Events on Central

Kevin Barnes has been making gloriously unhinged psych-pop under the of Montreal name since the late 90s, and the live show leans hard into the theatrical mess of it all....

The Isotopes host Sugar Land in a Tuesday night Pacific Coast League game at one of the better minor league ballparks in the Southwest, which sits right on the Central...

Four local acts share the Launchpad stage on a Wednesday night that starts at 9 p.m. local time, with Fudosa headlining a bill that also includes Animal Shin, Heaven's Night,...

Triple-A ball on a Wednesday night, the Isotopes hosting Sugar Land in a Pacific Coast League matchup at the ballpark that sits right on Central. Isotopes Park has genuinely good sightlines from almost every seat, and the thin high-desert air here does real things to fly balls if the wind is cooperating. Tickets through Ticketmaster,...

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,...

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 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, 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...

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...

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...