• Chatter Concert Series at Old Town

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old Townarts & cultureFreeDetails

    Chatter brings its stripped-down, no-applause-between-movements approach to the Albuquerque Museum courtyard, one of the better acoustic environments on this stretch of Central. The crowd here tends to be genuinely attentive...

  • Calle 66 Live at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old TowndanceTickets

    Calle 66 takes the outdoor stage for the Friday salsa night in the Albuquerque Museum's long-running Music Under the Stars series, now in its 35th year. The museum courtyard is one of the better outdoor listening rooms in the city, with the Old Town adobe walls doing surprisingly good things for the sound. Tickets are...

  • Blues Tribute at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old Townall agesTickets

    Three Kings, one stage: Enchantment Blues & Guitars works through the distinct vocabularies of Freddie King, Albert King, and B.B. King in a single outdoor set at the Museum's long-running...

  • Obon Festival at ABQ BioPark

    ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
    Old TownculturalDetails

    Held in the BioPark's Japanese Garden, this annual ceremony draws on Buddhist traditions of honoring the dead through Bon Odori folk dancing, taiko drumming, and lantern rituals, the kind of...

  • Son Como Son at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old TowndanceTickets

    Son Como Son brings their salsa and Latin ensemble sound to the Albuquerque Museum's long-running outdoor concert series, now in its 35th year. The museum courtyard fills up faster than...

  • Ladies Sing the Blues at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old Townall agesTickets

    Five women share the stage for a blues night that is part of the Albuquerque Museum's 35th annual Music Under the Stars series, with Joanie Cere pulling the program together....

  • Adults-Only Night Walks at ABQ BioPark

    ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
    Old Towndate nightTickets

    The Botanic Garden runs a 90-minute after-hours walk through the grounds once the families have cleared out, which is a genuinely different experience from the daytime version. The start time...

  • Dee Brown Tribute to Ray Charles

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old Townall agesTickets

    Dee Brown brings a full Ray Charles tribute to the Albuquerque Museum's outdoor amphitheater, backed by Bump City, as part of the 35th year of Music Under the Stars. The...

  • Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Old Town

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old Townlive musicTickets

    The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, a Grammy-winning nine-piece salsa dura outfit from New York, brings the kind of hard-bop Latin brass that doesn't get softened for festival crowds. The museum's outdoor...

  • NM Philharmonic at Old Town’s BioPark Botanic Garden

    ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
    Old TownclassicalDetails

    The New Mexico Philharmonic brings a full orchestra into the BioPark Botanic Garden for one of the more genuinely pleasant outdoor concert settings in the city. The gardens do interesting...