Harvest in Corrales
Village’s fall festival features live music, beer garden, pet parade
The Corrales Harvest Festival offers a variety of art and entertainment and showcases the village’s love of animals.
The event opens with a concert tonight featuring entertainer Marc Black at Casa Vieja. This is the first year for the kickoff concert. Also new this year is a beer garden featuring locals Bosque Brewing Co., Quarter Celtic Brewpub and Steel Bender Brewyard. The breweries were asked to participate because each has an owner who lives in Corrales, according to Scott Sedlar, beer garden coordinator.
The beer garden will be near Corrales and Jones roads. Patrons can enjoy their beers under the sun or under a couple of large tents, which will feature plenty of seating. About eight food trucks will be located nearby.
“The breweries are excited to be attending,” Sedlar said. “It will definitely be a benefit for the festivalgoers. It is going to be great exposure for them to be seen.”
The two-day festival on Saturday, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30, features a number of events, including hayrides, an arts and crafts show, a village marketplace, a kids’ corner, a wine fair, and the 150th Anniversary of Historic Old San Ysidro Church. The Harvest Hootenanny will feature local country artist Kyle Martin on Saturday night.
The most popular attractions, the pet parade and the pet mayor contest, return this year.
This year, the pet mayor race has gone to the dogs. There are seven canines in the race. Various types of animals have won and have run for pet mayor in the past. This year, festivalgoers and Corrales residents can cast their votes for Cowboy Wyatt, Rosie, Ace, Chimay, Chorizo, Marley and Thumper. Owners of the candidates campaign for their pets. It costs $1 a vote, and proceeds benefit the Kiwanis Club of Corrales. Last year, the club contributed the money to Corrales Animal Emergency Services for its veterinarian bill fund.
“They just try and be an ambassador, because Corrales is a pet-friendly, animal friendly community,” Tanya Lattin, Harvest Festival board member, said of the pet mayor. “We are the horse capital of New Mexico, and a no kill shelter and ambassadors show how animals are loved within the village.”
The pet parade begins at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 30. This year’s theme is Hawaiian luau. The best-dressed will receive prizes. It costs $2 for the public to register an animal and $5 for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Participants are asked to register their animals between 8 and 8:15 a.m.
“The pet parade has been going on for a number of years, 34 I think,” Lattin said. “People come out and showcase their pets. … I’ve seen spiders with their cages decorated to horses to llamas, dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens.”