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 bolero, and let the song do the work that words alone never quite manage. The room will be full of people who already understand why...

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 room that gets loud and warm fast, which works in favor of this kind of floor-filling music and against anyone hoping to hold a conversation....

Abstract Rude, the Los Angeles underground hip-hop veteran with roots stretching back to Rhymesayers-adjacent circles, plays a live set at Products of the Golden Age while a music video gets...

A late-night hip-hop set built around 90s and 2000s classics, running from midnight to 4 AM at one of the stranger and more charming spots on Central, a kava bar that happens to have the bass for it. Gaia's draws a crowd that's genuinely there for the music rather than the drink minimum, which changes...

Benny Bassett takes the Sawmill Market stage on a Saturday night, which puts live music inside one of the busier food-hall environments on this stretch of Central. The open layout...

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...

Nathan Fox brings his set to the Marble Westside taproom, one of the more comfortable standing-room spots on the corridor for a Sunday night show. The brewery format keeps things...

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 from almost every seat. The mountain view beyond the outfield wall is the kind of thing you forget to mention to out-of-towners and then watch...

Adam Hooks takes the stage at Tractor Brewing's Westside location, the taproom that has quietly become one of the more reliable spots for local and regional singer-songwriters on the Central...

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 hall, assigned seating, no bar rail to lean on, which suits her catalog better than a club would anyway. Tickets through Ticketmaster, and this one...

The Schmoobies are a teen improv troupe performing under the In The Box Annex program, which is The Box's youth development arm rather than its main stage. Shows like this tend to run short and loose, which is either charming or chaotic depending on the night, and usually both. If you have a kid in...

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, and somehow that tension works. The Painted Lady keeps the room small and the beer list local, so this reads more like a friend's basement...

DBGomez and The Bosque Boys bring their roots-and-rhythm sound to Thirsty Eye Brewing Company, one of the more relaxed live music rooms on the corridor. The taproom format keeps things...

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 a proper ensemble rather than a single act. The room at Hotel Albuquerque is intimate enough that you will feel the footwork in your chest,...

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 life as one of the more atmospheric event spaces on the corridor. The Lobo's wide floor and elevated stage give it a genuine concert feel...

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 museum lawn holds a crowd well and the sight lines are forgiving, but a blanket or low chair makes the difference between a good night...

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. The Box is a small, focused room where the audience is close enough to the performers that your reaction becomes part of the show, so...

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...

Albuquerque's drum and bass crew 505 Junglists takes over Insideout with a deep lineup spanning jungle, liquid funk, and straight-up bass weight, plus MCs Jaymo G and Luke's B holding it down live. Insideout runs small and the sound system is built for low end, so this kind of bill hits differently than it would...

Four of Albuquerque's own jungle and drum and bass selectors, Xblyssid, Pretty High, S.A.I.N.T, and Dumb and Based, share the decks while MCs Jayzo G and Lukey B hold 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...