REQUEST LINE:
575 527 1011 or
1-877-527-1011 (toll free)
 |
|
| ANNUAL CITY EVENTS | |
January Mesilla Valley Balloon Festival With over 90 different balloons. Mesilla Valley Balloon Festival draws scores of ardent balloonists and thousands of spectators to Las Cruces. www.rozylowicz.com |
|
April Spring Fest Sponsored by 101 Gold and the City of Las Cruces Saturday morning at Young Park Contact (575) 527-1111 for more info |
|
February (2nd Saturday in Feb.) For the Love of Art 11 a.m.-4 p.m. * Plaza, Town of Mesilla Contact: Kristie Medina (575) 524-3262 www.oldmesilla.org |
|
April Border Book Festival Wednesday-Sunday * Community Center Friday-Sunday * Plaza Contact: Denise Chavez, Border Book Festival (505) 523-3988, bbf@zianet.com www.borderbookfestival.org |
|
May Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Saturday, noon-midnight; Sunday, noon-7 p.m. Plaza Contact: Kristie Medina, Town of Mesilla (505) 524-3262 www.oldmesilla.org |
|
|
September and October Mesilla Valley Maze For kids and adults of all ages. Find your way through the maze of corn, take a hayride across the pumpkin patch or enter into one of our photo contests! There's much to do here, so stop on by. Saturdays and Sundays. 3855 West Picacho Avenue. (505) 526-1919. www.mesillavalleymaze.com |
|
September 16 Diez y Seis de Septiembre Fiesta Mexican Independence Day! Parade (Saturday, 11 a.m.) * Avenida de Mesilla Fiesta (Saturday, noon-midnight; Sunday, noon-7 p.m.) * Plaza Contact: Kristie Medina, Town of Mesilla (505) 524-3262 www.oldmesilla.org |
|
September The Whole Enchilada Fiesta Join Las Cruces in it's yearly Enchilada Fiesta held in Downtown Las Cruces for food, dancing, a parade and the making of the official world’s largest enchilada! Meerscheidt Recreation Center (505) 526-1938 www.enchiladafiesta.com |
|
October Southern New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo The Southern New Mexico State Fair is the place to be for fun complete with carnival rides, a petting zoo, a midway, an auction, food, music, livestock shows and a cowboy rodeo. Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds. (505) 524-8602. www.snmstatefair.com |
|
October Annual Mesilla Jazz Happening Mesilla Valley Jazz Happening takes place in historic Old Mesilla at the Mercado Plaza and on the Historic Plaza. The Plazas will host free live jazz music at two venues. Don't miss the wine tasting at the Wine Garden at each location featuring eight New Mexico Wineries. Old Mesilla Plaza (505) 524-3524, (505) 524-3262, (505) 523-6700 www.oldmesilla.org |
|
October La Viña Wine Festival Featuring food, entertainment and wine produced by New Mexico’s oldest winery, La Viña Winery. La Viña Winery, La Union. (505) 882-7632 www.nmwine.com |
|
October X Prize Cup An event where everyone can come, experience space and be part of the next generation of spaceflight. You can watch the next generation of space vehicles fly, talk to astronauts, see the vehicles up close, fly simulators, learn about the technology, the curriculum available at all levels of education, know about the careers available in the contemporary space industry and begin to dissolve the myth that you will never travel to space in your lifetime. Holloman Air Force Base, Alamagordo, New Mexico (310) 587-3355 www.xprize.org |
|
October / November Dia de los Muertos Celebrate the Day of the Dead with music, food and crafts. Join the candlelight procession as the departed are remembered. The plaza is decorated with ofrendas made in honor of loved ones who have made their journey home. Old Mesilla Plaza. (505) 647-2639 www.oldmesilla.org |
|
November Annual Renaissance ArtsFaire Dress in your finest Renaissance costumes and spend the weekend at this years 36th Annual Renaissance Arts Fair. Enjoy live theater, dancing, music, art and food. Young Park (505) 523-6403 www.zianet.com/daac |
|
November International Mariachi Conference & Concert A week-long educational conference culminating with one spectacular concert featuring internationally known mariachi performers. Parque Festival at Young Park features entertainment and cultural activities. New Mexico State University Pan American Center and Young Park. (505) 525-1735 www.lascrucesmariachi.org |
|
November City of Las Cruces 100th Anniversary Celebration Celebration to commemorate Las Cruces’ 100th year of incorporation as the City of Las Cruces. Enjoy live music with a variety of entertainers Downtown Mall. (505) 541-2200 www.las-cruces.org |
|
December 24 Christmas Carols and Luminarias on the Plaza Enjoy luminarias and caroling on the historic plaza of Old Mesilla. (505) 524-3262 www.oldmesilla.org |
|
|
|||||
ARTIST PROFILE
TODAY'S
MUSIC NEWS
YESTERDAY'S
MUSIC NEWS
MUSIC IQ:
TEST YOUR MUSIC
KNOWLEDGE
