Spring & Fiber Fest: Life on the Trails of the Southwest
All Roads Lead to Santa Fe! Come see what life was like on the Camino Real, Santa Fe Trail and Spanish Trail. Learn about the people, goods and livestock that came and went on the arteries of the Southwest. Also, experience traditional ranch activities like sheep shearing, wool dyeing, spinning and weaving. Plus a fiber arts marketplace, bread baking and crafts for children!
2017
Saturday, June 3 & Sunday, June 4
Time: 10am to 4pm
Adults: $8
Seniors (62+), teens (13–18): $6
12 and under: FREE!
Visit our marketplace and shop great treasures from over 20 vendors!
Le Paris French Bakery, Purses By Prissy, TDLT Fiber Artisans, The Middle Aged Spread,
Barela’s Wooden Creations, The Wool Shed, Grandma Jones’ Choke Cherry Jelly, Button Box Aprons,
Barrio Tinwork, Becky Seligman, Valkyrie Skin Care, Hyer Wools, Susan Suazo Martinez,
Roger Martinez Retablos, Hil’s Jewelry, Feathered Moon, Diane Wilhoite, Mora Valley Spinning Mill,
KNIT, Drew Gonzales, Modern Icons, Wide Sky Ranch and Humming Desert Ranch Alpacas,
Essentials by Monique, Artful Artisan, Westfarthing Farm, and Gloria Trujillo Farm de Nambe.
2017 Schedule of Events
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Ongoing activities from 10:00am—4:00pm include:
- Listen to the traditional hymns of New Mexico, Los Alabados! by Dexter Trujillo
- Make your own rope
- Visit “Wide Sky Alpacas”
- Attend the hide tanning and blacksmithing demonstrations
- Experience a running traditional mill
- Enjoy fresh lemonade & biscochitos
- Learn about our National Historic Trails
- Learn about the Santa Fe Trail with an activity hosted by Fort Union National Monument
- Learn about The Rio Grande Mule & Donkey Association
- Experience traditional Canova Carving
Scheduled Activities:
10:00—3:00
Weavers create color naturally in our Dye Shed
11:00—12:00
Interactive weaving class presented by the Española Valley Fiber Arts Center
11:00—1:00
Weaving with paper!
11:00—1:00
Archery-learn to shoot an arrow in the Performance Field!
11:00—2:00
Wash Clothes on a washboard
11:00
Aprajeo Burro Packing System Demonstration
12:00
Bread will be coming out of the adobe horno!
12:00, 1:00 & 2:00
Sheep shearing! Watch our sheep get their wool cut
12:15—1:15
“Father of the Santa Fe Trail,” William Becknell Chatauqua Performance
1:00—3:00
Stamp your own Tin Medallion!
1:00—3:00
Dress up like a Spanish Settler or Explorer
1:30—2:30
Performance by La Sociedad Colonial Española de Santa Fe
2:30 and 3:30
Aparejo Burro Packing System Demonstration
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Ongoing activities from 10:00am—4:00pm include:
- Listen to the traditional hymns of New Mexico, Los Alabados! by Dexter Trujillo
- Make your own rope
- Visit “Wide Sky Alpacas”
- Attend the hide tanning and blacksmithing demonstrations
- Experience a running traditional mill
- Enjoy fresh lemonade & biscochitos
- Learn about our National Historic Trails
- Learn about the Santa Fe Trail with an activity hosted by Fort Union National Monument
- Learn about The Rio Grande Mule & Donkey Association
- Experience traditional Canova Carving
Scheduled Activities:
10:00
Mass followed by San Isidro procession
11:00—3:00
Weavers create color naturally in our Dye Shed
11:00—12:00
Interactive weaving class presented by the Española Valley Fiber Arts Center
11:00—1:00
Weaving with paper!
11:00—1:00
Archary – learn to shoot an arrow in the Performance Field
11:00—2:00
Wash clothes on a washboard
11:00—3:00
Make your own Adobe Brick!
11:00
Aparejo Burro Packing System Demonstration
12:00
Bread will be coming out of the Adobe Horno!
12:00, 1:00 & 2:00
Sheep Shearing!
12:15—1:15
“Father of the Santa Fe Trail,” William Becknell Chatauqua Performance
12:30-1:15 Music by Lone Piñon – Roaming
1:00—3:00
Stamp your own Tin Medallion
1:00—3:00
Dress up like a Spanish Settler or Explorer
1:30-2:30
Performance by Baile Español
2:30—3:30
Aparejo Burro Packing System demonstration
Vendor Application
Download this pdf if you are interested in applying to be a vendor at the 2017 Spring Festival & Fiber Arts Festival.