16th Annual Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest (Saturday 11, Festival)
Chocolate and coffee make for a fine pairing – at least if this 16th annual food and drink festival is any indication. The world’s largest chocolate and coffee festival returns to Expo New Mexico (300 San Pedro Dr. NE) with 200 chocolatiers, coffee roasters, candy makers, bakers, breweries, wineries and gourmet food companies. Indulge your senses with coffee and culinary presentations, classes and demonstrations hosted by brewers, bakers and chocolate makers. Or just sample to your heart’s content. The magic happens Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Tickets are $18.25 for adults, $7.63 for youth (ages 3 to 15). Grab ‘em while they’re hot at chocolateandcoffeefest.holdmyticket.com/tickets/455299.
2026 AfroMundo Festival (Saturday 11, Festival)
(Courtesy AfroMundo Festival)
AfroMundo invites everyone to participate in a weeklong arts and humanities festival – a multilingual, cross-cultural celebration of storytelling in all its forms. Among the regions represented are the U.S., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. It starts Saturday, April 11 with a concert by poet, songwriter and performing artist Jamila Woods at Outpost Performance Space (210 Yale Blvd. SE). More music performances, documentary screenings, panel discussions and literary readings take place April 11 through 18 at NHCC (1701 Fourth St. SW), the South Broadway Cultural Center (1025 Broadway Blvd. SE) and other venues. All events are free and open to the public. See the full schedule and reserve seats at afromundo.org/festival/.
Spyro Gyra (Sunday 12, Music)
(Courtesy AMP Concerts)…