Best bets this weekend include the Animas Valley Balloon Rally and Chile in October Challenge.
Animas Valley Balloon Rally will take place Saturday to Sunday Oct. 17-18 at Hermosa Meadows Road.
The Friday night Downtown Balloon Glow has been canceled, but events will take place at Hermosa Meadows field Saturday and Sunday.
Mass ascensions will take place both days about 8 a.m. Only crew and sponsors will be allowed on the field. Parking will be available in the nearby meadows to view the ascensions from vehicles.
Saturday evening will feature a drive-by balloon glow at 6 p.m. at several locations.
For more information, visit www.animasvalleyballoonrally.com.
HHH The Chile in October Challenge in Farmington asks participants to visit individual businesses to sample chile and get their chile passports signed this year. Sampling will take place through Oct. 24.
Participants can visit Aspen Leaf Frozen Yogurt, Boon’s Family Thai, Chile Pod, Juniper Cafe and Eatery, Lauter House Brewing Co., Los Hermanitos, Red Rocks Roadhouse, Si Senor Restaurant, Traegers and The Family Market and Restaurant.
Participants must visit at least five entries in order to vote for the People’s Choice Award. Those who visit all 10 businesses will be entered into a prize drawing.
Ballots must be turned in by 4 p.m. Oct. 28 to any participating business or to the Farmington Chamber of Commerce Office in the Quality Center for Business at San Juan College, 5101 College Blvd.
Passport cards are available online at bit.ly/3nJDLi0.
Pumpkin Festival, 10 a.m., $5, Southerland Farms, 745 County Road 2900, Aztec.
Todd Sheaffer with Chris Thompson, 5 p.m., The Nugget Mountain Bar, 48721 U.S. Highway 550 north.
Clancy’s Oktoberfest with Robert Webster, 5 p.m., Clancy’s Irish Cantina, 2701 E. 20th St., Farmington.
Hallow-Queens, 5 p.m., $15-$50, La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., https://bit.ly/2IaujUo.
Glow in the Dark Halloween Candy Hunt, 6 p.m., $10 participants, $1 spectators, Play Day, 1601 N. Dustin St., Farmington.
Heart & Soul Craft Fair for Adaptive Sports Association, 9 a.m., TBK Bank, 259 W. Ninth St.
Harvest Sunday Celebration, 10 a.m., Victory World Outreach Cortez, 11088 Highway 491, Cortez.
An earlier version of this column gave an incorrect name for Southerland Farms.
