Santa Fe County Fair Santa Fe County Fair Grounds, Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe County 4-H plays a major role in this event, which draws produce, livestock and other entries from throughout rural Santa Fe County. 4- Hers add to the fun. Watch for it in early August. Santa Fe celebrities, including the mayor, the superintendent of schools and the chief of police, have helped with the scooping.
Visitors can make their own sundaes or banana splits.
Besides the ice cream, the museum serves up free demonstrations and entertainment. There might even be a visiting fire truck for the little ones to explore. The Palace of the Governors, once the center of New Mexico's political life and now a popular history museum, hosts this colorful fair as a tribute to Santa Fe's history as a trade center. In 1997, for example, the two-day film festival featured movies about the Old Santa Fe Trail with showings from 1 to 5 PM Thursday and again from 3 to 8 PM on Friday. And historian Marc Simmons lectured on his recent book, The Old Santa Fe Trail , and signed copies of it for interested readers.