1 Hang with the Easter Bunny. 

Easter Eggstravaganza, Farmington

Sycamore Park in Farmington hosts a yearly egg hunt, which happens Friday at 9 a.m. The Easter Bunny, a photo booth, games, and food vendors make this a full-on Easter bash, with egg hunting starting at 10 a.m.

Garden Egg Hunt, Santa Fe

The Santa Fe Botanical Garden abounds with flowering places to hide Easter eggs during this Easter morning celebration. It starts Sunday at 10:30 a.m., with 30-minute slots open until 1 p.m. Kids will have 15 minutes to find eggs before turning them in to be counted and receive prizes. In addition to egg-hunting, the party includes face painting and photo ops with Clover, the Easter Bunny. You must register for this event.

Egg Hunt at the Library, Albuquerque

On Saturday at noon, the main branch of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library hosts a scavenger egg hunt. After the egg search, enjoy a screening of the movie Peter Rabbit.

Easter Egg Hunt at the Alley, Santa Fe

The bowling alley at the DeVargas Center in Santa Fe hosts its second annual Egg Hunt on Sunday at 10 a.m. Kids will be split in two age groups—five and under, and six and up—before they’re set loose to scour the space for colorful eggs. Bring your own basket.

Easter Egg Hunt & Bunny Run, Ruidoso

Arrive at Wingfield Park in Ruidoso by 10 a.m. on Saturday to participate in the city’s annual egg hunt. If you want to do something bright and early before hunting eggs, you can hop into the sixth annual Bunny Run, a 5K at the Cedar Creek Picnic Area, starting at 7 a.m. Check-in opens at 5:45 a.m., and the 70 fastest runners receive a medal for participating, bragging rights, and a reason to eat extra Easter candy.

The AfroMundo Festival concludes in Albuquerque on Saturday with a concert by Riva Nyri Précil and Racine Kreyòl & Friends. Courtesy of Lauryn Mills Bohannon.

2 Listen to the world.

The AfroMundo Festival wraps up on Saturday in Albuquerque with a closing concert by Riva Nyri Précil. The Haitian artist, who blends her cultural traditions with musical genres like R&B, soul, and jazz, takes the stage along with Albuquerque-based Afro-Haitian Roots group Racine Kreyòl & Friends.

“Our mission at AfroMundo is narrative-based,” says Loida Maritza Pérez, executive director and founder of the festival. “Narrative is foundational to every part of our lives. The stories that are told determine how we perceive. AfroMundo’s goal is to tell stories that don’t usually get told from the perspective of folks who are experiencing those stories.”

This year, the eight-day festival has included concerts, films, lectures, and food demonstrations highlighting Haiti, Palestine, the United States, and Cuba with the theme Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. “It’s about letting these people speak for themselves,” Pérez says.

All AfroMundo events are free to attend, but reservations are required. Make yours here.

Axle Contemporary's mobile gallery presents "Species Pending," featuring the fossil of Effigia okeeffeae, reimagined by Indigenous artists Jamison Chās Banks and Animkeewa White Eagle. Drawing by Jamison Chās Banks.

3 Travel back in time.

The mobile gallery Axle Contemporary opens Species Pending, featuring the fossil of Effigia okeeffeae at the Santa Fe Railyard on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Found at Ghost Ranch in the 1940s, the fossil gets an Indigenous reimagining in the hands of artists Jamison Chās Banks (Seneca-Cayuga Tribe/Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) and Animkeewa White Eagle (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians/Kiowa). Although Effigia okeeffeae resembles the birdlike dinosaurs, the creature lived 80 million years before the appearance of ornithomimids. As artists-in-residence at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Banks and White Eagle worked with the museum team to create the multimedia research-based exhibition that takes its name from bits of O’Keeffe’s writing and sketches when she labeled unidentified bones found on the Abiquíu ranch.

The ninth annual New Mexico Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque features over 30 food trucks, outdoor games, and more. Photograph courtesy of the Food Truck Festivals of America.

4 Fuel up with food trucks.

More than 30 food trucks open shop at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. during the ninth annual New Mexico Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival. Dishes including loaded mac and cheese, brick oven pizza, Asian fusion bites, green chile cheese fries, and BBQ brisket make great pairings with beverages from both local and national breweries. This festival also offers an artisan market, tons of outdoor games, face painting, henna art, and live music.

The Alameda Park Zoo in Alamogordo celebrates Earth Day with educational booths, a butterfly release, Smokey the Bear, a live reptile show, and visits to nearly 300 animals. Photograph courtesy of the Alameda Park Zoo.

5 Celebrate Earth Day.

The Alameda Park Zoo in Alamogordo invites visitors to an Earth Day party starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday. With the theme Our Earth, Our Responsibility, the special event asks attendees to examine their relationship with the planet and the things we can do to live in harmony with the environment at educational booths. Enjoy a butterfly release at noon, meet Smokey the Bear and Dolly, a Swainson’s hawk, see a live reptile show, and visit nearly 300 animals on the 12-acre property.

For more things to do, check out our online calendar of events.