📆 Around town this weekend
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Today
✨ Farolito Tree Lighting & Holiday Market @ Bishop’s Lodge, Auberge Collection | Friday (12/12) at 2:00pm – Immerse yourself in Santa Fe holiday charm with a cozy market full of handcrafted goods, followed by the warm glow of a farolito-lit tree at dusk. It’s free, open to the public, and basically a postcard come to life—no RSVP needed.
🏰 Holidays at the Palace @ New Mexico History Museum | Friday (12/12) at 5:30pm – Grab a coat and wander to the 1610-era Palace of the Governors for a free Santa Fe holiday fix. Farolitos glow, cider and cookies await, and local music keeps things cheerful, with Santa popping in. Bring a can for the drive, bring patience for crowds.
This weekend
🛍️ IAIA’s Holiday Art Market and SFCC’s Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair 2025 @ Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) | Saturday (12/13) at 9:00am – Holiday shopping you’ll actually enjoy is two stops, six minutes apart. SFCC and IAIA are packed with over a hundred artists, many representing more than 50 Indigenous nations, slinging beadwork, pottery, textiles, and jewelry. Free admission and parking, plus concessions, because browsing is cardio.
🏠 Holiday Open House @ New Mexico Museum of Art | Saturday (12/13) at 10:00am – Holiday open house at the art museum means free entry, marionette mischief, and that 1932 tradition we swear is for the kids. Expect Gustave Baumann everywhere, pipe organ vibes, youth jazz, gallery tours, and crafts, plus a selfie with Santa on your lap.
🍪 Annual Holiday Light Parade & Cookie Crawl @ Downtown Grants | Saturday (12/13) at 12:00pm – Whether you quote Buddy the Elf unprompted or just show up for free sugar, Main Street’s Cookie Crawl pairs nicely with an evening Holiday Light Parade. It’s Christmas-movie themed, family friendly, and delightfully small-town, like Hallmark, but with better cookies, and fewer meet-cutes.
🌟 Family Day: Chilly Nights & Bright Lights @ Georgia O’Keeffe Museum | Sunday (12/14) at 10:30am – Warm up for winter with a family-friendly craft session making farolitos, or luminarias if you want to start a friendly argument. Paper bags, sand, tea lights, and a little patience become that cozy glow along walkways, rooftops, and front yards. Bring the kids.
🎅 Santa at Hyde Memorial State Park @ Hyde Memorial State Park | Sunday (12/14) at 11:00am – Nothing says holiday season like catching Santa and Mrs. Claus at Hyde, where the air is crisp and the cocoa is free. Bring the crew to the Visitor Center for photos, cookies, and a dose of mountain cheer, courtesy of Friends of Hyde.
🥏 Ultimate Frisbee Pick-up @ St. John’s College | Sunday (12/14) at 2:00pm – Fresh air, friendly competition, and zero experience required—just bring a light and dark tee and you’re in the game. Cleats help, enthusiasm required. All are welcome to join the fun with the Santa Fe Ultimate crew.
Next week
🪟 Stained Glass Art Experience @ TLC Stained Glass – Studio & Gallery | Monday (12/15) at 1:00pm – Give your window something to brag about with a stained glass workshop where you pick a design, sift through dozens of glass options, then learn Tiffany-era techniques to cut, shape, and bind a suncatcher ornament to take home. Part therapy, part craft, all bragging rights.
🏡 Home for the Holidays @ The Club at Las Campanas | Monday (12/15) at 6:00pm – Whether you come for the gourmet wines, the three-course feast, or to pretend you always knew the Quemazon Jazz Combo, the Symphony’s winter gala delivers. Expect student-led jazz and strings, holiday cocktails, mystery gift fun, and a paddle raise that does good for young musicians.
🕯️ Carols & Lullabies: Luminaria @ Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi | Tuesday (12/16) at 7:00pm – The Desert Chorale is filling the Luminaria glow with carols, lullabies, and goosebumps. Twenty-four pros and a guest pianist return to the Land of Enchantment for concerts and caroling, mixing the classics you already hum with new gems you will pretend you knew.
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