January 2026 Events
Through January 3
ENTREFLAMENCO HOLIDAY 2025 — EL FLAMENCO CABARET
7:30 p.m. (Doors 6:15 p.m.)
135 W. Palace Ave, 2nd Floor, Santa Fe
2022 NYC Bessie Artist Spanish Flamenco dancer Antonio Granjero presents the 2025 Holiday season at performance venue EL FLAMENCO CABARET along with his company, Entreflamenco 2017 Mayor’s Arts Award Winner. The show features Granjero and his company of Spaniards in an all new full-length dance and music production. Performances run from November 28th through January 3rd, 2026, doors open for food and drink at 6:15pm, show begins at 7:30pm. EL FLAMENCO CABARET is located at 135 W. Palace Ave 2nd floor. Entreflamenco programming is partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Department of Arts & Culture and the 1% Lodgers Tax for the Arts, NM Arts, the NM Department of Cultural Affairs and the WESTAF Creative Artist Fund.
Through January 4
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (BROADWAY REVIVAL VERSION) — SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
142 E. De Vargas St., Santa Fe
This holiday season at the Santa Fe Playhouse, audiences help solve the mystery in Rupert Holmes’ Tony Award-winning musical based on Dickens’ final novel. With a Victorian setting, lively score, and interactive twist, The Mystery of Edwin Drood changes with each performance featuring a different ending every night.
January 2 onward
RESURRECTION — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
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Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
In a future where humanity has traded dreams for immortality, an outcast finds beauty and nightmarish visions in a world of his own making. Directed by Bi Gan, this imaginative journey explores human desire across shifting, collapsing worlds.
January 2
KAILI BLUES — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
8 a.m.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
A dreamlike odyssey following a doctor’s quest through time and space to find his brother’s child, featuring an astounding forty-one-minute tracking shot.
January 2 onward
THE NORTH FACE PRESENTS: FIRST DESCENTS — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
The North Face Presents First Descents, high-altitude storytelling featuring two films that travel from the Himalayas to The Great Trango Towers to celebrate exploration and resilience.
January 2 onward
ANDREI TARKOVSKY’S SOLARIS — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
A psychologist sent to investigate a remote space station encounters strange phenomena in this science-fiction epic that explores the depths of human consciousness, love, and truth.
January 3
2026 SINGLES CELEBRATION: THE AFTER NEW YEAR’S DANCE PARTY — THE MYSTIC SANTA FE
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
2810 Cerrillos Road
Singles are invited to dance into the New Year and make new connections at this community-curated Spotify dance party. Attendees upload their favorite songs to the playlist, spinning the energy for the night in a relaxed, vibrant atmosphere. Limit 2–3 song submissions per person. FREE (No cover; $5 donation to Local Singles groups appreciated).
January 9 onward
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Estranged siblings reunite after years apart to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.
January 9 onward
NIGHT ON EARTH — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Jim Jarmusch directs an international cast in five hilarious tales of urban displacement and existential angst across five cities and five taxicabs.
January 9 onward
DEAD MAN — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
A surreal revisionist western following accountant William Blake on a spiritual journey through an existential wasteland, featuring a live-wire score by Neil Young.
January 9 onward
THE SEALED SOIL — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
The earliest surviving feature directed by an Iranian woman, this masterstroke of world cinema chronicles a young woman’s resistance to forced marriage and her family’s misinterpreted reaction.
January 10
I PURITANI — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
11:00 a.m.
211 W. San Francisco Street
For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. This screening of the Met’s first new production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years features a world-beating quartet of stars: soprano Lisette Oropesa, tenor Lawrence Brownlee, baritone Artur Ruciński, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn. The production is conducted by Marco Armiliato.
January 13
EL SAILON: CODE RED: AI, PRIVACY & CIVIL LIBERTIES — BOXCAR
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
133 W. Water St.
Hosted by RealmIQ Events, this urgent conversation features host Curt Doty and Dr. Lena Weber of the ACLU New Mexico. Together, they will unpack the real-world impacts of surveillance technology, the invisible spread of data misuse, and the bold statewide movement to build laws that protect civil liberties in a digitized world. The discussion focuses on protecting people, not just data, asking what happens when AI watches us before we know it’s there.
January 16
YOUNG MOTHERS — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
In a Liège shelter, four young women navigate the challenges of early motherhood while striving to break cycles of neglect and build stable futures for their children.
January 16 onward
HAMNET — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, this film explores the powerful love story and tragic loss that inspired William Shakespeare to write his timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
January 16 onward
MAGELLAN — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
A globe-spanning epic from filmmaker Lav Diaz that reimagines Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage and the colonization of the Philippines as a radical retelling of European narratives of discovery.
January 16
THE SECRET AGENT — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
In 1977 Brazil, a researcher becomes a target of the dictatorship’s political maelstrom and must navigate mercenary killers and underground resistance to escape with his young son.
January 16 & 17
THE BLUEBIRD CAFE X BISHOP’S LODGE: SANTA FE LIVE MUSIC 2026
6 p.m.
