Isotopes vs. Space Cowboys at Route 66’s Ballpark

Isotopes Park

Triple-A baseball on Central Avenue, where the Isotopes face the Houston Astros affiliate Space Cowboys in a late-summer weeknight game. Isotopes Park sits right on the Route 66 corridor and the stadium's left-field berm is one of the better places in Albuquerque to catch a sunset while pretending to watch the bullpen warm up. Tickets...

Chatter Concert Series at Old Town

Albuquerque Museum

Chatter brings its stripped-down, no-applause-between-movements approach to the Albuquerque Museum courtyard, one of the better acoustic environments on this stretch of Central. The crowd here tends to be genuinely attentive...

Profanatica & Morbosidad at Sister

Sister Bar

Profanatica, one of the longest-running and most uncompromising black metal acts in the United States, brings their blasphemous orthodoxy to Sister alongside Morbosidad, whose Latin black/death hybrid has its own...

Lobo Sports Vault Grand Opening

Historic Lobo Theater

The Historic Lobo Theater is unveiling its new sports memorabilia concept, the Lobo Sports Vault, with an invitation-only preview night running 6 p.m. to midnight. If you think you should...

Pints for Pink Fundraiser

Painted Lady Bed & Brew

A fundraiser night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew on Central, with proceeds going to Pink Warrior House, which provides free housing for breast cancer patients traveling to Albuquerque for treatment. Painted Lady draws a neighborhood-loyal crowd, so expect a room full of people who actually know what they're supporting rather than a generic charity...

Creepy Spooky Book Club Night at Painted Lady

Painted Lady Bed & Brew

Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series turns its bar into a book club for readers who prefer their fiction on the darker side. The Bed & Brew format means the crowd tends to be a mix of guests staying the night and regulars who treat the place like a living room, so the conversation usually...

Profanatica & Morbosidad at Sister Bar

Sister Bar

Profanatica has been doing blasphemous, lo-fi black metal since 1990, long before the genre had a US fanbase worth counting, and pairing them with Morbosidad's Texas-bred death-black savagery makes this...

International Thursdays at Bourbon & Boots

Bourbon & Boots

Bourbon & Boots runs its weekly international night here, a late dance event that pulls from global sounds and typically skews toward a younger, dress-to-go-out crowd. The 1 a.m. start means this is genuinely late-night, so plan accordingly if you have somewhere to be Friday morning. A ticket link exists, so check it before showing...

John Rangel Quintet at Outpost, Route 66 Jazz

Outpost Performance Space

John Rangel brings a full quintet to Outpost, one of the few rooms on the corridor built specifically for listening rather than drinking. Outpost's sightlines and sound treatment mean you'll actually hear what Keller and Beasley are doing with the material, which matters with players at this level. Tickets are through 505livemusic.com, and Outpost shows...

John Rangel Quintet Live Jazz

Outpost Performance Space

Pianist John Rangel brings a quintet format to Outpost's long-running Summer Thursday Jazz Nights series, now in its 30th year, with reedman Rick Keller and drummer Robby Beasley rounding out a lineup built from some of the more serious working jazz musicians in this region. Outpost is a listening room in the genuine sense: the...

Olivia O’Brien PIXIE Tour at Launchpad

Launchpad

Olivia O'Brien, the California singer-songwriter who built a following on confessional pop and a knack for a hook, brings her PIXIE Tour to one of Central Avenue's most reliable small...

Maybe So Album Release

El Rey Theater

Maybe So is throwing a proper album release at Insideout, with Nara Visa and Wascoe Rabbit filling out a three-act night on the corridor. Insideout runs late and loud, so if you're coming for the headliner, arriving early actually pays off here because the room fills and the sightlines get complicated fast. Tickets are through...

Carlos Steele & deadpayphones at Launchpad

Launchpad

Four Albuquerque acts share the Launchpad stage on a Friday night, the kind of local bill where at least one band will surprise you and at least one will run...