About Pawtoberfest
Pawtoberfest is back on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Union Printers Home at Printers Hill.
Run with the BIG & small dogs at Pawtoberfest – This dog & family-friendly event features craft brews & spirits, food trucks, music, dog contests, & YOU!
Voted Winner of Fun Way to Support a Charity by The Gazette's Best of the Springs nine years in a row!
Event & Attendee Highlights:
- 2,241+ people & hundreds of dogs attended in 2025
- $235,000+ was raised in 2025
- 1,350+ attendees pre-registered on ww.pawtoberfest.org in 2025
- Most attendees reside in zip codes 80903, 80906, 80918, 80922, 80923, and 80925.
Online Presence & Engagement:
- www.HSPPR.org receives:
- 101,670+ unique visitors per month
- 637,310+ page views per month
- 7.6M page views per year
- 11,000+ Email list subscribers
- 58,000+ Facebook followers
- 85,700+ TikTok followers
- 39,800+ Instagram followers
The registration deadline for a guaranteed Pawtoberfest T-shirt is August 11th! You must use your sponsor or vendor tickets before August 11th to guarantee a festival T-shirt.
To take full advantage of your sponsorship benefits, please have items submitted by the following deadlines:
- 6/3 - Logo for event invitation (Presenting & Better Together Sponsors)
- 6/8 - 8/31 - Logo (or name) for pre-event blast(s) (Presenting, Better Together, Brews & Spirits, & Festival Sponsors)
- 7/3 - Logo on event flyers (Presenting, Better Together, Brews & Spirits, & Festival Sponsors)
- 7/10 - Logo for Wristband Specialty Sponsorship
- 7/31 - Logo (or name) for event T-shirt (Presenting, Better Together, Brews & Spirits, & Festival Sponsors)
- 8/7 - Logo for Specialty Sponsorships (Volunteers, VIP Tent, Portable Toilets, Fences, Festival Security, & Safe Rides)
The Vendor Loading Zone will be open from 7:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Between 9:45 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. vendors will need to walk in booth materials from the nearby parking lot. Tents and booths must be set up by 10:50 a.m. in time for the Vendor meeting.
Please note, Pawtoberfest happens wind, rain, or shine! Electricity is NOT provided. You may bring a quiet generator, but it must not disturb guests or fellow participants. Generators must be pre-approved.
Staff working at the booth are included to attend in your Vendor Booth or Sponsorship package, you do not need to purchase tickets for staff. If staff would like to participate in festival tasting festivities, then they will need to purchase a "Barks & Brews" ticket (if not already included in the sponsorship package selected). Please note that all vendors and sponsor levels receive four (4) "Just the Kibble" tickets, available for pickup at will call. Additional "Just the Kibble" tickets can be purchased at a $5 off discount after booth purchase.
Want to purchase additional tickets or event merchandise? Please go here for additional tickets. Please go here for event merchandise!
All vendors and sponsors who have a booth space must provide a certificate of liability insurance with Printers Hill (101 S Union Blvd, 80910) and Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (610 Abbot Ln, 80905) added as certificate holders. Vendors selling taxable items must provide a copy of their sales tax license and are responsible for reporting and paying all applicable sales taxes. Email certificate of liability insurance and sales tax license to gjohnson@hsppr.org by August 31st.
Non-profit discount ($100 off) is available for registered 501c-3 organizations; please ask for the discount code to apply it to your registration.
Email Gina Johnson at gjohnson@hsppr.org with questions!
About Pawtoberfest
Pawtoberfest is back on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Union Printers Home at Printers Hill.
Run with the BIG & small dogs at Pawtoberfest – This dog & family-friendly event features craft brews & spirits, food trucks, music, dog contests, & YOU!
Voted Winner of Fun Way to Support a Charity by The Gazette's Best of the Springs nine years in a row!
Event & Attendee Highlights:
- 2,241+ people & hundreds of dogs attended in 2025
- $235,000+ was raised in 2025
- 1,350+ attendees pre-registered on ww.pawtoberfest.org in 2025
- Most attendees reside in zip codes 80903, 80906, 80918, 80922, 80923, and 80925.
Online Presence & Engagement:
- www.HSPPR.org receives:
- 101,670+ unique visitors per month
- 637,310+ page views per month
- 7.6M page views per year
- 11,000+ Email list subscribers
- 58,000+ Facebook followers
- 85,700+ TikTok followers
- 39,800+ Instagram followers
The registration deadline for a guaranteed Pawtoberfest T-shirt is August 11th! You must use your sponsor or vendor tickets before August 11th to guarantee a festival T-shirt.
To take full advantage of your sponsorship benefits, please have items submitted by the following deadlines:
- 6/3 - Logo for event invitation (Presenting & Better Together Sponsors)
- 6/8 - 8/31 - Logo (or name) for pre-event blast(s) (Presenting, Better Together, Brews & Spirits, & Festival Sponsors)
- 7/3 - Logo on event flyers (Presenting, Better Together, Brews & Spirits, & Festival Sponsors)
- 7/10 - Logo for Wristband Specialty Sponsorship
- 7/31 - Logo (or name) for event T-shirt (Presenting, Better Together, Brews & Spirits, & Festival Sponsors)
- 8/7 - Logo for Specialty Sponsorships (Volunteers, VIP Tent, Portable Toilets, Fences, Festival Security, & Safe Rides)
The Vendor Loading Zone will be open from 7:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Between 9:45 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. vendors will need to walk in booth materials from the nearby parking lot. Tents and booths must be set up by 10:50 a.m. in time for the Vendor meeting.
Please note, Pawtoberfest happens wind, rain, or shine! Electricity is NOT provided. You may bring a quiet generator, but it must not disturb guests or fellow participants. Generators must be pre-approved.
Staff working at the booth are included to attend in your Vendor Booth or Sponsorship package, you do not need to purchase tickets for staff. If staff would like to participate in festival tasting festivities, then they will need to purchase a "Barks & Brews" ticket (if not already included in the sponsorship package selected). Please note that all vendors and sponsor levels receive four (4) "Just the Kibble" tickets, available for pickup at will call. Additional "Just the Kibble" tickets can be purchased at a $5 off discount after booth purchase.
Want to purchase additional tickets or event merchandise? Please go here for additional tickets. Please go here for event merchandise!
All vendors and sponsors who have a booth space must provide a certificate of liability insurance with Printers Hill (101 S Union Blvd, 80910) and Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (610 Abbot Ln, 80905) added as certificate holders. Vendors selling taxable items must provide a copy of their sales tax license and are responsible for reporting and paying all applicable sales taxes. Email certificate of liability insurance and sales tax license to gjohnson@hsppr.org by August 31st.
Non-profit discount ($100 off) is available for registered 501c-3 organizations; please ask for the discount code to apply it to your registration.
Email Gina Johnson at gjohnson@hsppr.org with questions!