Events for September 4, 2026

Six local acts share the Launchpad stage in what amounts to a cross-section of the current Albuquerque underground, capped by DJ Meowstas to carry the room into the late hours....

The 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival steps outside its usual performance format for a film day at the Guild, pairing the 1981 avant-garde document Imagine the Sound with the...

Four years in, New Mexico Goth Fest has established itself as the one night Launchpad fully commits to the dark side, running past 2 a.m. with bands cycling through both the main room and the bar area. The crowd skews serious about the music rather than the costume, which makes for a better show and...

Triple-A Pacific Coast League ball between the Isotopes and the Tacoma Rainiers, a Friday night game at one of the better mid-sized ballparks in the country. Isotopes Park sits right...

Night one of New Mexico's annual goth festival stacks eight acts across what will likely be a long, late run at Launchpad, anchored by local and regional names like Theif,...

Hotel Albuquerque's tablao format puts you close enough to feel the footwork through the floor, which is either thrilling or too much depending on your baseline for intensity. This is a full dinner show, so budget the whole evening rather than treating it as a drop-in. Performers are still TBA at listing time, so check...

Hotel Albuquerque's tablao series brings together dancers, a singer, and a guitarist for an evening of live flamenco in a room that was built for exactly this kind of performance. The specific performers haven't been announced yet, and that matters here because the lineup quality varies show to show, so check back closer to the...

A live improv comedy show at The Box, the small black-box theater on Central that has been quietly hosting some of the sharpest performance work in the neighborhood for years....