Downtown Street Festival — The entire El Paso Convention Center area, including the Abraham Chavez Theatre and the Union Plaza District, will celebrate Independence Day 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28. The event features continual live music, food, games and more and more. Tickets: $15 in advance ($5 ages 12 and younger). Discount tickets available at local 7-11 Fina stores. Information: 544-9550 or klaq.com
Fireworks will follow headline concerts each night.
‘Viva El Paso!’ — The summertime dinner pageant returns for its 31st season to its original venue at McKelligon Canyon Amphitheatre Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, offering an array of multicolored costumes, electrifying musical production numbers, and legendary characters. The outdoor musical extravaganza highlights the four major cultures of the region, through drama, song and dance, that have called El Paso home: the Native American, Spanish Conquistadors, the Mexican and Western American. Presented by El Paso Association for the Performing Arts and El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau. Ticket information: 603-8086 or viva-ep.org.
El Paso Youth Symphony Orchestra — The orchestra will give a concert called "Flashback to the Summer of Love" at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 28 at the Ysleta school district Cultural Arts Theatre, 9600 Sims. The concert will include Beatles music as well movie music. $8
Music under the Stars – June 29 at the Chamizal National Memorial Amphitheatre. The free outdoor concerts are offered 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. selected Sundays by the City of El Paso Museums & Cultural Affairs Department. Sangre Gitano (rumba-flamenco band) will perform. Information: 541-4481.
OTHER EVENTS:
Scenic Sundays walks — El Paso Parks and Recreation Department invites citizens and their pets in El Paso and the surrounding communities and Juarez to ride, skate, walk or run on Scenic Drive from 6 a.m. to noon Sundays through Aug. 31. Safety barrels will line the area and the El Paso Police Department will provide security along this popular path. Admission is free. Information: Shamori Whitt, 541-4021.
Alfresco! Fridays – June 13-Aug. 15 at the El Paso Convention Center. Free outdoor concerts are offered 6 to 8 p.m. Fridays by the City of El Paso Museums & Cultural Affairs Department. Bands to be announced. Information: 541-4481.
‘Viva El Paso!’ — The summertime dinner pageant returns for its 31st season to its original venue at McKelligon Canyon Amphitheatre Fridays and Saturdays, June 13-Aug. 2, offering an array of multicolored costumes, electrifying musical production numbers, and legendary characters. The outdoor musical extravaganza highlights the four major cultures of the region, through drama, song and dance, that have called El Paso home: the Native American, Spanish Conquistadors, the Mexican and Western American. Presented by El Paso Association for the Performing Arts and El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau. Ticket information: 603-8086 or viva-ep.org.
Music under the Stars – June 15-Aug. 17 at the Chamizal National Memorial Amphitheatre. The free outdoor concerts are offered 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. selected Sundays by the City of El Paso Museums & Cultural Affairs Department. Information: 541-4481.
“Tut’s Treasures: Re-Creating the Tomb’ — LYNX Exhibits, 300 W. San Antonio (downtown just south of Convention Center) presents the traveling exhibition through Sept. 7, featuring 126 reproductions of Egyptian treasures as well as genuine artifacts. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Last admission at 5 p.m. Admission: $12 ($10 ages 4-11, seniors 62 and older, military and student with current ID), sold at the door or online at lynxexhibits.com. Information: 533-4330.
El Paso Diablos Baseball — The American Association minor league team’s home games are at Cohen Stadium in Northeast El Paso. Game time is 7:05 p.m. (Sunday games begin at 5:05 p.m.) Tickets: $5 general admission, $6 reserved, $7 box seats. Information: 755-2000 or diablos.com.
• June 26-28 — Fort Worth Cats
To get there: take the Patriot Freeway to the Diana exit. From Loop 375, turn south on Kenworthy.
La Viña’s Music On the Patio — La Viña Winery in La Union, 4201 S. NM Highway 28, one mile north of Vinton Road, hosts live music 1 to 5 p.m. on selected Saturdays and Sundays. Picnics are allowed, but beverages must be purchased from the winery. Admission is free. Information: (575) 882-7632.
June concerts feature Live By Request June 29.
‘Noises Off’ – El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents Michael Frayn’s high-speed comedy June 6-28. Directed by Chet Frame. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military and students; $6 EPCC students with ID). Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’ – The UTEP Dinner Theatre concludes its 25th Anniversary season with Fats Waller’s swingin’ musical June 6-29, at UTEP Dinner Theatre. Showtime is 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; dinner matinee performance is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 8; non-dinner matinees are Sunday, June 15, 22 and 29. Tickets: $23-$35 dinner shows; $10-20 non-dinner matinee. Information: 747-6060.
‘Nuestras Tradiciones’ — Ballet Folklorico El Paso presents its annual celebration of the sight and sounds of Mexico at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, at the Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Directed by Maestro Arturo Guerrero. Ticket: $5. Information: 526-4293.
For a complete listing of events please click on the "Calendar" link.
