• Gates open Sunday at 10:00 am. • The festival starts and 10:00 am and ends at 8:00 pm. • Evening dance(s) start at 5:30 pm. • Most workshops, kids’ tent, jams, storytelling, and musical instrument petting zoo start at 10:30 am and end between 4:30-5:30 pm Enjoy the Albuquerque Folk Festival this year! Kids […]
7:00 pm Friday & Saturday, 2:00 pm Sunday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents Sacred Journeys V featuring Robert Mirabal. Classical and contemporary dance combine with the eclectic music of two-time Grammy award-winning Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal in this reflection of New Mexican cultures through dance, music, and spoken word. Mirabal […]
4:00 – 8:00 pm NHCC’s 2nd Annual Espooky Mercado featuring unique and frightful offerings from local vendors. This pop-up gives visitors the chance to indulge their macabre side with supernatural goods of all varieties. In collaboration with Dark Red Productions. The NHCC will host the 2024 Dark Red Film Festival, New Mexico’s premier international horror […]
11:00 am – 3:00 pm NHCC | Domenici Education Building Join us for a special day for the whole family commemorating Día de los Muertos traditions. Contribute to our community ofrenda and view ofrendas created by local schools and community organizations. Decorate sugar skulls, craft paper flowers, enjoy face-painting, and sample Pan de Muerte. Visitors […]
5:00 pm NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre The INDIA Association of New Mexico presents the Diwali Festival of Lights 2024. Diwali is one of India's biggest Hindu festivals, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness. The festival lasts five continuous days, and the third day is celebrated as the main Diwali festival or ‘Festival of Lights.' […]
2:00 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 and Christmases around the World. Music, song, and dance with the traditional Southwestern flair that has been cultivated in our state over […]
2 pm & 6:30 pm Saturday 2 pm Sunday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre 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 40th season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy. Over sixty-five classically […]
10:00 am: Laying of the Tlalmanalli 12:00 pm: Danza NHCC Plaza Mayor Join us for Yankwik Xiwitl or Mexika/Aztec New Year on the NHCC’s Plaza Mayor. The free public event, ushering in the year Matlaktli yei Kalli/ Trece Casa/Thirteen House features fire making with a hand drill, an offering of flowers and fruit and ritual […]
3:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Screening of documentary Ayiti Pap Peri: Ayiti Will Not Perish. A spotlight on Haitian expatriates returning to work on behalf of their country. Panelists include the documentary’s director and journalist Cassandre Thrasybule, Haitian American author Patrick Sylvain, Afro Cuban artist and actress Lili Bernard, and documentarist Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy. Followed by […]
7:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Presentations by Haitian American poet Patrick Sylvain, Afro-Cuban filmmaker Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy, and Egyptian Palestinian American author, filmmaker, and actor Randa Jarrar. Followed by a Q&A. Free Community Event. This event is part of the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. About the Festival: From April 12 […]
