Events for August 21, 2026

Rudolfo Anaya's New Mexico cornerstone gets a full stage treatment by the Vortex Theatre, running four days at the NHCC's Albuquerque Journal Theatre in a special limited seating configuration. That...

Triple-A baseball on a Friday night in late August, when the air finally starts to think about cooling down and the Sandia Mountains go pink behind the outfield. Isotopes Park...

Los Texmaniacs, the Grammy-winning San Antonio conjunto outfit led by Max Baca, play the KiMo with Lisa Morales, whose voice has a way of stopping a room cold. The KiMo's acoustics reward this kind of music more than almost any other room on the corridor, and the balcony fills fast for shows with a built-in...

This one is an open mic built around true ghost stories told by real people, not actors, not a scripted production. Painted Lady already leans into its historic-building energy, so...

Hotel Albuquerque has been running this tablao format long enough that the room knows how to hold it: low lights, close tables, the kind of physical proximity to the dancers...

Three dancers, a singer, and guitarist Chuscales share a small stage inside Hotel Albuquerque for a seated flamenco show that runs about two and a half hours. Chuscales is a...

King Que takes the stage at The Hall for this late-night set that runs well past midnight, presented by Arrogant Marketing. The Hall has hosted enough of these Arrogant productions...

This touring karaoke concept, already running in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Mexico City, lands at the Lobo with a specific emotional premise: you show up, pick a ranchera or a...

Los Texmaniacs, the Grammy-winning San Antonio conjunto band led by Max Baca, share the KiMo stage with Lisa Morales, whose voice carries equal parts grit and tenderness through corridos and Americana. The KiMo's 1927 Pueblo Deco interior does something interesting to accordion-heavy music, the room breathes with it in a way a modern venue simply...

Two improv groups share the stage at The Box for an hour of unscripted comedy, the kind where the audience suggestions actually matter and occasionally derail everything in the best...

LEROY's 'Back to School' EP release brings four local acts to Launchpad for a late Saturday night on Central. Launchpad keeps the stage low and the room tight, so a...

A late-night funk and soul dance event at Insideout that runs from roughly 9 p.m. until the sun is coming up, so plan your Saturday accordingly. Insideout is a compact...

Long-form improv at The Box, starting just after 10 p.m. local time and wrapping up before midnight. The Box keeps its room small and its crowd close, which means the...