Forums
The calendar behind the year pages. Attendance only when a published source named who showed.
2026
Collaborative City Council Candidate Forum 2026 (Open / Better / PLAN)
2026-09-02 · venue not recorded · Better Boulder
Co-hosted by Open Boulder, Better Boulder, and PLAN-Boulder County. 5pm social, 6pm forum. Moderator: KC Becker. Registration closed as of the Better Boulder post. Recording not yet expected — event is Sept 2 2026.
Boulder Chamber City Council Candidate Forum
2026-08-26 · eTown, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder · Boulder Chamber · recording
Season-opener at eTown, 5–8pm. Camera Aug 27: 17 of 19 certified candidates. Topics: housing, transportation, public safety. Recording: Chamber YouTube.
Boulder Progressives Raucous Caucus
2026-06-06 · Twisted Pine Brewing Company, Boulder · Boulder Progressives
Unofficial kickoff of the 2026 cycle. Attendees reported by BRL: Tara Winer, Tina Marquis, Benita Duran, Rachel Rose Isaacson, Ryan Schuchard, Jill Grano, Aaron Brockett. Adams did not attend.
- Taishya Adams — did not attend
- Aaron Brockett — attended
- Benita Duran — attended
- Jill Grano — attended
- Rachel Rose Isaacson — attended
- Tina Marquis — attended
- Ryan Schuchard — attended
- Tara Winer — attended
2025
Boulder City Council Candidates Forum on the Arts
2025-09-30 · Boulder Chamber, 2440 Pearl St., Boulder · Boulder Chamber · recording
Presented by Boulder County Arts Alliance, Create Boulder, and the Boulder Chamber. 5–7pm. Full recording split into three videos (YouTube playlist). Attendance not copied name-by-name in this pass.
League of Women Voters city council candidate forum
2025-09-27 · City Council Chambers, Penfield Tate II Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway · League of Women Voters of Boulder County · recording
Co-sponsored with EFAA. 10:00–11:30am. Moderator (Josephine Porter, on the recording): 11 on the ballot, 8 able to participate, all invited. Questions from audience cards plus electronic submissions. Name-by-name list not copied here; watch the video.
Boulder VOTES! Collaborative Candidate Forum
2025-09-08 · Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder · PLAN-Boulder County · recording
Hosted by Open Boulder, Better Boulder, and PLAN-Boulder County. 5–7:30pm at Nomad Playhouse. Questions not taken from the audience. Recording: PLAN-Boulder YouTube embed on the Sept 12 2025 forum post.
- Matt Benjamin — attended
- Lauren Folkerts — attended
- Rachel Rose Isaacson — attended
- Rob Kaplan — attended
- Maxwell Lord — attended
- Montserrat Palacios — did not attend
- Jennifer Robins — attended
- Rob Smoke — did not attend
- Nicole Speer — attended
- Aaron Stone — did not attend
- Mark Wallach — attended
Boulder Chamber candidate forum (2025 cycle)
2025-08-26 · New Vista High School, 700 20th St., Boulder · Boulder Chamber · recording
Season-opener. Ten of eleven certified candidates spoke. Palacios is not named in the Daily Camera writeup of attendees. Recording: Boulder Chamber YouTube, '2025 City Council Candidate Forum' (2h05).
- Matt Benjamin — attended
- Lauren Folkerts — attended
- Rachel Rose Isaacson — attended
- Rob Kaplan — attended
- Maxwell Lord — attended
- Montserrat Palacios — did not attend
- Jennifer Robins — attended
- Rob Smoke — attended
- Nicole Speer — attended
- Aaron Stone — attended
- Mark Wallach — attended
2023
League of Women Voters mayoral candidate forum
2023-10-22 · City Council Chambers, Penfield Tate II Municipal Building · League of Women Voters of Boulder County · recording
Co-sponsored with EFAA. City Channel 8 recording. Transcript names Brockett, Speer, Tweedlie, and Yates.
