Pickamania Acoustic Music Festival

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Enjoy a weekend of acoustic music in a relaxed mountain setting, featuring award-winning musicians and the crowd-pleasing Super Jam.

Seating at the outdoor pavilion includes chairs on the grass, with scattered benches under shade trees. Guests are welcome to bring their own camp chairs, shade, popup tents, and picnic baskets. Purchase beverages from Black Range Vineyards, burgers, burritos and tacos from Jim McNutt’s Caballo Grill food truck, and local apple pie.

New in 2025: a stage-adjacent dance floor, for anyone who wants to kick up their heels.

Weekend campers can make use of free primitive camping in the Gila. A small, free USFS campground near Percha Creek just east of Kingston is also available.

Weekend passes are $60, or pay per day at the door.

2025 Musical Lineup:

Friday, September 5pm – gates open at 5 ($20)

6-7 pm – Gary Harvell & Kingston Main Street
Kingston, NM – Folk / Rock originals
7:30-9pm – The Roswells
Albuquerque, NM – Western Swing, HonkyTonk & Tejano

Saturday, September 6 – gates open at 1pm ($35)

Arrive before gates open on Saturday for a tour of the Kingston Ghost Town Museum (10:30am – 3pm) and an art exhibit at the Historic Percha Bank (10am – 2pm).  Fresh-picked organic apples and fresh squeezed apple cider will also be for sale at the Kingston orchard.

2-2:45pm – Acoustic Gap
Albuquerque, NM – Modern Bluegrass, Americana & Swing
3-4pm – The Hard Road Trio
Las Cruces, NM – Americana & Bluegrass originals
4:30-5:30pm – Wil Maring & Robert Bowlin
Nashville, TN – Folk, Bluegrass & Country
6-7pm – Peter McLaughlin & Chris Brashear
Tucson, AZ – Southwestern Bluegrass
7:30-9pm – Super Jam – Bluegrass All-stars

Sunday, September 7 – gates open at 11am ($20)

11:30am-12:15pm – Open Mic
12:30-1:30 – Tif & Mollie
Austin, TX – Indie Folk/Rock
2:00-4pm – The ABQ Skeleton Crew
Santa Fe, NM – Traditional Bluegrass

Date / Time
Friday Saturday & Sunday September 5-7, 2025
Annually
Early September
Location
Black Range Lodge
50 Kingston Main Street
Admission
$60 for an all-weekend pass or pay by the day
Contact:
Catherine Wanek
phone Phone:
575-895-5652