January 1
Taos Pueblo - Turtle Dance
Santo Domingo Pueblo - Corn Dance
San Juan Pueblo - Cloud or Basket Dance

January 6- Kings Day Celebration
Picuris Pueblo - various dances
Nambe Pueblo - Buffalo, Deer and Antelope Dances
Sandia Pueblo - Various Dances
Taos Pueblo - Deer or Buffalo Dances
Most pueblos have dances on Jan. 6th

January 22
San Ildefonso Pueblo - Vespers Evening with firelight procession 6 pm - call to confirm.

January 23
San Ildefonso Pueblo - Annual Feast Day - Buffalo, Comanche & Deer Dances

January 25
Picuris Pueblo - St. Paul's Feast Day - Various Dances

1st weekend
Old Acoma Pueblo - Governor's Feast Day - Various Dances

February 2
San Felipe & Picuris Pueblos - Candelaria Day Celebration

February 3
Indian Day at the New Mexico State Legislature (through the NM Office of Indian Affairs) - Held in the beginning of the Winter Session of the Legislature. Various tribal dances, trade show & recognition of New Mexico statewide tribal leadership.

March thru April 24
Taos Pueblo- Closed to Public & Closed for visitation.

March 19
Old Laguna Pueblo - Harvest Dance & Various Dances
St. Joseph's Feast Day

April 11 (Easter Sunday)
At most Pueblos - Basket & Corn Dances Info: Call Tribal Offices
Nambe Pueblo - Bow & Arrow Dance after Mass
Zia Pueblo - Various Dances
San Ildefonso - Various Dances

April 22-24
Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, NM
Info: http://www.gatheringofnations.com/

May 1
San Felipe Pueblo - St. Philip Feast day -- Corn Dance

May 3
Taos Pueblo - Corn Dance - Santa Cruz Feast Day - Blessing of the Fields

May (Memorial Day Weekend)
Jemez Pueblo - Annual Red Rocks Arts & Crafts Show.

June 13
St. Anthony Feast Day- Annual Feast Dayt at Sandia.
Taos Pueblo
San Ildefonso and Picuris Pueblos -
San Juan Pueblo - Green Corn Dances
Santa Clara Pueblo - Comanche Dance
Picuris Pueblo - Foot Races

June - Father's Day Weekend
Picuris Pueblo - Weekend High Country Arts & Crafts Festival

June 24
San Juan Pueblo - Annual Feast Day - Corn Dances
Taos Pueblo - Traditional Corn Dances
St. John Feast Day

June 29
Santa Ana Pueblo - St. Peter's Feast Day - Corn Dance

July 4
Nambe Pueblo - Celebration of the waterfall - call to confirm

July 4
Mescalero Apache - Maiden's Puberty Rites & Mountain Spirits Dance

July - 1st Weekend
Picuris Pueblo - Arts & Crafts Fair

July 9-11th
Taos Pueblo - Annual Intertribal PowWow

July 14
St. Bonaventure Feast Day - Cochiti Pueblo- Corn Dances

July 15-18
Jicarilla Apache - Little Beaver Roundup & Rodeo & Various Dances in Dulce, New Mexico

July 17 & 18
San Juan Pueblo - 34th Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Annual Arts & Crafts Fair
Info. contact (505) 852-4265 or 800-793-4955

July 25
Santiago Feast Day - Taos & other pueblos - Corn Dances

July 26
Santa Ana Annual Feast Day - Corn Dance
Laguna Pueblo - St. Ann's Feast Day - Harvest & various Dances (Seama)

August 1-3
29th Annual International Spiritual Gathering - Rocksprings, NM. Spiritual prayers, Pow-wow, traditional Navajo Song & Dance, arts & crafts & more. Free Admission.
Info: (505) 722-2177

August 4
Santo Domingo Pueblo - Annual Feast Day & Corn Dance

August 4 - 8
Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial: Various dances, parades, arts & crafts and rodeo at Red Rock State Park.
Info: http://www.gallupnm.org/ or (505) 864-3896.

