- 1st Saturday of July
- Chloride Ghost Town - Grand
Opening of the MONTE CRISTO GIFT SHOP & GALLERY
Special event from 10am to 4pm. Visit
with artists from the local area and listen to music and cowboy
poetry, as Chloride celebrates the opening of yet another historic
building. While there, plan to visit the Pioneer Store Museum,
built in 1880, and closed after the silver boom with all the
furnishings, merchandise, and records left inside. Now it's a
fascinating and unique collection of life in the days of silver
mining. Take the self-guided walk down Wall Street and see some
great original buildings and the "hanging tree." Stay
overnight in the first building in Chloride, or in the RV park.
Located near the Gila Wilderness, just 42 miles northwest of
Truth or Consequences via Interstate 25 and N.M. 52. Open 7 days
a week, 9am to 4pm. For more information, please contact edmund@zianet.com or call.
Chloride, NM
(505) 743-2736
- 1st Saturday of July
- Annual Timberson Independence
Day Celebration
An all day event starting
with free breakfast at 8am at the Timberon Fire Department. All
day activities include: music; arts & crafts; food; Old West
reenactments; Cowboy Poetry; watermelon, hatchet and knife throwing
and horshoe pitching contests; cake walk; quilt raffle; BBQ;
yard art silent auction; library book sale; Lion's Club bingo;
dance at 7:30pm. Prizes will be given for the best historical
representation of a notable figure or a cowboy/cowgirl. Get out
of the heat! Don't miss out on this event up in the cool pines
of
Timberon, NM
((505) 987-2433
- 1st Saturday of July
- Summerfest
Since the 1960s, Eunice's
Summerfest has been a wonderful event to welcome in the summer.
Activities include a pancake breakfast, hosted by the Lion's
Club and held from 6 to 9am. Then at 9am is a parade, followed
by BBQ at City Park from 11am to 1pm. Spend the rest of the day
enjoying activities such as: the dunking and jumping booths,
face painting, sandpile digging, turtle races, golf at the Eunice
Golf Course (call (505) 394-2881 to enter golf event), fireworks
at dusk, car races at the Cardinal Motor Speedway and a dance
at the American Legion, at 9pm. What a great day!! For more information,
contact the Eunice Chamber of Commerce.
Eunice, NM
(505) 394-2755
- 1st Saturday of July
Annual Firehouse Fair
at Bluewater
Lake
Come out and have some fun and help
raise money for the Bluewater Acres Volunteer Fire Department.
Enjoy local artists and crafters, music, food, public health
and community information displays, a used book sale and a community
garage sale. Firefighters will also sell food and drinks. All
proceeds from the benefit event, other than the individual sales
made by vendors, will go to the volunteer fire department. cbryanrodgers@peoplepc.com
Bluewater, NM
(505) 862-7991
- 1st Weekend
- Arts & Crafts Fair
Picuris Pueblo
(505) 587-2519
- 2nd Weekend
- Annual Pow Wow
Taos Pueblo
(505) 758-1028
- 4th of July Weekend Saturday
- World's Greatest Lizard Race
All kinds of lizards-from
the tiny inch-long skink, to the giant 18-inch iguana-are welcome.
The rules? Owners are permitted to gently urge contestants on
by prodding them with a feather. Buy any lizard that tries to
eat its competition is disqualified!! Other activities include
fishing derby; hula-hoop race; egg toss; treasure hunt; 3-legged
race; water polo; karaoke; slip and slide contest; water balloon
toss; tug of war; bandfest; and a spectacular fireworks display!
Contact the Lovington Chamber
of Commerce for more information about lodging, etc.
Lovington, NM
(505) 396-5311
- 4th of July Weekend
- Electric Light Parade, Celebration and
Fireworks
Commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence
in 1776, Las Cruces celebrates with a parade of floats decorated
with electric lights. Experience live entertainment throughout
the day plus a spectacular fireworks display at night. All events
are free and open to the public.
Las Cruces, NM
(505) 528-3170, (505) 541-2200
- 4th of July
- Annual Volunteer Fire Department
BBQ
Local parade & celebrations!
11am-5pm - BBQ all day at the multi-purpose building at 74 N.
