- Every Saturday night -
end of June through Labor Day Saturday
- Chuckwagon Dinners and Vintage
Western Swing Music Concerts
Head out to the Wildlife
West Nature Park to enjoy BBQ dinner, hayrides and vintage
Western Swing music. A great family event. 7-9pm. Reservations
required.Visit the Web site at: www.wildlifewest.org
Edgewood, NM
(505) 281-7655
- 1st Full Weekend
- Bluegrass Concerts at Wildlife West Nature Park
Event features different
performers and captivating musical styles. Held in the covered
amphitheater at the Wild
West Nature Park. Fees include admission to the park, hayrides,
jam sessions, fiddle or banjo contests, workshops on dobro, guitar
or mandolin, dancing, and, of course, enjoy the music of many
up-and-coming performers. Held at the Wildlife West Nature Center,
20 minutes east of Albuquerque. Sponsored by the Town of Edgewood.
Wildlife West Nature Center has several annual bluegrass music
festivals and don't miss the chuckwagon dinners and dancing
every Saturday night from June 30th to September 1. Lots
of other nature park activities, too. Fun, family entertainment.
Visit the Web site at: www.wildlifewest.org
Edgewood, NM
(505) 281-7655
- 1st Week
- Annual Hummingbird Festival
- Grey Feathers Bird Sanctuary
Literally thousands of hummingbirds
swarm the feeders at Grey Feathers Lodge, located 25 miles north
of Silver City, NM, during July and August. Join us for our Annual
Birding Festival celebrating these amazing flying jewels!
A week-long event which includes a variety of activities
including hummingbird banding, educational slide presentations
and nature walks. Rest, relax, and study thousands of these interesting
little birds. Grey Feathers Lodge, north of Silver City at the
junction of Hwy's 15 & 35, near Lake Roberts.
near Silver City, NM
(505) 536-3206
- Full Month of August through
September 9
- 45th Annual Black Range Artist's
Inc. Juried Exhibit
More than 100 "masterpieces"
by artists from Deming, Elephant Butte, Hatch, Las Cruces, Silver
City, Truth or Consequences and El Paso.
Deming Arts Council
100 S. Gold
Deming, NM
(505) 546-3663
- First Thursday through
Saturday
- Annual Rattler Reunion -
Tucumcari High School
Three days of reminiscing,
dancing, eating and just plain fun at the largest high school
reunion around - all classes! Event starts on Thursday with check
in and reception, followed by events and dancing on Friday, then
an all classes parade on Saturday with a Saturday banquet when
classes break into years.
Tucumcari, NM
(505) 461-0510
- 4th of August
- Feast Day
Corn Dance
Santa Domingo Pueblo
(505) 465-2214
- 1st Weekend
- Rt. 66 Run, Rally & Rock Festival
Classic car show and competitions,
the nation's only 5K and 10K runs inside a nature park, Rt. 66
displays and souvenirs, non-stop stage shows / battle of the
bands, carnival midway and Wildlife West Nature Park shows and
exhibits, hayrides, chuckwagon dinner and bluegrass music. Visit
the Wildlife West Nature
Park Web site for more detailed information, fees, and times
of events.
Edgewood, NM
(505) 286-5655
- 1st Full Weekend
- Old Lincoln Days and the
Billy the Kid Pageant
Everything about Billy
the Kid with historic reenactments, dulcimer music, cowboy and
country and western music, presentations, book signings, storytelling,
old time crafts, chuckwagon demonstrations and more.
Historic Lincoln Museum and Lincoln State Monuments.
Lincoln, NM
(505) 653-4025 or 653-4372
- August 5-10
- Tour of the Nations
Tour of the Nations is
a 5-day recreational and educational bike ride that winds its
participants through three of New Mexico’s Native American
Pueblos and two national monuments, stay as guests in several
current day Pueblos, will be treated to a tour, traditional meal,
and traditional performance at the Pueblos, and finish the ride
in Gallup, New Mexico, where the participants receive tickets
to the 86th annual Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. The
Inter-Tribal Ceremonial is a renowned powwow which attracts Native
American participants from across the US, and parts of Canada
and Mexico. Total of 234 miles. Please visit the Web site to
learn more about cost and amenities and to register for the event.
Limited to 200 participants. www.thegallupchamber.com/totn/totn/learn.html
Gallup, NM
- 2nd & 4th Saturday's
of June, July & August
- Summer Tailgate Party
Great musical entertainment
under the summer night sky. Packed out concerts, so come early
to get a spot. Sponsored by the Flickinger Center in Alamogordo
and held at the parking lot of the New Mexico Museum of Space
History. Park early or bring your folding chair and snacks. Top
notch musicians! 8 to 10pm. Visit www.flickingercenter.com
for schedule of musicians. In 2006 there will be extra concerts
on June 3 and August 5. Don't miss this fine event.
Alamogordo, NM
(505) 437-2202
- 2nd Full Weekend
- Annual Antique Ethnographic
Art Show
Tribal art from around
the world. More than 170 booths! Friday 6-9pm; Saturday &
Sunday 10am-5pm. Learn more at: www.whitehawkshows.com.
Held at El Museo Cultura, 1615 Paseo de Peralta,
Santa Fe, NM
(505) 992-8929
- 2nd Weekend
- Annual Silver City Gun Show
Sponsored by Gila Fish
and Gun Club and held at the National Guard Armory. Saturday
8am to 5pm and Sunday 9am to 3pm. Admission $4. Children under
12 and with an adult, free.
