Event Details

Los Luceros Harvest Festival
At Los Luceros Historic Site
9/22/24, Sunday
10:00am - 4:00pm
Los Luceros Historic Site invites the community to join in their largest event of the year, which kicks off the apple picking season! The orchard will be open for people to pick apples. Ladders are NOT allowed in the orchard, so the site recommends people bring a picker or grabbing stick. Pajarito Environmental Education Center will bring a cider press for those interested in a fresh cup of cider. The annual Harvest Festival also features a variety of performances, children’s activities, wool dying, craft vendors, and food trucks.
Activities:
- Cultures and Creators exhibit in the Community Room, featuring Native and Hispano artists from Northern New Mexico. Artists
- Artist demonstrations including santero Joseph Lopez
- Navajo-Churro sheep wool dying by Española Valley Fiber Arts
- Book reading from middle grade graphic novel Under the Cottonwood Tree by Albuquerque novelists Carlos and Paul Meyer
- NM Dept. of Cultural Affairs Wonders on Wheels mobile museum touring the exhibit "Growing New Mexico"
- Los Alamos National Laboratory "Challenge Tomorrow" Trailers
- NM Office of Archaeological Services
- Bandelier National Park
- Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
- Amigos Bravos
- Vitalant Blood Mobile blood drive (10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
Performances:
10:30 a.m. - New Mexico Wildlife Center
12:00 p.m. - Youth Folklorico Dancers from Moving Arts-Española
2:00 p.m. - Music by Johnny Sanchez
Food trucks:
- Manko
- El Pilar
- Chicken Scratch
- Melissa’s Crepes
Regional vendors will offer hand-crafted items for sale ranging from earrings to etchings and candles to ceramics. Los Luceros historic buildings will also be open for touring, and visitors can say hi to the Navajo-Churro sheep, donkeys, and goats!
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Tribal Affiliation/Members, Disabled Veterans, Museum of New Mexico Foundation members, and DCA Staff/Family are free. Tickets are available for purchase online.
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday Walks with a Ranger at Fort Selden
1/8/25, Wednesday
through 11/12/25, Wednesday
9:00amLos Luceros Ranger Walk ’N Talk
1/8/25, Wednesday
through 3/26/25, Wednesday
11:00amRanger Read and Learn
2/15/25, Saturday
10:00amCANCELED--Sacred Tree of Life Couples Art Workshop
2/15/25, Saturday
10:00amSgt. Storey’s Love Stories at Ft. Selden
2/15/25, Saturday
10:00am