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Five-Band Rock Night at Launchpad

Launchpad

Five bands on one ticket at Launchpad, running from early evening into the small hours of a Thursday night on Central. Big Ass Truck has been a Memphis institution since...

Lobo Sports Vault Grand Opening

Historic Lobo Theater

The Lobo Theater's new dedicated sports room opens to the public Thursday night, doors at 6, running until midnight, with memorabilia on the walls and specials and giveaways rolling through the evening. What's genuinely interesting here is the venue itself: watching a game inside a 1939 Streamline Moderne movie palace is a different proposition than...

Alex Salcido Live at Tractor Brewing Wells Park

Tractor Brewing Wells Park

Alex Salcido is a founding voice of The Harmed Brothers, the Ludlow, KY indie-folk outfit, and his solo sets tend to run closer to John Prine's storytelling tradition than the polished Americana side of his influences. Tractor's Wells Park patio is one of the better free-music rooms on the corridor when the August evening cools...

Josh Glenn Experiment at Tractor Brewing Nob Hill

Bosque Brewing Nob Hill

Josh Glenn Experiment takes the stage at Tractor Brewing's Nob Hill location, one of the more reliable spots on the corridor for catching live music with a beer that actually justifies the stop. The ticket link through 505 Live Music suggests this is a proper ticketed show rather than a walk-up situation, so checking availability...

International Thursdays at Bourbon & Boots

Bourbon & Boots

Bourbon & Boots runs its weekly international music night here, which on the calendar lands as a Thursday but in practice is a very early Friday morning, running from roughly...

Jazz Standards at Outpost Performance Space

Outpost Performance Space

Toni Morgan and Michael Matison bring a paired vocal concept to jazz standards, trading and blending across the classic American songbook. Outpost is one of the few rooms in Albuquerque built for listening rather than drinking, so the audience actually goes quiet and the nuance lands. Tickets are through 505livemusic.com, and this room sells out...

Horror Comedy Night at Painted Lady

Painted Lady Bed & Brew

The Brews & Boos series at Painted Lady Bed & Brew brings a horror-comedy standup hour to their Central Avenue taproom, leaning into the campy premise rather than treating it...

Garden Party at Insideout

Inside Out

A late-night garden party at Insideout, one of the more reliably interesting rooms on Central, running from 8 PM well past midnight. The outdoor setup at this spot tends to breathe better than the interior on a warm August night, so dress for that. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, which means the door price...

Jazz Standards at Outpost

Outpost Performance Space

Vocalists Toni Morgan and Michael Matison share the stage for an evening of jazz standards billed as a his-and-hers conversation between two voices. Outpost is one of the few rooms on Central where the acoustics actually serve acoustic music, so the intimacy here is earned rather than accidental. This is the thirtieth year of the...

Kap G Live at Rhythm Room Downtown

Sister Bar

Atlanta's Kap G, the bilingual rapper who came up alongside Young Thug and built a following on tracks that blur Spanish and English without making a gimmick of it, takes the Rhythm Room stage in a show hosted by Buck D and put together by Takeover Promotions. The Rhythm Room is a small room, which...

Indie Sleaze Nite at Launchpad

Launchpad

Two DJs spin the greasy, eyeliner-heavy crossover zone where indie rock and early-2000s sleaze collide, the kind of set list that moves between Yeah Yeah Yeahs and something you forgot you loved. Launchpad's long room rewards this format: the sound system carries well toward the back, so you don't have to fight the front to...