Hello Spring Breakers! Beyond being a fantastic destination for your family to enjoy dozens of activities with one another, did you know that you can choose from more than a thousand different live performances and art events each year in Santa Fe?! It’s true! And March has arrived to showcase a whole lot of art in our high-altitude capital city hamlet. So, while it may not be sure if it’s winter or spring, March is clearly excited to put on a show!
Dine Well at the 15th Annual Santa Fe Restaurant Week
The time to dine out in Santa Fe is always, but with Spring Break in Santa Fe, a refreshing winter chill, and early sunsets, March is the month to go. AND, the 15h annual Santa Restaurant Week makes that culinary adventure all the more possible. From March 2 through 11, dozens of your favorite establishments are excited to welcome diners with delicious, signature, value-priced dinners starting at $30 per person, plus lunches at participating restaurants. For a look at many of our fine culinary destinations in one spot, flip through our Santa Fe Menu Magazine.
SYMPHONY & CLASSICAL MUSIC
(Santa Fe Pro Musica)Classical music permeates The City Different in March with devoted local organizations inviting prominent musicians to our stages. March 22, the Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus presents Symphonic Dances, with a number from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. March 14 and 15, Santa Fe Pro Musica presents the annual Spring Orchestra Concert at the beautiful St. Francis Auditorium. March 28 & 29, the annual Holy Week Baroque Concert delights all.
COMEDY
(Wayward Comedy)
Santa Fe's comedic bone is evolving into a for-real funny bone with the Wayward Comedy group joking around weekly on Wednesdays at Chile Line Brewing. On March 24, check out John Waters: Going to Extremes at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.
THEATER + DANCE
(Entreflamenco)
The performing arts of theater and dance are alive and well in Santa Fe and have been for decades. Point of fact, Santa Fe Playhouse has been staging performances for 100+ years! It's the oldest, very-nearly-continuously operating theater west of the Mississippi. Check out their spring lineup or see what's happening in a handful of other small theaters throughout The City Different through Theatre Santa Fe. Or try a Santa Fe dance staple! We have a love affair with the dramatic and passionate moves of flamenco, and March is the perfect time for an evening performance in two very intimate settings (read: you are seated in such close proximity to the dancers, you can feel the heat!). Consider offerings during the Spring Season at Entreflamenco just off the Plaza from March 6 through June 28.
BANDS & MUSICIANS
(Lúnasa)Name a genre, name an instrument, and yes, Santa Fe is hosting your musical wish! Here's just a random smattering: On March 21, Band of Enchantment, a 14-piece swing band cajoles you to dance to all the Count Bassie-type faves from the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s at Paradiso. On March 15, the "hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet, Lúnasa, returns to Santa Fe for a special St. Patrick’s Day celebration at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, called by Folk Roots magazine "an Irish music dream team." Enjoy some jazz on March 7, 21, and 27 with The Bert Dalton Project, Doug Lawrence, and Julia Keefe at the chic venue Unit B. Or stop by every Wednesday for the Canyon Road Blues Jam at the rough and tumble Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery where a host of local musicians put on a spirited show. March 20 & 21, check out the Bluebird Cafe Songwriters Concert Series, a real treat straight from Nashville’s legendary listening room. If you love the snow, check out the local band scene on Saturdays up at Ski Santa Fe’s Totemoff’s Bar & Grill. How will you choose?
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
(Georgia O'Keeffe Museum)
Are you familiar with Santa Fe's museum scene? Check out a few of the newer museum exhibitions open for your meandering, contemplative pleasure: At the newest addition to our 20+, Vladem Contemporary, a second location for the New Mexico Museum of Art, you should see Lucy R. Lippard: Notes from the Radical Whirlwind before it goes at the beginning of August, features objects of activist ephemera that chart Lippard’s considerable activities over the years. Also consider Tewa Nangeh/Tewa Country through September 7 at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, which explores Tewa people, art, culture, and landscapes, while drawing awareness to the erasure of the Tewa presence from the story of Georgia O’Keeffe in Northern New Mexico. Stella Nall: Offerings from My Heart shows at IAIA's Museum of Contemporary Native Arts through June 14 with urgent questions of Indigenous identity, visibility, and belonging. Travel up to Museum Hill to explore any of those four museums, including the International Museum of Folk Art for Truths Be Told: Artists Activate Traditions. And the Governor's Gallery at the Roundhouse is always a fun trip.
FILM
(George R.R. Martin at Jean Cocteau Cinema)There's always a great film playing at one of our independent movies houses (Center for Contemporary Art, Sky Cinema, Jean Cocteau Cinema) or at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, so be sure to read through our blog on the topic and get your tix!
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