Family Picnic Night at the Botanic Garden
Enjoy time with your loved ones surrounded by beautiful landscapes!
Family Picnic Night at the Botanic Garden | Friday, August 8, 2025 | 5-9 pm | ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
Spend an evening celebrating quality time with the family at the Botanic Garden and Aquarium with food, fun, and live music. Be entertained by local bands while enjoying activities for all ages.
Ticket Prices:
- Adult: $15
- Senior: $7.50
- Youth (age 3-12): $7.50
- Child (age 2 and under): Free
NMBPS members 50% off with valid ID.
Local Entertainment
Enjoy live music around every corner!
Festival Green
- 5:15 pm - Picoso (Spanish)
- 6:30 pm - Spanish Broom (Flamenco)
- 7:30 pm - Joseph General & High Vibration (Reggae)
The Plaza
- 4:45 pm - Nia Batashvili’s String Quartet (Variety)
- 6 pm - Flambeaux (New Orleans Jazz)
- 8 pm- Ryan Smith Cello (Variety)
Gulf Coast
- 5 pm - Handpan Dan (Variety)
- 6:30 pm - Nia Batashvili’s String Quartet (Variety)
- 7:30 pm - Damian Wyldes (Southwestern Folk)
Ocean Habitat
- 5 pm - Everette Ortiz’s Violin (Variety)
- 6:30 pm - Ryan Smith Cello (Variety)
- 7:30 pm – DB Gomez (Accordion Folk)
Conservatory
- 5 pm - Gilbert Uribe (Latin/ Reggae)
- 6:30 pm - Nia Batashvili’s String Quartet (Variety)
- 7:30 pm – Acoustic Secret 7 Duo (Blues)
Rose Garden
- 5:15 pm - D'santi Nava (Flamenco Guitar)
- 6:45 pm - Trio Carrillo (Mariachi)
Farm
- 5:15 pm - Levi Dean & the Mesa Rats (Americana/Folk)
- 6:30 pm - The Frank Leto Trio (Caribbean)
- 7:30 pm - The Real Matt Jones (Alt-Country)
Eats & Treats
Come hungry! Food and drink will be available for purchase with a variety of options. Order dinner from the Shark Reef Café or stop by one of the familiar stands for snacks to satisfy all appetites.
You are also welcome to bring in your own picnic to enjoy!
Family Fun
Celebrate a fun Friday night with the family with activities like free face painting in the Ceremonial Garden and Discovery Stations throughout the Garden!
It wouldn't be a picnic without crawling critters! The BUGarium will be open during Family Picnic Night until 8:30 pm. This immersive exhibit engrosses guests in the fascinating lives of arthropods. The complex features naturalistic habitats designed to reveal the unseen wonders of “bugs” from around the world.
Discovery Stations
Kids of all ages will be able to learn at Discovery Stations. These educational posts throughout the Garden and Aquarium are exciting activities that plant seeds of curiosity.
Deep Dive Learning Center (5-8 pm)
Aquarium Craft
Unleash your creativity with nature and picnic-themed crafts and coloring stations in the Aquarium.
Shark and Ray Discovery Station
Dive into the world of sharks and rays! Sharks and stingrays are more than just sharp teeth and spines. Take a closer look to discover these fascinating fish can be doting parents, experts at camouflage, incredibly intelligent and heroes of the coral reef.
Turtle Discovery Station
Meet the slow and steady stars of both land and sea. Learn about the lives and adaptations of sea turtles, fresh water turtles and tortoises, and how to help protect them and their habitats.
Botanic Garden Show Room (5-8 pm)
Garden Craft
Free crafts in the Botanic Garden! Fun for all ages.
Chile Discovery Station
Red or green? Discover New Mexico’s iconic chile peppers! Learn how they’re grown and more details that make our state vegetable unique.
Pollinator Discovery Station
Learn more about nature’s busiest workers! Discover how bees, butterflies, and other pollinators help plants grow and thrive.
Getting There
The ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden is located at 2601 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104.
Free Park & Ride
Free parking will be available at the ABQ BioPark Zoo. Free SunVan shuttles will take event-goers to and from the Garden from 4:30-9:30 pm. SunVans are handicap accessible. Strollers, lawn chairs, and coolers are allowed on shuttles. Glass items or alcohol are not permitted on shuttles or inside the ABQ BioPark.
Limited parking is available at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden.
The Venue
Guests are welcome to bring chairs, coolers and picnics. Glass containers, alcohol, tents, sports equipment, weapons, and canopies are prohibited. Pets are not allowed at the ABQ BioPark. The Butterfly Pavilion will be closed during this event. Last entry will be at 8 pm.
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