Events on Central

Four local horror authors, Jeff C. Carter, Scotty Milder, TL Bodine, and Bradley Nordell, read and discuss summer slasher fiction as part of Painted Lady's ongoing Brews & Boos series....

Zydeco on Central is a rarer thing than it should be, and Kiko & Le Zydeco Hot are the real article, built around accordion and a rubboard rhythm section that...

LOADED brings a rock covers set to Tractor's Wells Park taproom, one of the more reliably good outdoor-to-indoor live music setups on the corridor. The Wells Park location runs a little grittier and more neighborhood-local than Tractor's other spots, which tends to make for a crowd that's actually there to listen. Admission isn't confirmed yet,...

Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform live flamenco during dinner service at the tablao inside Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few purpose-built flamenco venues on the corridor. The room is small and the stage sits low, so the percussion of footwork registers in your chest in a way that a larger theater never...

Toni Morgan brings together a lineup of women vocalists for this jazz and blues evening in the museum's outdoor amphitheater, part of a summer series that has been anchoring Saturday nights in Old Town for 35 years. The grounds hold several hundred people comfortably and the acoustics are better than you'd expect from an open-air...

A rock opera built around Kevin McDonald, the Kids in the Hall member, staged for a single performance on the Box's mainstage. The Box is an intimate black-box space, so...

AJ Mathews takes the headliner slot for this stand-up night produced by local comedy promoter AJ DeLeon, whose shows tend to run with a full supporting lineup before the closer....

A full-night Madonna dance party at one of Nob Hill's most reliably fun LGBTQ+ bars, running from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on a Saturday. The Social Club keeps its floor small and its crowd warm, which means this will feel like a house party with a good sound system rather than a club night....

Local independent improv teams get the stage to themselves for a night of short-form and long-form sets at The Box, one of the more serious comedy rooms on Central. The...