Events on Central

Tropa Magica, the East LA band whose cumbia-punk collision has been turning heads well outside their home turf, brings Bands of Enchantment to the KiMo. That 1927 Pueblo Deco interior...

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...

This listing covers the closing night of a four-day festival co-produced by Elkhorn Media and the City of Albuquerque, running September 16 through 19 at one of the most architecturally...

A tablao-format flamenco show with live guitar, cante, and baile performed over a Friday dinner service at Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues on the corridor doing this with...

Jason Scott & The High Heat take the KiMo stage for Bands of Enchantment, a show whose name suggests something bigger than a single headliner, so expect either a multi-act...

A live improv comedy show at The Box, the small black-box theater on Central that has been quietly doing the work for years while bigger venues get the attention. The...

The Bands of Enchantment festival closes out its run at the KiMo, a 1927 Pueblo Deco landmark on Central that is worth the visit on architectural merit alone before a single note plays. This particular listing covers the final night, starting at 10 p.m., so you are looking at a late set in one of...

A full tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing in the tradition that has made this recurring series one of the more serious flamenco presentations in the Southwest. The Old Town-adjacent hotel setting is polished without being stiff, and the room is small enough that you're never far...

A seated dinner show built around traditional tablao flamenco, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing in the Old Town-adjacent ballroom space at Hotel Albuquerque on Central. The room is formal enough that showing up in shorts feels wrong, and the stage-to-table proximity means you will hear every footstrike and feel it, which is...

A traditional tablao format, meaning bailaoras, a cantaor, and a live guitarist performing together in a structured show rather than a loose cultural showcase. Hotel Albuquerque's dedicated flamenco space is...