Ten costumed guests dining, dancing, and playing music in a spacious lantern-lit garden beneath the Colorado foothills.

Merveilles Pleasure Gardens · 2027

The Faire closes.
The night opens.

Ten miles south, the lanterns are coming on. Stay for supper, strings, dancing, garden games, and a tent beneath the foothill sky.

An intimate, provisional 21+ series · reservation only · details subject to approval

01

A second chapter

Keep the company.
Let the rush pass.

After a full day at the Faire, the crowd pours north at once. AfterFaire turns that awkward ending into the best part of the story: a small, hosted garden supper with a place at the table and, if you choose, a place for your tent.

Ten reservations. Five garden acres. No walk-ups. No giant stage. Just one beautifully hosted table for people who were not ready to go home.

02

From gate to garden

An evening with a shape.

  1. Arrive & settle

    Reserved parking, warm welcome, handwash, supper service.

  2. Strings in the garden

    An acoustic set, introductions, and room to exhale.

  3. Learn the dance

    A welcoming lesson, then social dancing under the lanterns.

  4. Stories & songs

    The volume comes down. The tables draw closer.

  5. Home or bedroll

    Night guests depart; camp quiet hours begin.

03

Choose your ending

Two ways to stay.

Proposed founding prices. Deposits remain refundable until the relevant event approvals are secured.

Garden Supper

$149 early

A Merveilles smokehouse supper, music, dance, hosted games, water, and one parking credential per reservation party.

  • Other beverages available separately if approved
  • Garden access through 11 p.m.
  • $159 standard price
Four costumed friends follow a lantern path from a distant fair toward a garden gathering in the foothills.

A scarce invitation

Small on purpose.

The opening model is built around the smallest night that can feel complete and make money. Ten guests is the sales cap. Five acres provide breathing room; parking remains prepaid and tied to the party. Camping, safety, and the garden come before growth.

10
paid guests maximum
6
provisional guest vehicles
5
garden acres

All capacities are provisional until the site plan and agencies approve them.

04

A business, not a bonfire

The night has to pay.

Tickets and camping carry the event. The smokehouse supper is prepaid and portioned to reservations; beverages use an authorized service pathway. Slide attendance to see the base model respond.

Read the full operating plan
8
610 cap
Season revenue$13,696
Season profit$2,913
Operating margin21%
Break-even6 / night

Eight nights · 60% camping mix · $24 smokehouse food cost per guest · $650 nightly fixed cost · $3,000 pre-season fixed cost. Model excludes property rent or owner revenue share.

05

Rules of the garden

Good hosting is the spectacle.

Reservation only

Every guest, tent, and vehicle is known before the gate opens.

Low flame, low noise

LED lanterns, acoustic-scale music, and quiet hours protect the land and neighbors.

Approved service

The smokehouse follows its approved food plan; beverage service follows its authorized licensing pathway.

Sober departure

Hosts, manifests, service refusal, and a transport plan are part of the product.

Founding list · opens after approvals

Be first through the garden gate.

Choose a likely night, tell us whether you would camp, and help prove the first two gatherings. No ticket is being sold on this concept page.

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