A guide to performances & events for the weeks ahead
Music
Chatter North
Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail
Violinist David Felberg, pianist Luke Gullickson, cellist James Holland, and violist Theresa Rudolph; music of Ingram Marshall and
W.A. Mozart; 10:30 a.m. July 22; $5-$16.50; chatter.org/boxoffice.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Avenue
July 22: violinist Rachel Barton Pine; July 23 and 24: Ravel & Tchaikovsky; July 24: free youth concert; July 25: Miami String Quartet; July 26: soprano Ana María Martínez and pianist Craig Terry; July 27: Zoltán Fejérvari piano recital; $15-$125; 505-982-1890; santafechambermusic.com.
Santa Fe Desert Chorale Summer Festival
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, 131 Cathedral Place
July 23-Aug. 4: The American Immigrant Experience, featuring Kile Smith’s Northland; July 27-Aug. 5: The Ecstasies Above, music of Handel and Tarik O’regan ($10-$100); Aug. 2: Artist Spotlight recital: Chelsea Helm, Angela Young Smucker, Marques Ruff, and Nathan Salazar ($20 and $40); 505-988-2282, ext. 0; desertchorale.org.
Red Wanting Blue
Tumbleroot Distillery and Brewery, 2791 Agua Fría Street, 505-393-5135 Indie-rock band; 7:30 p.m. July 28; $20; tickets.lensic360.org/ tickets/410752.
Santasticos
Tumbleroot Distillery and Brewery, 2791 Agua Fría Street, 505-393-5135
Singer Nacha Mendez’s salsa band, with singer Rafael Herrera, pianist Andy Kingston, violinist Carla Kountoupes, and bassist Tanya Nuñez; joined by percussionists J.J. Oviedo and Fred Simpson and horn players Robert Beasley, Nathan Kingston, and Eliana O’brien; DJ Luz Skylarker opens; 8 p.m. July 29; $25; nachamendezscholarship .com.
Taos School of Music Chamber Music Festival Taos Community Auditorium, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Brentano String Quartet, with pianist Thomas Sauer; music of Haydn, Brahms, and Beethoven; 4 p.m. July 30: $10-$35; taosschoolofmusic .com/tickets.
The Lil Smokies
Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership Stage, 20 ABC Mesa Road, 575-758-1900 Fusion of folk music, pop medley, and bluegrass; 7:30 p.m. July 30; $25; tickets.lensic360.org/tickets/415708.
Performance Santa Fe Festival of Song Scottish Rite Center, 463 Paseo de Peralta
Mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey and baritone Huw Montague Rendall, July 30; soprano Ailyn Pérez and tenor Robert Watson, Aug. 6; soprano Lauren Snouffer and tenor Rolando Villazón, Aug. 13; $45-$95; secure.performancesantafe.org.
Groovetrain & Gratitone Paradiso, 903 Early Street, 505-577-5248
Funk and blues band and DJ sets; 7 p.m. Aug. 3; $20 at the door; email benvahraus@gmail.com for tickets and information.
Heartless Bastards
Tumbleroot Distillery and Brewery, 2791 Agua Fría Street, 505-393-5135 Austin, Texas-based rock band; Matthew Logan Vasquez opens; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5; $25; tickets.ampconcerts.org/tickets/414006.
Rob Scheps
Club Legato, 125 E. Palace Avenue, 505-988-9232
Jazz saxophonist/composer, with Robert Fox on piano, Cyrus Campbell on bass, and John Trentacosta on drums; 6 p.m. Aug. 11; $30 and $35; santafemusiccollective.org.
Hillary Smith
Dave’s Jazz Bistro, Santa Fe Cooking School,125 N. Guadalupe Street, 800-982-4688
Blues vocalist; 6:30 p.m. Aug. 12; $175 (dinner show); santafeschoolofcooking.com.
Los Lobos
The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Place, 505-557-6182
The rock band performs in support of United Way of North Central New Mexico; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12; $39-$200; tickets.lensic360.org/ tickets/417275.
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership Stage, 20 ABC Mesa Road, 575-758-1900 R&B singer-guitarist; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13; $23; tickets.lensic360 .org/tickets/416069.
Jess Williamson
Tumbleroot Distillery and Brewery, 2791 Agua Fría Street, 505-393-5135 Time Ain’t Accidental tour; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18; $20; tickets.lensic360 .org/tickets/417001.
The Wailers
Taos Mesa Brewing Amphitheater, 20 ABC Mesa Road, 575-758-1900 U.S. tour; 5 p.m. Aug. 20; $30, kids 12 and under $8; tickets.ampconcerts.org.
