Event Information
What, where, when and how to get there:
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What:
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A participatory festival where you can learn how to sing, dance and play or just jam with other musicians to your heart's content. Plus, great entertainment! See the Festival Overview for more information.
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A participatory festival where you can learn how to sing, dance and play or just jam with other musicians to your heart's content. Plus, great entertainment! See the Festival Overview for more information.
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Where:
- Expo New Mexico (State Fairgrounds) between Lomas and Central, San Pedro and Louisiana
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When:
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Gates open at 5:30 pm. Activities go from 6 pm to 10 pm. -
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Gates open at 9:30 am. Activities go from 10 am - 10 pm.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
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Entrances:
- San Pedro Gate 3
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Parking:
- Parking is $5.
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Food and Drink:
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Food vendors will be available Friday and Saturday. Here's what we've got lined up so far:
- Basil's Home Cooking: Chicken Adobo, Teriyaki Chicken, Lumpia, Lumpia Sianghi, Korean Beef, BBQ, Chop Suey, Pansit, and Fried Rice
- Baskin-Robbins: Ice cream
- JP's Custard Cart: Frozen custard, sundaes, green cheese dog, chili cheese dog, frito pie and veggie frito pie, lemonade, brewed iced tea, water, sweet rolls, coffee
- JQ Concessions Fruit drinks, hamburgers, hot dogs, frito pie, nachos, philly cheese, sno cones
- JR's BBQ: Turkey legs, pulled pork sandwich, corn dog, chicken or tuna salad on croissants, hamburgers, fries, cinnamon roll, coffee, drinks
- Justiniano's Pizza: Pizza
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Food vendors will be available Friday and Saturday. Here's what we've got lined up so far:
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Accommodations
- Sponsor Hotel: Sandia Courtyard Hotel & Convention Center, at 10300 Hotel Ave. NE, near I-40 and Eubank. 505-296-4852 or 800-877-4852. Special Festival Rates: $49/Standard and $59/Deluxe plus taxes for one or two adults. Each additional adult is $10 more per night. When you make a reservation, tell the hotel you're with the Folk Festival and give them this code: "ABQ Folk Festival". This hotel is 10 minutes from the Festival, and a courtesy shuttle to Expo will be available on request.
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Ticket prices:
- $35 Both Friday and Saturday (including evening dances)
- $15 Friday only (including evening dances)
- $30 Saturday day and evening
- $20 Saturday evening after 5:30 pm
- Children 18 and under Free!
- Students 24 and under (with ID) and Active Duty Military (with ID) Free!
- $5 discount for seniors (65+)
- Advance tickets $30 for both days (see below for ticket sales locations)
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Advance Ticket Sales:
- Advance tickets are available at these locations:
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Albuquerque:
- Apple Mountain Music, 10301 Comanche Rd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111, 505-237-2048, apmountainmusic@comcast.net (Map)
- Baum's Music, 2908 Eubank Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112, 505-292-0707, comments@baumsmusic.com (Map)
- Grumpy's Guitars, 5015 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, 505-255-0599, steve@grumpysguitars.com (Map)
- Marc's Guitar Center, 2324 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, 505-265-3315, marcsgtrcenter@qwest.net (Map)
- Music Go Round, 7116 Menaul NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, 505-875-0110 (Map)
- Music Mart, 3301 Carlisle Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, 505-889-9777, info@musicmart.com (Map)
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West Side:
- Frame-n-Art, 10200 Corrales Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114, 505-898-0660, info@frame-n-art.com (Map)
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Santa Fe:
- Candyman Strings & Things, 851 St. Michael's Dr., Santa Fe, NM 87505, 505-983-1941, info@candymanstringsandthings.com (Map)
- High Desert Guitars, 111 N. Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501, 505-983-1908 (Map)
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Los Alamos:
- Otowi Station Bookstore, 1350 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, NM 87544, (505) 662-9589, books@otowistation.com (Map)
What's Happening:
- Performances on five stages
- Music & Dance Workshops all day long
- Evening Dance programs
- Open jam sessions, all levels
- Free Instrument Check Room! (Friday 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm and Saturday 8:00 am - 9:00 pm)
- Plenty of places for spontaneous jam sessions
- Vendors selling strings, instruments and folk related items.
- Bring "closet" instruments (Instruments hanging around in closets) to donate to the festival.