Scouted Colorado: A New 11-Day Marketplace Lands at Chautauqua for Sundance 2027
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Reported: a regional lifestyle publisher called The Scout Guide is launching an 11 day marketplace named Scouted Colorado at the Community House at Colorado Chautauqua, directly across from Chautauqua Auditorium, one of the confirmed Sundance 2027 screening venues. It runs January 21 to 31, 2027, the same dates as the festival, and pairs shopping from more than 35 Colorado makers and businesses with food, drink and programming. This is not a Sundance Institute program. Vendor and sponsor applications are open now, both due October 30, 2026.
Last verified: September 23, 2026
What Scouted Colorado is
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Dates: January 21 to 31, 2027, the full Sundance 2027 window | Reported, not yet confirmed |
| Location: Community House at Colorado Chautauqua, about 15 minutes from Pearl Street Mall | Reported, not yet confirmed |
| More than 35 Colorado independent businesses, brands, artists and makers expected across roughly 35 marketplace spaces | Reported, not yet confirmed |
| Vendor and sponsor application deadline: October 30, 2026 | Reported, not yet confirmed |
The Scout Guide, which already publishes a Boulder edition of its regional lifestyle guide, is organizing the event by pooling four of its Colorado markets, Boulder, Denver, Aspen and Fort Collins, into a single vendor pool. The marketplace is pitched as shopping from local makers, food and beverage, special programming, private event space and a Nordic tipi set up on the green at Community House. Participating vendors keep 100 percent of their own sales revenue, according to the organizer. Brand sponsors can join through six tiers, including one presenting sponsor slot and ten spotlight sponsor slots that carry optional category exclusivity.
Because this comes directly from the event organizer rather than from Sundance Institute, the City of Boulder or CU Boulder, we are labeling every specific figure here as reported rather than confirmed. Nothing about Scouted Colorado appears on Sundance’s own venue or program pages as of this writing, and the event is being staged near, not inside, the official festival footprint.
Why it matters
Chautauqua Auditorium is already one of the trickier venues to plan around: our Sundance 2027 Boulder venues guide puts it 30 to 60 minutes on foot from every other confirmed venue, so visitors heading out to South Boulder for a screening have generally had little reason to linger. A marketplace directly across from the Auditorium gives that trip a second purpose, and it fits the kind of gap-between-screenings activity we cover in our things to do beyond the festival guide. Anyone building a South Boulder day around Chautauqua screenings using our one-day, three-day and five-day itineraries may want to budget extra time here once hours and programming are confirmed.
What we’re watching
We will update this post once Scouted Colorado publishes daily hours, a final vendor list or confirmation from Colorado Chautauqua Association that the event is proceeding as described, and we will note if Sundance Institute references the marketplace on any official channel.
