Black Veil Brides at El Rey Theater

El Rey Theater

Black Veil Brides, the Los Angeles band that built a career out of glam-metal theatrics and arena-sized anthems, plays El Rey with Caskets in support. El Rey is a tight...

In Rhythm Fest 2026 Latin Dance Festival

NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center

A three-day Latin dance festival spread across the NHCC campus, Fusion, and the Albuquerque Museum, anchored by Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra on Friday night and 30 workshops covering everything from...

Teatro Paraguas: Esperanza at NHCC Barelas

NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center

Carlos Morton's Esperanza adapts the story of the 1951 Empire Zinc strike in Bayard, NM, where Mexican American miners' wives took over the picket line after the Taft-Hartley Act pushed...

Black Veil Brides Live on Route 66 at El Rey Downtown

El Rey Theater

Black Veil Brides bring their Vindicatour US 2026 run to El Rey with a full four-band bill that includes Caskets, Archers, and Holy Wars. El Rey's floor gets genuinely packed...

Horror House Trivia

Painted Lady Bed & Brew

Horror trivia at one of the more characterful spots on Central, a brewpub that actually has rooms upstairs, which gives the whole Brews and Boos series a faint gothic logic....

Tablao Flamenco Friday Dinner Show

Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque

This is a seated dinner-format flamenco show in a room that was built for exactly this kind of performance, with a stage close enough that you feel the foot percussion...

Tablao Flamenco Friday Show

Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque

Three dancers, a singer, and a guitarist perform traditional tablao flamenco in one of the few dedicated flamenco formats on the corridor. Hotel Albuquerque's performance space keeps the room small...

Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Old Town

Albuquerque Museum

The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, a Grammy-winning nine-piece salsa dura outfit from New York, brings the kind of hard-bop Latin brass that doesn't get softened for festival crowds. The museum's outdoor...

Ron Crowder Album Release Show

FUSION | 708

Ron Crowder brings his new album, Moving at the Speed of Life, to FUSION 708 for a proper release show on Central. FUSION 708 is a small room, which means...

Live Improv Comedy at The Box

Outpost Performance Space

Two improvisers (or a full ensemble, depending on the night) build scenes from nothing in real time at one of the corridor's few dedicated performance spaces. The Box is a...

Shauna Dean Cokeland + No Manners at Launchpad Downtown

Launchpad

Three local acts share the Launchpad stage on a Friday night, with Shauna Dean Cokeland headlining above No Manners and Junkyard Butterfly. Launchpad's sound system punches harder than the room's...

Haylee Wood at Effex Nightclub

Effex

Mr. AfterHours Presents brings WHF 360° to Effex with Haylee Wood headlining and XBLYSSID in the special guest slot, which typically means the room doesn't find its footing until well...

Late-Night Improv Comedy

Outpost Performance Space

Long-form improv from the Improv Theatre company at The Box, starting well after midnight on a Saturday, which tells you exactly what kind of crowd you'll find. The Box is...