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Calendar of Events

(Continued from previous page) the Celebration of the Arts offers three days of
• Midland Rockhounds TX League Baseball entertainment, food, and fun, including juried
432-520-2255 art exhibits, five stages of entertainment,
Season opener is played in mid to late April, children’s activities, a merchants bazaar and
and the regular season continues through more.
August. See MC/ Si, MC. This free event • Our Lady of Guadalupe Fest
consists of music, fun and food for ALL Great family event with food, games, bingo
AGES. The event will be based outdoors in and live music.
Beal Plaza on the main campus of Midland
College. Midland College is dedicated to JUNE
encouraging higher education participation • Annual Mariachi Workshop
by first generation to college families. The 432-683-4226
event will consist of tours, presentations, and This annual three-day workshop, organized
various Midland College student services and by the Hispanic Cultural Center of Midland,
instructional program booths. features music instruction, a competition
• Permian Basin Autism SHARE Walk showcase and a concert.
Come and walk, visit the resource fair, enjoy • Juneteenth Celebration • 432-682-2864
the entertainment and get to know other Midland celebrates Emancipation Day each
families who understand. You will be making year with food, music, historic displays and
a difference in the lives of families’ right here gospel singing at Washington Park.
in the Basin. All funds raised will now benefit • Mex-Tex Family Fiesta • 432-704-5533
SHARE, and all families who are a part of Sponsored by the Midland Hispanic Chamber
SHARE. of Commerce and held downtown Midland,
this celebration of Hispanic culture showcases
MAY the unique art, dance, music, and food of
• Cinco de Mayo Cultural Celebration Mexico and the Southwest. The two-day
432-683-4226 event features Tejano and mariachi music
Produced by the Hispanic Cultural Center of and draws over 15,000 attendees annually.
Midland, the city’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration • Summer Concert Series • 432-683-2882
celebrates the Mexican holiday with Folklorico Enjoy Sunday evening concerts on the lush
dance, mariachi music and fun activities for Museum of the Southwest grounds. Bring a
all ages. picnic and spend an hour entertained by the
• Crude Fest • 432-685-3671 best local jazz, pop, country and folk music
This three-day celebration of the oil and gas groups. June through August. No admission.
industry features 25 country music bands, • Summer Mummers • 432-682-4111
over 1,000 campsites and a championship Catch a production packed with mayhem
barbecue cook-off. and hilarity performed at the historic Yucca
• Celebration of the Arts at Centennial Plaza Theatre in downtown Midland. Melodrama
432-687-1149 is a unique theatrical experience, invented in
One of the city’s most popular art festivals, America, and no one does it quite like Summer
Mummers, the oldest existing theatrical
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