World Refugee Day 2023
Honor and celebrate refugees around the globe at this free event for all ages! Featuring vendors, performances, music, art, activities, resources, and more! This year’s event will be held on Civic Plaza on Saturday, June 24th at 4pm. World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations. It celebrates the strength and […]
Neighborhood Block Party: Public Lands Day & Latino Heritage Month
Celebrate nature at the park! FREE all-ages, family-friendly festival with live music, storytelling, nature-themed carnivale performers, hands-on activities, games, show-n-tell with urban wild birds, Esperanza bike repair clinic (bring your bike), paletas, home resources, on-site language interpreters, and more! Make a free reservation to get event updates and additional details. Community Partners: City of Albuquerque […]
Joshua Redman at the Lensic
Acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman comes to New Mexico! Redman is joined onstage by Larry Grenadier, bass, and Marcus Gilmore, drums, playing compositions from three of Redman’s favorite musicians—Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Wayne Shorter. 3×3! Get your tickets HERE!
NM Juneteenth Celebration
Save the date for New Mexico’s premier Juneteenth event! Celebrate Black-owned businesses, artisans, vendors, performers, and more! Rain or shine! This year’s Juneteenth event will include speakers, national and local musical acts, a youth fashion empowerment show, a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, food, and lots of dancing. The entire event will be family friendly and will […]
Gathering of Nations Powwow
Entertainment on Stage 49: Friday 4/28 – Rocking the Blues Night; Saturday, 4/29 – Reggae Night Friday, April 28 (Expo NM – NM State Fairgrounds): 10:00am Gates open to public – Traders’ Market Vendors open (Creative Arts/Lujan bldgs) & food court- early morning musical performances in Tingley 12:00pm is Grand Entry of Dancers (Tingley Coliseum) & Stage 49 […]
Gathering of Nations Miss Indian World Talent Presentations
Miss Indian World is a Cultural Goodwill Ambassador to all cultures presenting and representing Native American, Indigenous & First Nations Tribal Culture. The Miss Indian World Pageant is the largest & Most Prestigious Cultural Title for Young Native, Indigenous Women (18-25 years old). Its purpose is to give young Native American women an opportunity to showcase […]
Warriors of Afro-Peruvian Music (AfroMundo Festival event)
Two Grammy nominees — Charo Goyonehe, appointed Meritorious Person of Afro Peruvian Culture, and Rosa Guzmán, champion of Peru’s criolla music — fly in from Peru for a legendary concert with Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón, Master of of Afro Peruvian percussive instruments, and Yuri Juárez, Master of Afro-Peruvian folk guitar. Charo Goyonehe and Rosa Guzmán are […]
Migrations: Transmitting Traditions & Knowledge through Dance (AfroMundo)
Come learn of the significance of Afro Brazilian communal dances Samba de Roda & Samba de Caboclo. Bridge cultures, build community, and join in this dance that is a feat of resistance and perseverance and whose steps are a call to unity and strength. At the Valle del Oro National Wildlife Refuge—a gem of a […]
Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Survival (AfroMundo Festival)
For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, of cultural retention, and innovation. The foods of Afro peoples continue to incorporate ingredients of ancestral dishes and to preserve African ways of preparing ingredients native to the Americas. Presenters will discuss the African roots of various dishes and defy stereotypes of […]
From Decimas to Spoken Word: AfroMundo Festival Event
Explores the poetic tradition of decimas in the context of poetry as a means of resistance for Afro peoples. With poet Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz and special guest artists Pauila Melissa Alves, aka Mel Adún, Marcus Gonçalves da Silva, aka Guellwaar Adún, Monice Aguilar, J. Gourdin, and Leandro Pita.