Schedule 2026

I look forward to seeing you in Marfa. This year’s Festival will take place between June 4 and 7. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free, though a few will require reservations based on limited space. I hope you will visit and support all of the co-hosting institutions year round.

Seating at the Crowley Theater is free, but first-come, first-served, so please arrive on time to any events that interest you. We’ve never turned anyone away, and I don’t expect to this year, but please be prompt, just in case.

Several local restaurants and galleries will present special events during Agave Festival, mostly inspired by the Festival but not always. Here are some of the businesses and organization who will present events during the weekend: on view at Ballroom Marfa is “Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers”; Cochineal will present special Agave Festival Dinners and a No Al Muro fundraiser; and more.

Thank you to Tim Crowley and The Crowley Theater; Meredith Dreiss and David O. Brown; Virginia Lebermann, Vance Knowles and Ballroom Marfa; Jim Fissel and Jim Martinez; Kate Shepherd and Miles Bellamy; Kathy and Okey Johnson; Liz Lambert; Caitlin Murray; James Reece; and Mishka Westell for their support of the Festival, and thank you for supporting local businesses during your visit. - Tim Johnson

thursday

June 4th

5:00 pM - 6:30 pM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

Chinati Foundation and Agave Festival Marfa present a talk on archeoastronomy in the Chihuahuan Desert by Yuri de la Rosa of INAH-Coahuila.

7:o0 pM - 9:00 pM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

McDonald Observatory and Agave Festival Marfa present “Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know”, with special guest Karl Gebhardt, Professor and Herman and Joan Suit Professor in Astrophysics at University of Texas at Austin.

FRIday

June 5th

9:00 AM - 11:o0 aM
CDRI
43869 TX-118
FREE but requires reservation

Join us for a hike at the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, led by head gardener, Faith Hill. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the bats and plants of the Chihuahuan Desert and to get to know one of our region’s best and most beautiful institutions, CDRI. Register here.

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

Mezonte Film
Followed by free Tamales at the Crowley Theater

2:00 pM - 3:30 PM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

Mezcal Panel: Sosima Olvera, Diana Pinzón, Francisco Terrazas, and Pedro Jimenez

4:00 pM - 5:15 PM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

Christina Hernandez (Big Bend Conservation Alliance)

6:00 pM - 7:15 PM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

Jazmine Ulloa: El Paso: Five Families and 100 Years of Blood, Migration, Race and Memory

8:00 pM - 10:00 PM
Bullroom
FREE

Carrie Rodriguez
Doors at 8pm

Friday evening events (independent)
various locations

Saturday

June 7th

9:00 AM - 11:o0 aM
CDRI
43869 TX-118
fully reserved

Join us for a hike at the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, led by gardener and landscape designer, Jim Martinez. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the bats and plants of the Chihuahuan Desert and to get to know one of our region’s best and most beautiful institutions, CDRI.

9:00 AM - 11:o0 aM
chinati foundation
1 Cavalry row
FREE

The Chinati Foundation invites you to visit Oscar Hargerman: Sillas de Mexico. Don’t miss this very special exhibition.

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

Chinati Foundation and ISAD present Juan Manual Casillas

This conversation is part of a series of public programs presented in association with Oscar Hagerman: Sillas de Mexico, currently on view at the Chinati Foundation.

12:00 pM - 4:00 PM
cactus liquors
405 south highland
FREE

Mind-bogglingly good liquor store and garden center, Cactus Liquors, presents an agave spirit tasting featuring tables of wonderful spirit makers and outrageously good food provided by TacoNeta of El Paso. Soak up samples with authentic Chuco-style tacos –– it's the tastiest way to drink responsibly.

4:00 pM - 5:15 PM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

Raquel Gutierrez

6:00 pM - 7:15 PM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

David Stuart

9:00 pM - 11:00 PM
WILD MARE
ADDRESS
FREE

Pima Express

saturday evening events (independent)
various locations

Gabba Gabba of Ciudad Chihuahua will host Chihuahua Night at The Wild Mare, with guest DJs, Vinyl Hunters; Hotel Saint George will host a dinner, among other events.

sunday

JUNE 8th

9:00 aM - 11:oo aM
mimm’s unit
1001 N austin st
FREE but requires registration

Join Dixon Water Foundation and Center for Big Studies for a guided hike of the Mimm’s Unit. Hikers will learn about: the ecology, hydrology, and land stewardship history of the Marfa grasslands as well as the paleontology and layers of time that have passed can teach us about the history of the landscape. Register here.

11:00 aM - 12:15 PM
crowley theater
98 south austin st
FREE

Chinati Foundation, in partnership with Agave Festival, presents a talk by Erika Blecha, archeologist at the Center for Big Bend Studies, on 16,000 years of dynamic human, animal, and environmental interactions at the San Esteban Rockshelter, situated along Alamito Creek just south of Marfa. Recent archeological work at the site is providing profound, new understandings of the history of our region.

sunday morning events (independent)
various locations

Disco Agave will present Crudolandia, featuring food by La Pájera (Cd. Chihuahua) and TacoNeta (El Paso) at Larry’s, from 11 am. Independently, Ballroom Marfa’s Supper Club will host a Vinyl Brucch at the Capri from 11 am - 3 pm, with a menu by Jocelyn Jerrils.