Event Category: Editors Picks

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Open Memorial Day through Labor Day Nightly Schedule 5:30 pm: Ranch Exhibits, Attractions, and Ticket Booth Open Grab your seating assignment at the Ticket Booth. Then, visit the Western Village gift shops, pony rides, gold panning, and kid’s roping corral. Enjoy a beautiful New Mexico evening with your friends and family! 6:00 pm: The Fiddler’s […]

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Midtown Market returns for the 2025 season, running Saturdays from June 7 through October 4 at Country Club Park, located at the intersection of Country Club Drive and Sudderth. TIME: 9 AM – 1 PM This open-air market is a hub for local growers, artisans, and makers who are passionate about sustainability, quality, and community […]

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Mark your calendars for August 28th, 2025 and come out and enjoy a night of acoustic country at the Spencer Theater while supporting your friends and neighbors in need! Jamie O’Neal, Ty Herndon, and Lincoln County’s own Tawnya Reynolds will take the stage to perform  a concert to benefit those affected by the recent floods. […]

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Fort Stanton Flashlight Tour At Fort Stanton Historic Site 8/30/25, Saturday 7:30pm – 9:30pm Are you curious about what Fort Stanton is like after hours? Have you heard scary stories about its buildings? Do you like to poke around historic buildings at night? Fort Stanton offers flashlight walking tours of the grounds after hours, allowing visitors a […]

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FREE FAMILY EVENT Don’t miss summer’s grand finale at Inn of the Mountain Gods! Bring your whole family in for our End of Summer Bash. Get a $10 wristband and let your kids go crazy on our jumping balloons. Plus, enjoy live music, delicious food and drinks, and fun games before our spectacular fireworks extravaganza. […]

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Join the Bellamy Brothers with Hooks & the Huckleberries for a special AARD Foundation Benefit at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque on Sunday, August 31. This all-ages concert supports Ruidoso flood relief, with proceeds benefiting the Lincoln County Community Fund. Doors open at 5 PM, show starts at 6 PM. Tickets: $33.17–$130.75. Don’t miss this night […]

Ruidoso Downs All American Futurity, Derby, and Oaks finals to be run on Labor Day, September 1, at Albuquerque Downs. Along with a full race card, there will be five stakes races on Labor Day including: All American Futurity, All American Derby, All American Oaks, All American Invitational and All American Juvenile. For more information, […]

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Motor Mountain Weekend is officially loaded up and rollin’ and if you ain’t locked in yet… you’re fallin’ behind. Rugged Outlaws Record Breaker Ride registration just dropped! Trail run through the Lincoln National Forest, departing straight outta Jacks Backstage. Bring your buggy, your crew, and your attitude. Let’s set the record. Rusty Balls Run to […]

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12 PM – 6 PM Lakeside $30 Per Person (Ticket includes (10) 4oz samples of craft beer or surprise spirits.) Event Includes: Surprises & Giveaways Live Blues Music Commemorative Glass Over 200 Different Beers World-Class BBQ Must be 21 or older to enter the Beerfest tent. All proceeds go to a scholarship fund. Don’t miss […]

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Prost! Raise your stein to Ruidoso Oktoberfest at Downshift Brewing Company – Riverside in beautiful Midtown Ruidoso, New Mexico. Look forward to a day of Oktoberfest celebrations. Beer, German Food and lots of fun for the whole family. Entertainment all day outside on the main stage and inside on the Riverside live stage! Fungi Mungle, […]

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Apenfest 2025 October 4, 2025 Parade at 10 am Wingfield Park Craft Beer and Wine Festival 11 am to 6 pm Celebrate Autumn in Ruidoso with a festive parade in Midtown Ruidoso and a festival in Wingfield Park! AspenFest, Ruidoso’s annual fall celebration, the first weekend in October, allows residents and visitors alike to participate […]

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Join us on the Spencer stage for dinner & a show to celebrate this unparalleled venue in itís 28th year! Cocktails will be served at 6pm & dinner at 6:30pm – “The Piano Man” will take the stage during dessert. For over thirty years, music lovers around the world have agreed with the Chicago Sun […]