Breckenridge International Festival of Arts (BIFA) invites adventurers of all kinds to escape the everyday and experience mountain culture through the eyes of artists. Breckenridge’s stunning open spaces and charming historic Arts District come alive with large-scale immersive art, performances that surprise and delight, and hands-on activities to stir your imagination.
The 2026 Breckenridge International Festival of Arts (BIFA) invites audiences to step through the looking glass into a multi-sensory exploration of art, music, theatre, and film where reality bends and imagination blooms. This year’s festival explores the joyous wonder of adventure, creativity, nature, and play inspired by everything from psychedelic sounds and curious gatherings to wild creatures and unexpected encounters.
BIFA 2026 will unfold over four days — August 20–23 — throughout the Arts District Campus in downtown Breckenridge.
2026 Event Highlights:
- An evening with Pattie Gonia
- Live music from Beats Antique and more!
- Blue Birds by Close-Act Theater
- Outdoor art installations
- $5 Film screenings at the Riverwalk Center
- Acoustic Yoga Flow
- Bike Stage: Celebrate the Beat
*Event dates and times are weather dependent and are subject to change.
Featured Events
Breck Create is partnering with Mountain Top Explorium to present Other Worlds—an immersive exhibition featuring the work of artists Hadley Hooper and Sadie Young. For this exciting presentation, each artist will create site-specific installations that will transport patrons of all ages to worlds deeply rooted in themes of nature, the mountains, some wild and not-so-wild animals, and, of course, monsters.
Fiber artist Sadie Young will transform the lower-level gallery into a colorful, yarn-wrapped, unearthly experience inspired by the natural world, with an abundance of friendly monsters to guide you on your journey.
Artist Hadley Hooper will take over the upper-level gallery with a fully immersive installation that gives the feeling of stepping into a storybook drawing. Here you are invited to join the animals of the forest after a Jamboree, where you too will have a role to play.
Come for the climate, stay for the drag, and dance it out—Pattie Gonia brings an electrifying night of advocacy, performance, and party to BIFA.
Part inspiring talk, part drag performance, and part dance party, this immersive experience invites audiences to reflect, connect, and take action. In Nature’s Strategies for Advocacy and Action, critically acclaimed environmentalist and drag queen Pattie Gonia (she/they) explores how allyship, resilience, and regeneration in the natural world can guide us toward a more inclusive and sustainable future. Through humor, storytelling, and interactive moments, Pattie empowers audiences—queer folks, allies, and anyone eager to drive change—to discover their role in shaping what comes next.
Then, the energy shifts from reflection to celebration with a drag performance with Pattie Gonia and special guest LeeLee, followed by a dance party with DJ Matt Suave of Play Haus plus a meet + greet.
Presented by High Country Conservation Center. Music By: DJ Matt Suave. Special guest: Denver drag artist- LeeLee
Like in a trance these sheer size BLUE BIRDS are wandering around. From high above these longnecks are watching down at you. There is no way you will miss them when they start marching into the crowd. Their approach is friendly and prudent, but they surely are curious. Their long, long fingers are ticklish and their tall heads keep on nodding. Suddenly, they freeze to a halt and tracking their leader’s calls then proceed in a stunning slow motion.
Parking & Transportation
Getting to and around Breckenridge is easy and convenient, due to free transportation options and our easily walkable town. Learn how to go car-free during your trip.
