BernCo’s Sugar Skull Fun Run is back! 💀🏃‍♀️ #ABQToDo Celebrate Día de los Muertos on Oct. 26 with a scenic 5K or the 1-mile pet & stroller-friendly Strut & Stroll. Plus: Muerto Market + food trucks! 🕗 8 AM–12 PM 📍 Tingley Dr 👉 Register: Bernco.gov/SSFR

🚀 Albuquerque, we have a problem… Join the NASA Space Apps Challenge Oct 4–5 at Q Station! 🌠 Free and open to all ages. No coding required. Work with NASA scientists, solve real challenges, and compete for cash prizes. 👨‍🚀✨ #25ABQSpaceApps #ABQEvents

Albuquerque’s wildest variety show is back with a darker, weirder twist. Comedy, drag, live music, and chaos collide at Black Wall Gallery on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 🕷️ 🎟️ Tickets are only $10! Join us for a night of laughs, music, and mayhem. ✨

Join us Sept. 28 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for a day of music, dance, workshops & more! 🎶 #ABQFolkFestival 100+ family-friendly activities + performances by artists from all over. 🎟️ $25 tickets. #ABQToDo Photo by Richard Goldsmith

"If you really can’t see yourself doing anything other than art, don’t take no for an answer within your own belief system." ✨ Akilah Martinez on how ABQ’s art scene & community helped her turn creativity into a career. 👩‍💻 #TakePartABQ ▶️ Full spotlight authenticallyabq.com.

Tomorrow! Catch one of the performances in person or watch live with One Albuquerque Media! #TiguexDawnToDusk #OneAlbuquerque Tiguex.com

Celebrate Japanese traditions at the Fall Festival 🍁 Happening this Sunday, Sept. 28 from 10am–5pm at EXPO NM. Tickets are only $10! Enjoy live music, dance, art, Japanese food, vendors, and a special Japanese Art Exhibit. A full day of fun awaits! 🎎🍱 #ABQToDo

Opa, Albuquerque! 🎉 The ABQ Grecian Festival is turning 50! Enjoy live music, dancing, Greek eats, shopping & church tours all weekend. #ABQToDo 🗓️ Oct 3–5 📍 St. George Church 💵 $5 ($2 seniors). Kids, military & more FREE 🚐 Free park & ride

#BalloonFiesta fun for all! 🎈 The @BalloonMuseum celebrates 20 years with events Oct 3–12: early balloon views, VR rides, new exhibits, theater screenings & STEAM Night. ☕ Local breakfast daily, doors open 7 a.m. #ABQToDo 🔗 More info: cabq.gov/balloon

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day at @IndianPueblo on Mon, Oct 13 (9AM–9PM)! 🎭 Cultural dances, art, comedy & vendors by day 🎶 Live music, painting & community at Avanyu Plaza by night ✨ Free evening event Details: ow.ly/F8R150X7r2A #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ABQToDo

Find books, stories, and fun for the whole family at the New Mexico Children's Book Fair! 📚 #ABQToDo 📅 Saturday, Oct. 11, 10 AM–3 PM 📍 First Unitarian Church Meet authors, join activities, & get free books! Free and open to all! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Meet Julianna, our latest #AuthenticallyABQ Artist Spotlight. ✨ A printmaker based in Albuquerque, she layers precision, color, and storytelling into her relief prints, honoring New Mexico’s deep printmaking legacy. 🎥 Watch her full spotlight at authenticallyabq.com.

Family Day at the Maxwell Museum is back! 🧵✨ #ABQEvents Join the Maxwell Museum’s FREE Family Day to explore fermentation and create your own indigo-dyed masterpiece. Saturday, Oct. 18, 10 am–12 pm. 💙

Get ready for the first-ever Mobius Theory DJ + Arts Festival - an immersive mashup of music, art, and community at Green Jeans Food Hall! ✨ #ABQToDo 🛍️ 20+ local artists and vendors 🎃 Costume party and contest 📍 Green Jeans Food Hall 🗓️ Saturday, Oct 25, 4–9 PM 💸 FREE!

Step into the shadows for a night of glitter, ghouls & glam! 👻✨ The Boolesque & Variety Show brings 13 hauntingly talented performers to the Albuquerque Press Club on Friday, Oct 24. 🕷️🕸️ 21+ event! 🎟️ Tickets $10–$25 #ABQEvents

For Albuquerque printmaker Julianna Kirwin, art begins with place. Inspired by her journeys to Mexico and the neighbors around her, she creates prints that celebrate community, heritage, and the everyday beauty of New Mexico life. 🎬 Full spotlight at authenticallyabq.com/julianna-kirwin

The Crypt Keeper’s Comedy Hour is back from the dead! 👻 #ABQEvents Comedians take the stage Thu, Oct 23 at Painted Lady Bed & Brew—but say a cursed word and their set is cut short! The audience holds the power to lift the curse… if you dare. ☠️ 🕖 7:00–8:30 PM

The Friday the 31st Halloween Bash takes over the Wool Warehouse on Oct. 31! 🎃 #ABQEvents Enjoy a night of live music, costumes, and spooky surprises from 7 PM to 12 AM. Expect funk, R&B, pop, & plenty of Halloween magic, plus a costume contest! 👻 📍 Wool Warehouse 🎟️ $15-$25

TONIGHT! Van Full of Nuns, with the support of Offended By Everything and Moonstone, is resurrecting favorite pop punk covers. Come dressed to impress with your spooky costumes or punk-inspired fits. 👻 📅 Thursday, Oct 23 📍 Launchpad 🕗 8-11 pm 🎟️ $17.50 (subject to change)

Jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, and ghouls, oh my! 🎃👻 The Alamosa Community Center’s Nightmare in October ends this week! 🕷️ Thu, Oct 24 | 7:30–9:30 PM 🕷️ Fri, Oct 25 | 7:30–9:30 PM (Final Night + Trunk or Treat!) A free, family-friendly fright you won’t want to miss! #ABQEvents