty, Cindy and Graciejane, Millonzi’s, Mosquito Gulch Solutions Inc, Mosquito Range Plumbing & Heating, Mountain Grown Gardens, CRWA Nick, Northern Standard, Organsky Woodworks, Park City Woodworks, The Phillips Law Offices, LLC, Precision Drilling and Blasting, QMSMF, RNS Excavating, Ridgeline Mechanical, Salt Licking Goat, Snowbridge Inc., South Park Brewing, South Park Hydroponics, South Park Insurance, South Park Pottery, South Park Saloon, Hearthstone Restaurant, Sweet Home Rhodo Inc, TBK Bank, Ten Mile Hardwoods, The Sheepherder, Timber Wolf Realty, Trout Mountain Wood Floors, Wyndham Vacation Rentals

Become a sponsor for this year’s festival. Click here to download the sponsor application.

Public Relations

Vendors

  • Vendor Application 2019
    NEW ADDRESS: Mail vendor applications to:
    Sheral Ransom
    11940 Jasper St, Unit 125
    Commerce City, CO 80503
    For vendor questions contact Sheral 719-839-1336 or sheral56@msn.com

Camping Information

  • When you arrive in Alma, there will be signs that direct you to the designated camping areas.
  • We are requesting a $20 donation for tents and $40 donation for campers for the weekend.
  • You may set your camp Friday afternoon and stay through the last music event Sunday evening. Conserve space for your fellow campers.
  • Port-a-lets will be provided for the campers.
  • Clean up your campsite prior to your departure.
  • Dogs are welcome but they must be on a leashed to their owner and please clean up after them.
  • No campfires!
  • Keep your personal food & beverages at your campsite.
  • Have a great time and enjoy the music and support our vendors!

Download the Happy Camper Rules pdf

THANKS to all the volunteers who really make this event happen!! See you at the FESTIVAL!

ZERO WASTE AT THE FESTIVAL IN THE CLOUDS

WHAT WE ARE DOING:

  • Providing plant based compostable cups at the Beer Tent
  • Encouraging and accepting the reuse of the compostable cups at the Beer Tent
  • Providing Water Bottle Filling Stations
  • Encouraging the reuse of water bottles
  • Recycling and composting as many products as possible – the 2018 festival had a 50% waste reduction.
  • Providing reusable serve ware Backstage
  • Encouraging Food Vendors to use plant based compostable serve ware

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

  • Reuse your plant based compostable cup at the Beer Tent
  • Compost your plant based cup, at one of the Zero Waste Stations, at the end of the festival
  • Bring a reusable water bottle and refill it at the Water Bottle Filling Station, located at the Beer Tent
  • Bring a set of reusable utensils and a cloth napkin
  • Bring a reusable coffee mug
  • Compost and Recycle at one of the Zero Waste Stations
Jul
20
Sat
8th Annual Race in the Clouds
Jul 20 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
8th Annual Race in the Clouds @ Alma Fire Station

Race in the Clouds is a 6-18 mile Cross Country Mountain Bike Race at 11,000 feet and is presented by the Almafoundation and North-West Fire Protection District.

Registration begins at 8:00am at the Alma Fire Station.

Registration fee can be paid through our online store, at Alma Town Hall, or by contacting Dave Aceto.

  • Race start time is 9:00am.
  • Entry Fee $35.00
  • Classes for Beginners/Sport/Expert/50+
  • Awards presented for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for all divisions

Click here to register online.

 

Nov
9
Sat
South Park Non-Profits Benefit
Nov 9 @ 4:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Live music provided by Split Window; Cash Bar; Catering provided by South Park Chefs; Love Auction and Raffle; Come see what each of these 28 non-profits in attendance have to offer our community and how you can particiapte, if you like; MANY live auction items from $100 to $1000 in value; MANY Raffle items from $50 to $100; Event and Raffle tickets available at numerous locations around town: Business Connection, TBK Bank, South Park Rec Center, KB’s Bakery and Dorothy’s Tamales, Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson Market, Almart, Alma Town Jall and South Park Mercantile. Entry tickets $25 (includes heavy appetizers 5-7pm) Raffle tickets are 1 for $5 or 5 for $20.  For more info call Jennifer at 719-838-6410 or Business Connection at 719-836-1919; ALL proceeds go to the non-profits! Join us in supporting our community!

Jan
16
Thu
BINGO! – Benefits Keystone Science School Fund
Jan 16 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Come down and support the fund to send 5th graders to Keystone Science School!
Community potluck is at 6:00.  Bingo starts at 7:00.  $10 for 10 games.

