Annual City Events
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
May
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
6:30-9 p.m. Plaza
Contacts: Ken Wake, Camino de Vida (505) 532-0202
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 15-16 - 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 28-30 - The Whole Enchilada Fiesta
Join Las Cruces in it's annual Enchilada Fiesta held in Downtown Las Cruces
for a variety of mexican food, dancing, a parade and the making of the official
world’s largest enchilada!
Meerscheidt Recreation Center (505) 526-1938
www.enchiladafiesta.com
October 3-7 - 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 6-7 - 6th 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 20-21 - La Viña Wine Festival
Featuring food, entertainment and wine produced by New Mexico’s oldest winery,
La Viña Winery.
La Union. (505) 882-7632
www.nmwine.com
October 26-28 - 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 28-29 and November 2 - 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 3-4 - 36th 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 16-17 - 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
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