ALL YEAR Weekend arts and crafts fairs support local and regional craft artists and are a great opportunity to find unique, handmade,...
Annual Festivals
Taos celebrates the culture and arts - visual, performing, culinary, musical, literary - over and over, all year long. Artists, writers and musicians are heroes in Taos. Plan to visit Taos during one of its annual community festivals.
Find 2013 dates at TaosWebb.com, Taos News or print a PDF of 2013 Annual Events (5 pages; July 2012)
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Both Taos and Picuris Pueblos welsome visitors to some of their ceremonial dances
LATE JANUARY Restaurants throughout Taos pair fine wine with extraordinary menus. Seminars allow vintners to explain their processes.
EARLY MARCH Featuring quality juried short films from around the globe, local Taos filmmaker-night, film forums.
APRIL A gathering place for all the fiber arts that brings together artisans, vendors and customers into an exciting environment.
MAY A free family event sponsored by DMC's four radio stations, the concert features traditional New Mexico-style music.
MAY Established to celebrate our heritage of Lilacs and to promote their care and planting throughout the Taos area, this admission-free,...
MAY One of the oldest motorcycle rallies in the USA, Red River Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally fills the area with five outrageous days of...
JUNE For 15 years, two days of epic music, and the latest solar energy technologies in Kit Carson Park. 2013 plans are a bit...
JUNE - AUGUST Faculty and young artists concerts are held in Town and at Hotel St. bernard in Taos Ski Valley
JULY 4 Many area communities have terrific family-friendly Fourth of July parades and spectacular fireworks shows.
JULY Indian Nations join in a common circle of friendship over three days of dance competitions, food, native vendors.
LATE JULY Three days of community celebrations centered on Taos Plaza celebrate the patron saints of Taos.
AUGUST A unique opportunity to tour a select few Taos homes and enjoy their gardens. A fundraiser to help beautify Taos.
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER Three weeks of extraordinary chamber music in Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas.
SEPTEMBER - JUNE Celebrating 20 years with a mix of chamber music masterpieces, contemporary and commissioned compositions.
LATE SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER The oldest arts festival in Taos, "Fall Arts" now includes many separate events and exhibits.
OCTOBER Two days of family fun at Kit Carson Park. wool vendors, animal showcase, music, food.
LATE OCTOBER The festival offers a lineup of tellers spinning their tales in concerts, at a workshop, a story swap, and in visits to our...
OCTOBER The two‐day event includes mass ascensions at dawn, balloon glows in the evening, a parade, and a grand ball.
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER A magical time of year! “Yuletide” includes all the multi-cultural traditions of the holiday season here in the mountains...
