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The Beautiful Engineering of Us: From Neurons to Collective Minds
Santa Fe Institute

The Beautiful Engineering of Us: From Neurons to Collective Minds

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Thalia Wheatley explains why Human intelligence is fundamentally collective, that our brains evolved not simply to think, but to think together.

An Evening with Brett Dennen
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An Evening with Brett Dennen

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Date and time: Location: St Francis Auditorium

Brett Dennen finds inspiration by digging into the nooks and crannies of the human condition. His music boasts deeply felt sentiments in the vein of dusky Americana, harmonica-driven blues, rootsy indie, and meditative folk-rock.

Kurt Vile And The Violators
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Kurt Vile And The Violators

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

Kurt Vile's tenth full-length album is a love letter to Vile’s hometown, blending meandering balladry, road songs, and nostalgic reflections on his career and life in Philadelphia. Vile describes it as his most personal and organic record to date.

MOMIX
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet presents

MOMIX

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Audience favorite MOMIX returns with Botanica Season 2, a dazzling celebration of nature where illusion, athleticism, and striking imagery transform dancers into a dreamlike world set to an eclectic score.

Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace Recital
Leonidas Kavakos, Enrico Pace, Recital, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace Recital

Date and time: Location: NM Museum of Art

Violinist Leonidas Kavakos joins forces with pianist Enrico Pace for the Festival’s one-night-only, pre-season Gala Recital, which features a stunning selection of violin-and-piano showpieces.

James McMurtry
James McMurtry, The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Lensic 360
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James McMurtry

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller, James McMurtry teases vivid worlds out of small details, setting them to arrangements that have the elements of Americana—rolling guitars, barroom harmonies, traces of banjo and harmonica—but sound too sly and smart for such a general category.

Lensic 360 Events

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Lensic 360 brings the power of performance outside of the historic Lensic theater, presenting concerts at venues across New Mexico and offering top-quality, free community programs. See all events at lensic360.org.

An Evening with Brett Dennen
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Lensic 360

An Evening with Brett Dennen

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Date and time: Location: St Francis Auditorium

Brett Dennen finds inspiration by digging into the nooks and crannies of the human condition. His music boasts deeply felt sentiments in the vein of dusky Americana, harmonica-driven blues, rootsy indie, and meditative folk-rock.

Kurt Vile And The Violators
Kurt Vile Press Photo
Lensic 360

Kurt Vile And The Violators

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

Kurt Vile's tenth full-length album is a love letter to Vile’s hometown, blending meandering balladry, road songs, and nostalgic reflections on his career and life in Philadelphia. Vile describes it as his most personal and organic record to date.

James McMurtry
James McMurtry, The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Lensic 360
Lensic 360

James McMurtry

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller, James McMurtry teases vivid worlds out of small details, setting them to arrangements that have the elements of Americana—rolling guitars, barroom harmonies, traces of banjo and harmonica—but sound too sly and smart for such a general category.

Paul Oakenfold + The Crystal Method
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Paul Oakenfold + The Crystal Method

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

Hailed as the “godfather of electronic music,” Paul Oakenfold is one of the most successful electronic artists of all time. Don't miss this legend with The Crystal Method and an afterparty hosted by Adobe Disco.

Beach Bunny & The Beths
Beach Bunny, The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Lensic 360
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Beach Bunny & The Beths

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

On 2025’s Tunnel Vision, Beach Bunny is getting back to basics: urgent, guitar-based indie rock with pop melodies. Woven through the album, “Just Around the Corner” echoes dynamic ’90s indie rock courtesy of fuzzed-out guitars and crashing drums, while slashing riffs and precise rhythms propel the melodic “Big Pink Bubble.”

Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal, The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Lensic 360
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Eagles of Death Metal

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, founded in 1998 by best friends Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme. With a sound that's a combination of “bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals," and a frontman in Hughes who is known for his over-the-top stage histrionics and evangelistic interaction with his fans, the band’s live performances are a sight to be seen.

Don Was & The Pan Detroit Ensemble
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Don Was & The Pan Detroit Ensemble

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

Drawing on the wide-ranging influences of his five-decade career, Don Was has assembled his band, the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, and recorded their debut album Groove in the Face of Adversity

Thee Sacred Souls
Thee Sacred Souls, Red Willow Park, Lensic 360
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Thee Sacred Souls

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Date and time: Location: Red Willow Park

Thee Sacred Souls highly anticipated sophomore album, Got A Story To Tell, released in October 2024, is filled with immortal grooves, classic vocal harmonies, and sincere, heartfelt lyrics about love and loss.

Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule Performing on stage
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Gov't Mule

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

Gov't Mule has galvanized a global fan base with their honest, organic, and daring music and improvisational virtuosity, making them one of the most timeless, revered and active bands today.

Big Thief
Big Thief
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Big Thief

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Date and time: Location: The Santa Fe Opera

Over the last decade, Big Thief has proven themselves to be one of the most exciting live bands of their generation.

Pixies
Pixies, The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, Lensic 360
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Pixies

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

Founding members; Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering, with bassist Emma Richardson - mark four decades of the band by announcing Pixies 40, a new headline worldwide tour.

The California Honeydrops
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The California Honeydrops

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Date and time: Location: The Mothership at Taos Mesa Brewing (Mothership Stage)

Formed in Oakland's subway system, retro-soul outfit The California Honeydrops is an electrifying group that defies convention at every turn. A benefit for Taos Cancer Support Services.

In Conversation with NPR's Mara Liasson–Supporting KUNM
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In Conversation with NPR's Mara Liasson–Supporting KUNM

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Show your support for public radio and KUNM at this special conversation with NPR’s Mara Liasson.

Chris Botti
Chris Botti, Jazz Music, Lensic
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Chris Botti

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Grammy-winning trumpeter Chris Botti has been one of the most popular instrumentalists in the world for nearly three decades.

Paul Oakenfold + The Crystal Method
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Paul Oakenfold + The Crystal Method

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Date and time: Location: The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.

Hailed as the “godfather of electronic music,” Paul Oakenfold is one of the most successful electronic artists of all time. Don't miss this legend with The Crystal Method and an afterparty hosted by Adobe Disco.

Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright

Date and time: Location: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Rufus Wainwright is a genre-defying singer-songwriter and composer whose GRAMMY-nominated career spans pop, folk, opera, and orchestral works.

Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Mozart & Tchaikovsky

Date and time: Location: NM Museum of Art

Our 53rd season begins with a must-see musical moment, when bassist Edgar Meyer, violinist Daniel Phillips, and New York Philharmonic Principal Cellist Carter Brey reunite.

Insights on the Brain & Music 2026
Brain, Music, Petr Janata, John Iversen, Robert Zatorre, Michael Thaut, Lecture, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Insights on the Brain & Music 2026

Date and time: Location: NM Museum of Art

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s BAM!! Insights on the Brain & Music series includes four fascinating one-hour presentations by top researchers, whose topics range from innovative discoveries about the effects music has on memory and emotions to music’s therapeutic potential.

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