First Peoples Festival
A celebration of Indigenous culture, art, music, language, oral traditions, and much more.
Indigenous Vendor Market and Friendship Pow Wow
January 18 & 19, 2025
Saturday, 9am - 4pm
Sunday, 9am - 4pm
Dinner with the "Sioux Chef" Sean Sherman
January 17, 2025
Tickets on Sale Soon!
First Peoples Fashion Show
January 18, 2025
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Indigenous Film Symposium
January 18 & 19, 2025
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Friendship Pow Wow
Sign Up to dance and/or drum coming soon!
The First Peoples Festival celebrates Indigenous culture, art, music, language, film, oral traditions, and much more. Shop from cultural vendors from various tribal affiliations across the country, listen to live music performances, and enjoy traditional dances, singers, and drumming. Learn about the Indigenous Connection to the Estes Valley and Rocky Mountain National Park, and take part in cultural demonstrations and workshops.
Estes Park First Peoples Festival will take place on Saturday, January 18 through Sunday, January 19, 2025, indoors at the Estes Park Events Complex.
Vendors from tribes all over the country will be here. You can shop Traditional Acoma Pottery, Indigenous Designers fashion designers, Iroquois Beadwork and Quillwork, Navajo Jewelry, Birchbark Work, Caribou Antler Art, Ledger Art, Sand Drawings, Handmade Flutes, Handmade Drums, Wood Carvings, Sweet Grass, Sculptures, Ribbon Skirts and more.
Special performance by the band Indigenous on Sunday!
Estes Park First Peoples Festival will take place on Saturday, January 18 through Sunday, January 19, 2025, indoors at the Estes Park Events Complex.
Vendors from tribes all over the country will be here. You can shop Traditional Acoma Pottery, Indigenous Designers fashion designers, Iroquois Beadwork and Quillwork, Navajo Jewelry, Birchbark Work, Caribou Antler Art, Ledger Art, Sand Drawings, Handmade Flutes, Handmade Drums, Wood Carvings, Sweet Grass, Sculptures, Ribbon Skirts and more.
Special performance by the band Indigenous on Sunday!
2025 Vendor Application Information
All vendors must be Indigenous, Alaska Native, or members of a Federally Recognized Tribe.
You will be asked to upload a photo of your Federal ID Card or CID on this application.
The deadline for applications is October 1, 2024
You will be asked to upload a photo of your Federal ID Card or CID on this application.
The deadline for applications is October 1, 2024
Please contact Becky at [email protected] with any questions.
For an offline version of the vendor application, click here. If you are filling out this form by hand, please print legibly. When completed, please scan the application along with your Fed ID Card to [email protected], or mail it to:
First Peoples Festival
C/O Becky Gruhl
1125 Rooftop Way
Estes Park, CO 80517
C/O Becky Gruhl
1125 Rooftop Way
Estes Park, CO 80517
2025 Cultural Demonstrators
First Peoples Festival is seeking proposals from Native American Cultural Demonstrators for the Festival and the special dinner on Friday evening at Twin Owl Steakhouse. Please tell us what you would like to share; Flute, Language, Dance, Story Telling, etc. Selected presenters will engage the public with cultural presentations and be provided a stipend and lodging. All demonstrators/performers/educators must be Indigenous, Alaska Native, or members of a Federally Recognized Tribe.
The deadline for proposal applications is October 1, 2024.
For an offline version of the vendor application, click here. If you are filling out this form by hand, please print legibly. When completed, please scan the application along with your Fed ID Card to [email protected], or mail it to:
First Peoples Festival
C/O Becky Gruhl
1125 Rooftop Way
Estes Park, CO 80517
C/O Becky Gruhl
1125 Rooftop Way
Estes Park, CO 80517