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...

Long-form improv from In the Box Mainstage, which means actual narrative structure rather than the quick-hit games most Albuquerque audiences associate with the format. The Box is a proper black-box theater, so even a mid-size crowd feels like a full room, which works in the performers' favor. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so buy...

The One Night Stanleys perform long-form improv under the On the Mainstage banner at The Box, one of the few actual black-box theater spaces on the corridor. Long-form improv lives or dies on the ensemble's chemistry, and The Box's intimate configuration means you'll feel both the hits and the misses, which is honestly part of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A live improv comedy show at The Box, one of the more committed small performance spaces on the Central corridor, running about an hour at 8PM. The Box seats intimately and the room puts you close enough to the performers that the awkward pauses land differently than they do in a big house. Tickets are...

The One Night Stanleys bring long-form improv to The Box, one of the few dedicated performance spaces on the corridor that actually treats comedy as a craft rather than a...