Estes Park Wool Market

The Estes Park Wool Market is a two-day fiber market in Estes Park, Colorado, now in its fourth decade. The focus is natural animal fibers, and that thread runs through every part of the event: livestock competitions, fleece shows, fiber arts contests, and a vendor market where you can buy directly from producers and retailers. Paid workshops start two days before the public market opens, running from half-day sessions to two-day intensives at Estes Park High School. When the market itself opens for the weekend, you're shopping in a mountain town at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. Four decades of running speaks to something solid, and the combination of competition, education, and marketplace gives this one more structure than a typical weekend festival.