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Hey Las Cruces,

This is Live Love Las Cruces, your local events newsletter that’s as spicy as the Hatch Chile Festival – guaranteed to add a kick to your inbox!

This next weekend is of course Labor Day Weekend and this brings us a lot of exciting local events like these:

  1. Hatch Chile Festival, Parade & Carnival

  2. New Mexico Wine Festival

  3. Las Cruces Harvest Wine & Music Festival

  4. Franciscan Festival of Fine Art

  5. Cornhole Showdown 2024

Details in our Events Section

Also there are two plays starting this weekend.

  1. Seascape @ Black Box Theatre

  2. Georgia & the Butch @ LCCT - Premiere - One Day Only - 2 Shows

See the Theatre Section below for more info.

We are finishing off August with a bang and moving right into September events. Hey the weather is cooling off and our favorite time of the year in Las Cruces…. Fall…. is just around the corner. 🙂 

Hope you are enjoying the ❤️ Live Love Las Cruces Local Events Newsletter!!!

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🎉 Events ✨

August

Tuesday, August 27th

  • Swing on the Plaza! | Plaza de Las Cruces | 7 pm - 10 pm | Free | Learn to swing dance every Tuesday.

  • Tuesday Night Group Run | Bluebird Running Company | 6 pm | Group meets every Tuesday downtown for a 1 mile run.

Wednesday, August 28th

Thursday, August 29th

Friday, August 30th

Saturday, August 31st

September

Sunday, September 01st

Monday, September 02nd

  • 2024 Harvest Wine & Music Festival | Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds | August 31st - September 2nd | Your chance to taste and savor wine from many New Mexico Wineries

Coming Up

Ongoing Events

Movies in the Park 2024 Schedule

Free Movies in the Park return to Young Park on Saturdays this June through September! Bring your blanket, chairs, and an appetite (food vendors available). Shows start at dusk. More Info

  • Sept. 7 "Elemental," PG

  • Sept. 21 "The Little Mermaid," PG

Cruces Creatives

  • Cruces Creatives is a non-profit makerspace that connects people with the tools, training, and community to make practically anything. Tools and space include 3D printers, CAD manufacturing tools such as CNC and laser, wood shop, bicycle shop, textile lab, audio-visual lab, electronics lab,  kids room, and more. Events Schedule

Farm & Ranch Museum

  • The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Museum has daily demonstration programs such as chair caning, wool spinning, weaving, quilting & blacksmithing. So keep them in mind if you are looking for things to do. Learn More

City of Las Cruces

  • The City of Las Cruces has an amazing list of weekly events for those searching for things to do. Way too many for me to list here but do check them out. Calendar of events.

🎵 Music 🎵

August

Monday, August 26th

Tuesday, August 27th

Wednesday, August 28th

  • Taylor Paul | Picacho Hills Country Club | 5-8 pm | Live Music

Thursday, August 29th

Friday, August 30th

Saturday, August 31st

September

Sunday, September 01st

  • Frank Zona | Rio Grande Winery | 5-8 pm | Live Music

Upcoming Concerts

Monday, September 09th

Friday, September 20th

Wednesday, October 09th

Foreigner & Loverboy | NMSU Pan American Center | 7 pm | Tickets

Ongoing Events

Sunday, June 2nd - August 29th

  • Music in the Park Series | Young Park | 7 p.m. each Sunday through August 25 at Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada Ave.

  • Thursday Night Music on the Plaza concerts will begin at 7 p.m. on August 15, and August 29 at Plaza de Las Cruces.

Theatre & Film

August

Seascape | Black Box Theatre | Friday Aug 30- Sunday Sep 15 | A Surreal Beach Encounter. On a quiet beach, a couple's peaceful afternoon takes an extraordinary turn when two sentient sea lizards emerge from the ocean. This bizarre meeting sparks a profound and thought-provoking dialogue, challenging perceptions of life, evolution, and human nature. Click to see exact dates and times.

Georgia & The Butch | LCCT | One Day Only 2 pm & 7 pm | Presented by The Actors Lab of Santa Fe | Premier of this New Play | Experience Georgia O'Keeffe like never before through nine years of intimate letters with Maria Chabot. Chabot, a dynamic figure, designed and managed the renovation of O'Keeffe's Abiquiu house, revitalized the Santa Fe Indian Market, and oversaw Los Luceros for Mary Wheelwright. Mary, who cherished both women, hosts this unique staged reading.

September

DRACULA: A Comedy of Terrors | NMSU Center for the Arts | Preview on Monday Sept 26th. Tuesday Sept 27th & Wednesday 28th and Oct 4th - Oct 6th | A laugh-out-loud, 90-minute, gender-bending, quick-changing Off-Broadway play about Bram Stoker's legendary vampire.

See NMSU’s other plays here

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