IN THE WINGS
Music Peter Erskine Quartet
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 Erskine on drums, George Garzone on saxophone, Darek Oles on bass, and Alan Paqua on piano; 7 p.m. May 20; $30 and $35; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/event/392195.
Makana
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Slack-key guitarist, singer, and composer; 7:30 p.m. May 20; $22 in advance, $27 day of show; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/tickets/390456.
Vijay Iyer Trio
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Jazz pianist and composer; 7:30 p.m. May 20; $35-$115; tickets.lensic.org/events. 15th Annual CrawDaddy Blues Fest The Mine Shaft Tavern, 2846 NM 14, 505-473-0743, Madrid Lineup includes Felix y los Gatos, Hillary Smith, the Iyah Band, Mike Montiel Trio, and the Santa Fe Revue; gates noon May 21 and 22; $25; themineshafttavern.com. Holly Mead Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.com Composer-pianist; 7:30 p.m. May 21; $22 online only; gigsantafe.tickit.ca. New Mexico Performing Arts Society Recital Series Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, 50 Mount Carmel Rd. Chamber music for flute, violin, cello, and piano; 5:30 p.m. May 22; including flutist Linda Marianiello and pianist Jacquelyn Helin; $20-$50; nmpas.org/tickets. Black Uhuru 50th Anniversary Tour The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Pl., 505-557-6182 Jamaican reggae band; 7:30 p.m. May 22; $28 in advance, $33 day of show; ampconcerts.org. Small Glories Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Folk duo Cara Luft and J.D. Edwards; 7:30 p.m. May 22; $20 in advance, $25 day of show; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org. Wheelwright Museum 85th Anniversary Year 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636 Kick-off event, with the Strata Quartet and composers Raven Chacon and Michael Begay; 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 27; $10 in advance; wheelwright.org.
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos Guitarist-songwriter; 6 p.m. May 28; $66 and $93; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org. Bruce Dunlap & Brahim Fribgane Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.org Guitar and dumbek/percussion performance; 7:30 p.m. May 28; $22; gigsantafe.tickit.ca. Severall Friends San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail The Lovers’ Bane: The Story of Tristan and Yseut, French medieval music; 7:30 p.m. May 28; $20; severallfriends.org. Thievery Corporation Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos Electronic-music duo Rob Garza and Eric Hilton; 6 p.m. May 29; $49 and $71; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
American String Quartet
Taos Community Auditorium, 145 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-758-2052 Violinists Laurie Carney and Peter Winograd, violist Daniel Avshalomov, and cellist Wolfram Koessel; 5:30 p.m. June 2 and 3; music of Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich, and Mozart; $25-$50; tcataos.org/tickets. Bobby Shew, John Funkhouser, and Terry Burns Gig Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.org Jazz trumpeter, pianist, and bassist; 7:30 p.m. June 3; $22; gigsantafe.tickit.ca. From Tri-M With Love Santa Fe Woman’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail Play It Again, Evan, 11 a.m. June 4, and Sounds of Summer, classical serenades with Elizebeth Barnes, 11 a.m. June 11; $20; trimsantafe.org. The Met: Live in HD Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Neil Armfield’s contemporary staging of Hamlet, with Allan Clayton in the title role; 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. June 4; $22-$28; tickets.lensic.org/ events. Zía Singers St. Francis Auditorium, New mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. The chorus pays tribue to ABBA in ExtraABBAganza; 4 p.m. June 4 and 5; $30, ages 12 and under $10; theziasingers.com, or at the door.
Hillary Smith & Ron Crowder
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Featuring the Chill House Band; 8 p.m. June 4; $20; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/tickets/393140.
Andy Grammer
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 The Art of Joy tour; 7:30 p.m. June 5; $55-$225; tickets.lensic.org/ events.
Amos Lee
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Touring in support of his album Dreamland; 7:30 p.m. June 7; $39-$69; tickets.lensic.org/events.
Belle and Sebastian
The Bridge Patio, 37 Fire Pl. Scottish indie-pop band; 7:30 p.m. June 8; San Diego-based band Thee Sacred Souls opens; $40 in advance, $44 day of show; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org.
