Events on Central

This listing covers the closing night of a four-day festival co-produced by Elkhorn Media and the City of Albuquerque, running September 16 through 19 at one of the most architecturally...

Locals take the mic to tell real ghost stories at this open mic night inside Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, a seasonal run that leans into the building's own considerable history. The Painted Lady itself dates back to the early Route 66 era and has enough documented weirdness that the storytellers don't have to...

Bravo the Bagchaser, the Sacramento rapper who built a following on drill-adjacent street rap before landing a deal with Interscope, headlines El Rey with Peysoh in support. El Rey's long narrow room puts you close to the stage no matter where you end up, which works in everyone's favor for a show like this. Tickets...

A tablao-format flamenco show with live guitar, cante, and baile performed over a Friday dinner service at Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues on the corridor doing this with any regularity. Specific performers are still TBA, so the cast is a variable, but the room itself is well-suited for this, closer in scale to...

A live improv comedy show at The Box, the small black-box theater on Central that has been quietly doing the work for years while bigger venues get the attention. The room holds maybe 60 people, which means you are never far from the action and the performers know it. Grab tickets in advance, because this...