- Aaron Brockett — attended
- Nicole Speer — attended
- Paul Tweedlie — attended
- Bob Yates — attended
BRL–KGNU mayoral debate
2023-10-18 · venue not recorded · Boulder Reporting Lab
All four mayoral candidates. Mentioned in BRL's Oct 27 2023 'who’s running' photo caption. Recording not independently located in this pass.
League of Women Voters city council candidate forum
2023-10-15 · City Council Chambers, Penfield Tate II Municipal Building · League of Women Voters of Boulder County · recording
Co-sponsored with EFAA. City Channel 8 recording, 1h35. Attendance not copied name-by-name in this pass — the video is the source.
Climate-focused Boulder mayoral forum
2023-10-05 · venue not recorded ·
BRL Oct 6 2023: Xcel Energy was a central subject. Date is the day before the article.
Boulder Chamber City Council and Mayoral Candidate Forum
2023-08-29 · Boulder JCC · Boulder Chamber · recording
Season-opener. All 14 certified candidates. Speer virtual. Questions from Chamber, Latino Chamber, Community Cycles: public safety, rent control, transportation, business support, labor shortages, minimum wage.
- Taishya Adams — attended
- Silas Atkins — attended
- Terri Brncic — attended
- Aaron Brockett — attended
- Jacques Decalo — attended
- Waylon Lewis — attended
- Tina Marquis — attended
- Aaron Gabriel Neyer — attended
- Jennifer Robins — attended
- Ryan Schuchard — attended
- Nicole Speer — attended
- Paul Tweedlie — attended
- Tara Winer — attended
- Bob Yates — attended
PLAN-Boulder County city council forum
2023-08-29 · venue not recorded · PLAN-Boulder County
Same calendar night as the Chamber forum. PLAN's page names seven council candidates. Moderator Bill Briggs. Venue not stated. Silas Atkins is not named on either PLAN forum list — absence not independently confirmed.
- Terri Brncic — attended
- Waylon Lewis — attended
- Tina Marquis — attended
- Aaron Gabriel Neyer — attended
- Jennifer Robins — attended
- Ryan Schuchard — attended
- Tara Winer — attended
PLAN-Boulder County candidate forum (mayor + two council)
2023-08-23 · venue not recorded · PLAN-Boulder County
PLAN-Boulder County's own page: four mayoral candidates plus council candidates Taishya Adams and Jacques Decalo. Moderator Bill Briggs. Venue not stated.
- Taishya Adams — attended
- Aaron Brockett — attended
- Jacques Decalo — attended
- Nicole Speer — attended
- Paul Tweedlie — attended
- Bob Yates — attended
Boulder Progressives candidate forum
2023-06-21 · Elks Lodge, Boulder · Boulder Progressives
Unofficial kickoff. BRL: eight council candidates and three mayoral candidates. Housing and homelessness dominated. Full attendance list not copied into this seed beyond the article.
2021
Cycling-themed City Council candidate forum
2021-10-26 · virtual ·
Hosted by Boulder Mountainbike Alliance, Community Cycles, and Cyclists 4 Community. Daily Camera: 150+ registered. Right-turn-on-red and bike theft were asked.
- Matt Benjamin — attended
- Michael Christy — attended
- Jacques Decalo — attended
- Lauren Folkerts — attended
- Steve Rosenblum — attended
- Nicole Speer — attended
- David Takahashi — attended
- Mark Wallach — did not attend
- Dan Williams — attended
- Tara Winer — attended
Boulder Chamber City Council Candidate Forum
2021-08-26 · venue not recorded · Boulder Chamber · recording
Chamber YouTube title: 2021 Boulder City Council Candidate Forum. 1h55. CU South annexation was among the questions. Full attendance not copied name-by-name from the tape in this pass.
Boulder Progressives Raucous Caucus (2021)
2021-06-24 · venue not recorded · Boulder Progressives
Boulder Beat: at least 12 people vying for five seats. Early-cycle look; full roster not copied here.
2017
League of Women Voters city council candidate forum
2017-10-14 · venue not recorded · League of Women Voters of Boulder County · recording
YouTube title: Boulder City Council Candidate Forum Presented by The League of Women Voters. Published Oct 14 2017. Name-by-name attendance not copied from the tape in this pass — the video is the source.