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: 6 p.m. Friday, July 3 and 2 p.m. Saturday, July 4
Students of Wise Fool New Mexico's 7th annual Women's Circus Workshops present their new skills in a show featuring stilt walking, juggling, clowning, acrobatics and performances on aerial fabric and trapeze.

WHEN: 12 noon to 6 p.m July 4 and 5
Sample wines produced by more than a dozen New Mexico winemakers at this annual festival, then buy your favorites to take home. The event also includes live music and food, as well as arts and crafts for sale.

WHEN: 5 p.m. Saturday, July 4
Ride the Santa Fe Southern Railway to Lamy for a barbecue supper, accompanied by live music. Then ride back and view Santa Fe's fireworks show from the train!

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: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 11; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 12
More than 100 artists from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe trek to Santa Fe to sell their weaving, pottery, bead work and so much more at the world's largest international folk art market. This year brings a Thursday night Kick-Off Concert on the Plaza and an Artist's Welcome Preview and Benefit on Friday.

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: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays June 10 through July 22
This annual concert series pairs the great outdoors with a variety of bands playing jazz, folk and world beat music. What better place for a picnic than on the St. John's College athletic field listening to live music on balmy summer evenings? Bring your own or buy sandwiches and beverages there. Best of all, it's free so bring the whole family!

WHEN: July 14 through 26
Enjoy two weeks of performances and other events by world acclaimed and local jazz masters, including the Dave and Don Grusin Quartet and The Mingus Dynasty in this annual festival, held in both Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

WHEN: Sunday, July 19th through 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: Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26
ART Santa Fe, the prestigious annual contemporary art fair, brings together collectors, artists and representatives from more than 55 galleries around the world. The fair showcases work by acclaimed masters and cutting-edge artists. New York Times' art critic Michael Kimmelman presents this year's lecture.

WHEN: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 25; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26
The 58th Annual Traditional Spanish Market, features more than 250 acclaimed Hispanic artists whose hand-carved figures of saints (bultos), painted images of saints on wood panels (retablos), tinwork, weavings, straw appliqué, furniture and other items reflect northern New Mexico's fascinating Spanish heritage.

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: 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: 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: 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.