Tomboy Dr. $7-6.50 per plate. 2pm - parade downtown. 9pm - fireworks
over Eagle Nest Lake. The biggest display in northeastern New
Mexico!
Eagle Nest, NM
(505) 377-2486
- 4th of July
- Ice Cream Social
Cool off after the parade
at the Fourth of July Ice Cream Social in the tree-shaded courtyard
of the Silver City Museum. Live entertainment, children's games,
ice cream and cold drinks, and the ever-popular cakewalk, are
features of this Silver City tradition. The Museum is open to
visitors throughout the hours of the social. Event is free; refreshments
and game tickets sold at the gate.11am-4pm
Silver City Museum,
312 West Broadway
Silver City, NM
(505) 538-5921
- 4th of July Weekend
- Annual Firecracker Jubilee
Parade, food, family activities, frontier re-enactment (Territorial
Marshall & jail), pie auction, arts & Crafts, puppet
show, fireworks & dance. Sponsored by the Mountainair Chamber
of Commerce
Mountainair, NM
(505) 847-2795
- 4th of July
- Nambe Dances
Winter Buffalo, Spear,
Yellow corn, White Buffalo an Comanche Dances
Nambe Pueblo
(505) 455-2036
- 2nd Weekend
- ArtsFest
Indoor fine art juried exhibition with awards, music, food and
mystery auction. Premier reception benefits Youth Art Programs.
Located at the Angel Fire Community Center at 71 Valley Rd. Take
the Hwy 434 exit at the blinking light off of Hwy 64. Go approximately
2 miles to N. Angel Fire Rd., where you would take a left. Take
the first left at Valley Rd. Follow approximately one mile, located
on left side of road. Admission is $2. For more information,
contact Katherine McDermott, info@morenovalleyarts.org
Angel Fire, NM
(505) 377-1147
- 2nd Saturday
- American Bass Fishing Tournament
A team tournament for large mouth and small mouth bass. $140
per team plus a $30 fee to join American Bass. Call to sign up
and for more details.
Elephant Butte Lake, NM
(505) 744-5994 or 740-7320
- 2nd Full Weekend
- Magdalena Old Timers Reunion
Parade, Rodeo, Arts & Crafts,
Fiddlers, Indian Village, Street Dance's, Melodrama, Horseshoes,
Waldo Mine Tours, Kelly Walk/Run, crowning of the Old Timer's
Queen, Pancake breakfast, BBQ & so much food you will go
crazy!! Also Old Timer's Art Show at Peppers Gallery.
Magdalena, NM
(505) 854-2261
- 2nd Full Weekend
- Annual Route 66 Celebration
An annual anniversary
celebration of Route 66, Rock n'Roll Sock Hop concert and dance,
locally grown Farmers Market, Market Place merchandise, crafts
and food vendors, car and motorcycle cruises, hayride mural tours,
Wang Dang Doodle parage, team roping competition, scavenger hunt,
eating and cowboy contests, pancake breakfast and more! Held
at the Tucumcari Convention Center, Kvol's Parks and the Quay
County fairgrounds. Four days-lots of fun. Tucumcari/Quay county
Chamber of Commerce.
Tucumcari, NM
(505) 461-1694
- 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
- July 14
- San Buenaventura Feast Day
Santa Domingo Pueblo -
(505) 465-2214
Cochiti Pueblo - (505) 465-2244
- 3rd Tuesday through all
of August
- Artesia Quilt Guild Annual
Exhibition
This exhibition showcases
the latest, and most innovative techniques and designs in quilting
as well as vintage quilts. Each year's show is completely different,
so be sure to check out the latest from this talented group of
quilters! If you enjoy quilting, you will enjoy this show. Show
opens on the third Tuesday of July and runs through August.
Artesia Historical Museum and Art Center
505 W. Richardson
Artesia, NM
(505) 748-2390
- 3rd Weekend
- Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts and Crafts Show
In a world crowded with summer arts fairs, the Pueblo show stands
out. A bustling Native American festival with a dazzling spectrum
of visual arts, music, dance and food. Visit Web site for more
detailed information.
San Juan Pueblo, NM
(505) 747-1593
- 3rd Weekend
- Weed Bluegrass Festival
Features regional and
local bluegrass, old-tyme gospel music bands, arts and crafts
and more. A great time for all ages.
