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Mountain Fair is a large summer arts and music fair held annually in Sopris Park in Carbondale, Colorado. It has been held annually during the last weekend of July since 1972. Each year between 18,000 and 20,000 people attend the event over the course of the three days of which it is held. The event's sponsoring organization is Carbondale Arts, a non-profit organization supporting the arts in Carbondale.

History
Originally planned to be Colorado's state Chautauqua in 1972, two weeks before the scheduled event, the woman who was supposed to coordinate it was involved in a car accident. It was then that Mountain Fair Founder Laurie Loeb was asked to step in. The event then became only part of the state Chautauqua, and was held in Sopris Park in 1972 with just 20 booths.

2017's event had 175 booths, made up of various arts and food vendors.

The most recent Mountain Fair in 2018 had 170 booths.

Events
Mountain Fair has many contests and competitions, such as the Wood Splitting Championship, Limbo Contest and Fly-Casting Competition. There is also two contests for Pie and Cake Baking.

The event also features lots of musicians and musical groups, many of which are local to the area around Carbondale. In 2017, the musical group MarchFourth Marching Band performed.