Eilen Jewell
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St., 505-393-5135 Americana singer-songwriter; 7:30 p.m. June 9; $25 in advance, $30 day of show; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/tickets/386362. Dave’s Jazz Bistro Santa Fe School of Cooking, 125 N. Guadalupe St., 505-983-4511 Clarinetist Eddie Daniels and pianist Roger Kellaway, 6:30-9:30 p.m. June 11, $195; Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Dwight Trible; 6:30-9:30 p.m. July 23; $180; santafeschoolofcooking.com. Joe Illick’s Musical Preview of the Santa Fe Opera’s season Guildsofsfo.org/SantaFe/Events.html Virtual performance of scores from Bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s Falstaff, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, and Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly; 3 p.m. June 14; $25.
Horace Alexander Young
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 Young on saxophone, John Rangel on piano, Frank Murray on bass, and John Trentacosta on drums; 7 p.m. June 17; $25 and $30; 505-886-1251, holdmyticket.com/event/393104.
ZZ Top
Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard, and Ellwood Francis; 7 p.m. June 18; $66 and $88; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org. Raul Di Blasio Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Argentine pianist-composer; 8 p.m. June 20; $60-$120; tickets.lensic.org/events. Robert Earl Keen: I’m Comin’ Home: 41 Years On The Road Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. Texas songwriter; 7:30 p.m. June 22; $55-$80; 505-988-1234, ampconcerts.org.
Off the Rails
Santa Fe Railyard Park, 740 Cerrillos Rd. Annual SITE Santa Fe fundraiser, with singer-songwriters Kurt Vile, Terry Allen, and Shannon McNally; 7:30 p.m. June 23; VIP lounge $250, lawn tickets $40; sitesantafe.org/event/off-the-rails. New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Naked Man, 16-movement song cycle; 3 p.m. June 26; $20 -$45; tickets.lensic.org/events. Lyle Lovett and His Large Band & Chris Isaak Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos Double bill; 7 p.m. July 3; $66; 505-886-1251, ampconcerts.org. Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2022 Summer Festival Church of the Holy Faith, 311 E. Palace Ave. Artist Spotlight I, mezzo soprano Dianna Grabowski, tenor Steven Soph, soprano Alissa Ruth Suver, and organist Maxine Thévenot; 5:30 p.m. July 13; $40; 505-988-2282, Ext. 0, desertchorale.org/40.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
St. Francis Auditorium and Lensic Performing Arts Center Conductors James Gaffigan and John Storgårds, the Chien-KimWatkins Trio, pianist Kirill Gerstein, and festival debuts and premieres; July 17-Aug. 22; individual tickets, flex passes, and subscriptions available; 505-982-1890, 208 Griffin St., santafechambermusic.com.
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Fort Marcy Park, Bishops Lodge and Hyde Park Roads The rapper-songwriter performs in support of Española Humane’s 30th anniversary; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5; $41 and $76; ampconcerts.org.
Santa Fe TradFest
Camp Stoney, 7855 Old Santa Fe Trail Including the ATC String Band, Bayou Seco, Mystic Lizard, and Lone Piñon; Aug. 26-28, tickets start at $25, youth discounts available, three-day pass $65 through Aug. 1; santafetradfest.org.
Ladder to the Moon
Ghost Ranch, 280 Private Dr., Abiquiú Music festival, including Patti Smith & Her Band, The Head and The Heart, Indigo Girls, Sharon Van Etten, and Devendra Banhart; Sept 9-11; $50-$230; ampconcerts.org. Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart Tour Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 With fiddler Billy Contreras, mandolinist Sierra Hull, guitarist Shaun Richardson, multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses, and bassist Mark Schatz; 7:30 p.m. Sept.13; $47-$69; tickets.lensic.org/events. Buddy Guy and John Hiatt & the Goners Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Dr. On tour; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14; $48-$98; 505-886-1251; holdmyticket.com/tickets/391520.
Theater/Dance Counterpoint
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Tap dancer Caleb Telcher and pianist-composer Conrad Tao; 7:30 p.m. May 27; $35-$115; tickets.lensic.org/events. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet recitals Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Student performances; ballet, 2 and 6 p.m. May 29; folklorico dancers, 2 and 6 p.m. May 30; $32; tickets.lensic.org/events.
A Night with Hamilton
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Broadway performer Miguel Cervantes’ one-man show; 8 p.m. June 13; $25-$105; tickets.lensic.org/events. Me, Myself & Shirley Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 Cindy Williams shares personal stories of her career; 7:30 p.m. July 9; $45-$65; tickets.lensic.org/7826/7828.
La Emi Summer Flamenco Series
Benítez Cabaret at The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N. St. Francis Dr., 505-992-5800 With special guest performers; 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, July 9-Sept. 4; $25-$55; hhandr.com/entertainment.