August 8-10
Zuni Pueblo - Annual Arts & Cultural Expo

August 9
Picuris Pueblo - San Lorenzo Sunset Dances

August 10
(Historical Anniversary Date of Pueblo Revolt)
Acoma Pueblo (Acomita) - San Lorenzo Feast Day
Picuris Pueblo - Ceremonial foot race, pole climb and dances

August 12
Santa Clara Pueblo - Annual Feast Day - Buffalo, Harvest or Corn Dance

August 15
Zia Pueblo - Annual Feast Day - Corn Dances
Laguna Pueblo - The Assumption of Our Blessed Mother's Feast Day - Harvest & various dances at (Mesita village)

August 21 - 24
Zuni Pueblo - Annual Zuni Tribal Fair

August 21&22
Southwest American Indian Art (SWAIA) Annual Indian Market in Santa Fe, NM

August 28 -Isleta Pueblo - St. Augustine Feast Day - Mass in the morning and a procession following Mass - Dances in the afternoon

September 2
Old Acoma Pueblo - Annual Feast Day - Harvest Dance

September 1-8
58th Annual Navajo Nation Fair
Info: (928) 871-6478 or http://www.navajonationparks.org/

September 4
Isleta Pueblo - Saint Augustine's Feast Day - Harvest Dance

September 6 & 7
Santo Domingo Pueblo - Annual Arts & Crafts Show

September 8
Laguna Pueblo - Social Dances (Encinal village)
San Ildefonso Pueblo - Corn Dance
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Feast Day

2nd or 3rd weekend
Jicarilla Apache - Stone Lake Fiesta & various dances in Dulce, NM
Info: (505) 759-3242

September 19
Old Laguna Pueblo - St. Joseph's Feast Day - Buffalo, Eagle & social dances

September 25
Laguna Pueblo - St. Elizabeth's Feast Day - Harvest & social dances at Paguate village.

September 29
Taos Pueblo - San Geronimo Eve - Vespers - Sunset Dance

September 30
Taos Pueblo - San Geronimo's Feast Day - Trade fair, ceremonial foot races and pole climb

Early October
Zuni Pueblo - Zuni Harvest Festival. Info: (505) 782-4481

October 3
Nambe Pueblo - Evening Firelight Vespers

October 4
Nambe Pueblo - St. Francis de Assisi Feast Day - Annual Feast Day - Buffalo & Deer Dances

October 10-11
Alamo (Navajo) Indian Day Info: (505) 854-2686/2688

October 17
Laguna Pueblo - St. Margaret's Feast Day - Harvest & social dances at the village of Paraje

November 12
Tesuque Pueblo - San Diego Feast Day - Annual Feast Day - Various dances

November 27 (Thanksgiving Day)
Zuni Pueblo - Christmas Light Parade

1st Weekend in December
8 Northern Indian Pueblos Winter Arts & Crafts Fair.

December 11
Pojoaque Pueblo - Vespers and procession are usually held at 6 pm

December 12
Pojoaque Pueblo - Annual Feast Day - Mass at 10 a.m. - dances performed after the mass.

December 24 & 25
Picuris & San Juan Pueblos - Spanish dance "Los Matachines"

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
San Juan Pueblo - Pine Torch Procession

December 24 (Christmas Eve)
Taos Pueblo - Sundown procession with bonfires - Children's Dance
Old Acoma Pueblo - Pueblo is lit with luminaries beginning at the Scenic View Point and continues as far as "Sky City"
Laguna Pueblo - Dances follow 10 a.m. Mass
San Felipe, Santa Ana & Tesuque Pueblos - Dances after midnight Mass
Nambe Pueblo - Buffalo Dances after Mass
San Juan & Picuris Pueblos - Sundown torchlit procession of the Virgin Vespers - Matachine Dance

December 25
Tesuque Pueblo - Various dances
Taos, San Juan & Picuris Pueblo - Dances to be announced (Deer or Los Matachine)
San Ildefonso Pueblo - Christmas Celebration & Matachine Dances

December 26
San Juan Pueblo - Turtle Dance (no pictures)

December 28
Santa Clara Pueblo - Innocents Day Dance
Picuris Pueblo - Holy Innocence Day "Children's Dance"

Traditional Indian dances are free to the public at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW in Albuquerque, every Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. throughout the calendar year. The Center also features art demonstrations at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, please call (505) 843-7270.