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Spencer Theater - Yearround Season
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Local Yearly Events
Aspencash Motorcycle Run & Trade Show - May second weekend - Convention Center. Large 4 Day Trade Show and $5,000 in cash prizes. Poker Run is 1/2 day ride. 1-800-452-8045
Ruidoso Downs Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred Racing - Opening day is Memorial Day and racing continues through Labor Day. Call (505) 378-4431
Mountain of Blues Festival - June second weekend - Sierra Blanca Regional Airport - "Keep the Blues Alive in Ruidoso!" Great blues bands descend on the mountains for a terrific time. 505-336-1980 or 505-336-1144 for information.
Mescalero Apache Ceremonial Dances - 4th of July - Celebrate the Apache Spirit. Pow-wow, rodeo, parade, Native American food, and traditional Apache dances at sundown. - (505) 671- 4494
Smokey Bear Stampede - 4th of July - In nearby Capitan, A weekend of family fun! Events include parade, rodeo, barbecue, and dance - (505) 354-2273
Street Players Festival - day-long performing and visual arts throughout Mid-Town Ruidoso. Contact Mary Lea Lane (505) 378-4302.
Annual Art Festival - July last weekend - Approximately 120 juried artists from a dozen states displaying paintings, drawings, photography, glass, porcelain, woodwork, metalwork, jewelry, batik, pottery, weaving, fabric, leather and sculpture. Call the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce (505) 257-7395 or 1-800-253-2255
Old Lincoln Days - August first weekend - In nearby Lincoln, Take a trip back in time to the 1800's. Street vendors, food, parade, mountain man camp, "Last Escape of Billy the Kid" pageant - (505) 653-4025
Pony Express Trail Ride - August first weekend - Carry the U.S. Mail over old west trails of Billy the Kid. Chuck wagon meals on historic trails through private ranches used by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Posse. Three days and two nights. Ride concludes in the Old Lincoln Days parade. Limited to 50 riders. (505)-354-4308 or 1-800-253-2255.
All American Festival - August thru Labor Day weekend - Fashion show & luncheon, photography contest, fiddler championship, charity ball . . . all leading up to the All American Futurity. (505) 378-4431
Mountain Living, Hunting, Fishing & Outdoor Living Expo - August second weekend - Ruidoso Convention Center - Trish Thompson 505-336-9171 or 505-420-0246
All American Futurity - Labor Day weekend - Ruidoso Downs Race Track - Feel the excitement as a field of two year old's race for 30 seconds in the world's richest Quarter Horse Race. Total purse worth 2 million! - (505) 378-4431
Golden Aspen Motorcycle Rally - September second weekend - One of the Southwest's largest motorcycle gatherings. Five days of motorcycle events - 1-800-452-8045
Run for the B.E.A.C.H. - September second weekend - The Sixth Annual Run for the B.E.A.C.H. is a 5k run and fun walk to help defray mammogram costs and expenses for the men and women of Lincoln County, for more information call Barbara Crane at (505) 257-7313 or (505) 336-4660.
Aspenfest Weekend - October first weekend - Celebrate Ruidoso's glorious fall colors. Chili cook-off, arts & crafts fair, street vendors, Aspenfest Parade & "Run to Ruidoso" rod run show. - 1 800 253-2255
Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium - October second weekend - At Ruidoso Downs Racetrack, The Symposium gathers the world's finest cowboy poets, musicians, chuck wagon cooks, and artisans - 1 800 263-5929
Ruidoso Oktoberfest - October second weekend - New Mexico?s 2nd largest Oktoberfest celebration brings in the fall season in style! Enjoy this festival of German food, beers, wine and dancing. There?s arts & crafts, a special Kinderhall and lots of family fun! - 1-877-877-9322
Fall American Photographic Competition - October last weekend - (deadline for entries October 5) This is the 9th annual juried festival. Categories are Landscape, Architecture, People, Open, Sports, Alternative / Mixed Media / Experimental. Co-sponsored by the Hubbard Museum of the American West and the Photographic Society of Lincoln County, it will be held at the Museum on Highway 70 East. Children's workshop will be October 21. For more information, call the museum at (505) 378-4142.
Christmas Jubilee - November second weekend - Ruidoso Convention Center - Over 60 Lincoln County merchants display their wares for unique and timely shopping. Bring the kids for a visit with Santa! - 1-800-253-2255.
