Events

Mayoral Debate 2025
Hutton Broadcasting, Mayoral Debate, Free
Hutton Broadcasting

Mayoral Debate 2025

Date and time:

This event features a non-partisan political debate with all mayoral candidates running in Santa Fe, NM for 2025. Tickets are free, all are welcome.

The Julia Keefe Indigenous Jazz Ensemble
Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
Lensic

The Julia Keefe Indigenous Jazz Ensemble

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Julia Keefe (Nez Perce) is an acclaimed Native American jazz vocalist, actor, and educator, leading the nine-piece Indigenous Jazz Ensemble to honor and carry forward Indigenous voices in jazz—past, present, and future.

Next Gen Native Film Showcase
Looking Forward by Dora Raiz Chavarria
Lensic Education

Next Gen Native Film Showcase

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Each year, emerging Native artists are invited to submit work to the Next Generation Native Film Showcase. This year’s festival includes screenings of the selected films and a Q&A panel.

Considering Matthew Shepard
Albuquerque, Coro Lux, Choral, Matthew Shepard
ABQ Coro Lux

Considering Matthew Shepard

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Remembering the life and legacy of Matthew Shepard, join Coro Lux and director in honoring Matt through this Grammy-nominated three-part fusion oratorio by Craig Hella Johnson, conducted by the composer.

STOP MAKING SENSE
Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, Jonathan Demme, Film, Jerry Harrison, AMP Concerts
AMP Concerts

STOP MAKING SENSE

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Hubbard Street Dance
Lensic

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

For forty-eight years, Hubbard Street has been one of the most original forces in contemporary dance, bringing top choreographers and works to Chicago and beyond.

La Sonnambula
La Sonnambula
The Lensic and Santa Fe Opera

La Sonnambula

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found.

From The New World
The Lensic, Santa Fe Symphony, From the New World, Maximiano Valdés, Svet Stoyanov
The Santa Fe Symphony

From The New World

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Under the direction of guest conductor Maximiano Valdés, The Santa Fe Symphony presents critically acclaimed percussionist Svet Stoyanov performing Emmanuel Séjourné’s jazz-inspired Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra.

Alison Gopnik: Transmission Versus Truth
Santa Fe Institute

Alison Gopnik: Transmission Versus Truth

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, and a member of the Berkeley AI Research Group. She received her BA from McGill University and her PhD. from Oxford University. She is a leader in the study of cognitive science and of children’s learning and development.

Jim Brickman
Jim Brickman, Piano
JMB Tours

Jim Brickman

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Grammy-nominated songwriter and pianist Jim Brickman is known for his chart-topping hits and captivating live performances.

Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
Lensic

Booker T. Jones

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Soul legend Booker T. Jones brings his iconic sound to the Lensic, celebrating a legacy that includes Stax Records classics, a Grammy Lifetime Award, and Rock Hall induction.

Las Cafeteras: Hasta La Muerte
Las Cafeteras presents Hasta La Muerte
Lensic

Las Cafeteras: Hasta La Muerte

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Hasta La Muerte is an enthralling new production from the imagination of Las Cafeteras that explores the stages of grief and celebrates life and death in the spirit of the Indigenous Mexican Day of the Dead tradition.