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Levi Dean brings his set to the open food hall floor at Sawmill Market, one of the corridor's more unusual live music settings. The room is loud by design, with hard surfaces and competing kitchen noise, so this works best as background-forward listening while you eat rather than a dedicated sit-and-watch show. A ticket link...
A quintet format puts real space between the players, and that breathing room is where jazz either earns its keep or exposes itself. The Hall on Central has decent acoustics...
Jacob Chavez takes the stage at Tractor Brewing's Nob Hill location, one of the more reliably good rooms on this stretch of Central for catching a local act up close. The ticket link through 505 Live Music suggests this one has a cover, so check before you show up assuming it's a free patio night....
Soul Puddin brings their funk and soul set to Thirsty Eye, one of the more low-key spots on the Central corridor for catching live music with a beer in hand. The room keeps things casual, which suits this kind of groove-forward act better than a stage with a spotlight and a cover charge attitude. Check...
Two acts, a ticket link, and a 5 a.m. close time: this is a genuine late-night at Insideout, the kind of night that doesn't get started until most of Albuquerque is already asleep. Insideout is a compact room on Central, which means the sound hits hard and personal whether the crowd is three deep or...
Tina, a local instructor, leads a two-hour tie-dye workshop at this kava bar and community hangout on the UNM stretch of Central. The $5 bring-your-own or $10 buy-there shirt pricing is about as low as a craft night gets on this block, which makes it a genuine low-stakes Monday out. Kava bars attract a particular...
Stand-up comedy at one of the more low-key spots on this stretch of Central, where the bar runs kava and kratom instead of well drinks. The room is intimate enough that a bad set has nowhere to hide, which tends to raise the stakes for everyone on stage. Admission details aren't posted yet, so check...
The Lobo Theater's new dedicated sports room opens to the public Thursday night, doors at 6, running until midnight, with memorabilia on the walls and specials and giveaways rolling through the evening. What's genuinely interesting here is the venue itself: watching a game inside a 1939 Streamline Moderne movie palace is a different proposition than...
Alex Salcido is a founding voice of The Harmed Brothers, the Ludlow, KY indie-folk outfit, and his solo sets tend to run closer to John Prine's storytelling tradition than the polished Americana side of his influences. Tractor's Wells Park patio is one of the better free-music rooms on the corridor when the August evening cools...
Josh Glenn Experiment takes the stage at Tractor Brewing's Nob Hill location, one of the more reliable spots on the corridor for catching live music with a beer that actually justifies the stop. The ticket link through 505 Live Music suggests this is a proper ticketed show rather than a walk-up situation, so checking availability...