Santa Fe, NM – The 60th Traditional Spanish Market will be celebrated Saturday and Sunday, July 30 & 31, 2011 on the Santa Fe Plaza.  A popular event for residents and visitors alike, Spanish Market features handmade traditional arts by over 200 local Hispanic artists as well as continuous live music and dance, art demonstrations and regional foods. A separate youth exhibition area also features the work of some 100 emerging artists. The Market provides a unique opportunity for visitors to enjoy a taste of New Mexico’s vibrant Spanish culture, both past and present. 
Admission is free.

Visit http://www.spanishcolonial.org/market.php

Contemporary Hispanic Market is organized and run by an artist committee which consists of 12 members.The Market is held outdoors on Lincoln Avenue next to the Santa Fe Plaza and is held yearly during the last weekend of July. There will be 134 booths with many medium forms of artwork created by New Mexico Hispanic resident Artists and is open 8am-5pm each day and free to the public.

http://contemporaryhispanicmarket.com/summer_market.php

It wouldn’t be summer without an old-fashioned trip along the Mother Road and the Route 66 Association of New Mexico aims to please with its annual New Mexico Route 66 Motor Tour July 22-24, 2011.

Up to 150 vehicles – auto, motorcycle, travel trailer or bicycle, classic to contemporary – will traverse the state from Tucumcari to Gallup. The tour is not a race; participants are free to stop whenever and wherever the mood strikes. Each community along the way will join in the festivities, be it a car show, sidewalk sale or barbecue lunch.

Call 505-620-5276, 294-6000 or visit www.rt66nm.org

The 2011 season offers five distinctive operas spanning several centuries of music, each unique and memorable.  It opens with Gounod’s Faust, the timeless story of a man who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for another chance at youth.  The opera is filled with some of the most beautiful music in all of opera.  Next comes the great Parisian love story, Puccini’s La Boheme.  Third on the schedule Vivaldi’s Griselda, with its first major performance in the United States, and a production that shifts the timetable from the 18th century to 21st century New Mexico.  Everyone will have a jolly time at Menotti’s The Last Savage, placed in the American 60s; think Mad Men goes to the opera, and last, a 20th century masterpiece, Alban Berg’s brilliant Wozzeck.  Nowhere else will audiences find such an array from which to choose.

Whether you are an opera novice or a seasoned aficionado, the Santa Fe Opera is a must.

Call 800-280 4654 or www.santafeopera.org

First held in 1971 as an outdoor “tent” show, the Ruidoso Art Festival has evolved into an annual event which attracts thousands of art enthusiasts. Now an indoor event held at the Ruidoso Convention Center, artists arrive from around the United States to display a dazzling array of fine art. The Ruidoso Art Festival also features a Silent Auction to benefit the Chamber’s Special Project Fund which funds philanthropic endeavors in local communities.

Art lovers, from the serious collector to the first-time buyer, will be sure to discover treasures to complement any lifestyle or budget at the Ruidoso Art Festival.

Visit http://www.ruidosonow.com/art-festival/

Since it was founded in 1972, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has become one of the world’s preeminent music festivals, guided by a visionary spirit and dedicated to artistic excellence and innovation. Contributing to its magic is the Festival’s unique Santa Fe setting, nestled amid the timeless splendors of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Concerts take place in the intimate, historic St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, and at Simms Auditorium at Albuquerque Academy.

Visit http://www.sfcmf.org/

The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and Taos Ski Valley Chamber of Commerce are very excited to present the 3rd Annual Taos Mountain Music Festival. Taos Ski Valley is the perfect venue for an outdoor music festival which sits on four acres of National Forest land and is surrounded by the towering Sangre de Cristo Mountains. We bring to you a wide spectrum of music from Blues to Rock, Hip-Hop to Country and Latin grooves echoed by the dub of reggae jam beats. The sound waves coming from the main stage will appeal to all.

We invite you to a weekend in the mountains to enjoy great music with good friends, family and neighbors alike. Kids under 11 are free.

See you there rain or shine.

This years line up features MATISYAHU, LEFTOVER SALMON, OZOMATLI, RAILROAD EARTH, AFROMAN, DANGERMUFFIN, ORGONE, LANGHORNE SLIM, RYAN MCGARVEY and more acts to be announced check website for full details and where to purchase tickets for a great festival weekend in Northern New Mexico.

Visit http://www.skitaos.org/ or http://taosmountainmusicfestival.com/