Lavender in the Village Festival Events and Schedule
2010 Barn Dance and Dinner - Friday, June 25, 2010
Festival Times - Saturday, June 26, 2010
Barn and Vendors on the Green and Los Poblanos
8:00am - 4:00pm
Growers' Market at the Village
begins at 7:00am
Festival Times - Sunday, June 27, 2010
Barn and Vendors on the Green and Los Poblanos
8:00am - 4:00pm
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Sponsors - SEE FULL LIST OF SPONSORS and IN-KIND SPONSORS
FRIDAY NIGHT BARN DANCE, DINNER & AUCTION
Village Green - 6718 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:00pm - 10:30pm
Music by The Jimmy Stadler Band
Preview Shopping, Live Auction, Dinner & Dance
MORE ABOUT THE BARN DANCE
Auction Items
Auctioneer: Howard McCall
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FAMILY FUN RUN - Saturday, June 26, 2010

Download and Print Brochure / Registration Form Here
8 a.m. - Start
Where
East parking lot at Alvarado Elementary School - 1100 Solar Rd., NW, Los Ranchos
Course
All Terrain - Ditch Banks and Road
Questions? Contact Janelle
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PET PARADE - Sunday, June 27, 2010
9:00am - Registration Begins [$5.00 Fee] Registration Form
10:00am - Parade Starts
11:00am - Awards Ceremony
Where
Begin and End at the Village Green in Los Ranchos, 6718 Rio Grande Blvd.
NW
Categories
• “You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Farm Dog”
• Owner/Pet Look Alike
• Petrageous
• Pet Perfect
• Best Family Participation
Sponsors
Support also from Friends of the Fun Run
& Bow Wow Blues
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GROWERS’ MARKET
Village Hall - 6718 Rio Grande Blvd.
NW
Saturday, 7:00am - 1:00 pm & Sunday, 8:00am - 1:00pm (special hours for festival)
There will be fresh lavender bouquets, lavender plants and companion plants. Lavender food specialties will include pasteries, sorbets, jams/jellies, goat cheese, pasta and sauces.
"Ask Our Expert" presentations will be every hour on the hour in the Expert Tent adjacent to the handball courts. Schedule may change; check info board on the day of the event.
Music: Saturday from 7 a.m. - 1 pm; Sunday from 8 a.m. - 1 pm
Saturday, June 26, 2010
9 a.m.: Cooking with Lavender - Savory Delights
10 a.m.: Growing and Maintaining Lavender
11 a.m.: Various uses of lavender/lavender wand making
Noon: Cooking with Lavender - Sweet Specials
Sunday June 27, 2010
9 a.m.: Lavender & Other Herbs
10 a.m.: Cooking with Lavender
11 a.m.: Growing and Maintaining Lavender
Noon: Lavender through the Ages
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THE BARN PAVILION & VILLAGE GREEN
6718 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
Saturday & Sunday, June 26th & 27th, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday June 26, 2010
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Lavender Festival Opens - Information booths and exhibitors/vendors in the Village Barn and on the Village Green
Fun Run 8 am [ more info ]
In the Village Barn and on the Village Green:
Artists, Arts and Crafts, Jewelry, Antiques & Collectibles, Home Décor; Books, Lavender products & lavender basket weaving demonstrations, Food Court and Beer and Wine Court. Children's Activities and much more.
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Beer and Wine Court - Featuring: Il Vicino Brewery and Casa Rondena Winery
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - 770KKOB - Live Remote by Terrie Q. Sayre
Book Signings - Barn Vendor: LPD Booth in the Village Barn, Booth # 6
- 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Ann Hillerman & Don Strell - Tony Hillerman's Landscapes, Santa Fe Flavors, & Gardens of Santa Fe
- Noon - 1 p.m. - Don James, One Nation One Year, Albuquerque The Magazine's Our Favorite Recipes
- 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Barbe Awalt & Paul Rhetts - Faces of Market
Children's Area:
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Susie Tallman dba Rock Me Baby Records - Children's music
11:30 - 12:30 - Maple Street Dance Space - Interactive African Music & Dance
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Susie Tallman dba Rock Me Baby Records - Children's music
3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Book Reading with Contessa Connie
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Wildlife West Nature Park - Basic biology, handling and husbandry of captive birds of prey
8 a.m. - 4 pm - Face Painting, Albuquerque Alpacas, Challenger Learning Center, Fauzia from Henna Swirls tattoos
Entertainment Stage:
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Los Amigos - Authentic Mexican and Latin Music
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Muddy River String Band - Folk to Bluegrass to Old-Time
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Bootleg Prophets - Blues, Western Swing, Country & Western to Rock & Roll.
