• Dead Heat & Thrall at Moonlight Lounge

    Sunshine Theatre
    Downtownall agesTickets

    Four bands, one night, and the kind of lineup where the local names (Egregious, Manhunt) are probably the reason the room fills up. Moonlight Lounge runs tight on stage transitions,...

  • Isotopes vs. Space Cowboys at Route 66’s Ballpark

    Isotopes Park
    UNM Areafamily friendlyTickets

    Triple-A baseball on Central Avenue, where the Isotopes face the Houston Astros affiliate Space Cowboys in a late-summer weeknight game. Isotopes Park sits right on the Route 66 corridor and the stadium's left-field berm is one of the better places in Albuquerque to catch a sunset while pretending to watch the bullpen warm up. Tickets...

  • Chatter Concert Series at Old Town

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old Townarts & cultureFreeDetails

    Chatter brings its stripped-down, no-applause-between-movements approach to the Albuquerque Museum courtyard, one of the better acoustic environments on this stretch of Central. The crowd here tends to be genuinely attentive rather than just background-noise attentive, which changes the room in ways that matter for this kind of music. Free admission, but the museum fills faster...

  • Profanatica & Morbosidad at Sister

    Sister Bar
    DowntownmetalDetails

    Profanatica, one of the longest-running and most uncompromising black metal acts in the United States, brings their blasphemous orthodoxy to Sister alongside Morbosidad, whose Latin black/death hybrid has its own...

  • Pints for Pink Fundraiser

    Wells ParkcasualTickets

    A fundraiser night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew on Central, with proceeds going to Pink Warrior House, which provides free housing for breast cancer patients traveling to Albuquerque for treatment. Painted Lady draws a neighborhood-loyal crowd, so expect a room full of people who actually know what they're supporting rather than a generic charity...

  • Creepy Spooky Book Club Night at Painted Lady

    Painted Lady Bed & Brew
    Wells ParkbookishTickets

    Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series turns its bar into a book club for readers who prefer their fiction on the darker side. The Bed & Brew format means the crowd tends to be a mix of guests staying the night and regulars who treat the place like a living room, so the conversation usually...

  • International Thursdays at Bourbon & Boots

    Bourbon & Boots
    Downtownworld musicDetails

    Bourbon & Boots runs its weekly international night here, a late dance event that pulls from global sounds and typically skews toward a younger, dress-to-go-out crowd. The 1 a.m. start means this is genuinely late-night, so plan accordingly if you have somewhere to be Friday morning. A ticket link exists, so check it before showing...

  • John Rangel Quintet at Outpost, Route 66 Jazz

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreajazzDetails

    John Rangel brings a full quintet to Outpost, one of the few rooms on the corridor built specifically for listening rather than drinking. Outpost's sightlines and sound treatment mean you'll actually hear what Keller and Beasley are doing with the material, which matters with players at this level. Tickets are through 505livemusic.com, and Outpost shows...

  • John Rangel Quintet Live Jazz

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreajazzTickets

    Pianist John Rangel brings a quintet format to Outpost's long-running Summer Thursday Jazz Nights series, now in its 30th year, with reedman Rick Keller and drummer Robby Beasley rounding out a lineup built from some of the more serious working jazz musicians in this region. Outpost is a listening room in the genuine sense: the...