Air Races Take Off in Roswell
I CLAP MY HANDS over my ears to deaden the roar as six military training jets thunder over the Roswell desert at close to 400 mph. Jostling for position along the 10.3-mile course, the modified Aero…
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Category: Events & Festivals
Hit These Family-Friendly Summer Festivals
JUNE 17–22 Spaceport America Cup The intercollegiate aerospace engineering conference is inspirational—and open to the public—as more than 150 teams design, build, and fly rockets at New Mexico’s…
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Don't Miss These Tasty Festivals
JUNE 16 New Mexico Dérive Natural Wine Fest Choose samples from 200 wines from around the world at Santa Fe’s first natty wine festival. JULY 13 Las Cruces Downtown Tequila, Taco, & Cerveza Festival…
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Pumpkin Spice Up Your Fall
Balzano Family Vineyard and Pumpkin Patch 2025 Hours: Open every weekend in October. Fridays, 3-6 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sundays, 12-6 p.m. Celebrate 10 years of family fun as you pick…
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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta First-Timer Guide
➤ Arrive early. On Mass Ascension days, plan to arrive between 4 and 4:30 a.m. Gates open at 4:30 a.m. Park & Ride is available on select days, but not Monday through Wednesday. ➤ Walk the field. The…
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Enjoy Hot-Air Balloons Year-Round
➤ Taos Mountain Balloon Rally October 27–29 Fall colors in the mountains add to the spectacle of this intimate event, which draws about 35 balloons each year. ➤ Artesia Balloons & Tunes Festival…
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Check Out This Balloon Fiesta Pin Collection
STEVE ARNDT LANDED HIS FIRST PIN at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in 1986, as a volunteer on the US West balloon chase crew. Today, his Albuquerque office features 4,000 unique pins…
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Take Flight in a Hot-Air Balloon
W HEN BONNIE JELINEK attended last year’s 50th anniversary Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, it was a huge check off her bucket list. So imagine the Plano, Texas, resident’s joy when her…
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Tips for Balloon Fiesta Photography
ALBUQUERQUE PHOTOGRAPHER AARON BLANC figures he wasn’t even a year old when he attended his first Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. He’s been a “balloonatic” ever since. Even while living away…
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Balloonist Makes a Comeback
KAREN CONVERSE AND HER CREW roll up to balloon events sporting matching pink-and-black apparel inspired by her 90,000-cubic-foot balloon, Penumbra, and its alternating vertical bands of color. A pink…
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