Community Calendar

🐶 Join the Downtown Growers' Market for its annual dog costume contest: Dogboo! This event is FREE and hosted by dog centric vendors, Tailwaggin Temptations, My Furry Godmother and Woofstock.

🎃 Contest Categories and Game:
•Best Dog Costume
•Best Dog and Owner Costume
•Musical Rings: a fun twist on musical chairs using hula hoops for the dogs!

🐩 Join Tailwaggin Temptations and Market staff in the NE corner of the park (where yoga is held) and bring out your best costumes!
🏆 Prizes will be available for category and game winners: prizes are from Growers' Market vendors.
⏰ 10:30 AM start time with a parade around the Market at the end!

downtowngrowers.org
www.tailwaggintemptations.com
www.myfurrygodmothers.com
Woofstock: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089612504504#

Seth Andrews, a nationally recognized atheist thinker, podcaster and speaker, was once a Christian broadcaster and believer. He is the author of five books, and his YouTube channel has nearly 400,000 subscribers. His talk is titled: "A War Story about Love," which he describes this way: “The world is on fire. Cruelty and stupidity are the currencies of the culture. Good people are in the crosshairs. Yet perhaps we can all take inspiration and motivation from a moment in history where humanity briefly prevailed.”

Join Ranger Lily and Instructional Coordinator Rebekha for a guided tour of the permanent exhibition, "Bosque Redondo…A Place of Suffering…A Place of Survival." Participants will also experience a tour outdoors, visiting the site’s flock of Navajo Churro sheep and exploring the exterior grounds at Fort Sumner Historic Site. These tours teach people about the experiences of the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache) who were forced to live at Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation in the 1860s, as well as stories of their resilience and hope through time. The tour is included with general admission of $7/adult and free for children 16 and younger and Native/Tribal Affiliations

Movies at the Market: Free Outdoor Movie Series
📅 Saturdays in October 2025 | 4 PM – 8 PM (Movie at Dusk)
📍 Rail Yards Market, 777 1st St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

🎬 Spend your Saturday nights under the stars at the historic Rail Yards! The Rail Yards Market, in partnership with Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque, presents a free family-friendly outdoor movie series every Saturday in October.

🛍️ Shop local vendors, enjoy food trucks, and explore handmade goods starting at 4 PM.
🎞️ Movies begin at dusk on the big screen. Bring a chair or blanket and settle in for community, culture, and cinema.

Movie Schedule:

October 4: Barbie (2023)

October 11: The Goonies (1985)

October 18: Hocus Pocus (1993)

October 25: Coco (2017)

💵 FREE admission & parking
👛 EBT/SNAP/WIC accepted and doubled
♿ ADA accessible

More info: www.railyardsmarket.org

Get ready for a spooktacular evening of fun, friendship, and festive flair! We are turning our parking lot into a spooky alleyway.

Highlights:

Trunk Decorating Contest – Show off your troop spirit with creative themes!

Food Truck Alley- Get your grub on with Tacos and spooky treats

Costume Parade – Wear your silliest, sparkliest, or spookiest outfit.

Fun & Games – Halloween crafts, photo ops, and more!

Tip: Keep decorations and costumes friendly for all ages—spooky but not scary.

Los Angeles-based artist Dicky Bahto will make his first appearance in Albuquerque, with a program featuring an excerpt from his recent three-hour long collaboration with musician Sarah Davachi, Music for a Bellowing Room, an exercise in resolution, inviting the audience to shift their concentration and perception through gradual changes in sound and image. The piece was originally commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and received its premiere performance in September 2023. (note that this will be a different excerpt from the one he is showing in Santa Fe on October 17th). Other works to be announced.

Dicky Bahto has exhibited work utilizing still and motion picture photography, sound, and performance at a variety of museums, galleries, microcinemas, film festivals, conferences, alternative spaces, and scenic locations spanning the Northern Hemisphere, from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to a series of nooks, crannies, and underbrush along and under Sunset Boulevard. He frequently collaborates with musicians, both as a performer and as a visual artist, including Sarah Davachi, Liz Harris, Julia Holter, and Tashi Wada, as well as with his lover, Patrick Londen, and their cats Simone and Katoosh.

Friday, October 25th
Doors at 7pm
at Alpaca - 1415 4th St SW, Albuquerque NM
$10 - $15 suggested donation

The Rail Yards Market of Albuquerque operates on Sundays from 10am-2pm during the months of May-October. A non-profit run growers' market, originally established in 2014 by volunteers and neighborhood residents, celebrating all things local and at the heart of New Mexican culture. We are much more than your typical farmer's or grower's market; every Sunday you can peruse 100's of New Mexico's finest food, farm, artisan, and healing vendors, hear live musicians, and come away enriched from our educational and demonstration zones for kids and adults! Every Sunday is a different theme with different activities and vendors you wont want to miss. All located at The Rail Yards in the historic Barelas neighborhood in the heart of our City!

Join us for our 21st Annual Día de los Muertos celebration of culture and creativity proudly hosted by La Parada and Farm & Table. For over two decades, our family has dedicated itself to honoring this rich cultural holiday, bringing the community together to celebrate the lives of all of our loved ones.

This family-friendly event features:

40+ Local Artisan Vendors 10am-4pm: Explore all the booths showcasing the work of our community’s talented artists and makers. Featuring a wide variety of handmade textiles, pottery, jewelry, and so much more. The talented face painter will transform you into a work of art to fully embrace the spirit of Día de los Muertos.

Pet Blessing Ceremony at 11am: A special ceremony to honor our beloved pets, reflecting the importance of all family members—two-legged and four-legged.

Festival Food and Drinks 11am-3:30pm: Enjoy a tasty array of food from Sanchez Tacos and Streetfood Institute, offering options for everyone, including vegan options. Pair your meal with refreshing beer and wine and a treat from Farm & Table.

Sugar Skull Decorating Workshop 12-4pm: Get creative in our hands-on workshop where you can decorate your own sugar skull (free mini sugar skulls for the first 100 people). It’s a fun make and take activity for all ages.

Live Music 12-3pm: Don’t miss the infectious rhythms of Felix y Los Gatos. Their energetic performances will have everyone dancing and celebrating together.

Community Ofrenda/Altar 12-4pm: Participate by bringing a photo of your loved one for the community ofrenda. You can also bring their favorite drink or food item to place on the altar

We invite you to join us in honoring those who have passed while fostering community and culture. We look forward to celebrating with you and continuing this cherished tradition!

Sunday October 26th, 2-5pm NM Folk Dance and Music Society (FolkMADS) hosts a special Halloween Contra Dance - Zombie Prom!
at the Albuquerque Square Dance Center
Jake turin calling with live music from award-winning, eclectic band Cheap Shots
Don your best fancy attire and add some dance friendly spooky flare!
Contra dancing is a traditional form of group dancing to live music, no partner or experience required, and our events are family-friendly!

100 Years of Collecting|100 Years of Connecting is on view through December 13, 2025 at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum, located at 750 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Admission is free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit nmheritagearts.org.

The exhibition marks the Spanish Colonial Arts Society's centennial by telling its century-long story of creating and caring for an extraordinary trove of nearly 4,000 objects representing the distinctive Hispano heritage of New Mexico. This provides a unique lens on the Society’s legacy of connecting to a community of artists and supporters of Hispano arts in New Mexico and beyond.