Join us for the summer Family Music Festivals at Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood which begin on the holiday weekend, Saturday, July 1st.  The evening of family fun and music starts at 4:30 p.m. featuring the energetic and crowd favorite Watermelon Mountain Jug Band playing their unique musical instruments using washtub bass, jaw harp, washboard, kazoos, jugs, and various percussions as well as guitar and banjo, along with their 5-time State Champion Fiddle player. Then at 7 p.m. North Valley Tune Tanglers take the stage performing a spicy mix of diverse and vibrant tunes and songs from old Appalachia to New Mexico and beyond. Between performances visit the wildlife zoo and experience 20 species of native wildlife including 2 curious cougars, 4 adorable tree climbing grey foxes, howling coyotes, largest black bear in New Mexico, and all the other friendly wildlife and raptors.  Enjoy dinner in the park from local venders and watch a free-flight raptor show.

Future Saturday night Family Music Festivals will be held on July 15 and 29, August 12 and 26, and Labor Day weekend September 2, 2023.  Two bands perform at each Festival and all performances are held in an all-weather covered amphitheater with an old west atmosphere. Tickets are $20 per person and youth 17 years and younger are free. Call Wildlife West Nature Park to get your tickets at 505-281-7655 or at the door the night of the music festival.

See www.wildlifewest.org for the band schedule and more information about the bands and Wildlife West Nature Park.  The festivals are supported in part by Santa Fe County, and the towns of Edgewood and Moriarty.  Wildlife West Nature Park is a nonprofit organization managed through volunteer support.  The Park is located just 20 minutes east of Albuquerque, off Interstate-40 and legendary Route 66 in Edgewood.  Call Wildlife West for more information at 505-281-7655.