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For Events Throughout New Mexico visit REDTT
Rural Economic Development Through Tourism Project
Annual Events in the Ruidoso, NM Vicinity Fort Stanton
A Premier Multicultural Historic Site Situated in the Sacramento Mountains of South Central New Mexico...Fort Stanton holds commemorative annual celebration which recreates the exact lifestyle and dress of the original fort during its heyday of the 1800s. This year, 2005, will be the Sesquicentennial Celebration since the fort was first established in 1855. (to be held on May 7, 2005)
August 13: "Fort Stanton Live"
View Our Photo Montage of "Fort Stanton Live".Lincoln, New Mexico
Lots of history took place here...to this day, many of the dwellings from the 1800s are still existing...like walking through a Hollywood movie set, you will truly feel like you're amongst the ghosts of the west. Billy the Kid made his famous escape from the Lincoln County Courthouse...bullet holes can still be viewed at the bottom of the Courthouse stairway. This town can be viewed and walked through year around...gift shops, restaurants and museums are open throughout the year. Annual events and art showings are held...be sure to stay tuned for annual events held throughout the year.
August 5-7: "Old Lincoln Days"
“Last escape of Billy the Kid” pageant. Info: 575-653-4025
Hubbard Museum of the West
Holds all types of showings...usually thematic in nature and mostly based on our Western Heritage. For a current listing of events and showings, be sure to check out the following link:
Hubbard Museum Current ExhibitionsMountain Blues Festival
501 Wingfield, gates open at 12pm, music begins at 2. Great food, fun & the best live blues around! $15 advance tickets at The Quarters, $20 at the gate. (No coolers or pets please!)
Info: Quarters, 257-9535, 866-207-4816
White Oaks, New Mexico
Take a drive through what appears to be unchanged since the 1800s. White Oaks was an old mining town and most of the structures standing today had their origins in the 1800s. Stay tuned on their web site for upcoming events.
June: "White Oaks Miners' Day/Voices From The Past": 9am to 9pm Historical re-creations as well as a parade, shoot-out, music, arts & crafts!
Info: Info: George, 575-354-7021Spencer Theater Performing Arts
July 4th: Spencer Theater Party & Fireworks: 6:30pm, Alto, NM,. Outdoor concert, all-you-can-eat picnic foods. Tickets $35. Fireworks, if any, will begin at nightfall. Info: Box Office, 888-818-7872 or 575-336-4800
UFO Festival in Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell 2005 UFO Festival held on July 1-4 of 2005. The festival, now in its eleventh year, marks the 1947 “Roswell Incident,” in which some people believe a UFO crashed in the desert outside Roswell and was recovered by the Air Force. Although military officials at the time reported that the “UFO” was just a weather balloon, the original story never died, and has provided endless material for such TV shows as “X files” and “Roswell.”
Details: Roswell Chamber of Commerce, (575) 623-5695Two Annual Motorcycle Rallies
AspenCash May 19-22, 2005
Ruidoso, New Mexico Convention Center
Poker Run Prizes: High Hand gets $5,000, Low Hand gets $2,000, plus Two $1,000 and Two $500 Consolation Prize Drawings
Poker Run is a 1/2 day ride! Do run any day you choose as many times as you like!
AspenCash 2005 Contest Winner
Golden Aspen September 14-18, 2005
Hill climbs, Trials exhibitions, Tour Pins, Tour Patches, Bike Games, Huge Trade Show, Parade, Poker Runs, Free Meals, Bike Judging
New Harley-Davidson FLHT Prize Drawing
Next year's Golden Aspen rally will be September 13th-17th, 2006.The Golden Aspen Ralley
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
RUIDOSO
THANKSGIVING THROUGH NEW YEARS
Check images out at:
http://www.ruidosotoday.com/festival/lights.html
Or call 1-800-253-2255
And as evenings fall on this Christmas wonderland visitors seeking the perfect Mountain holiday will enjoy the enchantment of a million points of electric color sparkling with the warmth and joy that is Ruidoso’s Festival of Lights.
Read past articles written by Chuck Duncan:
Ruidoso, New Mexico
Golden Aspen Cash Rally
September
Every September the Mountain Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico roars to life with the arrival of 40,000 bikers. This annual event has grown over the years to become one of the favorite rally’s for Riders from all over the world. Folks come from Europe, Canada, Mexico, Minnisota and of course Texas! Ruidoso offers riding opportunities that are just not found anywhere else on the planet. “Scenic and Historical” best describes the area. Ruidoso is located in the heart of Lincoln County, which was once the home of both the Famous and Infamous. Characters such as Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, Kit Carson and a host of old west outlaws once rode the same trails that visiting bikers take to drop in on Old Lincoln, White Oaks, Capitan, Carrizozo and other New Mexican towns that survived those tumultuous times when the six gun ruled the day. These stops provide great day ride destinations and a handy itinerary can be found under the "Day Trips" button.
