Gallup Summer Indian Dances & 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.

This is a rare chance to not only experience the dances by watching the dances but often you can join in, then meet the dancers and musicians and take photos with them after the event. Photos are encouraged! You can also shop with local native artist vendors surrounding the area north of the dances, buy some fry bread or a snow cone with food vendors at the site.

The program will kick off on June 4, 2024, and happen Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays throughout the Summer, and will conclude August 29, 2024.

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McKinley County Courthouse

The Gallup Cultural Center has a rich history. The building is a two-story, stucco-clad building constructed in 1918 to serve as an area headquarters for the Santa Fe Railway, the successor to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. In 1923, an adjoining structure was built to house a famed Fred Harvey hotel and restaurant complex known as “El Navajo.” Designed by the company’s Mary Colter, the hotel was dedicated during a ceremony that included a performance by local Navajo singers and “medicine men.” Much of the hotel portion of the building was demolished in 1957 to make way for a widening of U.S. Route 66.

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