Choctoberfest!
October 7, 2023
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds
25690 E Quincy Ave, Aurora, CO
Just 14 minutes from Denver! Take Parker or 470 to Quincy, east to Fairgrounds.
Indoor Facility, Free Parking!
25,000 square feet: wide aisles with plenty of room for strollers! Handicap accessible
Unlimited Free On-Site Parking!
October 7, 2023
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds
25690 E Quincy Ave, Aurora, CO
Just 14 minutes from Denver! Take Parker or 470 to Quincy, east to Fairgrounds.
Indoor Facility, Free Parking!
25,000 square feet: wide aisles with plenty of room for strollers! Handicap accessible
Unlimited Free On-Site Parking!
Choctoberfest!
The ULTIMATE fall celebration, combining the fun of:
Oktoberfest, Halloween and CHOCOLATE!
Hours: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Admission is $10!
Kids age 12 and under are FREE.
COME IN COSTUME to win prizes at 2:00!
Parking is FREE!
Purchase Taste Tickets to Sample: 12 for $10
VIP Pass: $55 (incl. admission, exclusive chocolates, early entry, line skipping and more!)
ONLINE TICKET SALES END AT NOON OCT. 5.
TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
WHY BUY TICKETS ONLINE?
If you arrive during peak hours, there may be a line to get in. Online Pre-sold Tickets let you get in and start sampling and buying chocolate much faster! No need to stop, decide how many tickets you want and pay. That's already done and we can give you your Taste Tickets and handstamp whisk you inside!
The ULTIMATE fall celebration, combining the fun of:
Oktoberfest, Halloween and CHOCOLATE!
Hours: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Admission is $10!
Kids age 12 and under are FREE.
COME IN COSTUME to win prizes at 2:00!
Parking is FREE!
Purchase Taste Tickets to Sample: 12 for $10
VIP Pass: $55 (incl. admission, exclusive chocolates, early entry, line skipping and more!)
ONLINE TICKET SALES END AT NOON OCT. 5.
TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
WHY BUY TICKETS ONLINE?
If you arrive during peak hours, there may be a line to get in. Online Pre-sold Tickets let you get in and start sampling and buying chocolate much faster! No need to stop, decide how many tickets you want and pay. That's already done and we can give you your Taste Tickets and handstamp whisk you inside!
VIP Kit $55: The ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE FEST EXPERIENCE!
Limit: 300 will be sold
Limit: 300 will be sold
- One VIP Admission bracelet
- 12 VIP Indulgence Tickets - good at any of our hand-selected VIP program booths! Exclusive chocolates!
- 12 regular Taste Tickets good at any booth
- Early Admission! Get in 30 minutes before the doors open, to get a jump on the crowd.
- VIP Indulgence Guide to introduce you to our VIP vendors.
- VIP map, showing the location of the VIP booths at the Festival
- Reserved seating on the front rows at all stage events throughout the Festival.
- Pick up your VIP kit from our greeter outside the gate - No waiting in the Entry line!
- Special VIP Access Portal at all of our VIP booths - so you can skip their lines, too!
We pay you $.50 per sample!
Sample and buy the finest chocolates in Colorado!
Chocolate Candy, Cakes, Cookies, Truffles, Fudge, Brownies, Drinks, Toffees, Coffees and so much more!
Everything chocolate will be here!
Tastings * Samples * Entertainment * Beer Garden * Fun Contests * Food & Drink * Pumpkin Bowling * Gift Booths * Chocolate Martinis * VIPs * Kids' Activities * Free Halloween Craft Booth * Free Green Screen Photo Booth * Fun for All!
Chocolate Candy, Cakes, Cookies, Truffles, Fudge, Brownies, Drinks, Toffees, Coffees and so much more!
Everything chocolate will be here!
Tastings * Samples * Entertainment * Beer Garden * Fun Contests * Food & Drink * Pumpkin Bowling * Gift Booths * Chocolate Martinis * VIPs * Kids' Activities * Free Halloween Craft Booth * Free Green Screen Photo Booth * Fun for All!
Enjoy a selection of chocolate beers and our FAMOUS Chocolate Martinis at the Choctoberfest Beer Garden, hosted by Dancing Kids Fundraising! ALL proceeds go to benefit this wonderful non-profit group, so drink up! Chocolate Martinis available in full size or sample size! ID checks will be in place.
2023 Event Schedule:
10:30: VIP Admission
11:00: Doors Open to public
12:00: Chocolate Pudding Eating Contest. The hitch - no hands! Rounds for kids and adults! Win Taste Tickets!
1:00: Chocolate Bingo. Join in the fun! Win Taste Tickets!
2:00: Costume Contest (Show up 15 min. early to enter! Win Prizes!
3:00 - 4:45: Rudy Da' Polka Guy! Our Polka DJ will keep things lively!
4:00 - Chocolate Cake Showdown Awards! You voted, now see who WON!
