La Junta Tarantula Fest Schedule of Events

Description: Join the People of Southeast Colorado and the SECO News Contributors for Tarantula Fest.


Published: 10/03/2022
Byline: SECO News

La Junta Tarantula Fest Schedule of Events 

While you're in town for the La Junta Tarantula Fest stop in and visit our local restaurants, shops and sights!

Friday, October 7

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Disc Golf Tournament @ LJ (Clay Hills) Disc Golf Course Brought to you By: Good Day Disc Golf

1-3 p.m. -Dr. Paula Cushing, Spider Expert @ Otero College Learning Commons Inside Wheeler Hall

-6 p.m. First Friday Art Show & Open Mic- Brought to you By: Ashley Bass Photography, SoCo Froyo & Mulberry Studio (14 W. 3rd Street)

Saturday, October 8

8 a.m. Tarantula Fest Bike Ride @ LJ Senior Center (2nd Raton) Brought to you By: Clean Valley Recycling

9 a.m.- 5 p.m.-Vendor Booths (Southside Courthouse)

9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Classic Car Show (Northside Courthouse) - SECO News Livestream Coverage!

10 a.m. -Tarantula Parade @ Downtown La Junta - SECO News Livestream Coverage!

11 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Educational Pavilion @ LJ Senior Center

11 a.m. - 8 p.m. - Tarantula Fest Activities @ Downtown LJ

-Hairy Leg Contest Brought to you By: County Commissioner Rob Oquist

-8 legged races Brought to you By: Edward Jones-Joe Ayala

-Face Painting Brought to you By: The Picketwire Players

-Tarantula Wood String Craft Art Brought to you By: Klein Makerspace & La Junta Trading Company

11 a.m. - 11 p.m. - Beer Garden@ Live Well Park (3rd & Santa Fe)

1 p.m. Corn Hole tournament (sign ups at noon) Colorado Workforce Center Parking Lot

2 p.m. Koshare Dancers @ Koshare Museum (18th & Colorado)

3 p.m. Tarantula@ Fox Theater

4:30-7 p.m. - Tarantula Fest Bus Tours (Tours are FULL) @ LJ Senior Center

5-8 p.m. Chuckwagon Dinner @ Otero Museum (3rd & Anderson)

7-11 p.m. The BluntFull @ Live Well Park

Related Content:

About The Valley: "Colorado" Brown Tarantula

Episode One -

Interview with Tarantula Expert Dallas Haselhuhn, Masters Researcher with Dr. Schillington's Arachnid Lab (Largest in United States) out of Eastern Michigan University.

Episode Two -

Field Trip with Dallas Haselhuhn. Observe Male and Female Brown Tarantulas with Dallas as he describes his research south of La Junta, Colorado. Rare Juvenile Female spotted.

Featuring: "Tarantula Karate" by Jay Briggs.

Background video credit: Nicole Roberts, 2021 SECO News Tarantula Photography Contest Best Video!

Watch the About The Valley Episodes on the Brown Tarantula Here:

Episode 1 - Studio Interview

Episode #2 - Field Trip

Learn More About: Eastern Michigan University Dr Schillington

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