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Santa Fe Opera
At the Santa Fe Opera you can be a decked-out socialite or show up in cowboy boots and jeans; it doesn't matter. Opera fans (and those who've never attended an opera in their lives) come to Santa Fe for this alone: an architectural marvel, with views of wind-carved sandstone wilderness crowned with sunsets and moonrises, and at center stage internationally renowned vocal talent performing masterworks of aria and romance. The opera is 7 miles north of Santa Fe. Follow I-285 north to exit 168. Turn left off the ramp then right onto Opera Dr and continue 1.4 miles.
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Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco
One of the most revered flamenco artists in North America, Maria Benitez stopped performing in 2004 but still directs this outstanding troupe of protégées. She occasionally joins for a solo. These intensely focused and festively garbed performers have earned every accolade for their impressive Spanish dance and perform June through September at the Lodge. Can't get enough flamenco? El Farol stages performances on some Wednesdays, while El Mesón has flamenco on the first Saturday of each month.
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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
This is another big cultural event, known for filling elegant venues like the Lensic and the stunning St Francis Auditorium with Brahms, Mozart and other classic masters. It's not just world-class acts like violinist Pinchas Zukerman and pianist Yuja Wang defining the season; top-notch jazz, world music and New Music virtuosos round out the menu, also available for lunch during popular weekly noon performances and at weekly youth concerts aimed at five- to 12-year-olds.
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Vanessie of Santa Fe
You don’t really come to Vanessie for the food, though there’s nothing wrong with it. No, the attraction here is the piano bar, featuring blow-dried lounge singers who bring Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow classics to life in their own special way. The place is packed most nights, and also does a variety of fundraisers for worthy causes –making you feel good about all that alcohol you’re funneling down your throat.
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James A Little Theatre
At the New Mexico School for the Deaf, this unpretentious venue hosts community arts performances as well as the Santa Fe Institute's Public Lecture Series (admission free). Your neurons will fire faster than usual listening to internationally prominent scientists discuss mass extinctions, heredity and evolution, natural disasters and genetically modified foods.
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Willee’s Blues Bar
One of Santa Fe’s last remaining dance clubs, Willee’s offers live jazz and blues Wednesday through Saturday – everyone from John Lee Hooker Jr, Leon Russell and Rockin’ Jake have performed. DJs spin a mix of tunes Monday through Wednesday nights. Willee’s serves good bar food, should you need to soak up the booze.
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Second Street Brewery
Santa Fe’s favorite brewery is the perfect spot to stop for a pint after a long hike. It serves handcrafted English-style beers – brewed on the premises – and also offers a hearty selection of better-than-average pub grub. Sit outside on the big patio, or inside the brewery. There’s live music nightly.
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Ore House
We think this place makes the best fresh lime (no sweet and sour) margarita in town, and with more than 40 different types to choose from, there’s bound to be a margarita for everyone. Choose from the seats on the heated balcony overlooking the plaza or a table inside.
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Dragon Room Bar
This 300-year-old adobe is a consistent top fave for locals and Hollywood-famous visitors alike. Drop by for a signature Black Dragon margarita. Visit after 9pm on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday if you want it served with live music (flamenco guitar, Latin jazz and the like).
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Lensic Performing Arts Theater
For live performances and movies, see what's doing at the Lensic Performing Arts Theater. This beautifully renovated 1930s movie house is the city's premier venue for performing arts. Continuing its film history, it also holds $5 classic-movie screenings.
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Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Twenty lauded professional singers from around the country come together in July, August and the winter holidays to perform everything from Gregorian chants and gospel to Renaissance madrigals and modern love songs at venues like St Francis Cathedral and Loretto Chapel.
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Santa Fe Playhouse
The state’s oldest theater company performs avant-garde and traditional theater and musical comedy. On Sunday admission is as much as you can afford – which gives Santa Fe’s less privileged residents the chance to experience the theater.
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Swig
The closest any club in New Mexico comes to matching a South Beach or LA venue, this hot dance club actually waits until 21:30 to set its trendy clientele loose on the dance floor with a live DJ spinning house, club and hip-hop in the Orange Bar.
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Evangelo's
There's foot-stompin' live music nightly at Evangelo's and the sounds of rock, blues, jazz and Latin combos spill into the street. You'll also find live music and good drinking most nights at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame.
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Santa Fe Film Center at Cinemacafé
Home of the annual December Santa Fe Film Festival, this art house is known for the Tuesday night New Mexico Showcase and Thursday night gay and lesbian films. The best of independent cinema is screened the rest of the week.
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Warehouse 21
This all-ages club and art center in a 3500-sq-ft warehouse is the perfect alcohol-free venue for edgy local bands, plus a fair number of nationally known acts, or for just showing off the latest in multihued hairstyles.
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Santa Fe Brewing Company
Sample the indigenous Santa Fe Ale at this often crowded, always fun pub adjacent to the brewery and tasting room. You can also rock to blue grass, Western rock, funk, jazz or some mix of them all. Dancing is encouraged!
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Lannon Readings & Conversations
These staged readings, which tend to focus on cultural and progressive issues, by local and internationally renowned poets and authors take place on various Wednesday evenings throughout the year.
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La Cantina at La Casa Sena
Expect an abbreviated menu of La Casa Sena's finest. Make reservations for this serious visitor magnet, which offers one huge bonus: the waitstaff gets dressed up and sings show tunes and jazz!
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Sleeping Dog Tavern
For microbrews and friendly conversation, settle in at the Sleeping Dog Tavern, a low-key gastropub just off the plaza.
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Rooftop Cantina
For a rooftop view with your margarita, try the convivial Rooftop Cantina perched atop Coyote Café,
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Bell Tower Bar
Bell Tower Bar at La Fonda, here you can watch one of those patented New Mexico sunsets.
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