Events, Etc. Santa Fe Literary Festival
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Lectures, conversations, lunches with chefs and cookbook authors. Participants include William Debuys, John Grisham, and Hampton Sides; May 20-23; tickets start at $50; sfliteraryfestival.org.
Taos Lilac Festival
Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte Arts & crafts booths, live music, and food vendors; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 20-22; no admission charge; taoschamber.com/taos-lilac-festival.
ArtSpring 2022: Supernova
New Mexico School for the Arts, 500 Montezuma Ave. Final dress rehearsal, 2-4 p.m. May 20 (free, but tickets required); performances, 6-8 p.m. May 20, 2-4 p.m. May 22 ($15); performance and benefit event, 5 p.m. May 21 ($200); 505-216-7888, Ext. 403, nmschoolforthearts.org/about/artspring-2022.
34th Annual El Rito Studio Tour
North on US 84/285, past Española to NM 554 Paintings, photographs; fiber arts; sculpture, retablos, and santos; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 21 and 22; plus, artist mercado (30-plus artists), music, and food; also, textile exhibit Weaving Together, at Northern New Mexico College of El Rito campus; elritoartassociation.org.
Theatre Walk Santa Fe
Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe, 8380 Cerrillos Rd., 505-474-4000 Local theater companies offer 18 performances; noon-6:45 p.m. May 21; donations accepted; food trucks on-site; theatresantafe.org/walk. The Horse Shelter auction and luncheon 100-AB Old Cash Rd., off NM 14, Cerrillos, 505-471-6179 Catered by Restaurant Martín and The Ranch House; music by Roark Griffin; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. May 22; $85 in advance only; thehorseshelter.org. Ukrainian Americans of New Mexico fundraiser Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338 Members of UANM describe programs supporting Ukrainian refugees prior to the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s 1965 film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors; 4 p.m. May 22; $15-$50 suggested donation.
All Art Is Virtual
Art Vault, 540 S. Guadalupe St., 505-428-0681 International group show of digital, video, and new media, from the Thoma Foundation collection; opening 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 24; through April 15, 2023; artvault.thomafoundation.org.
Ignorance, Failure, Uncertainty, and the Optimism of Science
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., 505-988-1234 A Santa Fe Institute lecture, with Stuart Firestein of Columbia University; 7:30 p.m. May 24. Reserve free tickets at tickets.lensic.org/ events.
Community Art as Practice in Healing, Justice, and Liberation
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199 A presentation by Los Angeles-based author Gaye Theresa Johnson (Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement); 6 p.m. May 26; $5; sitesantafe.org/events.
18th Annual Native Treasures Art Market
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Works by Native artists; Living Treasures recipient, Cochiti Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz; night market 5-8 p.m. May 28; $100; museumfoundation .org/native-treasures/; sales continue May 29 and 30.
11th Annual Folk Art Flea Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds, 3229 Rodeo Dr.
Gently-used, toys, textiles, jewelry, and ceramics; free admission 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 4; proceeds benefit the Museum of International Folk Art; moifa.org.
Discover Opera: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
O’Shaughnessy Hall, Santa Fe Opera campus, 301 Opera Dr., 800-280-4654 Kathleen Wilson explains the art form’s history, music styles, and voice types; plus, live performances of selections from this season; 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. June 4; $20; discoveropera.us.
Santa Fe Pride 2022
Hrasantafe.org/pride-events-2022 Pride Train Rails on Fire! (Honey), music and dancing during a round-trip ride on the Sky Railway train to Lamy; 7-9 p.m. June 4; $125 in advance.
International Folk Art Market
Milner Plaza, Museum Hill Hosting 150-plus artists and artist collectives; July 7: early bird entry $87; general admission: $30; July 8: general admission, $27; July 9: general admission, $22; July 10, general admission $17; ages 16 and under no charge throughout; tickets sold in advance only; ifam.ticketspice.com/international-folk-art-market-santa-fe.
ART Santa Fe
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Representatives from 60 galleries; noon-7 p.m. July 15, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. July 16 and 17; $10 and $20, ages 15 and under no charge; redwoodartgroup.com/art-santa-fe.
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 25th Anniversary Community Block Party
Grant Avenue Live performances, food, art-making activities, and free admission to the museum; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 17.
Contemporary Hispanic Market
Downtown, along Lincoln Avenue Outdoor booths, handmade goods by local artists; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. July 30 and 31; 505-331-5162; contemporaryhispanicmarketinc.com.