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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.

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.

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