Deadbeach Beerfest, Science Festival, Grease musical, racing top things to do in El Paso

José Hernandez, a NASA astronaut and erstwhile migrant farmworker, volition beryllium the featured impermanent of the El Paso Science Festival this play astatine the El Paso Convention Center. The lawsuit is escaped to attend.

Deadbeach Brewery volition observe trade beers successful Central El Paso with its Borderland Beerfest.

Other amusive things to bash this play see the Big El Paso Fair astatine Ascarate Park, a shade circuit successful San Elizario and plot tours astatine the UTEP Centennial Museum.

It's the last play for unrecorded equine racing astatine Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. Top horses volition vie successful respective apical 4th equine and thoroughbred stakes races.

Here is simply a person look astatine things to bash successful the El Paso country this weekend.

El Paso Science Festival

The El Paso Science Festival, featuring astronaut Jose Hernandez, volition beryllium held from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6, astatine the El Paso normal center. Admission is free.

San Elizario ghosts of the Camino Real

Investigate with Ghosts915-Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society and circuit the Old El Paso County Jail Museum and different buildings successful San Elizario from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, April 4. Meet astatine the San Elizario Placita. Tickets are $25 and disposable online.

Chihuahuan Desert Gardens Tour

The UTEP Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens are disposable for a circuit from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 5. The circuit is organized by the Native Plant Society of New Mexico El Paso chapter. Doors unfastened astatine 9:30 a.m. for java and socializing, followed by concern meetings astatine 10 a.m. Following the concern meetings, Kevin Floyd volition springiness a little overview of the grounds "Cultivating Your Home: Embracing Chihuahuan Desert Diversity." Tours to follow.

Deadbeach plans Borderland Beerfest

Deadbeach Brewery, 3200 Durazno Ave., volition clasp its Borderland Beerfest from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 5. Come bask beers from each implicit the city, authorities and region. There volition beryllium unrecorded bands, DJs, Upper Valley Artist Market vendors, nutrient trucks and more. All ages are welcome.

UTEP Dinner Theatre takes connected 'Grease' musical

The UTEP Dinner Theater volition contiguous the philharmonic "Grease" from Friday, April 4, to May 4. Many performances volition beryllium astatine 6:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. performances connected Sundays. Tickets, which scope from $54 to $58, positive fees, are disposable astatine Ticketmaster.com.

Punk Rock Panel with Jim Ward

El Paso Community College volition proceed the Chuco Punk Rock, Communities of Sound bid with a Punk Rock Panel and Discussion: Reflections connected Chuco Punk from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 5, astatine Eloise Restaurant, 126 Shadow Mountain Drive, Suite A.

Marina Monsisvais volition facilitate this section sheet of erstwhile and existent punk stone musicians and promoters, including Jim Ward of Sparta and formerly of At the Drive-In, Bobbie Welch, and Tony Leal, to larn astir their lived experiences successful this culture. The lawsuit is escaped and unfastened to the public.

Big El Paso Fair returns to Ascarate Park

The Big El Paso Fair returns to El Paso with carnival games and rides done Sunday, April 13, astatine Ascarate Park. Hours volition beryllium 5 to 11 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 1 p.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday. General admittance is $7.50 if purchased online at www.bigelpasofair.com and $15 astatine the gate. Get SuperSaver tickets for $25 from Walgreens stores.

Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino

The last play of the 2025 equine racing meet will beryllium a large 1 astatine Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. On Saturday, the 300-yard West Texas Futurity 2025 for 2-year-old 4th horses. On Sunday, the thoroughbreds instrumentality implicit with the Sunland Park Handicap, the Mine That Bird Derby and the New Mexico State University stakes. The archetypal station clip is 12:25 p.m. connected Saturday and Sunday.

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María Cortés González whitethorn beryllium reached astatine 915-546-6150; [email protected]; @eptmaria.bsky.social connected Bluesky, and @eptmariacg connected TikTok.

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