Mesilla Valley Jazz
and Blues Festival

LAS CRUCES, NM – Grab your lawn chairs and head to the Mesilla Plaza next month for the 2025 Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Festival, featuring a dozen area bands over the first weekend in October.

Hosted by the Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society, the festival is held annually to celebrate jazz and blues music, and the talent we have right in our backyard. Members of the public are invited to listen to the various bands playing throughout Oct. 3, 4 and 5. All performances are free of charge.

Bands such as the Third Line Jazz Trio and the Desert Stompers will perform interchangeably throughout the weekend and a special performance Saturday will also be held at the Atkinson Recital Hall on the New Mexico State University campus. Saturday audiences will enjoy the Candice Reyes / Abel Mireles Group followed by the Border Jazz Orchestra.

READ MORE ABOUT ALL THE BANDS ON OUR ARTIST PAGES. 

“You won’t want to miss these three days of musical festivities as we embrace the brilliant sounds of our areas’ finest jazz and blues performers!” MVJBS President Carol Mertensmeyer says.