Events on Central

Fred Hersch is one of the most technically accomplished and emotionally honest pianists in jazz right now, and this trio format is where he does his clearest thinking. Outpost is...

Crzy plays Gaia's Kava Root on September 20th, one of the more low-key rooms on this stretch of Central where the kava bar format tends to keep the crowd genuinely...

Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana brings her quartet to Outpost Performance Space for the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, and this is a legitimate get for the festival. Outpost...

The Bad Plus, the piano trio that spent two decades rewriting the rules on what jazz could claim as its own, is wrapping up with this farewell run, and Outpost is exactly the right room to catch them. The space is a dedicated listening room, which means the crowd comes to pay attention, not to...

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 alcohol venues, which tends to keep the room focused on the music rather than the noise around it. If you've been sitting on sixteen bars,...

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...

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...

A live concert production built around the songs of the 1960s, staged at Popejoy Hall on the UNM campus. Popejoy is a proper listening room with real acoustics and actual...

Navajo jazz pianist Delbert Anderson brings his quartet to Outpost for one of the marquee nights of the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, a run that has made this room one of the more serious jazz destinations in the Southwest. Outpost is a dedicated listening room, which means the crowd actually listens, and Anderson's...

Mingus Dynasty, the rotating ensemble dedicated to keeping Charles Mingus's compositions alive and argumentative, plays Outpost as part of the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival. Outpost is one of the few rooms in the state where the acoustics and the audience both take the music seriously, so this is a real listening room experience,...