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.

Select a location to narrow your search.


Display: ¡ A B C D E G I M N R S W All
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
Email Us
Add to Trip Planner
Get A Map
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
Email Us
Add to Trip Planner
Get A Map
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
Email Us
Add to Trip Planner
Get A Map
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.

More Info:

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
Email Us
Add to Trip Planner
Get A Map
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.


Display: ¡ A B C D E G I M N R S W All

Select a location to narrow your search.

© 2009 Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau. All rights reserved. Web Design by Aristotle Interactive.