Fort Selden’s annual holiday tradition has returned for a family friendly welcoming of the New Year with more than 800 luminarias dotting the Fort ruins. Tickets are $5 for adults and free for children 16 years and younger. Courtesy/DCA

DCA News:

Fort Selden Historic Site will help ring in the New Year with its annual event Las Noches de las Luminarias 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.

The date is new, but the farolitos will be the same: more than 800 of them will line the site, and crafts, activities, and food also will be available.  

Tickets are $5 for adults and free for children 16 years and younger. Visitors may purchase tickets here. 

“During the winter, we find numerous ways to remind ourselves that there is still light and warmth at hand—this year, Las Noches de las Luminarias hopes to lend visitors a bit of light, and meet the coming year on a positive note.” –Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)