Jul
17
Sat
23rd Festival in the Clouds
Jul 17 – Jul 18 all-day
23rd Festival in the Clouds @ Alma Town Park

The Festival in the Clouds is the largest and most popular event sponsored by the Alma Foundation. The free outdoor art and music festival includes about 25 musical acts and 40 regional artists annually. In addition to fabulous art and music, the event features delicious food, children’s activities, a beer garden, dancing and more.

This festival, originally intended to provide a venue for local musicians and artists to gain exposure has proven to be the biggest Alma Foundation fundraiser. More than $25,000 was raised in 2019 for area community projects.

2021 Festival in the Clouds Music Schedule

 

 

Volunteer Firefighters Pancake Breakfast

  • 8am to 10am Sunday, July 18, 2021
    Alma Fire Station (SE corner of Main & Buckskin)
    Presented by NWFPD

2021 Sponsors

(Please visit and thank our sponsors for their support)

  • TBA

Become a sponsor for this year’s festival. Click here to download the sponsor application.

Public Relations

Vendors

Camping Information

  • When you arrive in Alma, there will be signs that direct you to the designated camping areas.
  • We are requesting a $20 donation for tents and $40 donation for campers for the weekend.
  • You may set your camp Friday afternoon and stay through the last music event Sunday evening. Conserve space for your fellow campers.
  • Port-a-lets will be provided for the campers.
  • Clean up your campsite prior to your departure.
  • Dogs are welcome but they must be on a leashed to their owner and please clean up after them.
  • No campfires!
  • Keep your personal food & beverages at your campsite.
  • Have a great time and enjoy the music and support our vendors!

Download the Happy Camper Rules pdf

THANKS to all the volunteers who really make this event happen!! See you at the FESTIVAL!

ZERO WASTE AT THE FESTIVAL IN THE CLOUDS

WHAT WE ARE DOING:

  • Providing plant based compostable cups at the Beer Tent
  • Encouraging and accepting the reuse of the compostable cups at the Beer Tent
  • Providing Water Bottle Filling Stations
  • Encouraging the reuse of water bottles
  • Recycling and composting as many products as possible – the 2018 festival had a 50% waste reduction.
  • Providing reusable serve ware Backstage
  • Encouraging Food Vendors to use plant based compostable serve ware

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

  • Reuse your plant based compostable cup at the Beer Tent
  • Compost your plant based cup, at one of the Zero Waste Stations, at the end of the festival
  • Be prepared… bring a reusable water bottle and refill it at the Water Bottle Filling Station, located at the Beer Tent
  • Have a set of reusable utensils and a cloth napkin
  • Bring a reusable coffee mug
  • Compost and Recycle at one of the Zero Waste Stations
Jul
15
Fri
24th Annual Festival in the Clouds 2022
Jul 15 – Jul 17 all-day

24th Annual Festival in the Clouds 2022 poster

The Festival in the Clouds is the largest and most popular event sponsored by the Alma Foundation. The free outdoor art and music festival includes about 25 musical acts and 40 regional artists annually. In addition to fabulous art and music, the event features delicious food, children’s activities, a beer garden, dancing, and more.

This festival, originally intended to provide a venue for local musicians and artists to gain exposure, has proven to be the biggest Alma Foundation fundraiser. Close to $30,000 was raised in 2021 for area community projects.

THANKS to all the volunteers who really make this event happen!!! It is not possible without you!

2022 MUSIC SCHEDULE Click here to view the schedule

MAPS

Festival in the Clouds Extended Map

Festival in the Clouds Map

2022 SPONSORS

HIGH CLOUD SPONSORS

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World Music Development, Al-Mart General Store, Northern Standard, Arapahoe Basin Colorado, Caniglia Real Estate Group, Collector’s Edge, High Mountain Mining Co LLC, Historic Schwartz Boarding House Est. 1882, Second Home Vacation Rentals, South Park Brewing

CLOUD NINE SPONSORS

  • Alma Fairplay Storage, Ann’s Trucking Inc, Believe Skin Health Studio, Breckenridge Dental Group, Breckenridge Hair Company, Bristlecone Realty Group, Diggin Jack, Felker Services Vacation Rentals, Flexible Massage Therapy, HCH2, Headwaters Construction, Hoosier Daddy Liquors, Jill E. Fishinger CPA PC, KC Car Wash, Keta Braggins Breck Real Estate Group, Lio Kristin & Mike, Millonzi’s , Mosquito Gulch Solutions Inc, Mountain Grown Gardens, Organsky Woodworks, Park City Woodworks, Raven Construction, Snitching Ladies Distillery, South-Park-Homes.com, South Park Insurance, South Park Saloon, The Good Side, The Sheepherder, The Soup Pot, Timber Wolf Realty, Treeline Hostel

Please visit and thank our sponsors for their support

PUBLIC RELATIONS

VENDORS

CAMPING

  • 1. When you arrive in Alma, there will be signs that direct you to the designated
    camping areas.
    2. $50.00 per campsite for the weekend.
    3. You may set your camp Friday at noon and exit by Monday morning prior to
    8:00 AM Please conserve space for your fellow neighbor campers.
    4. Port-a-lets will be provided for the campers.
    5. Clean up your campsite prior to your departure.
    6. Dogs are welcome but they must be leashed to their owner. Please clean up
    after them.
    7. No campfires!
    8. Keep your personal food & beverages at your campsite.
    9. Have a great time, enjoy the music & support our vendors!
    10. See you at the FESTIVAL!

