Santa Fe Entertainment

  1. 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 - after on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday if you want it served with live music (flamenco guitar, Latin jazz and the like).

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  2. Lensic Performing Arts Center

    This 1931 Moorish-revival movie house is an intimate 850-seat venue. It hosts the New Mexico Jazz Festival in July, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Santa Fe Symphony, as well as lectures, theatre and dance.

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Second Street Brewery

    After a hard day hiking (or just shopping for hiking equipment), stop by this microbrewery to pair a Cream Stout or Extra Special Bitter with fish and chips (around US$9 ) or beer-poached salmon salad (around US$8 ). There's often live music Thursday through Saturday evenings.

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  7. Warehouse 21

    This all-ages club and arts center, catering to the under-21 crowd in a 3500-sq-ft warehouse, is the perfect alcohol-free venue for catching cutting-edge local and touring bands and for comparing new piercings and tattoos.

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  8. WilLee's Blues Bar

    This club is the real deal, drawing the likes of John Lee Hooker Jr, Leon Russell and Rockin' Jake to perform. Large portions of Italian food and burgers satisfy (dishes around US$8 -around US$14 ), but not like the blues do.

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