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Two Albuquerque acts share the Marble Downtown stage on a Friday night, with Carita opening for The Mango Cakes. Marble's patio pulls in foot traffic from the street, so the room tends to fill faster than the 9 p.m. crowd expects. Admission details weren't confirmed at press time, so check the ticket link before you...
Four local acts share the Insideout stage for a night that reads like a who's-who of the current Burque underground rap scene. Insideout runs small and loud, so expect the kind of room where the bass hits you before you find a spot to stand. Admission isn't listed yet, so check the 505 Live link...
Mango Cakes brings their set to Marble's Downtown taproom, one of the more reliably sound-managed rooms on this stretch of Central. The indoor-outdoor layout means you can drift to the patio if the crowd thickens inside, which it tends to on Friday nights here.
Leftover Soul has been holding down Friday nights longer than most of the bars that have opened and closed around it, and the vinyl-only rule isn't a gimmick, it's the whole point. Sister Bar's layout puts you close enough to the booth to actually feel the room shift when a good record drops. Tickets are...
Improv Theatre takes the stage at The Box for an hour of unscripted comedy on a Saturday night in July. The Box is a small, close-contact room where the audience is never far from the action, which either delights you or makes you nervous about eye contact with performers. Admission details weren't listed at press...
Fit To Burn is throwing a proper CD release party at Launchpad, backed by five other local acts and a DJ set from Gamma Ray to keep the room moving...
This is a comedy debate show where being wrong is apparently the whole point, staged in The Box Annex, the smaller sibling space to one of Downtown's more reliably weird venues. The format rewards the crowd as much as the performers, so sitting close and being willing to participate will get you more out of...
Two Albuquerque party crews, Lucid and Riot, are throwing a Halloween party in the middle of summer at one of Central Avenue's most reliably fun rooms. El Rey's layout rewards costume effort, with enough floor space to actually move and enough dark corners to disappear if you need to. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket,...
Three days of live tattooing, artist showcases, competitions, and music spread across the Convention Center on Central. Floor conventions like this are where you find regional artists whose waitlists you actually have a shot at joining, which makes it worth attending even if you're not sitting for work this weekend. Parking in the adjacent garage...
Gigi Bella launches her debut collection at Launchpad with seven of the city's working poets sharing the stage: Damien Flores, Jessica Helen Lopez, Zachary Kluckman, Kristin Patton, Marcial Delgado, Katrina Kaye, and Brando Kentreles. Launchpad is a rock room first, which means the sightlines and acoustics work differently than a bookstore or library, so arriving...