Events on Central

Launchpad's annual Halloween cover band run is exactly what it sounds like: a stretch of October nights where different acts take the stage as someone else entirely, costumes and all....

A full tablao flamenco production, dancer, singer, and guitarist performing together in the intimate room at Hotel Albuquerque, timed to Balloon Fiesta week when the city is at its most crowded and its most festive. The tablao format seats you close enough that you can hear the footwork land, which changes the experience considerably compared...

Albuquerque gets the first night of a national grindcore run, with California's Trip to the Morgue (Wormholedeath Records, Napalm Death adjacency) headlining over Las Vegas touring partners Skeleton Crew and local openers Egregious 505 on Central Avenue. The Lobo's room rewards this kind of show, big enough to absorb the volume, old enough to have...

Halloween-themed stand-up comedy at one of the quirkier venues on Central, a brewpub that also happens to rent rooms, which means the crowd on any given night is a genuine...

Coco Montoya spent years learning from Albert Collins before going out on his own, and that lineage shows in a playing style that treats tone and timing as seriously as any note he picks. FUSION | 708 is a tighter room than most blues acts are used to, which tends to work in the audience's...

The 1922 Nosferatu gets the full treatment here: bingo cards, DJ Fishbowl on the soundtrack, and cold beer in a building that was itself once a little creepy. Painted Lady...

Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque puts a full live flamenco company on stage inside Hotel Albuquerque, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing together in a purpose-built tablao setting. Balloon Fiesta...

The third night of Launchpad's Halloween cover band run means the series has already sorted out its sea legs, and whatever lineup lands here tends to play looser and longer...