Gallup Summer Indian Dances & Art Market

Experience authentic traditional dances from a variety of New Mexican area tribes, featuring traditional drum, rattle, and flute instruments along with explanations regarding the cultural traditions that surround these dances.

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The Gallup Summer Indian Dances and Art Market is a popular annual event that provides visitors the rare chance to not just watch the nightly dances, but often join in as well. After the dancing, you can meet the dancers and musicians and take photos with them – photos are encouraged! You can also shop for Native American art and jewelry with local Native artist vendors set up in the area north of the dance grounds. Don't forget to buy some fry bread or a snow cone with food vendors onsite too.

The program kicks off June 4, 2024 and runs every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday throughout the summer until August 29, 2024. The different weekly themes include healing dances, balance dances, weather-related dances, and more.

Ryedale Largo & Diné Dance Group

Gallup Summer Indian Dances

Event Details

Dates: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from June 4 to August 29, 2024 (For a full performance schedule, see below)

Hours: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Location: Courthouse Square (215 W. Aztec Avenue)

Admission: FREE

Performance Schedule

July

  • Tuesday, July 2 - Cha'Bẽ’Tų Apache Crown Dance Group
  • Wednesday, July 3 - Cha'Bẽ’Tų Apache Crown Dance Group
  • Tuesday, July 9 - Niiha Zuni Pueblo Dance Group
  • Wednesday, July 10 - Niiha Zuni Pueblo Dance Group
  • Thursday, July 11 - Niiha Zuni Pueblo Dance Group
  • Tuesday, July 16 - Ryedale Largo & Navajo Dine Dance Group
  • Wednesday, July 17 - Ryedale Largo & Navajo Dine Dance Group
  • Thursday, July 18 - Ryedale Largo & Navajo Dine Dance Group
  • Tuesday, July 23 - Serpent Trail Dance Group
  • Wednesday, July 24 - Serpent Trail Dance Group
  • Thursday, July 25 - Serpent Trail Dance Group
  • Tuesday, July 30 - Niiha Zuni Pueblo Dance Group
  • Wednesday, July 31 - Niiha Zuni Pueblo Dance Group

August

  • Thursday, August 1 - Niiha Zuni Pueblo Dance Group
  • Tuesday, August 6 - Cha'Bẽ’Tų Apache Crown Dance Group
  • Wednesday, August 7 - Cha'Bẽ’Tų Apache Crown Dance Group
  • Tuesday, August 13 - Serpent Trail Dance Group
  • Wednesday, August 14 - Serpent Trail Dance Group
  • Thursday, August 15 - Serpent Trail Dance Group
  • Tuesday, August 20 - Ryedale Largo & Navajo Dine Dance Group
  • Wednesday, August 21 - Ryedale Largo & Navajo Dine Dance Group
  • Thursday, August 22 - Ryedale Largo & Navajo Dine Dance Group
  • Tuesday, August 27 - TBA
  • Wednesday, August 28 - TBA
  • Thursday, August 29 - TBA

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Courthouse Square

Overlooking Courthouse Square, the historic McKinley County Courthouse was designed and built in 1938 by the architectural firm of Trost and Trost of El Paso, Texas, in the ‘picturesque' Spanish Pueblo Revival Style with typical stepped-back Pueblo massing. The McKinley County Courthouse, itself a New Deal art project, houses 19 pieces of New Deal art, and murals, tile work, lamps, and furniture by New Deal artists and crafts workers grace the interior of the courthouse. Tours of the WPA and courtroom may be arranged by reaching out to gallupARTS.

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