Events for August 22, 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...

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...

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...

Thirteen years in, this festival has earned its place on the calendar, bringing blues and guitar-focused performance to one of the most architecturally loaded rooms on Central. The KiMo's Pueblo...

The Isotopes host Las Vegas in a Pacific Coast League matchup at one of the better mid-level ballparks in the country, a place where the sight lines are genuinely good...

Tori Amos brings her piano-centered performance to Popejoy Hall, one of the few rooms in Albuquerque with acoustics that actually reward that kind of intimacy. Popejoy is a proper concert...

Poltergeist (1982) gets the bingo treatment at Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, which means you are watching a genuinely unsettling film while also trying to mark off your card,...

A full tablao-format flamenco show with live guitar, cante, and baile performed in the heart of Old Town's anchor hotel on Central. Hotel Albuquerque's venue has the sightlines and acoustics...

Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarrista perform a full tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues in the city that stages this art form with...

Three Albuquerque-rooted entertainment outfits, AM ENT, JJ Official, and Reklez Ent, are co-presenting this throwback concert at the Lobo, the old movie house on Central that has found a second...

Dee Brown brings a full Ray Charles tribute to the Albuquerque Museum's outdoor amphitheater, backed by Bump City, as part of the 35th year of Music Under the Stars. The...

Two improv groups sharing a stage at The Box means the room feeds on itself, and on a good night that feedback loop produces something no scripted set can replicate....

A late-night house set running 10 PM to 2 AM at one of Downtown's more reliable spots for floor-focused electronic music. The title suggests this one leans toward the deeper,...

Unicorn Productions brings their burlesque and variety showcase to Launchpad, a room that has hosted everything from metal to comedy and handles late-night chaos better than most Downtown spots. The...

ATH is throwing a blackout-theme welcome back party at the El Rey to close out their welcome back week, which puts a few hundred people in all black inside one...

In The Box Annex takes improv somewhere extraterrestrial with A51*, a one-hour comedy set built around the kind of absurdist premises that either land brilliantly or flame out in real...

ATH is throwing its Welcome Back Week opener as a blackout theme party at El Rey, which means wear black or spend the night feeling underdressed. El Rey's main floor...

A 2000s throwback night at one of Nob Hill's most architecturally loaded rooms, co-presented by REKLEZ ENT and AM ENT. The Lobo's wide floor and decent sound system make it a better dancing venue than most people expect the first time they walk in. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so grab them ahead rather...