Special Event Listings

These ACVB partners produce a wide range of exciting annual events. Be sure to also check out our Featured Events list or search our entire calendar of events for happenings that interest you.

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¡ Globalquerque !
Location: Barelas/South Valley
Phone: (505) 771-3166
Fax: (505) 771-3166
Days Open: Sept 19-20, 2008
Hours of Operation: 6 pm - 12 am
 Handicap Accessible: Full
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September 25-26, 2009 - National Hispanic Cultural Center - 771-3166 or 724-4771 - 1701 4th StreetNew Mexico's 5th Annual Celebration of World Music & Culture!
Admission: Yes
Credit Cards: Accepted
Concessions: Yes
Miles To Airport: 1

Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival
Location: Balloon Fiesta Park/N. I-25
3709 Westerfeld Dr. N.E.
Ste. A
Albuquerque, NM 87111
Phone: (505) 292-7457
Fax: (505) 293-1153
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March 13-15, 2009--21st Annual Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival Spring Show. Nationally recognized as one of the top 100 Juried Shows in the Country. Features 200 fine artists' & craftsmen, artists demonstrations, entertainment, food & fun. EXPO NM Fairgrounds.
Total Meeting Space (Sq. Ft.): 1000

October2-4 & 9-11, 2009--21st Annual Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival Balloon Fiesta Show. Under the BigTent at the SW corner of I-25 & Paseo del Norte. Ranked #1 juried art show in the Southwest. 200 fine artists & craftsmen, entertainment, artists' demonstrations, food & fun.

November 27-29, 2009--10th Annual Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival Holiday Show. Ranked the #1 juried art show in the Southwest. 200 fine artists & craftsmen, artists' demonstrations, entertainment. Kids Holiday Creation Station & Holiday Cookie Walk. EXPO NM Fairgrounds.


Rio Grande Community Farm - Maize Maze
Location: North Valley / Los Ranchos / Corrales
1701 Montano Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Phone: (505) 345-4580
Fax: (505) 242-0120
Days Open: August 29 - November 1, 2009
Hours of Operation: Fri: 6-9, Sat: 10-9, Sun: 11-6; Holidays 10-6
 Reservations: Required for groups wanting a weekday visit.
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Admission: Ages: 3 & under Free; 4-11 $3.00; 12 & Older $7.00

Open to public weekends and holidays; weekdays by appointment. Navigate a community farm corn maze. Our website lists special-event weekends.

Fall Weekends: Aug. 29 - Nov. 1, 2009

Maize Maze: Outdoor Family & Dating Fun

Spend time outdoors as you explore this seven-acre corn maze in the shape of a Monarch butterfly. Use your skills to find the checkpoints and correctly answer the riddles to discover your way out. Hours of fun!

Groups can visit weekdays with a reservation. Bring your class, homeschoolers, club, scout troop, adult day care, family reunion, and company outing or team-building group. Reservations are required for weekday visits. Visit: www.riograndefarm.org for a reservation form or more info. Special weekend events are also on the website.


Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Location: Santa Fe & Taos
Milner Plaza on Museum Hill,
Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 476-1203
Fax: (505) 476-1167
Days Open: July 14-15, 2007
 Handicap Accessible: Full
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Credit Cards: Accepted

Santa Fe International Folk Art Market

The Santa Fe International Folk Market is the largest event of its kind. It is an unparalleled gathering of the world's finest folk artists in which market goers will have a rare opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind pieces from 110-juried artists from 40 countries. Other festivities include colorful & lively entertainment by musicians & dancers from dozens of cultures. A wide variety of international foods will be served, & a multitude of activities including mask-and-headdress making will be open to visitors of all ages.

With the generous support of charitable foundations and private donors, an artists' training program, the Market's Trade buyers Showcase, and the profits earned through art sales during market weekend help the participating artists achieve economic sustainability while sharing and preserving their traditional cultures.

WHERE & WHEN:

Saturday, July 11-12, 2009

Milner Plaza on Museum Hill, outside the Museum of International Folk Art

Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Time: 9 am-5 pm MT

Price: See www.folkartmarket.org for details

Info: 505-476-1166; www.folkartmarket.org

FOR INTERVIEWS OR PHOTOGRAH REQUESTS PLEASE CONTACT:

Joanna Hurley at Hurley Media, 505.982.4006, jth@hurleymedia.com

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 NE
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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International summer festival with ballet and live chamber music: a new kind of entertainment.

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