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First Sunday Bingo is back on September 6th! Doors open at 12:45 PM for registration and refreshments, games start at 1:...
09/06/2026

First Sunday Bingo is back on September 6th! Doors open at 12:45 PM for registration and refreshments, games start at 1:30 PM at the Sierra Vista Community Center. $20 buy-in for 12 games plus 3 specials, lunch available for about $8. All proceeds support our local community center.

Meet SteelHorse StampedeMeet our headliner for our last concert of the Live in Colfax season. SteelHorse Stampede brings...
09/05/2026

Meet SteelHorse Stampede

Meet our headliner for our last concert of the Live in Colfax season. SteelHorse Stampede brings a high-energy mix of country, rock and classics to Historic Main Street.

Frontman Johnny D brings some serious credentials to the stage. He earned a Top 10 spot on Nashville Star and has shared stages with some of country music’s biggest names, including Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Joe Diffie and Tracy Byrd.

SteelHorse Stampede is built for a live crowd — big guitars, familiar songs, country favorites and the kind of music that makes you want to get out of your chair.

Catch them Saturday, September 26 for the final Live in Colfax concert of the season.

FREE CONCERT • FAMILY EVENT
Historic Main Street • Downtown Colfax
Food Trucks • Local Vendors • B**r & W**e

Small Town. Big Music.

Presented by the Historic Colfax Downtown Association

We have so many shopping opportunities in Downtown Colfax! Head on over to The Fruit Exchange for your vintage hunt!
09/05/2026

We have so many shopping opportunities in Downtown Colfax! Head on over to The Fruit Exchange for your vintage hunt!

🚂 COLFAX RAILROAD DAYS RETURNS! 🚂Historic Downtown Colfax comes alive with trains, history, and family fun this weekend ...
09/04/2026

🚂 COLFAX RAILROAD DAYS RETURNS! 🚂

Historic Downtown Colfax comes alive with trains, history, and family fun this weekend as Colfax Railroad Days takes place Saturday & Sunday, September 12 & 13, 10am–5pm.

What to expect:
🚃 10 model train displays + the Union Pacific Experience
🚞 Handcar rides from the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
🎟️ Free train rides sponsored by Rigid Roofing
🔨 Live blacksmith demonstrations
🏕️ 1840s pioneer camp presented by the Mormon Battalion
🤠 Old West action with the Black Flag Gang Gunslingers
🎭 "Gunpowder Man" at the historic Colfax Theatre (both days)
🎨 Free Kids Zone with crafts & games
🐄 Highland cows from Grizzly Mountain Minis + baby goats from Sunny Days Farms

There will also be opportunities to honor our military: a VFW POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony Saturday at 10am, and American Legion Post 192 kicking off their "Stuff the Train" holiday collection Sunday.

📍 Historic Downtown Colfax, CA
🕙 10am–5pm both days
💵 FREE admission

More info Colfax Railroad Days

Come celebrate the railroad heritage that helped shape our community! 🚂

You don't need to be good — you just need to show up. Trade in your work week traded in for a mic and whatever song you'...
09/04/2026

You don't need to be good — you just need to show up. Trade in your work week traded in for a mic and whatever song you've been practicing in the car. No auditions, no judgment, just a full room and good vibes. This Friday, Sept 4, 8pm-10pm, 1516 S Canyon Way. What's your song?

First Friday means coffee's on at the Chamber. Have a business in town? Meet peers who do business locally TOMORROW.
09/03/2026

First Friday means coffee's on at the Chamber. Have a business in town? Meet peers who do business locally TOMORROW.

Main Street turns into a market again this week — fresh produce, warm bread, handmade goods from people who live right h...
09/03/2026

Main Street turns into a market again this week — fresh produce, warm bread, handmade goods from people who live right here. 🌽

You'll find the same vendors who show up week after week, keeping small farms and home kitchens in business one Thursday at a time. Sierra Vista Community Center runs the whole thing, rain or shine.

This is what a working downtown looks like on a Thursday night — food truck for dinner, string lights up, Main Street full.

Thursday, Sept 3, 4pm-7:30pm, South Main St between Grass Valley St and Church. See you down there?

Southern Pacific Caboose 863 has become a pretty familiar sight in downtown Colfax — flags up, benches out front, and us...
09/03/2026

Southern Pacific Caboose 863 has become a pretty familiar sight in downtown Colfax — flags up, benches out front, and usually a Sierra sky showing off behind it.

But this view is about to change.

The caboose is getting ready to make a move to Depot Park, where it’ll become part of the next chapter of Colfax’s railroad story.

Restored and lettered as SP #863, the caboose represents a C-30-1 caboose that once served on the Colfax local — a fitting tribute in a town whose history was built alongside the railroad.

So next time you come off I-80 at Exit 135, take a look around. There’s a whole lot of Colfax history hiding in plain sight.

And before the caboose makes its move...

Have you ever sat on the bench out front?

📸Simply Candid by Jessica Smith

09/02/2026

It's beautiful up here!

Mark it down: Saturday, September 19th, the Colfax Bazaar takes over the Historic Fruit Exchange Building at 229 Railroa...
09/01/2026

Mark it down: Saturday, September 19th, the Colfax Bazaar takes over the Historic Fruit Exchange Building at 229 Railroad St. Doors open at 8am, and by then over 30 vendors will already have their tents up outside.

Walk in and you won't know what you're going to find — vintage, antiques, handmade goods, things that don't fit any category. That's the whole point. Live music plays throughout the day, food trucks are on-site, and this building has been part of that scene since 1910, back when it ran Colfax's fruit-shipping economy. Quiet for decades, now full again several times a year. Step outside and Main Street's right there too, worth the walk.

Coming up from Sacramento, Auburn, Grass Valley, or Nevada City? Exit 135 gets you here, and the Sierra Foothills, two rivers, and Rollins Lake are close enough to make it a full day.

📍 Historic Fruit Exchange Building, 229 Railroad St, Colfax
🗓️ Saturday, September 19th | 8am–3pm | Free admission

Want to sell with us? Vendor applications are open now at thecolfaxbazaar.com.

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South & North Main Street
Colfax, CA
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