Town of Basalt

10/12/2026

What a glorious time celebrating our community and the 125th birthday of our beloved Town of Basalt. Thanks for attending, baking pies, sharing your cheer, and enduring the rain. It's always sunny in our hearts.

10/10/2026

Happy 125th Town of Basalt. We are so grateful to our community for showing up for this celebration and every day for one another. More photos coming soon.

10/09/2026

Flashback Friday to the 1960s in Basalt. Were you here then? Let's bring all these flashes to life tomorrow. Please join us for the 125th Basalt Anniversary at Arbaney Park. There will be history tours, food, kids activities, pie baking and more. Details here: https://www.basalt.net/m/newsflash/home/detail/704 Arbaney house, Basalt, 1962 / Aspen Historical Society and Basalt, 1965 / Aspen Historical Society, Lane Collection Aspen Historical Society

10/05/2026

We hope you're already planning your pie masterpieces for our 125th Basalt Anniversary celebration on Saturday, October 10. We are already hungry in anticipation of your sweet treats. Categories include fruit and non-fruit pies as well as a kids under 14 years old. Please drop off your pies between 12 and 2 p.m. at the Arbaney Park picnic shelter. For full details of the entire event, which includes music, food, history tours, local farm stands and more, visit: https://www.basalt.net/m/newsflash/home/detail/704

10/02/2026

We wonder if these folks imagined that in 109 years from this photo being taken we'd be getting ready to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Town. One thing is clear here, they liked hats! So why not wear your hat to our celebration on October 10? You can find a complete lineup of events here: https://www.basalt.net/m/newsflash/home/detail/704
Basalt, 1917 / Aspen Historical Society

09/30/2026

Check out some of the headlines of the news of the past month we sent to subscribers today. If you're not subscribing to the Town's newsletter, we'd love to have you sign up. You can read today's and previous issues and sign up for the English or Spanish monthly newsletter edition here: https://www.basalt.net/734/Newsletter-Archive

09/30/2026

09/28/2026

Thank you Basalt for an amazing 2026 Sunday Market season. Every Sunday since June we've appreciated the people, music, vendors, and good cheer everyone brought to historic downtown. Thanks to our market managers who worked so hard all summer and fall. We appreciate you so much. We'll see you in June 2027.

09/25/2026

It's homecoming in Basalt in 1954, 1960 and 1968! Not that much different from today. We still want to win. Basalt homecoming, 1954, 1960 and 1968 / Aspen Historical Society Aspen Historical Society See you in about two weeks for the celebration of Basalt's 125th anniversary on October 10 in Arbaney Park.