Events on Central

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...

The NM Marimba Band brings its full percussion setup to the Old Town Gazebo for a free two-hour afternoon set on a Saturday in July. The gazebo's open-air setup means sound carries well into the plaza, so you can spread a blanket on the grass and still catch every note. Parking near Old Town fills...

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...

RJ Perez brings his acoustic set to Sawmill Market's interior stage for a Saturday afternoon slot that runs two hours. The food hall format means you can grab a bite...

Dezert Penguinz bring their Albuquerque desert-rock sound to Marble's downtown taproom on a Saturday afternoon, which puts this squarely in day-drinking-with-a-soundtrack territory. The outdoor patio at this location handles heat...

Two quarterfinal matches back to back, one on the theater's main screen and every other feed running across 15 screens including a four-panel video wall inside the Sports Lounge at...

Felix Y Los Gatos brings their Latin-rooted sound to the open food hall at Sawmill Market on a Saturday afternoon. The space is loud by design, all hard surfaces and...

This is a live collision of choreography, interactive tech, and sound design built around the idea that movement can be computed, captured, and fed back into itself. The Arts Lab draws from UNM's interdisciplinary programs, so expect work that is genuinely in-progress and genuinely weird, which is a compliment. Tickets are on Eventbrite but the...

DeNash plays the Old Town Gazebo, one of Albuquerque's more atmospheric outdoor stages, set inside the historic plaza just off Central. The gazebo is open-air with no assigned seating, so arriving early with a chair or a blanket is the move, especially on a July evening when the light hits the adobe just right. Admission...

RJ Perez takes the stage at Tractor Brewing's Westside taproom, one of the more reliably decent acoustic setups on this stretch of Central. The crowd here tends to be neighborhood regulars who actually listen, which makes it a better room for an artist than it might look from the outside. Check the ticket link for...