• DJ Quico Tribute Night at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
    DowntownDJ setTickets

    This is a late-night tribute DJ set at El Rey, running from 9:30 p.m. Friday deep into Saturday morning, which tells you everything about the crowd's intentions. El Rey's floor opens up well when a DJ has the room to themselves, and a set framed around a specific artist's influence tends to pull people who...

  • NCAA Football Buffet at Historic Lobo Theater

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob HillsportsDetails

    The Lobo Sports Vault, tucked inside the Historic Lobo Theater on Central, runs the full college football slate across its screens every Saturday, with a buffet from 11 AM to...

  • Watermelon Mountain Jug Band at Old Town

    Old Town Gazebo
    Old TownfolkDetails

    Watermelon Mountain Jug Band brings their old-time, washboard-and-strings sound to the open-air gazebo at the heart of Old Town, one of the more charming outdoor stages on the corridor. The...

  • Benny Bassett Live at Sawmill Market

    Sawmill Market
    Sawmilllive musicDetails

    Benny Bassett brings his bass-forward sound to Sawmill Market's communal food hall space on a Saturday night. The open layout means sound bleeds across vendor stalls, so this plays more...

  • Ed Allan Live at Marble Brewery

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    Ed Allan plays Marble Brewery's Westside taproom, one of the more reliably good rooms on this stretch of Central for catching a solo performer without fighting the sound. The brewery...

  • Levi Dean & The Mesa Rats Live

    Thirsty Eye Brewing Company
    live musicDetails

    Levi Dean & The Mesa Rats bring their dusty, Central Avenue-adjacent sound to one of the corridor's better small-room stages. Thirsty Eye keeps the volume at a level where you can still talk to the person next to you, which either sounds like a selling point or a dealbreaker depending on who you are. Admission...

  • Blues Night at Civic Plaza Downtown

    Kiva Auditorium
    DowntownbluesTickets

    Three serious players share a bill for Blues Night, the capstone evening of the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival: Judith Hill (a vocalist who has worked with Prince and...