In Allenspark, a new festival is putting the spotlight on one of Colorado’s feathered friends.

On Saturday, the inaugural Wild Turkey Festival will celebrate turkeys in all their forms while ushering in the fall season. Hosted by the small mountain community of Allenspark in northwestern Boulder County, festival activities will take place at various local businesses and venues throughout the day.

“We’ve never done anything like this before,” said Elisabeth Sherwin, one of the event coordinators.

According to Sherwin, the festival was initially pitched as a joke. After an Allenspark resident expressed distaste for the wild turkeys and their tendency to rampage through her yard, community members suggested holding a festival to honor the birds instead of bringing them down.

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