Festival
¡Globalquerque!: Free Global Headphone Dance Party + Concert
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 pm gates open ¡Globalquerque!’s Free Opening Headphone Dance Party + Concert kicks off the weekend and this year will feature New Mexico DJs spinning global grooves and a special LIVE performance by México City’s Son Rompe Pera. ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s 18th Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture is one of the premiere festivals in the Southwest and is recognized around the country and the world for its adventurous programming. ¡Globalquerque! is committed to presenting and exploring our world through music and the arts, bringing people (more...)
¡Globalquerque!
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM4:00 pm gates open ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico's Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, has become a premiere festival in the Southwest since its inception in 2005. The purpose of this annual music and culture festival is to highlight cultures of the world alongside the traditional cultures of New Mexico. The event utilizes multiple stages at the NHCC, including the Plaza Mayor, the Albuquerque Journal Theatre, and the History and Literary Arts courtyard (the Fountain Stage), and features a Global Village of Craft, Culture, and Cuisine and (more...)
¡Globalquerque!: Free Global Fiesta
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am to 3:30 pm Join us for a fun-filled international journey packed with educational workshops, inter-activities, film, panels, food demos, performances, and much more - with offerings for all ages! - created in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Department of Education! There will be interactive art activities inspired by the music and global cultures visiting the festival to multilingual poetry readings to International Dance Lessons to the NY International Children’s Film Festival Viva Kids Flicks to International Food Demo & Tasting to a presentation (more...)
The Albuquerque Folk Festival
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am to 10:00 pm On Sunday, October 9, 2022 The Albuquerque Folk Festival offers over 100 events with 5 performance stages, 7 workshop venues (including music and dance), 3 jam venues, musical-instrument "petting zoo," kids' tent, storytelling tent, merchandise tent, instrument consignment tent, bike valet, arts-and-craft vendors, food vendors, and more! For an overview of the schedule, download a complete 2022 schedule as a PDF file here. Also, if you'd like a preview, you can download our 2022 program booklet as a PDF here. Advance Tickets: (more...)
Diwali: The Festival of Lights
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM5:30 pm India Association of New Mexico presents Diwali: The Festival of Lights. Diwali is one of the biggest Hindu festivals, celebrated in India with great enthusiasm and happiness for five continuous days. The third day is celebrated as the main Diwali festival, or “Festival of Lights,” and different varieties of colorful fireworks are always associated with this festival. On this auspicious day, people light diyas (lamps) and candles all around their houses. They perform Laxmi Puja in the evening and seek divine blessings from the Goddess (more...)
Baila! Baila!’s: Christmas in New Mexico
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Saturday 2:00 pm Sunday Baila! Baila!’s annual holiday show is a whirlwind extravaganza, taking audiences on a journey through the sights and sounds of Christmas in New Mexico. Music, song, and dance with the traditional Southwestern flair that has been cultivated in our state over the generations, as well as unique segments saluting Christmas traditions from around the world, will delight theatre-goers of all ages. In 2022, Baila! Baila! will be celebrating its 33rd year in spectacular fashion. Christmas in New Mexico (more...)
Christmas Joy
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm & 6:30 pm Saturday 2:00 pm Sunday Magnify Dance Ensemble presents Christmas Joy. Come, Experience the Miracle! Awaken your heart to the true Spirit of Christmas in dance as Magnify Dance Ensemble will present the 38th season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy. Over sixty-five classically trained dancers will once again inspire audiences in the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Albuquerque Journal Theater. They come to us with a collection of moving and inspirational classical ballet, jazz and contemporary dance performances choreographed to traditional (more...)
Carnaval 2023: Homage
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm Frank Leto and PANdemonium with the Odara Dance Ensemble present Carnaval 2023: Homage! Frank Leto will be celebrating his 18th annual Carnaval performance at the NHCC’s Roy E. Disney Center for the Performing Arts with a production entitled Homage. This unique production will pay respect to the rhythms, cultures and people who have influenced Frank and Pilar Leto. Carnaval performances share with audiences the musical styles and dance of Brazil, Trinidad, Cuba and New Orleans, featuring Frank’s original compositions and original choreographies and costumes by (more...)
Feature Film: Backstreet to the American Dream
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM1st Annual NHCC Film Symposium: The Power of Our Stories Feature: Backstreet to the American Dream (2021) directed by Patricia Nazario 6:00 pm: Pre-film reception and cash bar 7:00 pm: Film Screening Followed by Director’s Q&A Backstreet to the American Dream is a modern-day look at the classic American Dream done through the quintessential 21st Century entrepreneurial endeavor – food trucks! This deep dive into the birthplace of the $2 billion dollar global industry, Los Angeles, profiles two trucks and juxtaposes the experiences of American entrepreneurs and Mexican (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Resistance & Creativity: Afro-Indigeneity
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307:00 pm Screening of film “Garifuna in Peril" (2012), 99 mins. Produced and Directed by Alí Allié y Ruben Reyes Latin America has traditionally treated Indigenous and Afro peoples as separate. Yet the fates and identities of both have been intertwined since the arrival of Africans to the Americas. The film Garifuna in Peril delves into the Indigenous and Afro roots of the Garinagu, also known as the Garifuna. Panelists include: Garifuna Scholar Pablo Jose Lopez Oro; San Ilefonso Tradition Bearer and Healer Tauz Tamu Povi; Afro-Latinidad (more...)