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RED After Party

Gaia's Kava Root

RIOT ENT. closes out the night at Gaia's Kava Root with this late ticketed after party, running what amounts to the final hours before sunrise. Gaia's is a kava bar, so the drink situation is non-alcoholic by default, which either fits your night perfectly or explains why you should plan accordingly before you arrive. Tickets...

Friday Night Hip-Hop Cypher

Gaia's Kava Root

An open hip-hop cypher hosted by Taylor Cheek at Gaia's Kava Root, one of the more low-key and genuinely welcoming spots on Central. Kava bars run a different energy than...

Tablao Flamenco Friday Show

Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque

A seated flamenco show in the tablao format, meaning close quarters with the performers and no fourth wall to hide behind. Hotel Albuquerque's space for this series is small enough...

John Maestas at Outpost Performance Space

Outpost Performance Space

John Maestas brings his Juan Tigre project to Outpost for the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, a milestone run for what has become one of the state's most important...

Live Improv Comedy at The Box

Outpost Performance Space

The Box brings improv comedy to its intimate black-box space on Central, where the room holds maybe 60 people and the performers can see every wince and laugh. That closeness...

TYNAN at Effex Nightclub, Route 66 Downtown

Effex

TYNAN is one of the sharper names working the overlap between bass house and the heavier riddim and deathstep side of the spectrum, and this is a proper club night,...

Dolly Parton Tribute Night at Launchpad

Launchpad

Seven local acts, each doing their own version of Dolly, across a single late night at one of Central's most reliable small stages. Launchpad runs loud, the sightlines from the...

Reklez Rodeo at Gaia’s Kava Root

Gaia's Kava Root

A rodeo-themed party night at Gaia's Kava Root, the kava bar on Central that doubles as one of the more reliably energetic late-night spots near campus. The 18+ door keeps...

French Touch DJ Night

Moonlight Lounge

Two of French house's most distinct camps get the head-to-head treatment here: the warm, disco-filtered funk of Daft Punk's catalog against Justice's harder, more distorted edge. The ticket link is...

Y2K Video Dance Party

Inside Out

This one is built around the music videos, not just the songs, so expect the visuals to be half the show. Insideout is a small room, which means the dance...

Apparition Goth Night at El Rey

El Rey Theater

Three DJs, one of them a last-minute-feeling 'special guest' wildcard, spinning a goth night at El Rey on a Friday that runs until 10 p.m. local time. El Rey's floor...

Reklez Rodeo at Gaia’s Kava Root

Gaia's Kava Root

Reklez Entertainment is throwing a late-night rodeo at Gaia's Kava Root, a kava bar on Central that runs closer to a living room than a nightclub. The kava-instead-of-alcohol setup makes...

Improv Comedy Night at The Box

Outpost Performance Space

In the Box Mainstage puts up The Hive, a long-form improv show built around ensemble scenes rather than the quick-hit games that dominate most comedy nights in town. The Box...

Roller Derby Movie Night at Guild Cinema

Guild Cinema

Albuquerque Roller Derby is taking over Guild Cinema for a screening of The Kansas City Bomber, the 1972 Raquel Welch roller derby film that remains the genre's high-water mark. Guild...