2025 NEW MEXICO: July through December 2025
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
(see also: 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2020 - 2018)
July 4, 2025 4TH OF JULY
Nationwide
There are so many events on this day that they are too numerous to list. August 14-17, 2025
Red River’s 8750' Music & BBQ Festival
Red River, New Mexico
Red River’s 8750' Music & BBQ Festival-along with the Chili Appreciation Society International Cook-Off, the New Mexico Green Chile State Championship and the Lone Star BBQ Society Cook-Off and the guaranteed purse-now up to $10,000. August 23, 2025 Bosque Chile & Music Fest - Albuquerque, New Mexico
A celebration of food, art, and culture on the Rio Grande. Join in the celebration of the chile harvest at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This event will offer entertainment, kids’ activities, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks, beer, wine, , agricultural workshops, chef demonstrations and more. No pets allowed; service animals only. August 30-31, 2025 53rd Hatch Chile Festival - Hatch, New Mexico
The annual festival will include music, a parade, chile eating contests, fine art show, and rope and bullwhip show. Festival goers can sample famed chile recipes, watch the crowning of the chile festival queen, or toss a horseshoe in celebration of our most famous crop. The event also features chile ristra contests, artisan and food booths, and a carnival. Attendance: 30,000. August 30-Sept 1, 2025 Harvest Wine Fest - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Balloon Fiesta Park. Celebrate harvest season with 20 of New Mexico’s top wineries as they uncork over 100 of their finest wines for you to taste and take home. Meet the wine makers, and enjoy fine food and great live music, in cool shade and comfort. August 30-Sept 1, 2025 Harvest Wine Fest - Las Cruces, New Mexico
Southern New Mexico State Fairground. Join us in celebrating New Mexico's grape harvest with daily grape stompings, free wine tastings, live entertainment, arts and crafts vendors, children's activities, hourly wine seminars and a great relaxed atmosphere!
September 4-14, 2025 New Mexico State Fair - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Highlights of the annual fair will include agricultural exhibits, livestock shows & demonstrations, concerts, competitions, carnival midway, and art. Attendance: 500,000. September 13, 2025 Annual Pie Town Pie Festival
Pie Town, New Mexico
The Pie Town Annual Pie Festival includes a pie-baking contest, games and races, music, food, arts and crafts, and pie, pie, pie. Admission is free and parking is easy. The festival is held in Jackson Park each year and is a great opportunity to visit with friends, both old and new. The Festival is organized and operated by the Pie Town Community Council, and is our main fund-raising event. September 24-28, 2025 34th Annual Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Featuring master sommeliers and James Beard Award-winning chefs from 100 national wineries and 75 of Santa Fe’s most acclaimed restaurants for five days of guest chef winery luncheons, cooking demonstrations, wine seminars, wine dinners, tastings and luncheons. The fiesta will culminate with the Grand Tasting at the legendary Santa Fe Opera where all participating restaurants and wineries will serve delectable samples underneath the starry New Mexican sky. Now on sale, ticket prices vary by event and start at $75. September 26-27, 2025 7th New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Celebrate everything prickly pear; food, art, music. Cooking demonstrations showing people how to use prickly pear fruit and pads in their own kitchens; workshops and talks about prickly pear processing and interesting and unique ways to use prickly pear; and programming for farmers, ranchers, and gardeners for how and why to incorporate this native plant into their systems. October 2-5, 2025 Sierra County Fair
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Arts, crafts, livestock, food vendors, community groups, and fun! October 4-5, 2025 Santa Fe Harvest Festival - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Celebrate the harvest during this annual festival at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, a living history museum dedicated to the heritage and culture of Spanish Colonial New Mexico. Learn to string chile ristras, crush wine grapes by foot and grind sorghum with the help of burros. Arts & crafts, music. October 10-12, 2025 20th Annual Oktoberfest - Red River, New Mexico
The annual Oktoberfest at Brandenburg Park includes microbreweries (with voting for the best brews), food and craft vendors, German “OOMPAH” Polka music, activities for kids, a “Pub Crawl” and contests like Miss & Mr. Oktoberfest, stein holding, chicken dance, yodeling, brat eating and the Keg Karry! Admission is FREE and you can buy your commemorative taster mug or stein when you get to the park. October 13-17, 2025 - National School Lunch Week - Nationwide
School Nutrition Association. October 15-18, 2025 Annual Chile Challenge 4-Wheel Drive Trail Event
Caballo, New Mexico
Caballo Lake State Park, Riverside Campground. November 22, 2025 Great New Mexico Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Balloon Fiesta Park. Featuring some of the area's most popular food trucks dishing out fan favorites such as authentic Mexican street corn, oven-baked pizza, refreshing ice cream and more! Offering dozens of regional and national brews. November 27, 2025 - THANKSGIVING DAY - Nationwide
There are so many events today, they are to numerous to list. December 31, 2025 Annual Las Cruces Chile Drop
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Evening celebration outdoors anticipating the midnight Chile Drop at New Year’s eve. Food trucks, vendors, entertainment … a full on street party!
2024 NEW MEXICO: July through December 2024
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new datesDecember 6-7, 2024 13th Annual Winter & Wine Festival
Carlsbad, New Mexico
• Winter & Wine VIP Night: Friday, December 6, 2024, From 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Attendance will be limited • Winter & Wine Festival: Saturday, December 7, 2024, From 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
2023 NEW MEXICO: July through December 2023
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new datesSeptember 29-30, 2023 All American Cowboyfest
Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
Formerly known as the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium. Join us at Ruidoso Downs Race Track for an exciting family-oriented, four-day festival in celebration of country music, western culture, and rodeo.
2022 NEW MEXICO: July through December 2022
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new datesOctober-15-16, 2022 Elephant Butte Days & Chili Cookoff
Elephant Butte, New Mexico
Join the City of Elephant Butte for its big annual event! Activities include live music, arts and crafts, vendors, a parade, live music, the Elephant Butte Chile Cookoff, and more. Free.
2020 NEW MEXICO: July through December 2020
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new datesJuly 3-5, 2020 - 17th Annual Pork & Brew - Rio Rancho, New Mexico
EVENT CANCELED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.
Come out and enjoy this terrific family friendly event with live entertainment, arts and crafts, fun jumps, magic show, and of course plenty of award winning BBQ. With more than 15,000 in attendance last year, it has become one of the largest events in New Mexico. Attendance: 15,000. December 31, 2020 Old Fashioned New Year's Eve
Red River, New Mexico
Guests and locals can find New Year’s Eve Celebrations for all ages beginning with the annual New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade and Fireworks Display at Red River Ski Area on December 31st. On New Year's Eve, take the kids to the Red River Community House for an Old Fashioned New Year's Eve Party to enjoy pizza, music and games!
2018 NEW MEXICO: July through December 2018
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new datesNovember 4-5, 2018 - Meat Matters - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Meat Matters: an in-depth look on how we source, eat, think, and talk about meat. Weekend will include hands-on butchery workshops, field trips and demonstrations as well as a steak flight tasting dinner. | 