All events on the Plaza are free but donations are greatly appreciated. This year's festival is our most public and we are proud to present it to you. The concert by Perla Batalla is our festival gift to you. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music, the performers and the creative ambiente all weekend.
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| Thursday, April 17 |
All day |
Visit with an Author. School outreach visits by featured festival artists. Contact us for a schedule |
Various Venues |
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Friday, April 18 |
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9:00 a.m and
1:00 p.m. |
Visit with an Author. School outreach visits by featured festival artists. Contact us for a schedule. Free. |
Mesilla Community Center |
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3:00-5:00 p.m.
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Trade Show set up.
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Mesilla Plaza
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| 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
Children's Cape making workshop with Micaela Seidel. Calling all cape wearers! Come and make your cape for the festival parade. All materials provided. Donation. |
Mesilla Cultural Center |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Probaditas at the Mesilla Community Center for those attending the Quincy Troupe reading. |
Mesilla Community Center |
7:00 p.m. |
Return: A Reading with Quincy Troupe. World Music with Border Sol Arkestra: Bobby Furgo, Bugs Salcido, Nancy Lorenza Green and Debarshi Roy. Presentation of the Premio Fronterizo, the Sunshine Community Service Award and the Volunteer of the Year Award. $25 includes Cuban Tapas. |
Mesilla Community Center |
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Saturday, April 19 |
7:00-9:00 a.m. |
Trade show set up
Café and pan dulce on the Plaza. Donation. |
Mesilla Plaza |
8:30 a.m. |
Early Bird Stories for Kids and Families. Free. |
Mesilla Community Center |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Sign up for children's parade. |
Mesilla Community Center |
10:00-11:00 a.m. |
Children's Pet and Book Parade. Free.
The children's pet parade goes around the Plaza three times after which prizes are awarded. |
Mesilla Plaza |
10-5:00 p.m. |
Libros y Más Trade Show. Free. |
Mesilla Plaza |
| 11:30-1:00 p.m. |
Lucha Libre Wrestling Exhibition with Magno, Rey Escorpión, Astroman and Peluchín, Jr. Osvaldo Ogaz, MC, with readings by Xavier Garza, Griselda "La RaNa" Muñoz & Osvaldo Ogaz. Free. |
Mesilla Plaza Lucha Stage |
Events at the Storytelling Tent. Donation. |
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1:30-2:00 p.m. |
Storytelling with Adalucia Quan. Donation. |
Storytelling Tent |
| 2:15-2:30 p.m. |
Storytelling with Sudeshna Sengupta. Donation. |
Storytelling Tent |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. |
Storytelling with Amy Costales. Donation. |
Storytelling Tent |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. |
Children's Cape making workshop with Micaela Seidel. All materials provided. Donation. |
Storytelling Tent |
Performance Events. Donation. |
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1:30-2:30 pm |
Sonya and the Snake Charmer. Free. |
Main Stage |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. |
A Musical concert by La Familia Vigil. Free |
Main Stage |
| 4:45-5:15 p.m. |
Performance Poetry with NMSU Slam Poets with MC Xavier Garza. Free. |
Lucha Stage |
Events by Featured Festival Authors |
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1:00-2:30 p.m. |
A Handbook to Luck: Book Talk by Cristina García. $7. |
Mesilla Community Center |
| 1:00-2:30 p.m. |
Teen Writing Workshop with Griselda "La RaNa" Muñoz. Free. |
Mesilla Community Center |
| 2:30-3:30 p.m. |
Plática/Talk by Quincy Troupe. $7. |
Mesilla Community Center |
| 6:00-8:00 p.m. |
Returning, Exile, Home: A Circle of Culture and Roots. A reading by Cristina Garcia. Music by Fronteras No Más. $15 |
Mesilla Community Center |
| 9:00 p.m. |
Concert with Perla Batalla. Donation. |
Mesilla Plaza Main Stage |
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| Sunday, April 20 |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. |
Almuerzo Mexicano. No host Mexican breakfast. Catered by Beltran's Meat Market. $5. |
Mesilla Plaza |
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10:00a.m -5:00 p.m. |
Libros y Más Trade Show. Free. |
Mesilla Plaza |
| 11:00-12:30 p.m. |
A Conversation with Coffee and A Slide Show by Don Usner.
Hosted by BBF and resident photographer Daniel Zolinsky $7. |
Mesilla Community Center |
11:00-12:30 p.m. |
A Mandala painting workshop with Sudeshna Sengupta. $20 includes all supplies. |
TBA |
| 11:00-12:00 p.m. |
Performance by Viva Los Niños Ballet Folklorico. Free. |
Main Stage Tent |
| 11:00-12:00 p.m. |
Clay work with Adalucía Quan. Donation. |
Storytelling Tent |
| 12:15-12:45 p.m. |
Storytelling with Amy Costales. Donation. |
Storytelling Tent |
| 1:00-1:30 p.m. |
Storytelling with Chula the Chihuahua. Get your books autographed and paw-agraphed by Garilee Ogden, Tya Taylor and Chula the Chihuahua, the Children's Pet Parade official "Doggy Parade Marshall." Free. |
Storytelling Tent |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
Lucha Libre Exhibition with Magno, Rey Escorpión, Astroman and Peluchín, Jr. Osvaldo Ogaz, MC, with readings by Griselda "La RaNa" Muñoz and Osvaldo Ogaz. Free. |
Lucha Stage |
1:00-2:30 p.m. |
Homenaje/Homage to Raúl Salinas. A reading honoring Xicanindio poet, raúlsalinas. Free. |
Main Stage |
| 2:30-3:30 p.m. |
Music by Radio La Chusma. Free. |
Main Stage |
| 3:30--5:00 p.m. |
Reading with Alex Espinosa, Don Usner, Adalucía Quan and Amy Costales. Music by La Familia Vigil. $7. |
Mesilla Community Center |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Despedida Dinner. No host. ¡Adios, Mesilla! |
La Posta de Mesilla |
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