Carnation Festival 2024

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Community Blooms Brightly at the 55th Annual Carnation Festival

It’s the things you don’t see that make the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival so special. Behind the scenes is a world of meticulous planning and coordination that most visitors will never notice – and that’s by design. “I’m talking to the police at two o’clock in the morning before each day of the festival, saying,

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Daniel Greeson September 4, 2024
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Meet This Year’s Carnation Festival Royal Court

The Wheat Ridge Carnation Grand Parade will roll west along 38th Ave from Ames Street to Upham Street on Saturday, August 10th, beginning at 9:30 am. The Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival Parade was first held in 1969 to commemorate the year of our city’s founding.  The parade honors distinguished residents by selecting a Grand Marshal,

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Chelsea Bunker July 31, 2024
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