The Albuquerque Folk Festival
The Albuquerque Folk Festival
Saturday, September 26, 2026
10:00 am – 9:00 pm
(Gates open at 9:45 am)
NHCC | Campus Event
Enjoy the Albuquerque Folk Festival this year! Kids under 18, seniors 85+, & caregivers (needed for navigating the center, like pushing a wheelchair) enter for free at the gate, day of festival.
The Albuquerque Folk Festival offers over 100 events including 5 performance areas, 6 music and dance workshop venues, 3 Jam venues, a musical instrument petting zoo, arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, kids’ tent, merch booth, a consignment booth, a free instrument check area, a bike parking area, free parking, free golf cart rides for transport. Gates open at 9:45 am and close at 9:00 pm.
Time of Event:
- Gates open at 9:45 am.
- The festival starts at 10:00 am and ends at 9:00 pm.
- Evening dance starts at 6:00 pm
- Most workshops, kids’ tent, jams, and storytelling start at 10:00 am and end between 4:30-5:30 pm
For more information, please go to the Albuquerque Folk Festival home page: http://www.abqfolkfest.org/index.shtml
Advance Tickets: $18 Adults, $13 students, seniors, military w/ Id and people with disabilities (if not obvious a sunflower lanyard or some form of id is needed). Plus a $4 ticket service fee. **Advance ticket sales end on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 am**
Regular Tickets: $25 Adults, $20 students, seniors (65-85), and military w/ Id and people with disabilities (if not obvious a sunflower lanyard or some form of id is needed). Plus a $4 ticket service fee.
Free admission at the gate: Kids under 18, seniors 85+, & caregivers needed for navigating the center (like pushing a wheelchair) enter for free at the gate, day of festival.
All sales are final. We hope you will be able to use your purchased ticket and enjoy the festival, but if you can’t, we thank you for your support to our non-profit, educational, all-volunteer event!
*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.