Special Event

Event

Annual Indigenous Art and Culture Festival

Mesa Verde National Park

Fee:

Free.

Dates & Times

Date:

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Time:

9:00 AM

Duration:

6 hours

Type of Event

Cultural/Craft Demonstration
Exhibition/Show
Festival
Performance

Description

Join us for the return of the Annual Indigenous Art and Culture Festival, Saturday July 5th and Sunday July 6th at the Visitor and Research Center!

Artists from the 27 associated tribes, Pueblos, and nations of Mesa Verde National Park will be displaying and selling examples of their art such as jewelry, pottery and weaving. 

Cultural demonstrations throughout the day will also be available to educate visitors on traditional art and lifeways of the people who have called Mesa Verde an ancestral home for centuries. 

Throughtout the festival, there will also be traditional dances from the Hopi village of Shungopavi by the Lomayestewa family, who have been returning to Mesa Verde for decades.

We look forward to seeing you! 

Schedule:

Art market:

Open from 9:00am to 3:00pm daily

Cultural demonstrations: 

Saturday, July 5th: 10:00am, 1:00pm

Sunday, July 6th: 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm. 3:00pm

Lomayestewa family dances: 

Saturday, July 5th: 11:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm @ Visitor and Research Center

Sunday, July 6th: 11:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm @ Chapin Mesa Ampitheatre

Reservation or Registration: No