Bunkhouse Great Room at Bishop’s Lodge, 1297 Bishop’s Lodge Rd.
Nashville’s influential Bluebird Cafe returns to Santa Fe for an exclusive “In The Round” songwriter performance. The event brings chart-topping writers to the Bunkhouse Great Room to share the stories behind their music. Optional post-show dining is available at SkyFire.
January 17
WREATH RETRIEVAL DAY — HONORING & REMEMBERING NEW MEXICO VETERANS
10 a.m.
Santa Fe National Cemetery
Volunteer to participate in the respectful final act of the Wreaths for New Mexico Veterans program. Join the community during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend to carefully gather and remove the memorial wreaths from the veterans’ graves at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
January 17
FAMILY CONCERT — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
11:00 a.m. (Activities begin at 10:30 a.m.)
211 W. San Francisco Street
Experience the magic of opera with The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in a fun, 45-minute family concert featuring familiar favorites, a lively narrator, and audience participation. This relaxed performance welcomes all ages and energy levels to move, dance, or make joyful sounds. FREE (Tickets required; each reservation must include at least one child under 18).
January 17
SPEAK. + FILMMAKER Q&A! — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
6:30 p.m.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
A documentary following five teenage orators competing at the high-stakes NSDA Nationals, featuring a post-screening Q&A with the filmmaker to discuss the power of youth voices.
January 18
OPERATIC FAVORITES — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
4:00 p.m. 211 W. San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 Start the New Year with an exciting program featuring favorites from the world of opera, performed by members of The Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus. This “night at the opera” features overtures and melodies from The Magic Flute, Carmen, The Barber of Seville, I Pagliacci, and other masterworks.
January 20
MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
7 p.m.
211 W. San Francisco Street
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the first time in this production of Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. Filmed live from the West End and directed by Dominic Cooke, the play explores the clash between morality and independence as Vivie Warren discovers the controversial source of her mother’s fortune.
January 21
PECHAKUCHA NIGHT VOL. 28: AWE — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
6 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
211 W. San Francisco Street
Presented by Creative Santa Fe and the Lensic,
PechaKucha Night Vol. 28: AWE invites the community to explore moments of wonder through the fast-paced PechaKucha format (20 slides x 20 seconds). Nine presenters—including Reese Baker, Nancy Conrad, and Mani Garcia—will share perspectives ranging from mycelium networks to spiritual metamorphosis. The evening is co-hosted by Sorakamol Prapasiri and Max Neutra, concluding with a shared audience-choir moment led by Sonja Bruzauskas.
January 22
CLOSER LOOKS: ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
6:00 p.m.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
A special screening of Zacharias Kunuk’s arctic epic about an Inuit hunter’s escape from a cycle of vengeance, featuring an introduction and slideshow by programmer Cole Forrest.
January 23 onward
OBEX — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail In 1987, a secluded man becomes trapped in an analog hellscape after playing a mysterious computer game in this surreally nostalgic, lo-fi fantasy shot in striking black and white.
January 23 onward
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule. 1050 Old Pecos Trail Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut is a raw, unflinching portrait of survival and self-invention based on Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir, following a woman’s visceral journey through trauma, addiction, and art.
January 23 onward
ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
A multigenerational drama tracing seven decades of a Palestinian family’s history, following a teenager’s involvement in a West Bank protest and his mother’s account of their survival and dispossession.
January 25
WINTER ORCHESTRA CONCERT — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
3 p.m. (Meet the Music pre-concert talk at 2:00 p.m.)
211 W. San Francisco Street
Pro Musica presents its Winter Orchestra Concert, conducted by Micah Gleason. The all-Mozart program features Symphony No. 36 (“Linz”), Violin Concerto No. 5 (“Turkish”) with violinist Gabriel Ingliss, and Piano Concerto No. 24 with pianist Rafael Ingliss. A “Meet the Music” pre-concert talk begins one hour before the performance. Tickets: Prices vary based on seating selection.
January 27
BLADE RUNNER LIVE — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
7:30 p.m. 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501 Experience Ridley Scott’s cult classic Blade Runner like never before, with the film’s iconic synthesizer-led score performed live by The Avex Ensemble, perfectly synchronized with the motion picture. The stylish noir thriller follows detective Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) as he hunts four renegade replicants, a mission complicated by his growing feelings for Rachael (Sean Young), a replicant he is sent to investigate.
January 28
BILLY F GIBBONS AND THE BFG BAND — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
6:00 p.m. 211 W. San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 Billy F Gibbons, the instantly recognizable centerpiece of ZZ Top, brings his signature beard, African headgear, and down ‘n dirty growl to the Lensic. Widely regarded as one of the world’s finest blues-rock guitarists, Gibbons and his band will perform a mix of blues, pop, R&B, country, and more, likely featuring hits like “La Grange” and “Sharp Dressed Man.”
January 29
INTER ALIA — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
7:00 p.m. 211 W. San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 National Theatre Live presents Inter Alia, a searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity from the team behind Prima Facie (writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin). The story follows Jessica Parks, a Crown Court Judge at the peak of her career, whose life as a judge, wife, and mother is thrown off balance by a threatening event.
