Support the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, which provides weekend backpacks of food to school children living in poverty. Bring $10 worth of nonperishable food items to Ruidoso Winter Park on Sunday February 3, 2019, and receive a free tubing ticket! 

On Sunday, December 24, Luminarias in Lincoln at the Lincoln Historic Site.  The town will be adorned with luminarias.  Santa Claus arrives on a longhorn steer.  Hot chocolate will be served.

This original adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic is true eye-candy with outstanding dancers, lavish sets, special effects and gorgeous costumes. Performance proceeds benefit the nonprofit Dalí Ballet. Saturday, December 22, 2 pm & 7 pm. Sunday, December 23, 2 pm. $30

Join the growing gathering of gospel music lovers at Sacred Grounds Coffee & Teahouse for this unique Christmas celebration in song. You can now purchase advance reservations online for Chef Zach’s tasty buffet brunch. Ticket price: $15.

Enchanted Vine & Noisy Water Winery invite snow lovers of all ages to join the party! Live music. NM Craft Beer & Wine. Artisan vendors and local businesses. Snowmageddon bonfire. Fun for the whole family.

Create historic holiday crafts and interact with living historians to discover what life was like at a frontier fort during the holiday season.

Get ready for Ski Apache Opening Day!  The mountain is scheduled to open December 7, 2018, at 9 AM. (Weather permitting)

After enjoying the Festival of Lights Parade in Midtown, head over to Wingfield Park for a free Festival of Lights After Party. Beginning at 7:00 PM, there will be food, drinks, an outdoor showing of “It’s A Wonderful Life”, winter activities for the kids, fire pits for roasting marshmallows, and Santa will be on hand for photos. Be sure to join the fun!

Beautifully lit and fantastically festive, the Festival of Lights–Parade of Lights starts at 5:30 pm from the corner of Sudderth/Mechem, through Midtown. The Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Toys for Tots and encourage everyone to bring a new, unwrapped toy to the Parade of Lights. During the parade Toys for Tots will have a float and will be collecting toys. Marines will be walking along the float picking up the toys that are brought to the parade. 

Please come out and kick off the Christmas Season while viewing the beautiful Christmas lights put up by the Parks and Recreation Department.  Enjoy Christmas carolers, music, sleigh rides, and don’t miss your visit with Santa Claus.

Bring the kids for this FREE event filled with sweet treats, family-friendly entertainment and spectacular Christmas Tree Lighting. While you’re there, you can try your luck at the casino, schedule a spa treatment, or enjoy a meal at one of the resort’s many restaurant venues.

Put down that fork and put on your running shoes for the After Turkey–Turkey Trot in Ruidoso, a 5K Run-Walk around The Links at Sierra Blanca. Registration begins at 8:30 AM with entry fee of one or more cans of food to support the Lincoln County Food Bank. T-Shirts will be handed out to the first 30 who register as sizes and supplies last.

During the winter holiday season, there are sleigh rides through the historic upper canyon with Grindstone Stables. No snow is required to enjoy a crisp winter evening and the holiday decorations of Ruidoso's oldest neighborhood. Call Grindstone Stables at 575-257-2241 to make reservations, or visit grindstonestables.com

Looking for a place for Thanksgiving Dinner while you are enjoying your Holiday Weekend in Ruidoso? Here’s a helpful list of restaurants that will be open.

Enjoy Ruidoso’s first-class tubing area, Ruidoso Winter Park, with twists, turns, bumps, jumps and bobsled curves and tubing fun for the entire family. Opening day is scheduled (weather permitting) for Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2018. Please call to confirm. 575-336-7079

Create historic holiday crafts and interact with living historians to discover what life was like at a frontier fort during the holiday season.

“Carnaval Fantastique” is a celebration of music and action that catapults the audience into a world of excitement and glamour. An international cast combines the thrill of gravity-defying acrobatics, the agility and strength of balance, hilarious comedy, beautiful dancers and dynamic laser special effects.

Don't miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore the grounds and buildings of Fort Stanton after dark with its first annual "Trick or Treat" Trail” while interacting with costumed living historians, storytellers, and investigators from the Lincoln County Paranormal Historical Society. The self-guided tours will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. Cost is $5 per person, children under 10 are free. Please call 575-354-0341 for more information.

Masters of Illusion, the hit CW television series and America’s largest touring magic show is coming to Inn of the Mountain Gods.

Come get stoked as Ski Apache gears up for an epic winter season at their annual Party on the Mountain, a day of food, fun, entertainment and raffles to kick off the 2018-2019 ski season. It’s free to attend, so bring a friend!

A great family event starting & finishing at Wingfield Park using 2 different running trails at Grindstone Lake in midtown Ruidoso. It is sanctioned by USA Track & Field and the American Trail Running Association. Great Ruidoso carved bears as awards. It is a benefit for the Ski Apache Adaptive Sports & Ecoservants.

This is an opportunity for runners to train in the high altitude and cooler temperatures of the Sacramento Mountains. There are three runs: a 4-mile course, an 8.5-mile course & a half marathon.  Each run will begin and end in Wingfield Park in mid-town Ruidoso.

If you are looking for action, look no further than Fort Stanton where the annual Fort Stanton LIVE! event brings costumed reenactors from the Civil War and Indian Wars era to the Fort for demonstrations, presentations, concert and a military ball which will have visitors dancing into the night! Additionally, the event brings authors, historians, photographers, artists, and a variety of historical vendors to site to share their crafts and other handiwork. Local food vendors are on hand to provide sustenance for your day at the Fort as well, so bring a healthy appetite for knowledge, food and fun.

Enjoy patriotic music from America’s songbook with The 44th Army Band at the Spencer Theater. Tuesday, July 10, 8pm • Reserved Tickets. Free To Public * Limit 4 per person. Smoked Boneless Beef Ribs Buffet at 6pm • $20

Join United by Blue, Unique Boutique, and the Village of Ruidoso for their first ever joint waterway cleanup in Ruidoso. With the Sierra Blanca mountain range as our background, we will spend a few hours cleaning up the shoreline of Eagle Creek, followed by games and snacks. Help us protect our vital waterways and outdoor recreation spaces by pitching in at this cleanup!

Catch the Parade on Sudderth heading west from Eagle to Grindstone Canyon Road beginning at 10 am Saturday morning. Then watch as the teams race their beds back to Center Street and Wingfield Park.  Following the race there will be activities at the park!  All proceeds benefit the High Mountain Youth Project.