Sunday June 27, 2010
8 am. - 4 p.m. - Lavender Festival Opens - Information booths and exhibitors/vendors in the Village Barn and on the Village Green
In the Village Barn and on the Village Green:
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Pet Parade Registration
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Pet Parade
11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Blessing of the Animals and Awards Ceremony
Noon - 4 p.m. - Beer and Wine Court - Featuring: Il Vicino Brewery and Casa Rondena Winery
Book Signings - Barn Vendor: LPD Booth in the Village Barn. Booth # 6
- 11 a.m. - Noon - Carla Aragon - Dance of the Eggshells
- Noon- 1 p.m. - Nasario Garcia - Fe y Tradegias
- 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. - Sabra Brown Steinsiek - The Tale of the Pronghorned Cantaloupe, Timing is Everything
- 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Jill Lane - Spanish/English Primer
Entertainment Stage:
9:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m. - David Peters - Acoustic, Folk to Blues
Noon - 2 p.m. - Muddy River String Band - Folk to Bluegrass to Old-Time
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Watermelon Mountain Jug Band - Jug Band, Ragtime, Country & Spanish Ranchera.
Children's Area
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Susie Tallman dba Rock Me Baby Records - Children's music
12-1 - Maple Street Dance - Interactive African Music & Dance
2 p.m.–2:30p.m. - Book Reading with Contessa Connie
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Wildlife West Nature Park - Basic biology, handling and husbandry of captive birds of prey
8 a.m. - 4pm - Face Painting, Albuquerque Alpacas, Challenger Learning Center, Fauzia from Henna Swirls tattoos
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LOS POBLANOS INN AND LAVENDER FIELDS
4803 Rio Grande Blvd. NW - Handicap Parking Only
Saturday & Sunday, June 26th & 27th, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Los Poblanos welcomes visitors to the 2010 Lavender in the Village Festival. We are proud to be a part of this important community event. Please join us to learn about lavender and sustainable agriculture, make your own lavender crafts, meet regional farmers and artisans and have fun! See www.lospoblanos.com for detailed schedule.
Saturday, June 26: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
and
Sunday, June 27: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- U-Pick Los Poblanos Lavender
- Lavender Products for Sale
- Los Poblanos Cafe with food by Chef Jonathan Perno and Beer Garden - Marble Brewery
- Complimentary Therapeutic Massage in the park by New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics
- Eco-education Workshops
- Aromatherapy, Sustainable Agriculture, Healthy Living, and more!
- Lavender Crafts & Activities
- Lavender Sachets with The Sweater Girls, Lavender Wands with Eddie Romero, Distillation
- Demonstrations with Armin Rembe
- Organic Produce Market Stand with Los Poblanos Organics, Heidi's Raspberry Jam and Old Windmill Dairy
- Interactive Exhibits
- Story of Bees with Beth Crowder of Sparrowhawk Farm, New Mexican Birds with Wildlife Rescue Inc., Goat
- Milking with Christine Chavez, and more!
- Plein Air Painting
- Children's Activities including Field Fun with Big Fun Enterprises, lavender face painting, petting zoo
- Music Stage featuring regional New Mexican favorites including Kim & The Caballeros, Max Gomez and The Lowlights.
See www.lospoblanos.com for detailed schedule.
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CASA RONDEñA WINERY
733 Chavez Road NW
Saturday, 10:00am - 6:00:pm | Sunday, 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Saturday, June 26: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tours: Between 10:30 a.m., 12 pm, 1:30 pm, 3 pm. and 4:30 p.m.
Live Bluegrass Band: Noon - 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 27: Noon - 6 pm
Tours: 12:30 pm., 2 pm, 3:30 pm. and 4:30 p.m.
Live Bluegrass Band: Noon - 4 p.m.
Both days
Wine tasting
Lavender Sangria
Wood fired pizza
Lavender white chocolate popsicles
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SHOPPING ON 4TH STREET (not on shuttle route)
Kelly Jo Designs - 6829 4th Street, NW, Los Ranchos
Tour a working production studio (10,000 square feet) Sale Hours: Friday, June 25 - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday, June 26 - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 27 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 27 - Live Entertainment 2 pm - 4 pm
Saturday & Sunday - 2 p.m. - 4 p.m - Free paint your own flower pot project for kids. Call for more information: (505) 341-2737 or visit http://www.kellyjodesigns.com/
Calico Cantina & Cafe - 6855 4th Street, NW, Los Ranchos
Start your lavender adventure, or cool off from a long hot day in the sun, with Lavender food and beverage specials.
The Antique Mile presents LAVENDER FAIR on FOURTH STREET
Saturday, June 26 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Join us between Ranchitos Rd. and Osuna Blvd. on Fourth Street. This event will promote Fourth Street businesses and commerce, as well as, provide a venue for the many talented Artists and Crafters in the vicinity.
Great discounts, sidewalk sales, free parking and a "fair-like" atmosphere.
AlbuquerqueAntiqueMile
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FESTIVAL VENDORS - at Village Barn & Green
6718 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
Saturday & Sunday, June 26th & 27th, 8:00am - 4:00pm
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