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Steamboat Springs — The fireworks have been canceled, but the show will go on at this year's Hayden Daze.

Events start Friday night, when the American Legion will serve hamburgers and the street dance will be held at Hayden Town Park. Besides the lack of fireworks, most of the events will be the same as last year, Parks and Recreation Director Kathy Hockett said.

"The fireworks are canceled due to the economy and budget restraints," she said. "We're hoping we can reinstate those next year."

The town would like to find a sponsor, or several, for the $8,000 fireworks show. Officials tried to cut the show to $6,000, but the money just wasn't there. A fireworks show much cheaper than that isn't really worth having, Hockett said.

"It's really an investment, but it allows locals to stay home and not spend money and to get to know their neighbors," Hockett said.

She's still welcoming entrants for Saturday's parade and Sunday's golf tournament. The tournament typically is Friday, and Hockett said she hoped a move to Sunday morning would increase participation. She's asking people to register by noon Friday.

The tournament is a four-person scramble with an 8 a.m. shotgun start at Yampa Valley Golf Course in Craig. The event includes lunch and prizes and costs $30 a person.

"Any of the proceeds do go to the Parks and Rec youth programs and back into this event," Hockett said.

She said she was excited to welcome the El Jebel Shrine back to the Saturday parade. The shrine brings 35 small cars with it, which the crowd enjoys, Hockett said. The Northwest Colorado Shrine is sponsoring the barbecue after the parade Saturday.

"The parade theme this year is 'Let the Good Times Roll,' and with that we're really trying to promote that even in tough economic times you can get out and still have fun and let the good times roll," Hockett said.

After the parade, the Town Park will be buzzing with inflatables for children, games, a rock-climbing wall and a bungee jumping structure, Hockett said. A community potluck dinner Saturday evening will serve as an open house for the new Dry Creek Park building, Hockett said. Rain would push that event to the Routt County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall.

The American Legion will participate in Hayden Daze as it usually does. The group will sell hamburgers in front of its hut on Third Street starting at 7 p.m. Friday, said Police Chief Ray Birch, commander of American Legion Post No. 89.

The Hayden post supports its town, he said.

"We're a nonprofit organization, and the monies we receive in these concession stands go back into the community," Birch said.