W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havoc) Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, 505-395-6369
Resurrection tour of the 1970’s-era Zambian rock band; doors 7 p.m. Aug. 22; $30; tickets.meowwolf.com/events.
Santa Fe Tradfest
Camp Stoney, 7855 Old Santa Fe Trail, 505-820-3166
Including Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, Kathy Kallick Band, Bruce Molsky, and Lone Piñon; plus, jam sessions and workshops; Aug. 25-27; $20-$60, ages 12 and under no charge, full weekend pass $70 (early bird), $80 on Aug. 1; santafetradfest.org.
Hummingbird Rising
Institute of American Indian Arts Blackbox Theater, 83 Avan Nu Po Road Singer Madi Sato’s narrative; 7 p.m. Aug. 25, 2 p.m. Aug. 26; $25 at the door an online; praisingearth.org/thunderous-events.
John Gorka
San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail
Singer-songwriter; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 25; $35; southwestrootsmusic.org.
Blossoms & Bones Ghost Ranch Music Fest 280 Private Drive, 1708 US 84, Abiquiú
Including Ocie Elliott, Rising Appalachia, The Beths, and Japanese Breakfast; gates 9 p.m. Aug. 25; two-day pass $235; holdmyticket. com/tickets/414336.
Meredith Monk
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Avant-garde composer/performer, with Katie Geissinger and Allison Sniffin; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26; $29-$49; lensic.org/events.
An Evening with Judy Collins Kimo Theatre, 423 Central Avenue NW, Albuquerque
On tour; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30; $45-$75; holdmyticket.com/tickets/416334.
Lyle Lovett and the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, 505-986-5900
Benefit for the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3; $40-$210; tickets.lensic360.org/tickets/416148.
New Mexico Jazz Festival
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Vibraphonist Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sept. 15; Christian Mcbride, Sept. 16; $29-$55; lensic.org/events.
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 New-york City-style Latin jazz; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17; $49-$75; lensic.org/events.
Jimmie Vaughan & the Tilt-a-whirl Band
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street 505-988-1234 On the road again; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18; $35-$55; lensic.org/events.
Mariachi Herencia de México
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Chicago-based group, with vocalist La Marisoul; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28; $39 and $69; lensic.org/events.
Brent Cobb
Tumbleroot Distillery and Brewery, 2791 Agua Fría Street, 505-393-5135 The singer-songwriter on his Southern Star tour; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1; $20; tickets.lensic360.org/tickets/417186.
Girl Named Tom
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Harmonizing trio, Bekah, Joshua, and Caleb Liechty; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1; $34-$49; lensic360.org.
Wilco
Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 Second Street NW Alternative-rock band; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1; tickets start at $36; tickets.lensic360.org/tickets/416554.
Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Spectral Lines tour; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2; $30-$45; lensic.org/events.
Arturo Sandoval
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234
Jazz trumpeter, touring in support of Rhythm and Soul; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3; $35-$115; secure.performancesantafe.org/8823/8861.
Corinne Bailey Rae
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 On the Black Rainbows tour; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5; $44-$69; lensic.org/ events.
The Zombies
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees on tour in support of Different Game; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9; $44-$144; lensic.org/events.
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers
Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria Street, 505-393-5135
Blues rockers; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10; $25; tickets.lensic360.org/tickets/414470.
R. Carlos Nakai Trio
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Native flutist, joined by guitarist William Eaton and percussionist Will Clipman; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12; $29-$45; lensic.org/events.
Pat Metheny
Kimo Theatre, 423 Central Avenue NW, Albuquerque
Solo tour in support of Dream Box; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14; $55-$80; holdmyticket.com/tickets/414805.
Anoushka Shankar
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Sitar virtuoso; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20; $49-$79; lensic.org/events.
On Stage
Shakespeare Duets: Turn & Change
New Mexico Actors Lab Theater, 1213 Parkway Drive
Incite Shakespeare Company Santa Fe presents scenes from Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar, performed by Andrew Codispoti and Ariana Karp, July 27-30; $30 suggested donation; iscsantafe.org.
Shakespeare in the Garden
Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-471-9103 Santa Fe Classic Theater presents Much Ado About Nothing;
July 27-Aug. 20; $40 and $60; santafeclassictheater.org.
Stars of American Ballet
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Principals and soloists, directed by choreographer Daniel Ulbricht; $40-$125; program I, 7:30 p.m. July 28, secure.performancesantafe .org/8688/8689; program II, 7:30 p.m. July 29, secure.performance santafe.org/8783/8786.
