• The Last Poets & Terminator X at KiMo

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownarts & cultureDetails

    The Last Poets, the New York collective whose 1960s and 70s recordings laid foundational groundwork for hip-hop, perform at the KiMo with Terminator X on the decks and Albuquerque's own former poet laureate Hakim Bellamy holding it together as host. The KiMo's ornate Pueblo Deco interior has a way of making certain performances feel genuinely...

  • Joanne Shaw Taylor Live at KiMo Theatre Downtown

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    Joanne Shaw Taylor, the British guitarist who started playing professionally at 16 after Eurythmics' Dave Stewart heard her at a festival, brings her full-throated blues-rock to the KiMo on a Tuesday night. The KiMo's Pueblo Deco interior is genuinely one of the best rooms in the Southwest to see a player this good, because the...

  • Four C Notes Frankie Valli Tribute

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    The Four C Notes are a working tribute act built around the Four Seasons catalog, falsettos and all, performing at one of the most acoustically and visually distinctive theaters on the Route 66 corridor. The KiMo's Pueblo Deco interior does something genuinely strange and good to close-harmony vocal groups, bouncing the sound in ways a...

  • Keller Williams Live at KiMo Theatre

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    Keller Williams builds full-band sounds entirely by himself, layering guitar, bass, beats, and vocals live on stage through a looping rig he's been refining for decades. The KiMo's acoustics reward...

  • International Guitar Night at KiMo Theatre Downtown

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    International Guitar Night brings together four acoustic soloists from different corners of the world, each performing their own set before joining for collaborative finales that tend to be the real...