Santa Clara, NM
(505) 388-2360
- 2nd Weekend
- New Mexico Heritage Festival
Multi-cultural festival
featuring Native American, Hispanic and Western History.
Edgewood, NM
(505) 286-5655
- 9th - 10th of August
- San Lorenzo Feast Day, Trade
Fair, Ceremonial Foot Race and Pole Clim
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Picuris Pueblo
(505) 587-2519
- 2nd Friday and Saturday
- Old Timer's Day
A celebration of more
than 100 years, the Old Timer's Day is a festival of music and
dance with a parade on Saturday. Contact the director at the
Melrose Chamber of Commerce for more detailed information.
Melrose, NM
(505) 253-4530 or 253-4590 (chamber)
- 12th of August
- Santa Clara Feast Day
Buffalo, Harvest or Corn
Dance
Santa Clara Pueblo
(505) 753-7330
- 15th of August
- The Assumption of Our Blessed
Mother's Feast Day
Harvest and various other
tribal dances
Laguna Pueblo - (505) 552-6654
Zia Pueblo - (505) 867-3304
- 3rd Monday-Wednesday
- 3rd Saturday
- Music in the Park
Bring your chairs and enjoy an evening under the stars, dancing
or just listening. Every 3rd Saturday from May through September.
6 to 8 pm. Rockhound
State Park. E-mail: jmranch@vtc.net
Deming, NM
(505) 546-6182
- 3rd Full Weekend
- Annual Open Golf Tournament
Tournament, meals and
tee prizes. $100 per person. T or C Municipal Golf Course.
Truth or Consequences, NM
(505) 894-2603
- 3rd Full Weekend
- Antiques of the Americas
& Beyond
A new show featuring
an eclectic mix of American antiques, folk art, ethnographic
& tribal antiques and historic Indian artifacts. Friday-Sunday,
10am-5pm. www.whitehawkshows.com.
Held at El Museo Cultura, 1615 Paseo de Peralta,
Santa Fe, NM
(505) 992-8929
- 3rd Weekend
- Hummingbird Festival
Celebrate the season
of these flying jewels. Learn about this fascinating bird. Refreshments
and silent auction. 7 to 10 am, both Saturday and Sunday.
Sponsored by First New Mexico Bank.
Rockhound State Park
Deming, NM
(505) 546-6182
- 3rd Saturday
- Sadie Orchard Day
Sadie Orchard Day honors Sierra County pioneer Sadie Orchard
and the spirit of the early pioneers that settled the area. Sadie
was a madam, hotel operator, stage coach owner and driver, business
woman, nurse to the sick, benefactor to many, and quite a colorful
character. The afternoon begins at Geronimo
Springs Museum with a melodramatic memorial service to Sadie,
a procession to her grave site in Hot Springs Cemetery, and continues
in the park with live music and games, including the bed race,
chamber pot relay, and watermelon seed spitting contest. Lots
of family fun. For more detailed information, contact the Geronimo
Springs Museum. 211 Main St.
Truth or Consequences, NM
(505) 894-6600
- 3rd Saturday
- Annual Lions Club Carp Round-Up
7 am-3 pm, Elephant Butte Lake State Park, day use area. Cost
is $7.50 per person and $10 per parent/child team.
Elephant Butte, NM
(505) 894-7421
- 3rd Weekend
- Ramah Fair
Parade, pow wow, traditional
Navajo song and dance, Indian market open, show rodeo.
Navajo Reservation
Pinehill Chapter
(505) 775-3215
- 4th Weekend
- St. Genevieve's Annual Fiesta
Live entertainment, food, children's games, dunking booth with
Father's ricardo and Gerardo. On Sunday at 11am there will be
a Mariachi Mass followed by procession to the fiesta with Danza
Guadalupana. Saturday 11am to 11pm and Sunday 11am to 9pm.
St. Genevieve's Church
1025 E. Las Cruces Ave.
Las Cruces, NM
(505) 524-9649 or 621-6213
- Last Saturday
- Annual Poets and Writers
Picnic
Come join us for a day
of poetry, open mike, local and visiting poets and writers and
live music. Bring a picnic lunch or dine in the Shaffer dining
room. Sponsored by the Manzano Mountain Art Council. For more
information contact Dale Harris (poetdale@yahoo.com).
Event is held in the garden of the historic Shaffer Hotel, 103
E. Main Street,
Mountainair, NM
(505) 242-4930
- 3rd Weekend
- 4th Thursday through Sunday
- Great American Duck Race
Four days of hilarious fun. Duck
racing, duck dress up contest - "Duck Royalty Pageant,"
Tournament of Ducks Parade, Green Chili Cook-off, Great American
Outhouse Race, vendors, food, balloons, and big name and local
entertainment. Several new hotels in town, and lots of RV and
camping spots. But reserve early, this is a packed event! For
more detailed information, contact the Great American Duck Race
of Deming, Inc. or Deming Chamber of Commerce (505) 546-2674.
Deming, NM
(888) 345-1125 or (505) 544-0469
- 28th of August
- Saint Augustine Feast Day
Mass in the morning and
a procession following the Mass. Indian Dances in the afternoon.
Isleta Pueblo
(505) 869-3111
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