Weed, NM
(505) 687-3680
- 3rd Weekend
- Jicarilla Apache Little Beaver
Roundup and Rodeo
Rodeo, carnival, car
show, pow wow, outdoor concert, dances, fireworks display, baseball
tournament, and lots of food vendors.
Dulce, NM
(505) 759-3242
- July 25th
- Santiago Feast Day
Corn dance
Taos Pueblo
(505) 758-1028
- July 26th
- Santa Ana Feast Day
Taos Pueblo - (505) 758-1028
Laguna (Seama) - (505) 552-6654
Santa Ana Pueblo - (505) 867-3301
- Last Weekend
- Abiquiu Summer Farm Festival
Three farms offer you
a weekend of Southwestern hospitality and a taste of nature.
Purple Adobe Lavender Farm will offer self-guided tours of the
lavender fields, a u-pick field of fresh lavender for visitors,
and demonstrations on extracting lavender oil used in their lavender
spa and body product line. Gift shop open for visitors to purchase
lavender products. Local artisans music and food. Las Parras
de Abiquiu, a vineyard Bed and Breakfast, will be hosting wine
tasting from New Mexico's Black Mesa winery, self guided tours
of the vineyard, along with talks about living and growing among
the vines of Abiquiu. Visitors will enjoy locally made cheese
and berry preserves served with fresh baked bread. Resting in
the River is an herb and flower farm, with herbs used in Marsha's
herbal remedies. The farm will be open on Saturday only from
10:30am to 2pm. Two tours of the farm will be held at 11am and
1pm. Refreshments will be served and products made from herbs
grown at the farm will be available for purchase. Start your
festival at the Purple Adobe Lavender Farm, located off Highway
84 between mile marker 210-211 on Private Road 1622 #31. Look
for signage. Call for more information.
Abiquiu, NM
(505) 685-0082
- July 28-29 (Friday night and Saturday morning)
- Night Star Party and Bat
Flight Breakfast at Carlsbad Caverns
Activities will begin
on Friday with the evening’s Bat Flight program, where visitors
watch as an estimated 300,000 Mexican free-tailed bats exit Carlsbad
Cavern in search of their favorite meal—insects! “We
hope visitors will attend the Bat Flight program on Friday night,
stay up for the star party, have a good breakfast and watch the
bats fly back into the cave!” said breakfast coordinator
Avelina Childress. “We can have over a thousand people watching
the bats fly out of the cave each evening, but very few people
experience the in-flight.” The Bat Flight Breakfast began
in the late 1950s as a way to encourage visitors to see the bats’
morning return flight. Before entering the cave in the morning,
the bats circle several hundred feet overhead and then dive in
clusters into the cave entrance. Unlike the shorter nighttime
exodus out of the cave when the bats spiral up and leave the
cave, the sunrise return to the cave normally spans several hours.
Outdoor breakfast at Carlsbad Caverns from 5-7am. For more detailed
information and breakfast menu, visit the Carlsbad
Caverns Web site.
Carlsbad, NM
(505) 785-2232
- Last Weekend
- Ruidoso Annual Art Festival
120 juried artists from a dozen
states display paintings, drawings, photography, glass, porcelain,
woodwork, metal work, jewelry, batik, pottery, weaving, fabric,
leather & sculpture.
Ruidoso, NM
(800) 253-2255
- Last Sunday
- 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, all day from 1 to
8pm. Fees include admission to the park, hayrides, jam sessions,
fiddle or banjo contests, workshops on dobro, guitar or mandolin,
and up-and-coming performers. Call about Saturday night chuckwagon
dinners and Western music concerts every Saturday night through
Labor Day. www.wildlifewest.org.
Edgewood, NM
(877) 981-9453 or (505) 286-7655
- Last Wednesday through
Sunday
- Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
Tradition, color, pride and fun. See the all-Indian Pro rodeo,
a juried Indian art show, three all-Indian parades and lots of
Indian pageantry. Opens 10am daily. For more detailed information,
contact the Ceremonial Office at 202 W. Coal Ave.,
Gallup, NM
(505) 863-3896 or (888) 685-2564
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