• International Thursdays at Bourbon & Boots

    Bourbon & Boots
    Downtownworld musicDetails

    Bourbon & Boots runs its weekly international night here, a late dance event that pulls from global sounds and typically skews toward a younger, dress-to-go-out crowd. The 1 a.m. start...

  • Groove Therapy DJ Night at the Lobo Theater

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob Hill21+Details

    Seven DJs trading sets across seven hours of old-school funk, disco, and deep house inside one of the best-looking rooms on Central Avenue. The Lobo's floor is genuinely spacious and...

  • Calle 66 Live at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old TowndanceTickets

    Calle 66 takes the outdoor stage for the Friday salsa night in the Albuquerque Museum's long-running Music Under the Stars series, now in its 35th year. The museum courtyard is one of the better outdoor listening rooms in the city, with the Old Town adobe walls doing surprisingly good things for the sound. Tickets are...

  • Hybrid Minds Live

    Effex
    Downtownlate-nightDetails

    Hybrid Minds are one of the UK acts most responsible for pulling liquid DnB toward something that actually sounds like music rather than a stress test for subwoofers. Effex runs late and loud, so if you're coming from outside the neighborhood, plan around parking on that stretch of Central rather than assuming the lot. The...

  • Drum & Bass Afters at Lunas Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreaelectronicDetails

    Three drum and bass acts, Kuzomii, basketOfries, and Bass Prophet, take over Lunas Kava Root for a late-night set billed as an afters, meaning this is the party after the party. Kava and DnB is a genuinely different combination than the usual bar setup, and the root bar format tends to keep the crowd focused...

  • Oil Wrestling & Genderotic at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
    Downtowndrag/cabaretTickets

    Cenit's latest at El Rey stacks oil wrestling, live performances from Genderotic and Anjo King, and hosting duties split between Tasha Heart and Lito into one late-night bill that earns its own category. El Rey's long room and stage setup handle this kind of variety show format better than most Downtown spots, so sight lines...

  • Afters With The Cave at Luna Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreaelectronicTickets

    This is the official after-party for the Hybrid Minds show, a late-night (or early-morning, depending on your relationship with Saturday) liquid drum and bass gathering running 8:30 to 11am at one of the corridor's odder and more welcoming rooms. Luna Kava Root is a kava bar, so the crowd skews sober-adjacent even when the music...

  • Tablao Flamenco Saturday Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    world musicTickets

    Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform a full tablao program in the intimate theater space inside Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few dedicated flamenco venues operating anywhere on...

  • International Thursdays at Bourbon & Boots

    Bourbon & Boots
    Downtownworld musicDetails

    Bourbon & Boots runs its weekly international music night here, which on the calendar lands as a Thursday but in practice is a very early Friday morning, running from roughly 8 p.m. local time into the pre-dawn hours. This is a late dance floor crowd, not a casual-drink-and-leave situation, so go in knowing the room...

  • Indie Sleaze Nite at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    DowntownDJ setTickets

    Two DJs spin the greasy, eyeliner-heavy crossover zone where indie rock and early-2000s sleaze collide, the kind of set list that moves between Yeah Yeah Yeahs and something you forgot...