Santa Fe Bandstand is a free summer music festival on the Historic Downtown Santa Fe Plaza that runs weekly throughout the summer.  Most performers are from Santa Fe but the venue has grown since its 1995 inception to now include upcoming national acts.  To check out this summer’s performers, click on this to go to the Bandstand’s schedule and website.

 

This free, outdoor community-building event is organized by Outside In Productions, which began to provide free live performances and workshops to people confined to shelters, nursing homes, treatment facilities and other institutions.  Places where people would not otherwise have access to the live arts. The Santa Fe Plaza is surrounded by numerous historic museums, shops, restaurants, and hotels.

 

Santa Fe also hosts one the top national Farmer’s Market and Artisan Markets.  Just additional wonderful outdoor activities in the Land of Enchantment!

 

Voted one of the “Top Ten Farmers’ Markets” by Sunset Magazine, the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market is one of the oldest, largest, and most successful growers’ markets in the country. Serving more than 150 farmers and producers in 15 Northern New Mexico counties, the Market brings fresh food, education, and fun to our community and promotes small farms and sustainable agriculture.

 

Unlike most farmers’ markets in the U.S., the Santa Fe Market assures that all products sold by its vendors are always locally grown by the people selling them. One hundred percent of the vegetables, fruits, and nursery plants available at the Markets are grown in northern New Mexico. The same goes for at least 70% of the ingredients and materials used to make all processed and craft items.

 

At the same location, on Sundays, is the Artisan Market.  It began in 2009 and it represents a wide variety of New Mexico’s artists and craftspeople. The Sunday market offers a unique opportunity to enjoy local art and music inside the Farmer's’ Market Pavilion.  You will find pottery, painting, jewelry, sculpture, fiber arts, photography, hand-blown glass, artisanal teas and handmade herbal body products. It's the perfect place to buy a gift for yourself or a loved one, or to find one-of-a-kind souvenirs and mementos. Click here to go to the Farmer's Market website.

And, as usual, if you are in Santa Fe, please don’t hesitate to come by our centrally-located office, or give us a call or email.  We would love to go to work for you!