With several venues and concert halls in the region, El Paso, Las Cruces and Southern New Mexico are often a stop for national touring acts. Local symphonies, dance troops and theatre groups also provide entertainment year round.
OCT
21-22
Fri-Sat 7:30 pm
EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Plaza Theatre, El Paso)
Guest conductor David Handel is conductor of Bolivia's National Symphony Orchestra and Chile's La Serena Symphony. Handel is a candidate for conductor of the EPSO. Featuring classical guitar soloist Pepe Romero
OCT
25
Tue 7:00 pm
SANTA FE GUITAR QUARTET (Rio Grande Theatre, Las Cruces)
An innovative guitar ensemble from Santa Fe, Argentina performs a repertoire which ranges from Baroque works to modern tangos. Tickets are available at NMSU's Milton Hall offices and at Enchanted Gardens in Mesilla.
This production features the works of world renowned artist and Ruidoso resident Gordon Snidow presented along with the music of matser musician George Staerkel and his Arizona Opry cast.
Produced by the Cloudcroft Light Opera Company, this event has guests searching for clues and attempting to solve a murder mystery. Includes weekend lodging, meals, a mystery gift and prizes for the best sleuths.
NOV
12
Sat 7:30 pm
INTERNATIONAL MARIACHI CONCERT (Pan American Center, Las Cruces)
This event includes performances by international recording artists and world-renowned Mariachi groups and showcases over 750 workshop students in performances with world-class musicians and dancers.
Grammy-nominated acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke is a master of the steel-stringed guitar. He has recorded over 30 albums and now tours the country playing his 6 and 12-stringed guitars.
NOV
18-19
Fri-Sat 7:30 pm
EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Plaza Theatre, El Paso)
Featuring guest conductor Lawrence Loh and dual pianist Naughton Sisters. Lawrence Loh is the resident conductor of the Pittsburg Symphony and is a candidate for the El Paso Symphony's new conductor.
A cast of 25 singers and dancers travels from New York City to perform a stage musical adaption of the famous holiday story made famous by the 1947 movie of the same name. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
Renowned for outstanding musicianship and the diversity of its repertoire, Members of the EPSO and other distinguished artists from across the Southwest join in one of the longest continually-performing brass quintets in America.
Ruidoso Dance Ensemble’s adaptation of the Christmas classic featuries gorgeous sets & costumes and outstanding student & professional dancers. A delightful trip into a world of dancing nutcrackers, soldiers and sugar plum fairies.
DEC
18
Sun 8:00 pm
GLENN CAMPBELL (Inn of the Mountain Gods, Ruidoso)
The Grammy winning country pop singer and guitarist performs hits from his 70+ albums such as “Gentle on My Mind” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
It’s Christmas time, cowboy style! The Flying J Wranglers, celebrate the heritage of the west and the beauty of the holiday season with rich melodious western yodeling, vocals, fiddle and guitars.
DEC
23
Sun 4 & 8 pm
THE GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER (Plaza Theatre, El Paso)
The unique telling of the classic story of Masha (Clara) and her Nutcracker Doll told with Russian flair. The Moscow Ballet has been touring this performance across North America for over 19 years.
JAN
13
Fri 7:30 pm
EL PASO WIND SYMPHONY (Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, El Paso)
El Paso Wind Symphony performs a "Mariachi Madness" concert as part of their 2011-12 “A Spicy Season.” The band consists of Greater El Paso residents, most of whom are band directors in area public and private schools.
JAN
27-28
Fri-Sat 7:30 pm
EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Plaza Theatre, El Paso)
Featuring guest conductor Michael Butterman and violinists Soovin Kim and Ik-Hwan Bae. Butterman is is conductor of the Boulder Philharmonic and the Shreveport Symphony and a candidate for the El Paso Symphony's new conductor.
Produced by the Cloudcroft Light Opera Company, this event has guests searching for clues and attempting to solve a murder mystery. Includes weekend lodging, meals, a mystery gift and prizes for the best sleuths.
First discovered in 2009 on TV’s reality show America’s Got Talent, The Texas Tenors enjoy international repute as powerful entertainers who weave effortlessly from John Denver to Puccini, Merle Haggard to Leonard Bernstein.
FEB
15
Wed 7:00 pm
GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA (Rio Grande Theatre, Las Cruces)
Considered one of the greatest bands of all time, the current Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 by the Miller Estate and has been touring consistently ever since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year.