5:00: Doors close.
10:30: VIP Admission
11:00: Doors Open to public
12:00: Chocolate Pudding Eating Contest. The hitch - no hands! Rounds for kids and adults! Win Taste Tickets!
1:00: Chocolate Bingo. Join in the fun! Win Taste Tickets!
2:00: Costume Contest (Show up 15 min. early to enter! Win Prizes!
3:00 - 4:45: Rudy Da' Polka Guy! Our Polka DJ will keep things lively!
4:00 - Chocolate Cake Showdown Awards! You voted, now see who WON!
5:00: Doors close.
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ENTER OUR COSTUME CONTEST!
Win Taste Tickets or a Golden Ticket worth $10 at any booth! Just show up at the stage 15 minutes before the contest starts. Costume Categories:
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Chocolate Cake Showdown returns!
Our Chocolate Cake Showdown, hosted by The Makery, returns this year! Don't miss the fantastic display of chocolate cakes! Winners are selected by People's Choice - That means YOU! And if you want to enter a cake, you can do that, too! Prizes are $50 per Division winner and $100 for the Best in Show! ENTER HERE!
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Thanks to our 2023 Product Sponsor:
Dr. Bronner's Magic All-One Chocolate
Be one of the first 300 General Admission people, and get a free chocolate bar! Dr. Bronner's is shipping a selection of their full-sized bars. All are certified vegan kosher, and gluten free - as well as organic and fair trade. They are sweetened with low-glycemic coconut sugar (keto friendly). Visit www.drbronner.com
Dr. Bronner's Magic All-One Chocolate
Be one of the first 300 General Admission people, and get a free chocolate bar! Dr. Bronner's is shipping a selection of their full-sized bars. All are certified vegan kosher, and gluten free - as well as organic and fair trade. They are sweetened with low-glycemic coconut sugar (keto friendly). Visit www.drbronner.com
Meet our MC - Miss Babette Bon Bon! She puts the good diva in Godiva and the babe in Baby Ruth! She'll be at the festival all day, introducing the entertainment, wandering the floor and posing for pics! Photo by Gracie G'night.
Our 2023 CHOCOLATIERS, SAMPLERS AND VENDORS
Check back for updates!
* Blue = This vendor also includes VIP samples at their booth! Purple = sponsor!
All About Fairies - Face Painters (FREE)
Barbara Hurtt Sweet Delicacies LLC
Beer Garden / Chocolate Martini Bar
Benne's Sweet Treats
Berry Simple LLC
Bouji Bean
Bradbjammin.com
Breckenridge Vacation Getaways
Caramel Apple Decorating Station
Chocolate Cake Showdown
Chocolate Shop
Colorado Cocoa Pod
concise chiropractic
Confetti Confections
Craft and Crumbles
Creation Station
Danconias Brownies
Delightfully Dipped
Dr. Bronner's Magic All-One Chocolate
Farm in a Jar
Frosted Jules Cookies
Frosting!
Full Fruit Fungals
Gallant Goodies
Girly Berrys
Goufrais German Confections
Grammy Brittle & More!
House of Stewart
IXKAKAW LLC
Jeana's Nut Buddies LLC
KB Sweet Treats
Kogler's Bakery
KrazyCoconut Thai street food
Libbet Motivational Designs International LLC
Longmont Dairy
m2 Confections
Makery Cake Company, The
Mari Rocks & Handmade Gifts
Marrom Bombom Brazilian Delicacies
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Merang-O-Tang
Mile-Hi Sweets & Treats
MouCo Cheese Company
Natural Living Foundation
NOCO Chocolates
Origin Vanilla
pampered chef
Passanante's
Photo Booth
Phresh Baked Goods
Redemption Road Coffee
rich brownies
Scratch Sweets
Sum Treats
Sunrun
Sweet Almond Flower
Sweet Rice Flour
The Denver Post
Thea Hutcheson
To Market-To Market Inc.
Two Sistah's Eats
VeneCacao Chocolateria
Voulez-Vous BonBon
Westcliffe Cheese Company
What the Fudge Co.
Your Corner Of The World Creations
ZenBusiness
Zetta Marie's Patisserie
Our Vendor Exclusivity Partners will be sampling a variety of truffles from Hauser Chocolates:
Check back for updates!
* Blue = This vendor also includes VIP samples at their booth! Purple = sponsor!
All About Fairies - Face Painters (FREE)
Barbara Hurtt Sweet Delicacies LLC
Beer Garden / Chocolate Martini Bar
Benne's Sweet Treats
Berry Simple LLC
Bouji Bean
Bradbjammin.com
Breckenridge Vacation Getaways
Caramel Apple Decorating Station
Chocolate Cake Showdown
Chocolate Shop
Colorado Cocoa Pod
concise chiropractic
Confetti Confections
Craft and Crumbles
Creation Station
Danconias Brownies
Delightfully Dipped
Dr. Bronner's Magic All-One Chocolate
Farm in a Jar
Frosted Jules Cookies
Frosting!
