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El Paso Science Festival set for April 18-19 at convention center, free for students
The free two-day event aims to spark students' interest in STEM fields.
Mar. 31, 2026 at 11:34pm
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El Paso is hosting a new science festival on April 18-19 at the El Paso Convention Center, offering local students free access to hands-on projects, live experiments, and talks from science experts. Organizers hope the event will help turn the Borderland region into a hub for future innovators by getting kids excited about STEM subjects.
Why it matters
The El Paso Science Festival is an important initiative to boost STEM education and awareness in the local community. By providing free, interactive learning opportunities, the event aims to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and technologists from the Borderland region.
The details
The El Paso Science Festival will take place over two days, April 18-19, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the El Paso Convention Center. The free event will offer students the chance to participate in hands-on STEM projects, watch live science demonstrations, and hear directly from experts in various scientific fields. Organizers hope the festival will help turn El Paso into a hub for future innovation by sparking students' interest in STEM subjects.
- The El Paso Science Festival will be held on April 18-19, 2026.
- The event will run from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day.
The players
La Nube
A community organization helping to organize the El Paso Science Festival.
Alysha Swann
The vice president of community transformation at La Nube, who is involved in planning the festival.
What they’re saying
“So giving the community a chance to explore STEAM and STEM through this amazing opportunity just to get to work with other agencies and explore it in a fun manner not just in a classroom behind closed doors is really really neat and exciting because again without visiting these technologies and these different arts and maths and stuff how are they going to know what exists out there?”
— Alysha Swann, Vice President of Community Transformation, La Nube
The takeaway
The El Paso Science Festival represents a valuable opportunity to engage local students in hands-on STEM learning and inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators from the Borderland region.
