Events on Central

The KiMo hosts what appears to be a live taping and festival run tied to Season 6 of Bands of Enchantment's Albuquerque Sessions, a locally produced music series that has...

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...

Quantum Lifestyle Enterprises is bringing a Greek-life step show and block party to a cluster of Downtown corridor venues, including Rhythm Room, The Library Bar, Bourbon and Boots, and The...

Joanne Shaw Taylor, the British guitarist who started playing professionally at 16 after Eurythmics' Dave Stewart heard her at a festival, brings her full-throated blues-rock to the KiMo on a Tuesday night. The KiMo's Pueblo Deco interior is genuinely one of the best rooms in the Southwest to see a player this good, because the...

Stone Age Climbing Gym brings the 20th edition of Reel Rock to the KiMo, which means a full night of the year's best climbing films projected in one of the most architecturally wild movie houses in the Southwest. The KiMo's Pueblo Deco interior does something to a crowd, and the Stone Age connection usually draws...

Keller Williams builds full-band sounds entirely by himself, layering guitar, bass, beats, and vocals live on stage through a looping rig he's been refining for decades. The KiMo's acoustics reward...

International Guitar Night brings together four acoustic soloists from different corners of the world, each performing their own set before joining for collaborative finales that tend to be the real...