Santa Fe Magazine Festival 2026

Schedule

Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 14 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

St. John's College | Santa Fe, NM

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About this Event

Get ready for three unforgettable days in one of the most creative cities on earth. The Santa Fe Magazine Festival is an exhilarating celebration packed with exclusive interviews, headliner concerts, world-class stand-up, thought leader roundtables, immersive art, and VIP dinners – all in Santa Fe’s most enchanting venues.



Like the magazine itself, the festival promises a bold, surprising, and wildly eclectic lineup of visionaries, artists, and trailblazers like: Andrew Weil, Ali MacGraw, Chip Conley, Hampton Sides, Virgil Ortiz, Jen Sincero and many more!




*Speakers and times subject to change.

*Sessions are first-come, first-serve.


Thursday
VIP Dinners

Info: More information to come!


Friday

πŸ•‘: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Morning Meditation
Host: Henry Shukman

Info: Henry Shukman is a beloved meditation teacher, poet and author, and Zen master at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe.


πŸ•‘: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
A Conversation with Hampton Sides and Dan Flores
Host: Hampton Sides

Info: Hampton Sides is known for his best-selling, gripping non-fiction adventure stories about war and epic expeditions ("Ghost Soldiers," "Blood and Thunder.")


πŸ•‘: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Premier of Virgil Ortiz's New Immersive Event
Host: Virgil Ortiz

Info: Virgil Ortiz comes from a family of legendary Pueblo potters. His new immersive experience merges ancient clay work with apocalyptic sci-fi.


πŸ•‘: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
W**d, Bison and Mushrooms
Host: Ellen Petry Leanse

Info: Ellen Petry Leanse is a neuroscientist, Stanford instructor, author, entrepreneur, and consultant for Apple, Google, and Facebook.

Eli Goodman, an actor turned entrepreneur, is redefining wellness through his Santa Fe cannabis brand, Best Daze.

Tony Beck is the co-founder of Santa Fe’s Beck & Bulow, purveyors of wild, sustainable meats with a strong cult following.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ali MacGraw in Santa Fe
Host: Ali MacGraw

Info: Ali MacGraw, the beloved actress and activist, is forever Santa Fe’s most glamorous citizen-ambassador.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Finding Your Muse in Santa Fe
Host: Angela Ellsworth

Info: Angela Ellsworth is a multidisciplinary artist and co-founder of The School of Walking, where art meets ritual.

Nocona Burgess is a Comanche painter whose contemporary portraits of Indigenous men and women radiate power and history.

Nicholas Herrera is an outsider folk artist and metal sculptor channeling the sacred and subversive.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Reunity Regenerative Farm Tour
Host: Juliana Ciano

Info: Juliana Ciano is giving a tour of Reunity Resources, where she is reimagining regenerative living.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
How to Build Community
Host: Maggie Fine

Info: Maggie Fine, Santa Fe Magazine’s roving editor, is the co-founder of The Canyon Road Summer Walk, and an actress who has appeared in Breaking Bad and Boardwalk Empire.

Rashaan Ahmad is a globetrotting hip-hop artist and community catalyst uniting rhythm and purpose.


Saturday

πŸ•‘: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Morning Meditation
Host: Joan Jiko Halifax

Info: Joan Jiko Halifax, Zen priest, anthropologist, and founder of the Upaya Zen Center, on blending mindfulness with activism.


πŸ•‘: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
You Are a Badass
Host: Jen Sincero

Info: Jen Sincero, the powerhouse author of the best-selling "You Are a Badass" series, comes to talk confidence, creativity, and cash flow.


πŸ•‘: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
AI, Astrology and Matchmaking
Host: Peter Zandan

Info: Peter Zandan is a data oracle and strategist to visionaries and world-shapers.

Julie Ferman is the matchmaker extraordinaire behind 1,400 love stories β€” and counting.

Darcy Nicholson is an astrologer who uniquely marries cosmic intuition with MIT precision.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Leading Ladies
Host: Cassidy Freeman

Info: Cassidy Freeman, the actress of Longmire and The Righteous Gemstones, shares tales from both sides of the camera.

Kya Brickhouse is an actor with the bold, experimental Exodus Ensemble.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Eagles, Falcons, and Owls Live!
Host: Lori Paras

Info: Lori Paras is Executive Director of the Santa Fe Raptor Center, which rehabilitates injured and orphaned birds.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
From Dylan to Woodstock: 1960s Rock Photos
Host: Lisa Law

Info: Lisa Law is a photographer and filmmaker who famously documented 1960s counterculture, including Woodstock.

David Michael Kennedy’s career spans 50 years and includes photography for Muddy Waters, Bruce Springsteen, Blondie and Bob Dylan.

William Coupon is a legendary photographer known for his painterly portraits of indigenous tribes, presidents, and rock stars.


Sunday

πŸ•‘: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
MEA Sound Bath

Info: Sound Bath in the historic Carmelite Monastery


πŸ•‘: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Neuroscience and Psychedelics
Host: Ellen Petry Leanse

Info: Ellen Petry Leanse is a neuroscientist, Stanford instructor, author, entrepreneur, and consultant for Apple, Google, and Facebook.


πŸ•‘: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Morning Meditation
Host: J.P. Granillo

Info: J.P. Granillo is a renowned Chicano artist who, after a decade of incarceration, co-founded the Alas de Agua Art Collective, supporting underprivileged youth.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
A Conversation with Andrew Weil and Chip Conley
Host: Andrew Weil, M.D.

Info: Andrew Weil, M.D., the father of integrative medicine, shares insights on how to heal the whole human.

Chip Conley founded Joie de Vivre Hotels and was Airbnb’s Head of Global Strategy. He is a best-selling author and co-founded MEA, a midlife wisdom school in Santa Fe and Baja CA.


πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Mysterious Chaco Canyon
Host: Anna Sofaer

Info: Anna Sofaer, a researcher on the archaeoastronomy of the Ancestral Puebloans of the Southwest, famously rediscovered the Sun Dagger marker site in Chaco National Park.


Where is it happening?

St. John's College, 1160 Camino De Cruz Blanca, Santa Fe, United States
Tickets

USD 577.43 to USD 1154.08

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