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PHOTOS: Carbondale’s 116th Potato Day Festival

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Julianna O’Clair

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Two children stand in Carbondale's Main Street to watch the 116th Potato Day Parade on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
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Carbondale’s Sopris Park and Main Street were abuzz with activity on Saturday at the 116th Potato Day Parade and Community BBQ. This year’s parade theme was “The Grate Spudsby,” and flappers, potatoes — and sometimes potato flappers — showed up in force to transport onlookers back to the Roaring ’20s.

Daisy Britt creates art using potato stamps at the Aspen Valley Land Trust booth during Carbondale’s 116th Potato Day Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
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Children wait their turn to use the slide at Sopris Park during the Potato Day Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
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Will Grandbois presses apples into fresh apple juice for a group of awaiting children at the Carbondale Historical Society booth at Carbondale’s 116th Potato Day Festival.
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The “Roaring Spud-Tatos” wave to the crowd while riding a float during Carbondale’s 116th Potato Day Parade.
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The JAS Street Horns march down Carbondale’s Main Street in the 116th Potato Day Parade on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
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Festival volunteers pack freshly cooked baked potatoes into a box for the 116th Potato Day Community BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
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Glenwood Springs resident Levi Liston lifts his daughter, Lida, into the air during the 116th Potato Day Festival at Carbondale’s Sopris Park on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
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