List of upcoming Sci-Fi & Fantasy events, movies, and entertainment in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and elsewhere in New Mexico. Bubonicon is a sponsor of many of the movie events at The Guild Cinema.
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Upcoming Event List · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Albuquerque & NM
- Kowal + 3 @ Books on the Bosque on April 23rd, 2026 at 5:30pm
MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL & THREE OTHER AUTHORS AT BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE 5:30 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 23! Colorado author Mary Robinette Kowal joins with Marie Parks, Geoff Habiger and dave ring to celebrate their novels 5:30 pm Thursday, April 23, at Books on the Bosque! In The Martian Contingency, Kowal returns to Mars in her 2025 Lady Astronaut novel — Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, D.C. — triggering an extinction-level global warming event — Earth’s survivors have started an international effort to establish homes on space stations and the Moon. The next step – Mars. Elma York, the Lady Astronaut, lands on...
- “Aliens” Invade Guild Cinema on April 25th, 2026 at 10:30pm
Alines: The Extended Director’s Cut – the 1986 sci-fi horror action thriller – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, April 25 – 10:30 pm only Directed by James Cameron – 1986 – 154m A MIDNITE CONCESSIONS SPECIAL! ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON ONLINE, CHECK BE HERE SHORTLY! ADDITIONAL DOOR PRIZES FROM BUBONICON 57! Come get your experience of the ultimate sci-fi thriller with Aliens (1986), James Cameron’s groundbreaking sequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien. Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley, the fearless survivor, who is reluctantly pulled back into the terrifying world of xenomorphs when a colony on LV-426 goes dark. Armed with...
- “Flow” Returns To Guild Cinema on May 3rd, 2026 at 12:30pm
Flow – the award-winning 2024 animated film – at the Guild Cinema Sunday, May 3 – 12:30 pm only Directed by Gints Zilbalodis – 2024 – 85m – Latvia – no dialogue – All Seats $10 – Not Valid for Punch Cards A HORIZONS ALBUQUERQUE SPECIAL SCREENING! “Join us for a special screening of FLOW at the Guild Cinema! Excitement is in the air! Join Horizons Albuquerque for an afternoon of cinematic joy and entertainment as we present a one-time screening of the Academy Award-winning animated film FLOW at the Guild Cinema. Every ticket sold for this event will bring...
- “Phantom Menace” Invades Guild Cinema on May 4th, 2026 at 6:00pm
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – the 1999 Anakin Skywalker prequel to the original trilogy – at the Guild Cinema for May the Fourth Be With You! Monday, May 4 – 6:00 & 9:00 pm! Directed by George Lucas – 1999 – 131m – $13.00 with fees in advance, $15.00 at the box office. Celebrate May the 4th Be With You with New Mexico Entertainment’s Movie Night featuring Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace! Relive the beginning of the Star Wars saga. STORYLINE: Journey back to a time when the Jedi Order stood at the height of its power and...
- ABQ SF Society – A Science Talk on May 8th, 2026 at 7:30pm
Programming – A Visit From civilian scientist Matthew Fetrow Matthew Fetrow, retired civilian scientist with the Space Force and Air Force, visits ASFS to talk about space, the space business and how it relates to New Mexico. He currently teaches a class at New Mexico Tech about space: the history of space technology and economics. Before retirement, Fetrow was a Senior Scientist with the US Space Force and the Communications Director for the Space Force Rapid Capabilities Office, connecting businesses, academia, and the public to the work of the Space Force. Previously he led the Air Force Research Laboratory’s technology transfer,...
- Droids & Dragons Book Group on May 18th, 2026 at 7:30pm
Meeting Date / Location: Monday, May 18, at 7:30 pm. Location is the 66 Diner at 1405 Central Ave NE (between I-25 and University Blvd). For May 2026, we will discuss When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi (2026 trade paperback from Tor Books). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 8:55 pm – so we try to keep our individual reviews short and to the point, and thus have some time for debate and discussion. WE ARE OPEN to new people! Come join us in a book...
- Droids & Dragons Book Group on June 15th, 2026 at 7:30pm
Meeting Date / Location: Monday, June 15, at 7:30 pm. Location is either the 66 Diner at 1405 Central Ave NE (between I-25 and University Blvd), or Flying Star Cafe on Juan Tabo Blvd NE (north of Montgomery). For June 2026, we will discuss Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (2023 trade paperback from Del Rey – original hardcover released in 1992). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 8:55 pm – so we try to keep our individual reviews short and to the point, and thus have some time for...