Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau

Winter Events in Albuquerque, NM

December-January-February Special Events
 
With the best year-round weather in the country, an Albuquerque winter vacation is beyond comparison to traditional winter vacations. Our list of winter sports includes year-round and seasonal activities you can participate in or just observe. The Sandia Ski Area is one of the five ski points featuring trails as well as slopes for a fun ski vacation. Always a treat, the Annual River of Lights, contstructed by the Albuquerque BioPark artist and craftsmen, is a "walk through" lights show that takes place just in time for the holidays. Visit the complete Calendar of Events to see what is happening during your visit.
 

12/3/09
15th Annual Nob Hill Holiday Shop & Stroll
On the first Thursday in December, visit Historic Nob Hill and enjoy a wonderful holiday tradition with your family, friends and neighbors. 
Date: 12/3/09
Time: 5-10pm
 Address: Historic Nob Hill
 Admission: Free
 Location: Historic Nob Hill
 Phone: 265-0433
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Description: Central Avenue between Girard and Washington will be closed to cars and open to foot traffic with more than 90 shops and restaurants open until 10pm for a fun evening of shopping, dining, strolling street performers, musicians, carolers, and refreshments—even a visit from Santa!
New Mexico Bowl 12/19/09
New Mexico Bowl
College football game pits the Mountain West Conference, against the Western Athletic Conference. This event will be nationally televised on ESPN. 
Date: 12/19/09
Time: 2:30pm
 Address: UNM Football Stadium
 Admission: $23/$30
 Location: Midtown/University
 Phone: 925-5999
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Description:
What is quickly becoming a New Mexico holiday time tradition continues in 2009 as ESPN Regional Television announced that the fourth annual New Mexico Bowl will be played Dec. 19, the Saturday before Christmas. The game will once again be televised nationally on ESPN and ESPN HD, live from University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico.

Kickoff for the 2009 New Mexico Bowl will be at 2:30 p.m. MT (4:30 p.m. ET).
Krystle Jim
November 28-December 30
2009 Annual River of Lights
Visitors of all ages can enjoy the dazzling displays of animals, fantastical creatures and much more as they stroll throughout New Mexico’s largest walk-through light show. The event is closed December 24th & 25th.
Date: November 28-December 30
Time: 6-9pm
 Address: Rio Grande Botanic Garden
 Admission: $7 adults, $3 seniors & kids
 Location: Old Town
 Phone: 764-6200
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Description: Krystle Jim
All sculptures and displays are designed and constructed by Albuquerque BioPark’s talented artists and craftsmen. Live entertainment from a variety of local choirs, Holiday nature craft programs, delicious hot foods and beverages, shopping for unique holiday gifts, and more await visitors to this event which has become an important holiday tradition for many area residents.
Ongoing
Broadening Horizons: Forty Years of Change—40th Anniversary Exhibit
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History will celebrate its 40th anniversary as a museum with a temporary exhibit chronicling the years it has served Albuquerque – and the nation – as a repository of artifacts pertaining to nuclear science and history, particularly the Manhattan Project and Cold War.
Date: Ongoing
Time: 9am-5pm
 Address: National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
 Admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors, kids and active military
 Location: Eastside
 Phone: 245-2137
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Description:
The exhibit demonstrates the museum’s unique past. Rare or never-before-seen artifacts such as the Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power (SNAP) devices, and the “Anger Camera” (the first gamma camera developed by Hal Anger in 1957), are now on display. With 40 years of growth, change, challenge and triumph, this exhibit celebrates and explores the important people, places and items that shaped the Museum.
MarbleStreetStudio.com
11/22/09 - 1/6/10
Ornaments of Albuquerque Holiday Celebration
New Mexico's largest city observes the holiday season with notable style and festivities. 
Date: 11/22/09 - 1/6/10
Address: Albuquerque
 Location: City Wide
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Description: MarbleStreetStudio.com "Ornaments" is a celebration of the stories of Albuquerque including spectacular hotel deals, special coupons and numerous events that offer something for everyone. 
Flora Fong Tuesday-Sunday
Confluencias II: Inside Arte Cubano Contemporáneo: Art Exhibit
Confluencias II: Inside Arte Cubano Contemporáneo is a major exhibition on Contemporary Cuban Art, which provides an exciting overview of what's happening now with significant Cuban artists and various media. The exhibition includes approximately 100 works by 40 artists working inside Cuba and is the largest group show of Cuban artists in the U.S. since the 1940s.
 
About the image - 
Entre palmas / Amidst Palms
Flora Fong, 1949, Camagüey, Cuba
2009
mixed media on canvas
mixta sobre lienzo
150 x 200 cm
 
Date: Tuesday-Sunday
Time: 10am–5pm
 Address: National Hispanic Cultural Center
 Admission: $3 adults; $2 seniors; kids free. Free on Sundays
 Location: Barelas/South Valley
 Phone: 246-2261
 http://www.nhccnm.org 		Add to Trip Planner
Description: Flora Fong
Cuban art, while shown internationally, is relatively unknown inside the United States due to trade sanctions since the early 1960’s. Confluencias II: Inside Arte Cubano Contemporáneo reveals a new dialogue within the Cuban/United States cultural front by bringing together an exciting overview of the work of over 40 contemporary Cuban artists. The exhibition will introduce contemporary mixed media, painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, and video-art installations. The artists explore the complexity of the Cuban experience, exploring such themes as Afro-Cuban mythology, collectivity, and the affects of a globalized world on creativity and communication.   

Tuesday-Sunday
Fun and Games in Ballooning: Museum Exhibit
This exhibit features toys, card games and board games with ballooning and airship themes, along with reference to real-world games that balloonists play at events such as Balloon Fiesta.
 
Photo: 
Key Wind Toy with Three Zeppelins
(Balloon Museum Purchase (2005 General Obligation Bonds)
 
Date: Tuesday-Sunday
Time: 9am-5pm
 Address: Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum
 Admission: $4 adults, $2 seniors, $1 kids
Location: Balloon Fiesta Park/N. I-25
 Phone: 768-6020
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Description:
Items in exhibition displays will include a 1929 Erector Set zeppelin; antique sand pails with lighter-than-air images; first-edition novels; vintage ascent certificates for balloon rides; movie memorabilia; postcards depicting early balloon rides at amusement parks; a variety of whistles, pull toys, wind-up toys, board games, playing cards, dexterity puzzles, models, mechanical toys AND MORE great balloon-themed playthings. 
Artwork by Matt Celesky Ongoing
Dawn of the Dinosaurs: New Mexico's Triassic
The only Triassic Exhibit Hall in North America is dedicated to the plants and animals of the Triassic Period in New Mexico and the world.
Date: Ongoing
Time: 9am-5pm
 Address: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
 Admission: adult $7, senior $6, child $4
 Location: Old Town
 Phone: 841-2800
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Description:
The Triassic saw the extinction of many dominant reptiles and the emergence of two significant evolutionary lines in Earth History – dinosaurs and mammals.  Dinosaurs emerge as a distinct group of animals in the Late Triassic and go on to dominate the Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems until the Cretaceous impact extinction – over 160 million years.  Mammals chug along in the underbrush during that time until the slate is cleared at the end of the Cretaceous, opening the way for what has been another amazing evolutionary success story. 
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