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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....

Chamber Music Albuquerque's full 2026-27 concert season, bought in one subscription, spanning six performances at Simms Auditorium on Central Avenue from October through June. Simms is a genuinely good room...

The full Broadway touring production of Beauty and the Beast comes to Popejoy, with the costumes, flying sequences, and orchestra that the Disney animated film was always gesturing toward. Popejoy is a proper concert hall, so sightlines are good from nearly every seat and the sound system does not fight the room. Tickets are through...

Blitzkid, the Pennsylvania horror-punk duo who spent a decade and a half building a devoted cult following before going on hiatus, are back on the road and stopping at Launchpad with Funeral Process in tow. The show is listed at 9 PM local time, which at Launchpad means the room will be small, loud, and...

Bit Brigade's whole concept is a live band performing NES game soundtracks note-for-note while a speedrunner plays through each game on a screen above the stage, so the music and the gameplay have to finish at the same time. The tension in the room when a runner is close to a record attempt is genuinely...

One of the longest-running Broadway musicals in history comes through on its national tour, bringing the full production design, costumes, and orchestration you'd expect from a show that has played over 5,000 performances. Popejoy is a genuinely good room for this, with sightlines that hold up across the house and enough acoustic warmth to make...

A fundraiser night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew, with proceeds going to Barrett House, which provides transitional housing and support services for women and children in Albuquerque. Painted Lady is one of the more genuinely idiosyncratic spots on the corridor, a working bed and breakfast with a tap room attached, so the crowd tends...

A Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute act takes the field at Isotopes Park, which means an outdoor stadium setting for what is usually a club-sized show format. The baseball-venue configuration puts a lot of distance between the back rows and the stage, so getting your tickets early and paying attention to section placement will matter...

The national touring production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast brings the full Broadway treatment to Popejoy Hall, one of the better mid-sized theaters in the Southwest for this kind...

Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series goes oral tradition for this one: people get up and tell ghost stories they claim actually happened to them, no performance background required. The...