​ Canyon Road Summer Walk Kicks Off.

This family-friendly series of pedestrian events on the first Wednesday of each month will bring the spirit of the Farolito Walk to Canyon Road all summer long.

Summer Walk was conceived by Maggie Fine, Santa Fe native and Co-owner and Roving Editor of Santa Fe Magazine. Maggie had the idea while seated on a barstool at El Farol, conducting interviews for the magazine’s Canyon Road issue. Maggie returned to New Mexico in 2017 with her family to raise her daughter and saw the need for a neighborhood gathering that would allow families to enjoy our city’s most iconic road.

“This event is a full-blown grass roots effort focused on unearthing our history through art, storytelling, music, and food,” Fine said. “Canyon Road was Santa Fe’s main street for centuries. A lot changed when I was growing up here in the 80s and 90s, when young people were told to keep off the Plaza and Canyon Road. Many of my generation have now returned to raise our kids, and we want to come back to the road.”

“Plugging old traditions like the Farolito Walk into summertime, when we can all enjoy the thin magic light of our city, will be an awakening for newcomers and a homecoming for so many of us.”