WHEN: Wednesday, August 5 through Sunday, August 9
Experience life as a mountain man (and mountain woman) during this annual celebration of 19th-century life in New Mexico. People dressed in period clothing sell authentic and reproduced items, while musicians perform music from the era and the whole family can participate in games and activities.

WHEN: Gala Preview Opening, 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, August 17; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, August 18 and Wednesday, August 19
Whitehawk's 31st Annual Invitational Antique Indian Art Show, the largest and longest running show for historic antique Indian art, features a dazzling array of items, including Northwest Coast masks, Plains beadwork and Southwest pottery.

WHEN: 5 p.m. Wednesday, August 19
The Institute of American Indian Arts hosts a dinner and auction to benefit the College of Contemporary Native Arts students. The evening includes a performance by the NAMMY Award-Winning group Walela.

WHEN: August 20-21
This annual auction benefits the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, with a Silent Auction and Live Auction Preview from 4-6 p.m. on Aug. 20. On Aug. 21, the Collector's Table runs from 9-10:30 a.m. and the Art-for-Wear Designer Showcase runs from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Live Auction preview runs from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and the Live Auction starts at 1 p.m.

WHEN: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, August 22; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, August 23
Don’t miss this world-famous market if you’re a fan of Native American art and culture. More than 1,000 artists sell their pottery, weaving, jewelry, basketry and other traditional work.

WHEN: August 30, 2009-February 21, 2010
This exhibit focuses on Native fashion, from handmade clothing and accessories of the 1880s to contemporary Native designs .

WHEN: Friday, July 3 through Saturday, August 29
This year, the world-renowned Santa Fe Opera stages La Traviata, Don Giovanni, The Elixir of Love, Alceste, and the world premiere of The Letter.

WHEN: Sunday, July 19th-Monday, August 24th
The acclaimed Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival presents its 37th season, featuring more than 80 concerts, including world premieres as well as youth concerts and open rehearsals.

WHEN: July 6 through August 10
It's time for the annual Santa Fe Bandstand series, which offers fun, free concerts on the Santa Fe Plaza stage. This year's 89 performances by local as well as national touring acts cover a huge range of musical genres, from opera to blues, rock, reggae, country, world beat, Latin and more.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 7 through Friday, August 7
The acclaimed Santa Fe Desert Chorale presents its 27th Summer Season, featuring 13 performances of five programs.

WHEN: 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, June 23 through September 6
Enjoy the fiery passion of Spanish flamenco music and dance performed by this internationally renowned company.

WHEN: Saturday, September 5-Sunday, September 6
Santa Fe's 400th Anniversary kicks off this Labor Day weekend with ¡Viva Santa Fe!, a free multi-cultural festival in Mager's Field from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with cooking demos, musical performances, dance workshops and artist's demos.
The celebration continues both nights with concerts on the Ball Park's Main Stage. Saturday evening from 5:30 to 10 p.m. features Grammy-winning Native American drum group Black Eagle, Navajo rock band Blackfire, Oaxacan-native singer Lila Downs with a 15-piece women's band, King of New Mexico Music Tobias Rene and the Grammy-winning band Ozomatli.
Sunday night at 7:30 p.m., the Santa Fe Symphony presents "Symphony Under the Stars," with music by Gershwin, Bernstein, Mexican composers Moncayo and Galindo, Santa Fe's own Jose Garcia and more. The concert will close with a dazzling display of fireworks.
You can buy concert tickets from The Lensic.
Don't miss this exciting launch of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary celebrations!

WHEN: Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, September 14
The oldest community event in the U.S. commemorates the reoccupation of Santa Fe led by Don Diego de Vargas in 1692, a dozen years after the Pueblo Indian Revolt. The city pulls out all the stops for this annual celebration, starting with the Burning of Zozobra, the dramatic torching of a 49-foot tall marionette that groans and grimaces as he goes up in flames and fireworks at Fort Marcy Park, burning away everyone's troubles from the past year. His ending marks the beginning of Fiesta, filled with music, dance, food, the beloved Children's Pet Parade, religious ceremonies and more. Blending pageantry with revelry and treasured traditions, Fiesta is a favorite time for visitors and locals alike!

WHEN: September 23-27
Devoted to the fruitful pairing of wine and chile, this annual fiesta features more than 100 wineries and more than 70 Santa Fe chefs participating in seminars, cooking demonstrations, guest chef luncheons, winemaker dinners, the famous Grand Food & Wine Tasting and the Gruet Golf Classic.

WHEN: June 5 through September 13, 2009
More than 65 American Impressionist paintings from the Phillips Collection are touring the country, and they visit Santa Fe for an exhibit that honors the incredible creativity of Impressionism.

WHEN: May 24, 2009 through April 14, 2010
This inaugural exhibit in the New Mexico History Museum's Changing Gallery features clothing and accessories from nearly two centuries worn for special occasions. Outfits for christenings, weddings, opera openings, military service and more are on display, and visitors can also learn about fashion evolution in New Mexico through a variety of interactive exhibits.

WHEN: May 15 through August 16
This traveling exhibit showcases more than 500 objects of Southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes from the Evergrand Museum in Taiwan. The exhibit features rare costumes from 15 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups, exploring the meanings associated with the production and use of indigenous clothing.

WHEN: Sunday, March 8 through March 10, 2010
Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia pays tribute to Indonesia's shadow puppet performance, which is among the world's oldest and greatest storytelling traditions. This exhibit celebrates the flat leather puppets that are colorfully decorated and perforated, which creates dramatic shadows when performed. These puppet performances are used to mark life's passages in Indonesia.

WHEN: Sunday, February 15 through January 2, 2010
This exhibit showcases original, bilingual illustrated children's books created from the 1920s through today by Pueblo, Apache, Navajo and Hopi artists.

WHEN: November 21, 2008 through October 25, 2009
This exhibit, honoring Santa Fe's 400th anniversary, celebrates the many photographers who have focused their lenses on Santa Fe, contributing to a visual record of Santa Fe history and adding to Santa Fe's world-famous mystique.

WHEN: October 19 through June 6, 2010
Cochiti and Santo Domingo pueblos may be separated by the Rio Grande, but for centuries they shared ceramic traditions. Influences from the outside world, however, brought major changes that resulted in the pueblos pursuing markedly different paths in their pottery styles. With 250 pieces from the museum's collection, this exhibit illustrates those differences, and provides a fascinating look at the history and communities of these pueblos.