Keeping the tradition: ZozoFest has more than 80 artists celebrating the iconic marionette
The first public Zozobra in 1926.Photo Courtesy Santa Fe Kiwanis
New Mexicans burn Zozobra as Hitler makes his way across Europe 1938.Journal Archive
Sept. 4, 1949Journal Archive
Sept. 2, 1960Journal Archive
Sept. 3, 1971Journal Archive
Sept. 11, 1981Journal Archive
Sept. 7, 1985Journal Archive
Sept. 3, 1989Journal Archive
Sept. 6, 1994Jaime Dispenza
1998: 72nd burning of ZozobraEddie Moore
2001, 75th AnniversaryJosh Stephenson
Artist Ray Sandoval adjusts Zozobra’s eyes during the final night of construction on the giant effigy on Sunday, September 1, 2002.Jeff Geissler
2004: 80th annual Zozobra burningEddie Moore
Sept. 4, 2008Adolphe Pierre-Louis
Sept. 10, 2009Eddie Moore
Sept. 9, 2010, 86th annual burning of ZozobraEddie Moore
Sept. 8, 2011 87th burning of ZozobraPat Vasquez-Cunningham
Sept. 4, 2012: Old Man Gloom went high-tech with remote control, colored LED eyes.Eddie Moore
Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe, burned Zozobra for the 89th time in front of thousands of people at Fort Marcy Park, in Santa Fe on Sept. 5, 2013. The 2013 iteration of Zozobra was the inspiration for the Zozobra special shape balloon.Eddie Moore
Zozobra goes up in flame, Sept. 6,2013Journal Archive
Kids from the New Era After School Academy look at the head of Zozobra at the Sanbusco Center on Aug. 22, 2014.Eddie Moore
Aug. 29, 2016 zozobra headEddie Moore
Sept. 1, 2017: Zozobra being installedEddie Moore
August 24, 2018Eddie Moore
RIGHT: Aug. 30, 2019: For the 95th annual Zozobra burning, Old Man Gloom was dressed in a Saturday Night Fever-style white suit to represent the 1970s.Eddie Moore
Sept. 4,2020. There is no crowd attending the event this year, but people were able to watch it on KOAT.Eddie Moore
Sept.3, 2021: Dressed in a Michael Jackson “Thriller” jacket to represent the 1980s, Zozobra went up in flames for the 97th time.Eddie Moore
Sept. 2, 2022: Old Man Gloom goes up in flames during the 98th burning of Zozobra.Eddie Moore
