# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 8th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 18 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: The New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival is BACK for our 8th year! Returning to the gorgeous grounds of the Guterriez Hubbell House for another year of food, music, arts and crafts … with one BIG addition, we’ll be joined this year by special shapes, cactus shaped balloon, Cheekytita as well as a handful of other RC balloonist on the Saturday of the festival!

We’ll be bringing festival goers two full days and one prickly night packed with all kinds of activities Friday Sept 18th & and full day on Sat Sept 19th

With cooking demos from recently crowned Chopped champion Chef Justin Pioche of Pioche Foods group, Three Sisters Kitchen, Lilia Avila of Fiesta on the Go, and Chef Senida of Tiny Grocer, and we’ll also be joined by nutritionist Denee Bex, talking about prickly pear and Indigenous foodways, as well as classy prickly pear cocktails and NA mixed drinks with Jessica O’Brien owner of Teddy Roe’s bar. We’ll have Arts and crafts workshops with Daisy Cortes showing folks how to make the gorgeous carmine red dye with the prickly pear cochineal bug, block printing workshop with Renee Romero of Roadrunner Art Hub, water color painting workshops with Scarlet Selleck

We’ll also have a stocked vendor market with folks selling all kinds of prickly pear eats, treats, drinks, arts & crafts, bath & body products and more…and coming to the prickly pear stage we’ll have music from Sinister Surfer, Taillight Serenade, Alt Saus, and more!
And inside the Hubbell House we’ll have a series of talks and workshops for farmers, ranchers, and gardeners on how and why to incorporate prickly pear and other native plants into their systems.

Tickets are $20 for both days, $15 for the Saturday, and $10 for the Friday; with discounted tickets for students, children, and seniors and early bird tickets available before September 1st
Visit nmpricklypearfest.com to learn more and check out all the details  

Early bird tickets are $17 for both days and discounted tickets available for students/children/seniors at $15 (only available until September 1st)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/isleta/8th-annual-new-mexico-prickly-pear-festival/200030202857739
- **Event Categories**: festivals, art, workshops, food-drinks, fine-arts, drawing-painting, cooking
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 393

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Isleta
- **state**: NM
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Gutiérrez-Hubbell House Alliance
- **lat**: 34.989210266523
- **long**: -106.69658815217
- **full address**: Gutiérrez-Hubbell House Alliance, 6029 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105-6631, United States, Isleta

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 8th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival being held?
  - **A:** 8th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival takes place on Fri, 18 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Gutierrez-Hubbell House Alliance, 6029 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105-6631, United States, Isleta.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 8th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival?
  - **A:** 8th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival is organized by New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** 8th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival is ideal for festival lovers, culture enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a vibrant, immersive community experience. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Isleta, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 390+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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