Special Event Listings

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Weems International Artfest
Location: Eastside
7200 Montgomery Blvd. N.E.
Ste. D
Albuquerque, NM 87109-1577
Phone: (505) 293-6133
Fax: (505) 294-6494
Days Open: Fri 11/9, Sat 11/10, Sun 11/11
Hours of Operation: Fri: 10-9, Sat: 10-6, Sun: 10-5
 Handicap Accessible: Full
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November 13-15, 2009 - EXPO New Mexico: Home of the State Fair. Named one of the top annual art shows in the West.
Admission: Yes
Credit Cards: Accepted
Concessions: Yes
Miles To Airport: 5

ABQ Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Pride
Location: Citywide
2610 San Mateo Blvd. N.E.
Ste. C
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: (505) 873-8084
Fax: (505) 262-9046
Days Open: Call
Hours of Operation: Call
 Handicap Accessible: Limited
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June 10-12, 2010 - EXPO New Mexico
Admission: Yes
Credit Cards: Accepted
Concessions: Yes
Miles To Airport: 9

Join us for our 34th GLBT Pride Celebration - "One Heart, One World, One Pride"

Thursday June 10, 7:30 p.m. - Candlelight Vigil at Morningside Park.

Friday June 11, 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. - Pet Parade, Art Show, Pride Idol Competition, Ventor Booths, Mainstage Entertainment at EXPO NM.

Saturday June 12, 10:30 a.m. - Pride Day Kick Off. Pride parade travels up Central Avenue to EXPO NM for another fun-filled day of Entertainment, Food and Friends

Official Host Hotel: Radisson Hotel & Water Park, 2500 Carlisle NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 (505) 888-3311, www.radison.com/albuquerquenm


Albuquerque Film Festival
Location: Downtown
102 Gold Ave. S.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: (505) 699-2295
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Innovative programming, unique events, intriguing symposiums and unparalleled entertainment.

Albuquerque Folk Festival
Location: Uptown
300 San Pedro, NE
Expo New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone: (505) 710-9641
Fax: (505) 856-2566
Days Open: June 21, 2008
Hours of Operation: 10am-11pm
 Handicap Accessible: Full
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Saturday June 20, 2009, EXPO New Mexico (State Fairgrounds) 9:30am-11:00pm. Folk music, dance, storytelling and crafts from the Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo traditions and the contemporary multicultural roots of New Mexico.
Admission: Yes
Motorcoach/RV Parking: Yes
Concessions: Yes

8 non-stop hours of performances, jam sessions, workshops, and demonstrations, plus 3 evening dances featuring contra, square, western swing and African dance.

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A unique participatory exposition of the Folk Arts of the southwest held on tree-shaded grounds and amid historic old adobe buildings.

Day Events - The best in southwestern regional and national Main Stage folk acts plus 17 venues offering hourly instruction, demonstrations, exhibits, and jam sessions on a vast array of folk arts, at all levels from beginner to expert.

Evening Dances - Live music and instruction.

In ten years this Festival has become a destination for professional and amateur musicians, dancers, storytellers and crafts people as well as the uninitiated, to experience first hand the culture and traditions of the southwest. Info - abqfolkfest.org


Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Location: Balloon Fiesta Park/N. I-25
4401 Alameda Blvd. N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87113
Phone: (505) 821-1000
Toll Free: (888) 422-7277
Fax: (505) 828-2887
Days Open: Oct 4-12, 2008 & Oct 3-11, 2009
 Handicap Accessible: Limited
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October 6-14, 2007.
Admission: Yes
Credit Cards: Accepted
Motorcoach/RV Parking: Yes
Concessions: Yes
Miles To Airport: 12

Welcome to the wonderful world of ballooning! From a modest beginning in 1972 of 13 balloons launching from a shopping mall parking lot, Balloon Fiesta has grown to 700 balloons & hundreds of thousands of guests, all on the lush, 365-acre Balloon Fiesta Park. Balloon Fiesta is the largest ballooning event on earth, the most photographed event on earth & the largest annual international event held in North America. In an era of overblown hype, Balloon Fiesta is the genuine article: unique, inimitable, lastingly memorable.


Ballet Pro Musica Festival
P.O. Box 27025
Albuquerque, NM 87125
Phone: (505) 352-1281
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Ballet Pro Musica Festival is an international summer festival that combines the beauty and excitement of classical ballet with the intellectual sophistication and emotional intensity of live chamber music.

We are a new ballet experience presenting a unique partnership of Virtuoso Musicians and Virtuoso Dancers from celebrated national companies in the marriage of Chamber Music to Classical Dance.

The First Ballet Festival in America to create a new performing arts category -- the Chamber Music Ballet Festival -- focused exclusively on chamber music masterpieces -- and always performed live!


Closet Cinema
Location: Downtown
Phone: (505) 243-1870
 Reservations: Yes  Handicap Accessible: Full
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Sept 28-Oct 4, 2007. Annual event. Producers of the Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
Credit Cards: Accepted

Each annual event location to be announced.


Corrales Harvest Festival
Location: North Valley / Los Ranchos / Corrales
P.O. Box 603
Corrales, NM 87048
Phone: (505) 349-3809
Days Open: Sept 27-28, 2008
Hours of Operation: 9-5
 Handicap Accessible: Limited
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September 26-27, 2009Saturday, Pet Parade. Sunday, Run. Crafts, Food, Kid's events, live music, Wagner's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch.
Admission: Yes
Credit Cards: Accepted
Concessions: Yes
Miles To Airport: 29

Come celebrate--Pet Parade Sat 9am, Growers Market, Food Court, Live Entertainment at many locations, juried art show, hay rides, corn maze, Mercado Antiquo, animal exhibits & more at Casa San Ysidro. Farm tour, Corrida de Corrales Run Sun 8am.

Admission $2.00. 9am-5pm daily. Free parking.


Corrales Visual Arts Council of the Corrales Historical Society
Location: North Valley / Los Ranchos / Corrales
P.O. Box 2753
Corrales, NM 87048
Phone: (505) 301-0042
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All events held at Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales, NM:

June 5-6 2010

19th Old Church Arts Fest Multi-Media Show

September 25-26, 2010

Mercado Antiguo Hispanic Arts & Crafts

October 2-10, 2010

22nd Old Church Fine Arts Show. Event held at Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales, New Mexico. 899-6212 www.corraleshistory.org

December 4-6, 2009

21st Annual Old Church Fine Crafts Show.

December 3-5, 2010

22nd Annual Old Church Fine Crafts Show.


Cowboys & Indians Antiques (Nob Hill)
Location: Historic Nob Hill
300 San Pedro, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone: (505) 255-4054
Days Open: Mon-Sun
Hours of Operation: 10-6
 Handicap Accessible: Full
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August 7-9, 2009 - The Great Southwestern Antique Show - EXPO NMA premiere antique event of New Mexico celebrating its 11th year.
Credit Cards: Accepted
Motorcoach/RV Parking: Yes
Miles To Airport: 4

This annual event, proudly sponsored by Cowboys & Indians Antiques, located in Nob Hill, Albuquerque’s vintage shopping district, takes place early August each year and features the collections of over 200 of the finest Antique & Folk Art, American Indian & Western, and Ethnographic Arts dealers in the United States.


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