City Council supports Food & Wine, Ruggerfest and Motherlode to be held in September 2021
If event organizers and Aspen officials have their way, the summer of 2021 will end with a bang with three marquee events happening within days of each other.
Aspen City Council on Tuesday directed staff to meet with organizers of the Food & Wine Classic, Ruggerfest and the Mother Lode Volleyball tournament to work together to hold all of the events in September, when presumably the grips of the pandemic have loosened as a COVID-19 vaccine is introduced to the public.
The idea of postponing Food & Wine from when it is usually held in mid-June to mid-September came up during council’s Monday work session.
On Tuesday, representatives from Food & Wine, Ruggerfest and the Mother Lode, along with city officials and the Aspen Chamber of Commerce, discussed logistics.
They assured council members during Tuesday night’s regular meeting that they can work with each other and be flexible to accommodate all of the events.