Boulder-based tobacco retailer Smoker Friendly announced that the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival will take place at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colo. on Aug.24.
The Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival, now in its 10th year, has become known as the premier festival of its kind in the country. Created to cater to the premium cigar industry, the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival attracts more than 2,000 consumers, collaborating with more than 100 vendors within the cigar, craft beer, distillery and lifestyle categories.
Premium cigar vendors for the festival will include celebrity personalities and brand ambassadors such as Jonathan Drew, Rocky Patel, Liana Fuente, Bobby Newman, Tony Gomez, Klaas Kelner, Juan Lopez, Michael Gianni, Robert Caldwell and more.
The Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival gives cigar smokers a unique opportunity to engage with representatives from their favorite brands and try the latest products.
Cigar smokers are often craft beer enthusiasts, and breweries of all sizes make a strong showing at the festival. Beer vendors will include New Belgium Brewing, Oskar Blues, Upslope Brewing Co, Crabtree Brewing, Grossen Bart Brewery, Odyssey Beer Werks, The Post Brewing Co, Crooked Stave and Bruz Beers.
For smokers in search of something stronger to accompany their cigars, a wide range of spirit vendors, wineries, and even Redstone Meadery will be serving drinks. Seagram’s, Stranahan’s, 7Cellars by John Elway, Laws Whiskey House, Breckenridge Distillery, Coppermuse Distillery, Boulder Spirits and Spirit Hound Distillers are only a few of the beverage providers eager to reach out to cigar aficionados at the festival.
The cigar industry has expanded beyond only cigars to encompass fine living through luxury brands and lifestyle advocates. Lifestyle vendors at the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival will include “The Guayabera Lady” Berta Bravo, Colibri, Djarum, Xikar, ZYN, Front Range Anglers, Tommy Bahama, Lotus/Vertigo Lighters, Boveda, Room 101, Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House, Cigar Rights of America, Cigars for Warriors and many more.
The festival runs from 12-6 p.m. on Aug. 24 at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colo. Following the festival will be an after party hosted by La Flor Dominicana Cigars on the pool patio at the Omni Interlocken Resort starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are already sold out.