January 30
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Based on true events, this acclaimed drama follows Red Crescent volunteers attempting to rescue a six-year-old girl trapped under fire, blending dramatization with a powerful reality.
January 30
ISLANDS — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule. 1050 Old Pecos Trail In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort becomes the prime suspect in a missing persons mystery after an enigmatic tourist’s husband disappears.
January 30 onward
SOUND OF FALLING — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule.
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Spanning a century on a single farm in northern Germany, this film follows four young women whose lives mirror one another as the walls of their shared home reveal long-hidden secrets.
January 30 onward
FIUME O MORTE! — CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Various, please check the schedule. 1050 Old Pecos Trail Croatian filmmaker Igor Bezinović explores the 1919 invasion of Fiume by poet Gabriele D’Annunzio through a darkly comic hybrid of archival footage and brashly anachronistic re-enactments featuring modern-day residents.
January 31
JOAN OSBORNE AND KT TUNSTALL — LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
7:30 p.m.
211 W. San Francisco Street
Grammy-nominated Joan Osborne and Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall unite for an unforgettable co-bill benefit concert supporting the Española Humane Society. The evening promises iconic hits and a powerful, genre-spanning performance from these two acclaimed artists.
Last Friday Art Walk
Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
Last Friday of Every Month, 5 – 7 p.m.
For an exciting world-class contemporary art experience, visit Santa Fe’s hip Railyard Arts District for the Last Friday Art Walk.
Tuesday Market
Santa Fe Railyard
Tuesdays, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Shop at your leisure and avoid busy crowds at the scaled-down, but no less generous, Santa Fe Farmer’s Tuesday Market in the Railyard, including Artisan Market vendors, as well as the Market Café and Gift Shop.
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Meow Wolf
10 a.m – 8 p.m., Sunday – Thursday; 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday
An arts production company that creates immersive, multimedia experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms.
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Santa Fe Farmers Market
Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Voted one of the Top Ten Farmers’ Markets by Sunset Magazine, this is one of the oldest, largest, and most successful growers’ markets in the country.
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Margarita Rail
Sky Railway
In a nod to the famous Santa Fe Margarita Trail, you’ll get amazing views and live music on a tour de tequila, as you travel the historic rail between Santa Fe and Lamy. Ticket includes seat, a complimentary drink, and live entertainment.
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The Stargazer
Sky Railway
See the New Mexico night sky through the eyes of professional guides who will entertain you with tales of the stars, constellations and planets that have been passed down for generations, as you travel the historic rail between Santa Fe and Lamy. Ticket includes seat, a complimentary glass of champagne and live music.
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New Mexico Ale Trail
Sky Railway
Sit back and enjoy unique locally crafted suds and the gorgeous views of the New Mexico landscape, as you travel the historic rail between Santa Fe and Lamy. Ticket includes seat, samples, a complimentary beer and live entertainment.
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Serenata Flamenca
Sky Railway
Enjoy Flamenco music and dance, along with the beautiful scenery of the Galisteo Basin, as you travel the historic rail between Santa Fe and Lamy. Ticket includes seat, a complimentary glass of champagne and live entertainment.
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Vamanos Santa Fe Walks
The Santa Fe Conservation Trust offers free walks through some of Northern New Mexico’s most scenic preserves, led by experts who can answer all your burning questions. There are 30 free walks and hikes from May through October.
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90s Night
Social Kitchen + Bar
Every Monday, 4 – 10 p.m.
Located within the Sage Hotel, The Social Kitchen + Bar invites you to remember your youth on 90s Night, every Monday.
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LGBT “Plus Plus” Night
Social Kitchen + Bar
Every Thursday, 4 – 10 p.m.
Located within the Sage Hotel, The Social Kitchen + Bar invites you to their weekly LGBT “Plus Plus” Night, every Thursday.
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The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company
New Mexico’s oldest and most award-winning microbrewery, with concerts happening weekly.
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La Fiesta Lounge
Enjoy casual New Mexican cuisine, enticing cocktails and eclectic live music by talented locals every night of the week.
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Meow Wolf
Named one of the best small music venues in the country by Yelp, catch eclectic performers from around the world, every week.
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Social Kitchen + Bar
Located inside the Sage Hotel in the heart of Santa Fe, this fun little bar dishes up south by southwest comfort cuisine, alongside themed nights, and music by regional favorites Second Chances on Wednesday nights, and the Widow Oxley on Friday nights.
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Tesuque Casino
Northern New Mexico’s newest casino offers up a limited menu and live music seven days a week, from popular bands and musicians.
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Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
Grab a bite and an award-winning brew, or a signature drink, and listen to the best music Santa Fe has to offer, from local legends to national touring acts.
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January 19 – February 1, 2024
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Unlimited Breadsticks
SFCC Visual Arts Gallery
Santa Fe Community College’s Art on Campus series presents an exhibition showcasing the art of SFCC Drawing and Painting instructors.
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