• TSU NAMI at Effex Rooftop

    Effex
    Downtownhouse/technoDetails

    TSU NAMI headlines the rooftop edition of We House Fridays, pulling from stutter house and UK garage, two genres that reward a sound system with actual low-end. The Effex rooftop gives you Downtown Albuquerque at night as your backdrop, which on a clear September evening is genuinely hard to argue with. Start time is unconfirmed,...

  • Birthday Metal Blowout

    Launchpad
    DowntownmetalTickets

    Four bands, one birthday, and a bill that leans hard into the heavier end of the Albuquerque scene. Launchpad's room is built for exactly this kind of stacked weekend show, where the floor fills early and the sound desk gets a proper workout. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so grab them before the door...

  • Bravo The Bagchaser Live at El Rey Theater

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownhip-hopTickets

    Bravo The Bagchaser, the Sacramento rapper who built a following through raw street narratives and consistent independent releases, headlines the Nothing Given Tour at one of Central Avenue's better rooms for hip-hop sound. DJ Trill handles sounds between sets, which usually means this crowd stays warm the whole night rather than cooling off between acts....

  • Isotopes vs. Salt Lake Bees

    Isotopes Park
    UNM AreasportsTickets

    Triple-A Pacific Coast League baseball on Central, the Isotopes hosting the Salt Lake Bees in what is reliably one of the better ways to spend an evening in this neighborhood. The park sits right on the corridor and the sight lines are genuinely good from almost every seat, which is not something you can say...

  • Built To Spill at El Rey Theater

    El Rey Theater
    DowntownindieTickets

    Built To Spill, the Boise outfit that helped define what overdriven, melodically obsessive indie rock could be in the '90s, plays El Rey with local singer-songwriter Paul Schalda opening. El Rey's long room and solid sound system suit this band well, since their live sets tend to stretch and wander in ways that reward a...

  • Wax Motif & VNSSA at NHCC Barelas

    NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center
    Barelaslate-nightDetails

    Three names from the heavier end of house music, Wax Motif and VNSSA in particular having built real momentum on the festival circuit, playing a venue better known for visual art and cultural programming than for DJ sets. The NHCC's event spaces can work well for this kind of show when production is dialed in,...

  • BIJOU at Effex Nightclub

    Effex
    Downtownlate-nightDetails

    BIJOU, the Denver-based producer who built a following through relentless touring and a catalog that sits at the harder, grittier end of house music, plays Effex on a Saturday night....

  • The Last Poets & Terminator X at KiMo

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownarts & cultureDetails

    The Last Poets, the New York collective whose 1960s and 70s recordings laid foundational groundwork for hip-hop, perform at the KiMo with Terminator X on the decks and Albuquerque's own former poet laureate Hakim Bellamy holding it together as host. The KiMo's ornate Pueblo Deco interior has a way of making certain performances feel genuinely...

  • Hard Techno Night with DØMINA at Effex

    Effex
    Downtownlate-nightDetails

    DØMINA takes the decks for the latest installment of Effex's ongoing Techno Affair 360 series, a hard techno and techno night that the club has been running long enough to...