Festival of Light - November last weekend through December - There will be Lighting Contest, Christmas in the Park Tree Lighting, Laser Light Show, Music Festival and a State Championship Light Parade. For more information contact the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce. - 1-800-253-2255
Ski Apache Opens - November Thanksgiving Day - Ski Apache is open from Thanksgiving until early April with some of the best powder in the Southwest. - (505) 336-4356
Mountain Living Home & Garden Show - March third weekend - Ruidoso Convention Center - Trish Thompson 505-336-9171 or 505-420-0246
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Horse Races - Memorial Day Weekend thru Labor Day Weekend
Another big season predicted at the Horse Races. Slot machines, exciting new races and a festival which highlights New Mexico-bred horses, culture and cuisine will enchant this years visitors to the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack. Zia Festival, Triple Crown, QH and TB Mixed Sale Aug 16 and 17, Quarter Horse Yearling Sale Labor Day weekend. Meet Dale Wood one hour before post time. The excitement is at the highest level ever.All American Festival - August 12 to Labor Day, 2002 - Fashion show & luncheon, photography contest, fiddler championship, charity ball . . . all leading up to the All American Futurity. (505) 378-4431
All American Futurity - Labor Day - Ruidoso Downs Race Track - Feel the excitement as a field of two year old's race for 30 seconds in the world's richest Quarter Horse Race. Total purse worth 2 million!
Whole Year Round - Casinos
Stay with Alto Hombre Gordito, enjoy our beautiful surroundings, have fun at one of the area's casinos.
Night Clubs
The Quarters - Life music, dance, bar and food. Country & Western, Rock.
Win Place & Show - Life music, bar. Country & Western.
Movies
Sierra Cinema - First run movies
Flying J Wranglers
Cowboy music, yodeling, banjo, mandolin, comedy acts. There is a little Western village with pony rides for kids, horse shoes, gunfight in the street, shops to browse through with kids' stuff. The Flying J Ranch is 10 minutes drive from Alto Hombre Gordito Hideout. Open six nights a week (closed Sunday) and then Saturdays after labor Day through mid-October. Open 6 pm and activities abound for children and adults. There's an old-fashioned gunfight and chuck-wagon chow is served. Kids can try pistol shooting and pony rides. $ 9 for kids, $ 17 for adults.
Ski Apache open Thanksgiving through Spring Break
Grab your snow and ski boots and come join us for a snow filled winter holiday fun season.
Smokey Bear
In 1950 a forest fire swept through the Capitan Mountains. Clinging to a charred tree, a small black bear was found by a crew of firefighters. The cub was taken to the home of a local rancher and became an international symbol of forest fire prevention. Visit Smokey Bear Museum in Capitan.
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Mountain Escapes
Ski Apache open Thanksgiving through Spring Break
Grab your snow and ski boots and come join us for a snow filled winter holiday fun season.
Ruidoso area is the green spot of south central New Mexico. It is an island of pines rising high above the desert, a verdant display of grandeur stretching ninety miles in the southern Rocky Mountains.
The region includes Ruidoso, Mescalero Apache Reservation, Cloudcroft, Lincoln and a collection of other mountain communities each with its own charm and personality.
The most dominant landmark is Sierra Blanca Peak which towers above the region: 12,003 feet above sea level. Sierra Blanca Peak is part of a mountain chain called the Sacramentos.
Lincoln is one of the many points of interest along the Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway. Travel this byway and experience both the breathtaking beauty and volatile history of New Mexico.
Lincoln is a town made famous by one of the most violent periods in New Mexico history. Today's visitors can see the Old Lincoln County Courthouse with museum exhibitions that recount the details of the Lincoln County War and the historic use of the "House" as store, residence, Masonic Lodge, courthouse and jail.
Walk in the footsteps of Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett and other famous and infamous characters of the Wild West. Trace the events of 1878 through the Courthouse and the Tunstall Store, with their preserved 19th-century atmosphere.
The Tunstall Store contains displays of the original 19th-century merchandise in the original shelving and cases.
OaWhite Oaks,
the mining boomtown in the 1880s. Several landmark buildings still stand. White Oaks is now a ghost town and a tourist attraction. Visit the White Oaks Schoolhouse Museum, built in 1895. It now hosts family reunions, art tours and an extensive collection of mining and pioneer memorabilia.
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