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34th Annual Duck Race Festival


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 05/07/2022
Come celebrate spring in the mountains and support the local community at the 34th annual Duck Race Festival. The festivities begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, with the Estes Park Running Club’s Duck Waddle 5K, a family fun run and race. Major sponsors of the Duck Race Festival will welcome duck fans to George Hix Riverside Plaza at 10 a.m., where there will be interactive activities and duck adoption sales until 1 p.m. Live music at Riverside Plaza, as well as at Nicky’ Steakhouse will add a lively flair to the festival activities. The official duck drop at 1 p.m. at Nicky’s will start the race, when thousands of little yellow rubber ducks will enter Fall River and float about 2 miles to Riverside Plaza downtown. There, they will be pulled out of the river by volunteers and cheered by the finish line crowd. Each adopted duck is assigned a number, and hundreds of prizes will be awarded. **Please check website for the location details for each event**

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

ADOPT A DUCK FOR A CHANCE TO WIN

This year’s major prize will be $8,000 in cash, with second and third cash prizes of $5,000 and $2,000 respectively. In addition, major sponsor Delaware North Parks & Resorts, Inc. will provide two vacation packages that include stays and activities at their properties, one at Yellowstone National Park and one at Glacier National Park. Delaware North is the parent company of Estes Park’s Ridgeline Hotel.

Duck adoptions support local Estes Park charitable organizations. For every duck adopted ($22), the charity indicated on the adoption form will receive $19. The 2021 race returned $118,579 to 65 organizations providing non-profit or charitable services in the Estes Valley, and brought the total funds raised in the 33-year history of the event to just under $3 million.

 

For more information visit www.epduckrace.org/

 

DETAILS

Saturday, May 7, 2022

9:00 am – Duck Waddle 5K

10:00 am – festivities and duck adoption sales at George Hix Riverside Plaza and Nicky's Steakhouse

1:00 pm – duck adoption sales end and duck drop/start of race at Nicky’s Steakhouse


*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Location:

Nicky's Steakhouse - Estes Park, CO
1350 Fall River Rd
Estes Park, CO, 80517
United States

Phone:

(970) 586-5331
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The event has already taken place on this date: 
05/07/2022
Time: 
See schedule for details