City Mice
Teatro Paraguas, 3205-B Calle Marie, 505-424-1601
Z Productions presents Rosemary Zibarts’ comedy about two brothers hashing out their differences with the aid of poetry and pot; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Aug. 3-13; $20 and $25; city-mice.ticketleap.com.
Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 Canadian modern-dance troupe, featuring The Rite of Spring;
8 p.m. Sept. 2; $36-$114; lensic.org/events.
Happenings
Fifth Annual Dog Days of Summer
Vista Grande Public Library, 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado, 505-466-7323 Española Humane puppy and kitten adoption event; also, meet and greet a group of service dogs; 1-3:30 p.m. July 22; vglibrary.org.
The Complex Self
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, 505-989-1199
Artist Rachel Rose joins a panel of Santa Fe Institute researchers in a discussion of recent thinking on the emergence of life and the process of learning in response to her exhibit Goodnight Moon; 2 p.m. July 22; $5; sitesantafe.org.
Meow Wolf Monster Battle Downtown Plaza
Free, costumed dance (come as your favorite monster), with DJS Snaggy, Spoolius, and The Muse; 4-9 p.m. July 25; meowwolf.com/events.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, 505-988-1234 A presentation by Santa Fe Institute prof. Melanie Mitchell; 7:30 p.m. July 25; free tickets available online; lensic.org/events.
Objects of Art & American Indian/tribal Santa Fe
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia, 505-992-0591 Historic and contemporary art and antiquities, represented by 40-plus galleries and exhibitors; Aug. 10: Early Buyer Thursday ($200), benefit preview, in support of Native Art New Mexico and El Museo ($100); show: Aug. 11-13; $20 per day, $30 run of show; objectsofartsantafe.com.
Art of Change
Santa Fe Art Institute, Midtown Campus, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 505-424-5050
SFAI’S changing climate-themed fundraiser Aug. 10, featuring artist Mel Chin; cocktail reception 5:30 p.m., community dinner 6:30 p.m., artist talk 8 p.m.; $250; Chin’s presentation only, $20; sfai.org/eventscalendar.
Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy Street, 800-777-2489
Preview opening 6-9 p.m. Aug. 11, $100, includes run-of-show admission; show days 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 12-14, $20, three-day pass $30, allows entrance to Objects of Art & American Indian/tribal show at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe (Aug. 11-13); whitehawkshows.com/ tickets.
Stand Up for Nature
Santa Fe Preparatory School’s Sun Mountain Field, 1101 Camino de Cruz Blanca
Santa Fe Conservation Trust’s 30th anniversary celebration, with a performance by Joe West & Friends and catered food and drinks; 6 p.m. Aug. 12; $175; sfct.org/events/sun.
Wheelwright Museum 48th Annual Benefit Event 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636
Including donated and consigned jewelry, textiles, pottery, and baskets; early bird admission 4-6 p.m. Aug. 16, $20; free admission 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 17, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 18; wheelwright.org/benefit.
Third Annual Case Trading Post Artists Market
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, 505-982-4636 Works by established and emerging Native artists; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 19; free admission.
Vintage to Contemporary Pop-up
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia, 505-992-0591 Exhibitors from Objects of Art & American Indian/tribal Santa Fe and Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show; preview 6 p.m. Aug. 17, $50; show days 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 18-20, $10; objectsofartshow.com/pop-up.
Indigenousways Festival
Santa Fe Railyard Park, South Guadalupe Street and Paseo de Peralta Poet Joy Harjo, guitarist Larry Mitchell, and singer-songwriter Charly Lowry; plus, food trucks and activities; 5-9 p.m. Aug. 18; indigenousways.org.
31st Zia Regional Rodeo
Rodeo de Santa Fe Grounds, 3237 Rodeo Road
Rodeo class for beginners, 11 a.m. Aug. 25; live music and entertainment, 7-11 p.m. Aug. 25; rodeo competitions (animal friendly breakaway calf roping, team roping, barrel racing, and bull and steer riding, 11 a.m. Aug. 26 and 27); $15 daily, $20 for two days, ages 11 and under no charge; nmgra.org and at the gate. Food and western-retail vendors on site. Camping available; $100 for 4 nights/5 days.
Angels Under the Stars Gala
Spanish Colonial Arts Museum, Museum Hill Café, and International Folk Art Museum
A fundraiser for the nonprofit Kitchen Angels; 5-9 p.m. Aug. 26; cocktails, followed by dinner and desert; $300; kitchenangels.org.
99th Burning of Zozobra
Fort Marcy Park, Bishops Lodge and Hyde Park Roads
Old Man Gloom goes up in flame Sept. 1; in a 2000’s millenniumera-themed dance party; $20-$299, ages 10 and under no charge; burnmygloom.com/tickets.