Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta ★ 4.8
In its 35th year, the Wine and Chile Fiesta pairs New Mexican, national and international vintners with Santa Fe's chefs across five days of tasting.
Focus: Wine pairing with chile and New Mexican cuisine
Food festivals in Santa Fe worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Santa Fe Indian Market Food Vendors ★ 4.7
SWAIA's August Indian Market on the Santa Fe Plaza features food vendors serving frybread, roasted corn, Pueblo bread and other Native staples alongside art.
Focus: Pueblo and Native American
Burning of Zozobra ★ 4.6
Old Man Gloom has burned annually since 1924; the 50-foot marionette goes up at Fort Marcy with food vendors lining the field and 60,000 watching live.
Focus: Festival food vendors
Fiesta de Santa Fe Food Booths ★ 4.4
Fiesta de Santa Fe has run since 1712; the Plaza turns over to food booths over Labor Day weekend with chicharron burritos, frybread with honey and green chile.
Focus: Chicharron burritos, frybread, New Mexican fair food
Hatch Chile Festival (day trip) ★ 4.6
Three hours south of Santa Fe, this Hatch festival (running since 1971) fills the Chile Capital of the World with eating contests, roasters and parade floats yearly.
Focus: Hatch green chile
Santa Fe Restaurant Week ★ 4.4
In its 15th-plus year, Santa Fe Restaurant Week runs around 50 restaurants on prix-fixe menus, $25 to $70 per person, with individually priced lunches at many.
Focus: Multi-course prix-fixe across 40-plus restaurants