Zozobra ("Old Man Gloom") is the name of a giant marionette effigy that is burned every autumn during Fiestas de Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, usually during the second week of September. As his name suggests, he embodies gloom; by burning him, the worries and troubles of the previous year are destroyed in the flames. Sometimes shoppers in the Santa Fe area will see tin cans with pieces of paper next to them in department and local stores. Anyone is welcome to write about anything bothering them. These small papers are put in the cans, and eventually they are all collected and put at Zozobra's feet to be burned alongside him.

Fiestas de Santa Fe has been held since 1712 to celebrate the retaking of the city in 1692 by Don Diego de Vargas after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The burning of Zozobra dates from 1924, when William Howard Shuster, Jr. came up with the idea of creating the effigy, also called Old Man Gloom. Today over forty thousand people go to watch Zozobra, who stands fifty feet tall and whose burning marks the start of 3 days of celebration that includes mass at St. Francis Cathedral, a reenactment of the Entrada, when de Vargas returned to the city, a Children's pet parade, and the Historical/Hysterical Parade. Zozobra is built by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe and burned at Fort Marcy Park. One of the best places to watch Zozobra is from the Cross of the Martyrs north of the Plaza.

Zozobra is a rock band that was first conceived by Caleb Scofield during 2006. He was joined by Santos Montano for the band's first release, "Harmonic Tremors" in 2007. Sonically, Zozobra bears a lot in common with the experimental-hardcore of Old Man Gloom (a project in which both of its members are involved) and symbolically shares a synonymous name; at the same time Zozobra is more hard rock than metal. Zozobra toured the United States with Isis and Jesu in early 2007. Zozobra has allowed Caleb Scofield the chance to write his own songs for the first time ever, unlike Cave In and Old Man Gloom.