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SUMMARY:Earth Day New Mexico Festival
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Earth Day at the Earth Day New Mexico Festival! Tickets are FREE through March 31. See the latest eco-friendly vehicles\, try interactive activities\, explore eco-friendly concepts\, and discover how small changes can make a big impact. The Kids Marketplace is also back at the Earth Day Festival New Mexico\, and it’s cuter and more creative than ever! Support local young entrepreneurs as they showcase handmade crafts\, art\, goodies\, and more. Come shop\, explore\, and cheer on the kiddos!
URL:https://abqmom.com/event/earth-day-new-mexico-festival/
LOCATION:Balloon Fiesta Park\, 5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway NE\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Earth Day,Festivals And Fairs
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SUMMARY:The OSVC Annual Poet's Picnic!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the power of words and the beauty of nature at the OSVC Annual Poet’s Picnic! Bring your favorite poems\, share your own work\, or simply relax and listen as local poets take the stage in our scenic outdoor setting. \n\n2026 Poets’ Picnic Featured Poets \n\nWayne Lee (wayneleepoet.com) is a Santa Fe\, NM\, writer\, editor and teacher. Lee’s poems have appeared in Tupelo Press\, Slipstream\, The New Guard\, Writer’s Digest and other journals and anthologies. He was awarded the 2012 Fischer Prize and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and four Best of the Net Awards. His collection The Underside of Light was a finalist for the 2014 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award; his collection Dining on Salt: Four Seasons of Septets was published by Cornerstone Press in April 2025; and his collection The Beautiful Foolishness is forthcoming from Casa Urraca Press in 2026. Lee is the host of the online Tuesday Poetry Practice community.\n\nRene Mullen’s work can be found in Santa Fe Literary Review\, Blue Collar Review\, Poets.org\, and is the winner of the 2023 Charles and Fanny Fay Wood Poetry Prize. He has been on multiple poetry slam teams\, on regional stages\, and holds a Political Science MA from UW-Milwaukee and a Creative Writing MFA from Randolph College. Born and raised in the village of Rogers\, Connecticut\, he calls the Southwest home.\n\nSharon Niederman is an award-winning Southwestern author and photographer living in the North Valley. She specializes in documenting cuisine\, travel\, women’s stories and history in words and images. She recently returned to Albuquerque after 15 years living in northern NM. Her collection\, Ungentrified: Poems of the North Valley and Beyond is her first published poetry collection.\n\nPoet\, photographer\, translator\, and social activist Margaret Randall was born in New York City and grew up in New Mexico. Out of Mexico City in the 1960s\, she co-founded and edited a bilingual poetry journal\, El Corno Emplumado\, that published the best work of the decade. Taking active part in the Mexican student movement of 1968 and then living in Cuba for eleven years and Nicaragua for four\, Randall returned to the United States in 1984\, only to face deportation when the government declared her writings “against the good order and happiness of the United States.” With the support of many\, she won her case in 1989. Randall is the author of more than two hundred books\, most recently I Never Left Home: Poet\, Feminist\, Revolutionary; Artists in My Life; Wild Card (poems); and Letters from the Edge: Outrider Conversations and More Letters from the Edge (based on correspondence from longtime friends). Most recently\, out in spring 2026\, are: The Calendar’s Whim (poems)\, Pages Lost and New (essays)\, and Letters that Breathe Fire (letters published in El Corno Emplumado).\n\n2026 Poets’ Picnic Musician\n\nWriter and musician Tom Andes is the author of the detective novel Wait There Till You Hear from Me (Crescent City Books 2025) and Guess This is Kaput: Stories (forthcoming\, Cowboy Jamboree Press). His stories have appeared in Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2025 and received the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. He lives in Albuquerque\, where he is a working musician. His latest musical release is The Ones That Brought You Home (Southern Crescent Recording Co. 2025). His first full-length record\, Wonderful Days\, will be released in 2026. He can be found at tomandes.com.\n\nPoets’ Picnic Organizers\nDale Harris lives in Albuquerque’s Sawmill Neighborhood and helps coordinate the annual Poets Picnic at the Open Space Visitor Center. She is the author of five books of poetry and her poems have been widely anthologized. Dale was the editor and emcee for Central Avenue\, a monthly poetry chapbook and reading series in Nob Hill 2002 – 2008\, and an associate editor for the Malpais Review Poetry Quarterly. She currently works as an editor for Hummingbird Hollow Press\, an independent publishing service.\nWidely published in journals and anthologies—many in poetic form—\n\nScott Wiggerman is the author of four books of poetry\, Leaf and Beak: Sonnets\, Presence\, and Vegetables and Other Relationships; his fourth collection\, Beginning and Ending with Emily: Ghazals & Golden Shovels\, will appear in 2026 (Casa Urraca Press). In addition\, he is the editor or co-editor of nearly two dozen poetry publications\, including the best-selling craft books Wingbeats I & II: Exercises & Practice in Poetry.  A member of the Texas Institute of Letters\, Wiggerman\, along with writer and husband David Meischen\, has been running Dos Gatos Press for twenty years.\nJoin us for a day of poetry\, nature\, and connection—it’s a picnic for the soul!