Aspen Fest in Ruidoso, New Mexico
For further info call 1-800-253-2255
Since the 1940’s Ruidoso has celebrated the season with an “Aspen Festival”. This year’s “Aspenfest” will run October 2nd and 3rd and will include the ever popular Aspenfest Parade, National Chili Cook Off, cool Arts and Crafts fair and one of the biggest Classic Car Shows in the state. You will enjoy live music, great food and the most incredible scenery Mother Nature has to offer.
Come and celebrate “Aspenfest” in living color this October
Cowboy Symposium
For further info call 1-800-263-5929
Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium is held in October on the second weekend...at The Ruidoso Downs Racetrack. The Symposium gathers the world's most renown cowboy poets, musicians, chuck wagon cooks, and artisans.
Related Web Sites: The Hubbard Museum Page
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
RUIDOSO
THANKSGIVING THROUGH NEW YEARS
As the dying glow of winter’s sun disappears behind the Peaks of Sierra Blanca, as though extinguished by the snow blanketing the horizon, the suggestion of a million points of dazzling light emerge from deep in the valley below. And as darkness overtakes the remnants of day, the Village…nestled…cozy…and warm… is charged with a celebration of electric color. This is Thanksgiving eve, November 24th, the time of year when Ruidoso’s “Festival of Lights” is renewed with this spectacular winter tradition. The avenues, shops, lodges and homes of Ruidoso are adorned with thousands of strings of glowing crystals bathing the night in a rainbow of illumination hailing the coming of winter’s solstice. Venturing into the night on December 2nd Ruidoso’s citizenry and friends will join together for the annual “Christmas in the Park” festivities and “Tree Lighting”. Then they will all come together again on December 11th for the “Electric Light Parade” featuring floats, marching bands, drill teams and laughing children all streaming through Ruidoso’s ‘lit up’ Mid Town creating a spectacle reminiscent of a Norman Rockwell Christmas. Of course, the Jolly old fellow himself and some of his elves always take time from their hectic schedule to join in the fun and make an appearance in the Festival of Lights parade. As the Village settles into the holiday season the valleys and canyons of Ruidoso will continue to glow. And as evenings fall on this Christmas wonderland visitors seeking the perfect Mountain holiday will enjoy the enchantment of a million points of electric color sparkling with the warmth and joy that is Ruidoso’s Festival of Lights.
There are many more special events during this time
Check them out on the Festival web site www.folruidoso.com
Or call 1-800-253-2255
Ruidoso is located amidst a land of wonders. Mountains, rivers, tall pines and Aspens combine to cool the Ruidoso valley and offer spectacular delights to the senses. The majesty of a mountain peak dusted with the color of the rising sun or the serenity of a river meandering through the forest delivers a calming and restorative effect that continues to draw us back to this magical place time and again.
As the days freshen and we feel the coming of fall something wonderous occurs in nature. The pallet of summer surrenders it’s bright greens and blues and yellows to hues of gold and orange and red. Flowers loose their blossoms and retreat into the earth to await another spring. Ground cover steels itself for the coming of shorter days and cold nights. And the Aspens burst into vivid
Colors that startle and enchant the imagination. Pools of color are spattered over the mountain sides with creative abandon heralding the season of harvest. This is a time of spectacular vistas, pleasant days and relaxed evenings in Ruidoso.
Since the 1940’s Ruidoso has celebrated the season with an “Aspen Festival”. This year’s “Aspenfest” will run October 1st and 2nd and will include the ever popular Aspenfest Parade, National Chili Cook Off, cool Arts and Crafts fair and one of the biggest Classic Car Shows in the state. You will enjoy live music, great food and the most incredible scenery Mother Nature has to offer.
Come and celebrate “Aspenfest” in living color this October
For more information call 1-800-253-2255
Stay tuned for all of our year-around events to be listed by Consecutive Months...
Shown Below: Smokey Bear Historical Park & Gift Shop...Every year, celebrate "Smokey Bear Days" in Capitan, New Mexico
Interesting Note: In 1952 Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins wrote the anthem that would cause a debate among Smokey enthusiasts for the next several decades. In order to maintain the correct rhythm, the writers added a "the" between "Smokey" and "Bear." As testament to the song's popularity, Smokey Bear became known as "Smokey The Bear" to many adoring fans, but in actuality his name never changed, and he is still known correctly as Smokey Bear.
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