
My Morning Jacket
August 19thNeighborhood Open Space Community Concert
August 20thThe New Respects
August 21stHOTH Brothers Band
August 22ndLumbre Del Sol
August 23rdJimmie Vaughan
August 23rdMeow Wolf Monster Battle
August 25thJimmie Vaughan
August 25thEli Paperboy Reid
August 26thNeighborhood Nature Festival
August 27thDune
August 27thSteve Earle & The Dukes
August 28thBig Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
August 29thThe Santa Fe Revue
August 30thYonder Mountain String Band
August 31stNuestra Musica: Mariachi Sonidos del Monte
September 1stFucked Up
September 2ndLittle Big Town
September 3rdLadder to the Moon Festival at Ghost Ranch
September 9thBéla Fleck
September 13thBuddy Guy | John Hiatt & the Goners feat. Sonny Landreth
September 14thPrince Diabaté and Friends
September 14thPrince Diabaté and Friends
September 15thWilco
September 15thGabriel Kahane
September 16thNeighborhood Open Space Community Concert
September 17thDaniel Rossen
September 17thAlbert Cummings
September 20thBob Mould - Solo Electric
September 20thAlbert Cummings
September 21stAn Evening with Emmylou Harris & The Red Dirt Boys
September 23rdNeighborhood Nature Festival
September 24thRodrigo y Gabriela
September 24thTropa Magica
September 25thCimafunk
September 29thThe Young Dubliners
September 30thKhruangbin - SOLD OUT!
October 2ndWallows - SOLD OUT!
October 3rdMadison Cunningham
October 4thSuzanne Vega
October 4thBroken Social Scene - SOLD OUT!
October 4thWhitney
October 5thNoah Cyrus
October 5thKevin Morby - Sold Out
October 5thJames McMurtry
October 6thImarhan
October 7thBonobo
October 10thDylan LeBlanc
October 12thDEHD
October 12thGAYLE
October 13thilluminati hotties
October 15thShovels & Rope
October 18thFlor De Toloache
October 25thOFF!
October 26thMarchFourth
November 2ndMAX
November 2ndLucius
November 2ndOs Mutantes
November 3rdMac DeMarco - CANCELED
November 4thBelinda Carlisle
November 8thAWOLNATION
November 8thJohn Craigie
November 9thJohn Craigie
November 10thBébé La La
November 13thJuan Carmona
November 16thMartin Sexton
November 17thJuan Carmona
November 18thHermanos Gutiérrez
November 20thThe Mavericks' Very Merry Christmas Tour
December 6thThe Mavericks' Very Merry Christmas Tour
December 7thPink Martini
January 16thPink Martini
January 18thEric Johnson
March 4thDust City Opera
Eryn Bent
Add to Cal
Presented by IATSE Local 480
The Santa Fe Plaza Concert Series invites Santa Feans and visitors alike to gather and enjoy great live music together in the 400-year-old historic heart of Santa Fe.
- Feel free to bring chairs to the concert.
- This is an alcohol-free event.
- Bring your water bottle, as we will have water stations on site.
- There is a city parking garage on West San Francisco Street across from the Lensic.
Register for the event and we'll also send you updates if there are any schedule changes, as well as info on future free programs and events around Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
It often feels like music flows from other dimensions, appearing out of nowhere and burning off into the ether as it spreads.
Dust City Opera materialized out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, but they might as well have slipped through some intergalactic portal or stowed away on a derelict spacecraft before crashlanding in the desert. These eclectic musicians—Paul Hunton [vocals, guitar, songwriter], Clara Byom [clarinet, accordion, keys], Travis Rourk [trombone], Scott Brewer [bass], and Dave Purcell [drums]—entwine strands of grunge, gothic country, punk, folk, and rock as the soundtrack to stories steeped in cosmic horror, transformation, and transcendence. After building a cult following and raising tens of thousands of dollars on Kickstarter to launch their next chapter, Dust City Opera perfected this otherworldly vision on their independent second full-length album, Alien Summer.
"Musically, it's a gothic grunge orchestra," states Paul. "For me, opera suggests an epic drama. We've applied the grandeur of opera to a rock band. That's what this is."
In many ways, it fulfills Paul's destiny. Under the influence of everything from H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King to Soundgarden and The Handsome Family, he founded Dust City Opera at the top of 2018. As the story goes, he brought the band together merely two weeks in advance of what would be their first gig. Given the wide swath of inspirations and dynamic sonic palette, the frontman and sonic ringmaster sought out musicians on guitar, accordion, clarinet, euphonium, trombone, bass, and drums. After watching her play, Clara first became a part of the collective followed by Travis—with whom Paul played in a big band. Scott, and more recently Dave, joined the fold and the band began to record and perform together.
Born and raised in Montana, Eryn Bent has small-town, Western roots that influence through her songwriting. Marrying emotive lyrics and moving melodies, her autobiographical originals explore several genres, but cling strongly to the authenticity of folk and traditional country.