Steel City Arkansas River Festival

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Save the Date!

The Steel City Arkansas River Festival is coming back for year two! Clear your calendars for 
Saturday, June 27, 2026, for a full day of FUN along the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado!!


Sponsorship

Interested in being a sponsor of SCARF for 2026? Please contact Lindsay, at lmartin@pueblo.us for current sponsorship opportunities. 

Accepting vendors May 2026. Vendor registration will be available online, over the phone or in person. For more information, please call 719-553-2682. 

Volunteer

Volunteers make the festival happen! Please reach out to Lindsay at lmartin@pueblo.us for volunteering opportunities. 

Participate

Build Your Own Boat Race team registration will open May 2026. The Freestyle River Surf Competition registration will open June 2026. More details will be posted in late February 2026. 

  1. 1 Dog in bike
  2. 2 Tailwater Fishing Demonstration
  3. 3 Rubber Ducks
  4. 4 Live music performer
  5. 5 Pirates Build your own boat team
  6. 6 T-mobile vendor
  7. 7 Paddle boarder
  8. 8 Group of tubers at SCARF by the levee murals
  9. 9 Family on camping chairs
  10. 10 Morning Star Demonstration
  1. Max Jay - Littleton 
  2. Ross Determan - Pueblo
  3. Lennon Helm - Salida
  4. Tanner Sprague - Florence
  5. Brayden Kirby-Billingsley - Ft. Collins
  6. Isaiah Trujillo - Pueblo
  7. Tony Rodriguez - Monument
  8. Tyler Fedewa - Colorado Springs
  9. Ben Smith - Boulder
  10. Derek Lopez - Pueblo
  11. Anatoli Spear - Pueblo 
  12. Bill Hardman - Greenwood Village
  13. Kawika Mcelroy - Colorado Springs
  14. Cory Sweeney - Lakewood
  1. Gentian Nuzzo - Avon
  2. Sabrina Moses - Buena Vista
  3. Haley Day - Boulder
  1. 1 First Responder watching over water during SCARF 2025
  2. 2 Pair of river surfers at SCARF 2025
  3. 3 River Surfing at SCARF 2025
  4. 4 Local Pueblo River Surfer looking over wave at SCARF 2025
  5. 5 River Surfers waiting to compete at SCARF 2025
  6. 6 river surfer female competing at SCARF 2025
  7. 7 surfer catching a wave at SCARF 2025
  8. 8 Badfish tent
  9. 9 Badfish tent
  10. 10 Badfish vendor

4-Person Crew Overall Winner

Style: Boats & Crew ranked on creativity, design and theme

Pirate Queens

  1. 1 BYOB Race 2 person crew taking off - the river slashers
  2. 2 BYOB Race competitor
  3. 3 Build your own boat battleship team
  4. 4 Viking team in action
  5. 5 Viking team carrying their boat into the water
  6. 6 Crowd at NWDC River deck watching the BYOB Race at SCARF 2025

Thank you to SCARF's 2025 Sponsors

  1. 1 Minnequa Works Credit Union Transparent Logo
  2. 2 Print Pros Logo
  3. 3 Badfish Logo Horizontal Black
  4. 4 KDZA Radio Logo
  5. 5 T Mobile Fiber Logo
  6. 6 Pueblo Conservancy District Logo