Easter Eggstravaganza Moves to Farmington Recreation Center for 17th Annual Event

San Juan County's largest community Easter celebration moves to the Farmington Recreation Center at 1101 Fairgrounds Road this Friday, April 3, ending a years-long run at Sycamore Park Community Center and bringing the 17th annual Easter Eggstravaganza to a bigger stage.

Doors open at 9 a.m. with roughly 40,000 prefilled eggs scattered across the grounds. The Egg Scramble starts promptly at 10:30 a.m. Before and after the scramble, families can visit food vendors, try holiday crafts in the gym, stop at a photo booth, play games, and enter a community dance contest with prizes.

Sycamore Park Community Center staff coordinate the event, which began as a small after-school activity before expanding into a countywide tradition. City of Farmington marketing and communications manager Gina Intoppa noted in a news release that the event's substantial growth drove the decision to relocate, giving organizers the space and amenities needed to safely handle the volume of families who attend each year.

That growth has reshaped the event's logistics in other ways too. Organizers now order prefilled eggs rather than stuffing them by hand, a shift that reflects how far the program has scaled since its origins. The Eggstravaganza also moved into a bigger role after a large-scale Easter event at Brookside ended, with the Sycamore Park egg hunt gradually becoming the county's primary springtime gathering.

The event is free, drawing families from Farmington, Aztec, Bloomfield, and Kirtland. Organizers recommend arriving at 9 a.m. to take advantage of the full vendor and activity lineup before the scramble begins at 10:30.