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

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

On Tuesday, June 9th, and Wednesday, June 10th, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band brings ALL THE GOOD TIMES: The Farewell Tour to The Center Theater. For nearly six decades, the three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has entertained audiences with their top-shelf musicianship and timeless hits.

Formed in 1966 as a Long Beach, California jug band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band scored its first charting single in 1967 and its first major hit in 1971 with “Mr. Bojangles.” Today’s group consists of founding member Jeff Hanna, harp master Jimmie Fadden, and soulful-voiced Bob Carpenter, who has more than 40 years of service in the ensemble. Those veterans are now joined by singer-songwriter-bass man Jim Photoglo, fiddle and mandolin wizard Ross Holmes, and Hanna’s son, the preternaturally talented singer and guitarist Jaime Hanna.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recently released a new 5-song EP, “Night After Night,” the band’s first release of all-new music since 2009’s “Speed of Life.” The Farewell Tour isn’t goodbye forever, but it will be the last fans see of multi-city runs and long bus rides.

Taste what Laradise has to offer! Come downtown on June 13 from 11 am – 5 pm to sip, savor, shop and play.

While Tasters peruse Downtown Laradise, they receive exclusive access to cocktails, beer and nonalcoholic beverages in a souvenir cup; delectable food specials at downtown’s unique restaurants; and mind-blowing discounts at premier shops and businesses. Tasters earn raffle tickets throughout the event by visiting participating locations and also by taking advantage of the shopping and dining specials offered. The event culminates in a raffle of some fabulous prize baskets, including the Grand Prize with a value of over $2,000! And Tasters aren’t just having fun – making Laradise a better place! Proceeds benefit the Downtown Clinic and multiple local Rotary projects.

Don’t miss out on this unforgettable day celebrating the magic of Laradise – there’s something for everyone!

Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the event. All Tasters check in at the registration tent on 2nd Street across from Bonds Brewing.

Taste of Laradise is brought to you by the Laramie Rotary Club and Laramie Sunrise Rotary Club in cooperation with Laramie Main Street and Visit Laramie.

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