Full Fruit Fungals
Gallant Goodies
Girly Berrys
Goufrais German Confections
Grammy Brittle & More!
House of Stewart
IXKAKAW LLC
Jeana's Nut Buddies LLC
KB Sweet Treats
Kogler's Bakery
KrazyCoconut Thai street food
Libbet Motivational Designs International LLC
Longmont Dairy
m2 Confections
Makery Cake Company, The
Mari Rocks & Handmade Gifts
Marrom Bombom Brazilian Delicacies
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Merang-O-Tang
Mile-Hi Sweets & Treats
MouCo Cheese Company
Natural Living Foundation
NOCO Chocolates
Origin Vanilla
pampered chef
Passanante's
Photo Booth
Phresh Baked Goods
Redemption Road Coffee
rich brownies
Scratch Sweets
Sum Treats
Sunrun
Sweet Almond Flower
Sweet Rice Flour
The Denver Post
Thea Hutcheson
To Market-To Market Inc.
Two Sistah's Eats
VeneCacao Chocolateria
Voulez-Vous BonBon
Westcliffe Cheese Company
What the Fudge Co.
Your Corner Of The World Creations
ZenBusiness
Zetta Marie's Patisserie
Our Vendor Exclusivity Partners will be sampling a variety of truffles from Hauser Chocolates:
- Lifetime Bath & Shower
- Renewal by Andersen
WANT TO SELL?
Vendor booths are almost gone!
These shows sell out! We have a limit of 10 non-chocolate/non-food-or-drink gift booths. Don't wait - sign up today!
Booths are 10 x 10:
- $195 for chocolate, food and drink booth
- $350 for gift booth (SOLD OUT)
- Double booths also available
Each booth includes:
- One 8-ft table
- 2 chairs
- Extra tables available for $20 each
- Electricity is available for $35
TASTE TICKETS – WE PAY YOU $.50 PER SAMPLE - and $2 per VIP sample! :
Vendors love the Taste Ticket model for our chocolate festivals! Customers give you a ticket for each sample. YOU get to decide on your own sample sizes and amounts, based on your unique products. At the end of the show, bring your Taste Tickets to Registration for cash. We weigh them with our Ticket Scale and pay $.50 PER TICKET. VIP Indulgence tickets must be hand-counted and you will receive $2 for each one of those (for our designated VIP vendors only) 🙂
NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL SALES OR SAMPLING. Our expanded Choctoberfest Beer Garden holds the exclusive liquor permit.
Health Dept. Requirements for Vendors Preparing Food or Drink Onsite:
If you are selling and sampling simple pre-made, pre-packaged foods, you don't need to worry about this one, but if you plan to prepare or cook food onsite, you need to be sure you have the right permits.
INSURANCE: All vendors are required to have their own liability insurance. If you need to order from us, you can do so inexpensively HERE.
Vendor booths are almost gone!
These shows sell out! We have a limit of 10 non-chocolate/non-food-or-drink gift booths. Don't wait - sign up today!
Booths are 10 x 10:
- $195 for chocolate, food and drink booth
- $350 for gift booth (SOLD OUT)
- Double booths also available
Each booth includes:
- One 8-ft table
- 2 chairs
- Extra tables available for $20 each
- Electricity is available for $35
TASTE TICKETS – WE PAY YOU $.50 PER SAMPLE - and $2 per VIP sample! :
Vendors love the Taste Ticket model for our chocolate festivals! Customers give you a ticket for each sample. YOU get to decide on your own sample sizes and amounts, based on your unique products. At the end of the show, bring your Taste Tickets to Registration for cash. We weigh them with our Ticket Scale and pay $.50 PER TICKET. VIP Indulgence tickets must be hand-counted and you will receive $2 for each one of those (for our designated VIP vendors only) 🙂
NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL SALES OR SAMPLING. Our expanded Choctoberfest Beer Garden holds the exclusive liquor permit.
Health Dept. Requirements for Vendors Preparing Food or Drink Onsite:
If you are selling and sampling simple pre-made, pre-packaged foods, you don't need to worry about this one, but if you plan to prepare or cook food onsite, you need to be sure you have the right permits.
INSURANCE: All vendors are required to have their own liability insurance. If you need to order from us, you can do so inexpensively HERE.
We pay you $.50 per sample!
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DANA'S MISSION:
Our goal is to remind people that the world can be a beautiful, magical, fun place! We create environments where people can go to immerse themselves in their favorite things! Whether its one of our chocolate festivals, the Unicorn Festival, a retro-themed event, or a sci-fi musical, we love to take people exactly where they want to be - to their happy place!" - Dana Cainyright 2021 by Dana Cain Events. Headquartered in beautiful Denver, CO. Follow our @UnicornFestivalCO on Facebook. |