Download the Happy Camper Rules pdf

ZERO WASTE

WHAT WE ARE DOING:

  • Providing plant based compostable cups at the Beer Tent
  • Encouraging and accepting the reuse of the compostable cups at the Beer Tent
  • Providing Water Bottle Filling Stations
  • Encouraging the reuse of water bottles
  • Recycling and composting as many products as possible
  • Encouraging Food Vendors to use plant-based compostable serve ware

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

  • Compost your plant based cup, at one of the Zero Waste Stations, at the end of the festival
  • Be prepared… bring a reusable water bottle and refill it at the Water Bottle Filling Station, located at the Beer Tent
  • Have a set of reusable utensils and a cloth napkin
  • Bring a reusable coffee mug
  • Compost and Recycle at one of the Zero Waste Stations

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER PANCAKE BREAKFAST

 

Jul
14
Fri
25th Annual Festival in the Clouds 2023
Jul 14 – Jul 16 all-day

2023 Festival in the Clouds poster

The Festival in the Clouds is the largest and most popular event sponsored by the Alma Foundation. The free outdoor art and music festival includes about 25 musical acts and 40 regional artists annually. In addition to fabulous art and music, the event features delicious food, children’s activities, a beer garden, dancing, and more.

This festival, originally intended to provide a venue for local musicians and artists to gain exposure, has proven to be the biggest Alma Foundation fundraiser. Close to $30,000 was raised in 2021 for area community projects.

THANKS to all the volunteers who really make this event happen!!! It is not possible without you!

2023 MUSIC SCHEDULE

MAPS

Festival in the Clouds Extended Map

Festival in the Clouds Map

2023 SPONSORS

High Cloud Sponsors

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Cloud 9 Sponsors

1ce Prime, Alma and Fairplay Storage, AMR Ski and Board Shop, Ann’s Trucking, Inc., Believe Skin Health Studio, Breckenridge Dental Group, Breckenridge Hair Company, HCH2, Headwaters Construction, Hoosier Daddy Liquors, Jill E Fishinger CPA PC, KC Car Wash, Keta Braggins Breck Real Estate Group, Mountain Life Hot Tubs, Mountain Sun Tanning, Otto’s Food Cart, Park Bar. Park City Woodworks, Salado, Salon Mexico, Snitching Lady Distillery, Soup Pot, South-Park-Homes.com, South Park Insurance Services, South Park Saloon, The Good Side, Trout Mountain Wood Floors, Alma Outfitters

PUBLIC RELATIONS

VENDORS

CAMPING

  • 1. When you arrive in Alma, there will be signs that direct you to the designated
    camping areas.
    2. $60.00 per campsite for the weekend.
    3. You may set your camp Friday at noon and exit by Monday morning prior to
    8:00 AM Please conserve space for your fellow neighbor campers.
    4. Port-a-lets will be provided for the campers.
    5. Clean up your campsite prior to your departure.
    6. Dogs are welcome but they must be leashed to their owner. Please clean up
    after them.
    7. No campfires!
    8. Keep your personal food & beverages at your campsite.
    9. Have a great time, enjoy the music & support our vendors!
    10. See you at the FESTIVAL!

Download the Happy Camper Rules pdf

ZERO WASTE

WHAT WE ARE DOING:

  • Providing plant based compostable cups at the Beer Tent
  • Encouraging and accepting the reuse of the compostable cups at the Beer Tent
  • Providing Water Bottle Filling Stations
  • Encouraging the reuse of water bottles
  • Recycling and composting as many products as possible
  • Encouraging Food Vendors to use plant-based compostable serve ware

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

  • Compost your plant based cup, at one of the Zero Waste Stations, at the end of the festival
  • Be prepared… bring a reusable water bottle and refill it at the Water Bottle Filling Station, located at the Beer Tent
  • Have a set of reusable utensils and a cloth napkin
  • Bring a reusable coffee mug
  • Compost and Recycle at one of the Zero Waste Stations

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER PANCAKE BREAKFAST