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THE SOUTHWEST UFO Encounter (late Jun–early
THROUGH THE YEAR Jul) Roswell. A series of lectures
on UFOs, also featuring concerts
and entertainment.
The weather in the Southwest is well known people prefer to travel to the Southwest Frontier Days (late Jun–early Jul)
for its extremes, ranging from the heat during spring and fall. This part of the Prescott. The oldest professional
rodeo in the world, featuring
of the desert to the ice and snow of the world is particularly beautiful in fall, with events such as calf roping and
mountains. Temperatures vary according its astounding array of golds, reds, and Performers at the Utah Shakespeare wild horse racing.
to altitude, so the higher the elevation yellows in the forests and national parks. Festival in Cedar City Utah Shakespeare Festival
of the land, the cooler the area will be. The area’s diverse mix of Native, Hispanic, (late Jun–Oct) Cedar City. Plays
Because the climate can be unbearably hot and European (Anglo) cultures gives visitors Phippen Western Art Show & are produced in two of the
Sale (Memorial Day weekend)
town’s theaters.
during the summer, particularly in Arizona, the oppor tunity to experience many Prescott. Western art and Taos Summer Chamber Music
Southern Utah, and New Mexico, many different kinds of festivals and celebrations. sculpture buyers, sellers, and Festival (Jun–Aug) Taos and
admirers come for the juried Angel Fire. This festival involves
fine art show. a series of outdoor concerts. Participants in traditional costume at the
Wyatt Earp Days (Memorial Day Santa Fe Opera (late Jun–Aug) Taos Pueblo Pow Wow
Spring weekend) Tombstone. Mock Santa Fe. A variety of operas are
Although the weather can be gunfights, street entertainment, performed in an open-air arena. Bat-Flight Breakfast (late Jul)
unpredictable in the spring, and barbecue. Carlsbad Caverns. Participants
many festivals and celebrations July can enjoy an outdoor breakfast
are held at this time throughout June Fourth of July (Jul 4) Most while watching thousands of
the Southwest. Around Easter, Utah Summer Games (Jun) Southwestern towns. bats return to the caves.
prayers for a good harvest Cedar City. The games include Celebrations include parades, Arizona Cardinals Training
inspire several of the festivals a marathon, cycling, tennis, fireworks, rodeos, music festivals, Camp (late Jul–mid-Aug)
and rituals held in the pueblos. and swimming. and ceremonial Indian dances. Glendale. Most practice sessions
San Antonio Feast Day (Jun 13) Hopi Festival of Arts and of this NFL team are open to
March Sandia, San Idelfonso, Ohkay Culture (early Jul) Flagstaff. the public.
Guild Indian Fair and Market Owingeh, and Taos pueblos. Music, dance, and over 70 Spanish Market (last weekend)
(first weekend) Phoenix. Held at This festival welcomes visitors award-winning Hopi carvers, Santa Fe. A lively celebration
the Heard Museum, the fair and features tribal dancing. painters, jewelers, potters, featuring arts and crafts by
features Indian dancing, arts, Albuquerque Pride Fest quilters, and weavers. contemporary Hispanic artists.
crafts, and Native American food. (mid-Jun) Albuquerque. A Santa Fe International Folk
Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Hispanic musicians or mariachis playing at a Cinco de Mayo celebration three-day celebration of music Art Market (mid-Jul) Santa Fe. August
Festival (mid-Mar) Albuquerque. and comedy hosted by the Handmade folk arts and crafts by Old Lincoln Days (first weekend)
This popular festival features Tucson International Mariachi victory over the French include LGBTIQ community. skilled artists on display. Lincoln. A festival featuring a
handcrafted items from more Conference (late Apr) Tucson. parades, dancing, and delicious Telluride Bluegrass (mid-Jun) Chamber Music Festival (mid- re-enactment of the death of
than 200 artists and crafts people. Annual celebration of Mexican Mexican food. Telluride. Often coinciding with Jul–Aug) Santa Fe. One of the Billy the Kid, including the Last
mariachi music and dancing. Santa Cruz Feast Day (early the solstice, this four-day roots- finest chamber music festivals Escape of Billy the Kid pageant.
April Gathering of Nations Pow Wow May) Taos Pueblo. Celebrations music festival is one of the in America is held at venues Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
American Indian Week (late- (late Apr) Albuquerque. Native include blessing the fields and West’s biggest music events. throughout the city. (mid-Aug) Red Rock State Park
Apr) Albuquerque. Arts and American performers and traders a colorful corn dance. New Mexico Arts and Crafts Taos Pueblo Pow Wow (second and Gallup. Fifty tribes take part
dancing at the Indian Pueblo from several hundred tribes. Tucson Folk Festival (early May) Fair (late Jun) Albuquerque. week) Taos Pueblo. Traditional in dances, pow wows, parades,
Cultural Center. Tucson. A wide selection of Traditional arts and crafts, plus ceremonies and dances at the rodeos, and races. Includes arts
folk music at various venues food and entertainment. Taos Pueblo. and crafts.
Summer in Tucson. Indian Market (third weekend)
The warm summer weather T or C Fiesta (early May) Truth or Santa Fe. Held since 1922,
is the time for many open-air Consequences. A rodeo and old- this offers a chance to buy a
events, from boat racing and time fiddlers’ competition. wide selection of high-quality
rodeos to cultural events as Taste of Durango (mid-May) Native arts and crafts.
diverse as country music and Durango. Food, music, and Payson Rodeo (third weekend)
opera. The weather in July and family fun fill the streets, as the Payson. Part of the August
August, however, can be town’s restaurants stage a cook- “Do’ins” and authorized by the
extreme, especially in Southern off contest. Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Arizona, which sees very high Helldorado Days and Rodeo Association (PRCA); the best of
temperatures and violent (mid-May) Las Vegas, NV. A the best compete for sizeable
summer storms. three-day festival of rodeo prize money.
events and concerts. Great American Duck Race
May Native Treasures Indian Arts (fourth weekend) Deming.
El Cinco de Mayo (May 5) Festival (Memorial Day weekend) Includes live duck racing, a
Celebrated across many Santa Fe. Exhibition of traditional tortilla toss, a best-dressed duck
Native dancer at the Guild Indian Fair and southwestern towns. Festivities and contemporary art by artists contest, concerts, food, and
Market, Phoenix to mark the 1862 Mexican from various tribes and pueblos. Street parade during the Frontier Days events in Prescott Deming’s biggest parade.

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