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Tonight on the corridor
This is a late-night set from Afters with the Cave at Luna Kava Root, a kava bar on Central that runs a tighter, quieter room than most venues its size. The kava-bar setting tends to shape the crowd toward people who are actually listening, which either suits you or it doesn't. Tickets are through Hold...
School of Rock's graduate ensemble takes the Fusion Theater stage for a full set built around the sounds of Memphis, which means expect Stax-era soul, classic blues, and probably some Beale Street grit filtered through kids who have been working this material seriously. Fusion is a small, intimate black-box theater, so the sound lands close...
A tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, close enough to the performance floor that the footwork lands in your sternum. The room rewards early arrival, since sightlines from the back...
Jordan Jonas brings the Brews & Boos Event Series into late August with a supernatural-themed Sunday night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew on Central. The B&B format means this...
New Mexico United closes out August against San Antonio FC, one of the more competitive western conference sides in the USL Championship. Isotopes Park plays surprisingly well for soccer, the...
The Hustle's Duke Day showcase puts local Albuquerque artists on a dedicated stage at Insideout, one of the more intimate rooms on this stretch of Central. The ticket link is live through Hold My Ticket, so this one has a real capacity ceiling, and late August weekend nights in Downtown fill up faster than people...
The Isotopes host Tacoma in a late-season Pacific Coast League game at one of the better mid-level ballparks in the country, a place where the sight lines are good from...
San Antonio punk trio FEA brings their bilingual, Latinx-rooted hardcore to Insideout alongside Albuquerque locals All Thicc and Fit To Burn. Insideout runs small and close, which for a band like FEA is a feature, not a problem. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so buy ahead rather than hoping the door works out.
Four touring acts, Good Terms, Stateside, Savings, and Right On Kid, stack up on the Launchpad stage for a late-night show that runs into the early hours of September 2nd. Launchpad is a narrow room with a low ceiling that does something genuinely useful for this kind of bill: it makes even a half-full crowd...
The Isotopes take on the Tacoma Rainiers in a late-summer Pacific Coast League matchup at the ballpark that sits right on Central, close enough to walk from a dozen bars. Isotopes Park punches well above its Triple-A weight in terms of sightlines and atmosphere, and the upper deck along the third-base line has a view...
