Upcoming events
3rd Annual En Unidad Hay Poder, Dia De Los Muertos Festival
Calling all vendors!
Please join Manuel’s Food Market for the second annual Martineztown Cultural and Historical Celebration: “En Unidad Hay Poder (In Unity, there is Power)” on Saturday, October 21, 2023. 1-6pm Acequia Madre Crossing and South Martineztown Park, 601 Edith Blvd. NE Albuquerque NM, 87106
The Artisan and Farmer's Market features local vendors with handmade products. Local artists and artisans will have artwork for sale. Come sample the wares of Food truck vendors and listen to live musical artists.“En Unidad Hay Poder” Celebration will feature Longfellow ECS student’s artwork in the offenda at Manuel’s Food Market. Local students will also perform baile folklorico and flamenco artforms. Local Musicians will be performing as well. CICM has received a grant from Bernalillo County to support local artists.
Please register for vendor spot. We would like to invite artists, artisans, farmers, and crafters. Our priority is to local homegrown or handmade items. Special requests will try to be accommodated. Applications due by July 1st. 25$ vendor Fee. See below link.
Tentative Schedule
Thursday October 19th, 5:00pm. Exhibition Reception and Lecture
Albuquerque Special Collections Library, Auditorium
423 Central NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-848-1376 (Tim Blevins, branch manager)
Saturday October 21, 12:00 -1:00 P.M.Dia de Los Muertos Parade
From Special Collections Library to Martineztown Acequia Madre Crossing
please contact Joseph Lopez for details for registration.
12pm - 5pm Local Lowrider/Classic Car Show South Martineztown Park
please contact Joseph Lopez for details for registration.
1:00 – 5:00 P.M. En Unidad Hay Poder: Artisan & Farmers Market
Acequia Madre Crossing (Roma Pedestrian street) 601 Edith Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Entertainment: (including)1:00pm Longfellow Elementary Baile Folklorico
3:00pm National Institute of Flamenco
Local Musical Groups:2:00pm Gilbert Uribe
4:00pm Mariachi Albuquerque
En Unidad Hay Poder
10:30 A.M.
Albuquerque Special Collections Library, Auditorium
423 Central NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-848-1376 (Tim Blevins, branch manager)
Introduction/History: Meghan Martinez
Poem: “Manuel’s Market” Goyo
Performance: Anna C. Martinez, Albuquerque Poet Laureate
12:00 -1:00 P.M.
Dia de Los Muertos Parade
From Special Collections Library to Manuel’s Food Market
1:00 – 5:00 P.M.
Acequia Madre Crossing (Roma Pedestrian street)
En Unidad Hay Poder: Artisan & Farmers Market
Entertainment: (including Local Musical Groups)
1pm Longfellow Elementary Baile Folklorico
2pm Gilbert Uribe
3pm National Institute of Flamenco
4pm Mariachi Albuquerque
En Unidad Hay Poder: Civic Activism in Martineztown
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY EXHIBITION OCTOBER 2022: Manuel’s Food Market has been a community meeting place and center for activism for nearly 100 years. This years exhibition is organized around the cultural significance of Manuel Sanchez, founder of Manuel’s Food Market and Richard Martinez, son-in-law and community organizer, and their involvement in the Democratic Party. Manuel was entered into the congressional record for the longest serving ward chairman in the nation in the 1990s. Manuel’s Food Market served for many years as the “unofficial headquarters for the democratic party.” The exhibition will feature local democratic candidate campaigning materials, newspaper articles and relics of interest from Manuel’s Food Market.