• Love Beer Hate Cancer Fundraiser

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    Downtownarts & cultureDetails

    Marble's recurring charity event pairs pints with purpose, raising money for cancer-related causes through an evening of beer and live entertainment at their downtown taproom on Central. The ticket link suggests this one requires advance purchase, so checking the event page before you show up is the right call. Marble's outdoor space on the corridor...

  • Steve Earle Solo Acoustic at KiMo Theatre Downtown

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    Steve Earle solo means no band to hide behind and no setlist discipline, which at 51 years in is a feature and not a flaw. The KiMo's acoustics reward exactly this format, an intimate room where a single guitar and a ragged voice land harder than they would in a shed venue three times the...

  • Garden Party at Insideout

    Inside Out
    Downtownarts & cultureTickets

    A late-night garden party at Insideout, one of the more reliably interesting rooms on Central, running from 8 PM well past midnight. The outdoor setup at this spot tends to...

  • Blues & Guitar Festival at KiMo Theatre Downtown

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    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 Last Poets & Terminator X at KiMo

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownarts & cultureDetails

    The Last Poets, the New York collective whose 1960s and 70s recordings laid foundational groundwork for hip-hop, perform at the KiMo with Terminator X on the decks and Albuquerque's own former poet laureate Hakim Bellamy holding it together as host. The KiMo's ornate Pueblo Deco interior has a way of making certain performances feel genuinely...

  • Joanne Shaw Taylor Live at KiMo Theatre Downtown

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    Joanne Shaw Taylor, the British guitarist who started playing professionally at 16 after Eurythmics' Dave Stewart heard her at a festival, brings her full-throated blues-rock to the KiMo on a...

  • Keller Williams Live at KiMo Theatre

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    Keller Williams builds full-band sounds entirely by himself, layering guitar, bass, beats, and vocals live on stage through a looping rig he's been refining for decades. The KiMo's acoustics reward...

  • International Guitar Night at KiMo Theatre Downtown

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    International Guitar Night brings together four acoustic soloists from different corners of the world, each performing their own set before joining for collaborative finales that tend to be the real...