Community Calendar

Join us for NIC Fest 2026, Casper’s premier summer arts festival and a beloved community tradition now celebrating its 20th year. This four-day celebration of art, culture, music, food, and family-friendly fun brings thousands of visitors to downtown Casper each year and remains a highlight of the summer season.

Dates: June 4-7, 2026
Location: 400 E. Collins Dr., Casper, Wyoming

Thursday, June 4: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Community Block Party & Art Walk
Friday, June 5: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday, June 6: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday, June 7: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

DJ programming only. No live bands scheduled.

Applications are now open and will be notified of acceptance decisions via email no later than March 31, 2026.

https://www.thenic.org/nicfest

Stop by the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne to view Wyoming Public Media's Wyoming 250 Photo Contest Exhibit. The opening reception on June 4th features a presentation by Marcia Hensley, a Wyoming author.

Marcia's presentation will explore her book:
“Staking Her Claim: Women Homesteading the West."
According to High Plains Press:

"Instead of talking about women’s rights, these frontier women grabbed the opportunity to become landowners by homesteading in the still wild west of the early 1900s. Here they tell their stories in their own words—through letters and articles of the time—of adventure, independence, foolhardiness, failure, success, and freedom. "

After the talk, guests can enjoy light refreshments and enjoy the contemporary photographic images that are part of the Wyoming Public Media 250 Travelling exhibit. (View the virtual exhibit online). The exhibit will travel around Wyoming throughout 2026. Stop by to pick up a free calendar! All are welcome.

Free and open to the public, the talk starts at 6 PM in the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne.

* * This project is funded in part by the Wyoming Semiquincentennial grant from the Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources office. * *

Calling all musicians for open jams at the Gryphon Theatre.

Bring an instrument. Full stage lights and sound. Drums and amps provided.

In partnership with UWYO Music Production Club.

7:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month.

Join us for NIC Fest 2026, Casper’s premier summer arts festival and a beloved community tradition now celebrating its 20th year. This four-day celebration of art, culture, music, food, and family-friendly fun brings thousands of visitors to downtown Casper each year and remains a highlight of the summer season.

Dates: June 4-7, 2026
Location: 400 E. Collins Dr., Casper, Wyoming

Thursday, June 4: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Community Block Party & Art Walk
Friday, June 5: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday, June 6: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday, June 7: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

DJ programming only. No live bands scheduled.

Applications are now open and will be notified of acceptance decisions via email no later than March 31, 2026.

https://www.thenic.org/nicfest

The Children’s Advocacy Project invites community members to get tickets to the annual CAP, Cabernet, & Calcutta event on Friday, June 5, 2026 at Best Western Downtown Casper, 123 W E St, Casper, WY 82601. Tickets can be purchased online or via phone at (307) 232-0159 and are $65 per person. The evening will start at 5:30 p.m.

The evening will be filled with a happy hour, dinner, and a Calcutta to bid on favorite shooting teams for the next day’s event. This year’s event also includes entertainment by comedian Nancy Norton.

Join us for the 20th annual Shoot Trap for CAP on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at the Rocky Mountain Gun Club. We offer a variety of team choices to fit every budget and shooter ability from novice to experienced!
Put together your five person shooting team and choose between Rec League - 25 pigeons at $200, Youth & Law Enforcement - 99 pigeons at $350, & Heavy Hitters League - 99 pigeons at $600. Heavy Hitter team registration also includes 5 tickets to Friday night’s CAP, Cabernet & Calcutta Comedy Night.
Heavy Hitter team check-in begins at 8 a.m. and Recreation Team Registration begins at noon. Lunch will be provided!
Heavy Hitter Teams will be eligible to win cash prizes. 1st Place: $1,000; 2nd Place: $750; 3rd Place: $500 Rec League Teams are shooting it out for the love of the game and bragging rights.
Be sure to register your team online at www.childrensadvocacyproject.org.

Join us for NIC Fest 2026, Casper’s premier summer arts festival and a beloved community tradition now celebrating its 20th year. This four-day celebration of art, culture, music, food, and family-friendly fun brings thousands of visitors to downtown Casper each year and remains a highlight of the summer season.

Dates: June 4-7, 2026
Location: 400 E. Collins Dr., Casper, Wyoming

Thursday, June 4: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Community Block Party & Art Walk
Friday, June 5: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday, June 6: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday, June 7: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

DJ programming only. No live bands scheduled.

Applications are now open and will be notified of acceptance decisions via email no later than March 31, 2026.

https://www.thenic.org/nicfest

UW Summer High School Institute is a three-week pre-college summer camp for current Wyoming high school sophomores. Accepted students will be able to take two college-like courses while exploring what UW has to offer by living in the dorms and getting to know campus. Students will also get to explore Laramie and Fort Collins.

For more information, please visit our website: https://www.uwyo.edu/hsi/index.html

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko is the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph). The Grand Teton Music Festival presents this live cinema transmission as part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Join us for NIC Fest 2026, Casper’s premier summer arts festival and a beloved community tradition now celebrating its 20th year. This four-day celebration of art, culture, music, food, and family-friendly fun brings thousands of visitors to downtown Casper each year and remains a highlight of the summer season.

Dates: June 4-7, 2026
Location: 400 E. Collins Dr., Casper, Wyoming

Thursday, June 4: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Community Block Party & Art Walk
Friday, June 5: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday, June 6: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday, June 7: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

DJ programming only. No live bands scheduled.

Applications are now open and will be notified of acceptance decisions via email no later than March 31, 2026.

https://www.thenic.org/nicfest