URL:https://abqmom.com/event/the-osvc-annual-poets-picnic/
LOCATION:Open Space Visitor Center\, 6500 Coors Blvd NW\, Albuquerque\, 87120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals And Fairs,free!,outdoor activity,performance
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SUMMARY:Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating seven Celtic nations here in New Mexico\, the Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival gives participants the opportunity to see and learn about many of the arts and athletics as well as the culture of nations like Scotland\, Ireland\, Wales\, Brittany\, Isle of Man\, Cornwall and Galicia. \nEach year\, the Association hosts a festival that engages Celtic dance\, athletics\, games\, music\, arts\, history and oral traditions that promote Celtic Heritage in New Mexico. \nWe’re excited to announce Ally the Piper with her band will be headlining our 2026 Festival! \nFree parking! No outside food or drinks. No Glass. Chairs\, umbrellas\, and sunblock encouraged!
URL:https://abqmom.com/event/rio-grande-valley-celtic-festival-2/2026-05-02/
LOCATION:Balloon Fiesta Park\, 5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway NE\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87113\, United States
CATEGORIES:athletics,Festivals And Fairs,music,outdoor activity
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SUMMARY:Kodomo no Hi (Japanese Children's Day)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Japan’s national holiday honoring children. \n\nKodomo no Hi\, or Children’s Day\, is celebrated in Japan on May 5th. On this national holiday\, children are respected and honored for their individual strengths and happiness is wished upon them. Families celebrate Kodomo no Hi by flying colorful koi kites called koinobori which represent the members of the family\, kids wear kabuto origami helmets\, and families display samurai dolls. \nTogether with our community parters\, we will celebrate with activities and demonstrations at various locations in the Botanic Garden! \nFull schedule details coming soon! \n\nFree with regular admission.
URL:https://abqmom.com/event/kodomo-no-hi-japanese-childrens-day/
LOCATION:ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
CATEGORIES:family fun,Festivals And Fairs,outdoor activity
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SUMMARY:29th Annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Day
DESCRIPTION:The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History invites you to join us for the 29th Annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Day — a day of discovery and appreciation honoring the extraordinary cultures of the AAPI community. \nBe captivated by the grace of traditional dance\, the power of BK Taiko drums\, and the intricate beauty and vibrancy of the Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander culture and artistry. This family-friendly event celebrates the ancestry\, native languages\, and unique experiences that weave the rich tapestry of our heritage. \nThe event is included with paid museum admission.
URL:https://abqmom.com/event/29th-annual-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-heritage-day/
LOCATION:National Museum of Nuclear Science & History\, 601 Eubank Street SE\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals And Fairs,museum
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SUMMARY:Kite Festival at Wildlife West Nature Park
DESCRIPTION:MAY 2 & 3\nWLW Annual Kite Festival – 10am-6pm Wildlife West Kite Festival is held in the front field and is Free .. bring a kite or buy one at the park. Food venders available. Zoo admission – regular prices.
URL:https://abqmom.com/event/kite-festival-at-wildlife-west-nature-park/2026-05-02/
LOCATION:Wildlife West Nature Park\, 87N Frontage Rd\, Edgewood\, NM\, 87015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals And Fairs,free!
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SUMMARY:2026 Multicultural Arts Festival
DESCRIPTION:Our Community Recreation & Education division invites you to Singing Arrow Community Center on May 2 for a day of multicultural fun! We’ll have free music and dance performances by a variety of local groups\, food trucks\, local artists with beautiful wares\, and much more.
URL:https://abqmom.com/event/2026-multicultural-arts-festival/
LOCATION:Singing Arrow Community Center\, 13200 Wenonah SE\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals And Fairs,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Albuquerque Turkish Festival
DESCRIPTION:ALBUQUERQUE TURKISH FESTIVAL on SATURDAY\, May 2nd\, 2026 \nWe will have the 11th Albuquerque Turkish Festival on Saturday\, May 2nd\, 2026 that is organized by Raindrop Foundation-Albuquerque. \nWhat: Albuquerque Turkish Festival \nThe Fest includes great Turkish and Mediterranean Cuisines that are known to be very rich and have many unique tastes. Some of the dishes served are Shish Kebabs\, Gyros\, Lahmajoon\, Gozleme\, Kofta\, Salads and Olive Oil Dishes\, a rich variety of desserts\, pastries\, appetizers and many more. ALL FRESH and HEALTHY. Besides the delicious food\, you will find Whirling Dervish on the stage\, handmade gifts and souvenirs for your loved ones. You will also see traditional Turkish Artists at work while they are hand crafting Ebru (water marbling). \nWhere: Raindrop Foundation Turkish Cultural Center\n7901 Mountain Rd NE Suite A & E Albuquerque\, NM 87110 \nWhen: Saturday\, May 2nd\, 2026\nTime: 11am – 7pm \nWhy: Raindrop Albuquerque is trying to contribute to the cultural\, educational and social life of our wonderful city\, Albuquerque and cultivate friendship among Turkish-Americans and New Mexico. \nContact: Raindrop Foundation-Albuquerque\n7901 Mountain Rd NE Suite A\nAlbuquerque\, NM 87110\ne-mail: abq@turkishhouse.org\nPh.: (505) 859 3751
URL:https://abqmom.com/event/albuquerque-turkish-festival/
LOCATION:Raindrop Foundation Albuquerque\, 7901 Mountain Rd. NE Albuquerque\, NM 87110\, Albuquerque\, 87110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals And Fairs
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