• EQNX Jazztet Live at Outpost Performance Space

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreajazzDetails

    The EQNX Jazztet brings small-group jazz to Outpost, one of the few rooms on Central that was purpose-built for listening rather than drinking. Outpost keeps its sight lines clean and its sound dialed, so wherever you sit, you're actually hearing the music.

  • Wonder Women of Country

    FUSION | 708
    Downtowndate nightTickets

    Three of the more respected names in modern traditional country, Brennen Leigh, Kelly Willis, and Melissa Carper, split a single bill at FUSION 708 on Central. This is a room that punches above its square footage when the booking is right, and this booking is right. Tickets through Hold My Ticket, which means will-call can...

  • Dale Watson at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownlate nightTickets

    Dale Watson has been keeping real honky-tonk alive since before it was fashionable to care about that, and a Launchpad show puts him in a room where the PA can actually handle a steel guitar at volume. Launchpad's long and narrow floor means almost every spot in the house is closer to the stage than...

  • Tewa, Buffalo & More Live at Insideout

    El Rey Theater
    DowntownindieTickets

    Four local acts share a bill at Insideout, a small Downtown room that rewards showing up early because the capacity is real and the later sets tend to draw. The 9 PM local start puts this deep into a Thursday night, so know that going in. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, which means you...

  • CamGirl · Dog Jury · Atom Son of Man

    Sunshine Theatre
    Downtownbar showTickets

    Three local acts share a bill at Moonlight Lounge, and the lineup has enough range to keep the room honest across a three-hour set. The Moonlight runs late and the crowd tends to arrive late too, so the openers are worth catching early if any of these names are the reason you're going. Tickets are...

  • Jungle Book Kids Musical

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreadaytimeTickets

    CPTC Musical Camp closes out its summer session with a 45-minute youth production of the Disney stage adaptation, performed at The Box on Central. The Box is an intimate black-box space, so even seats toward the back put you close enough to see every nervous smile and triumphant moment from the kids on stage. Tickets...

  • Isotopes vs. River Cats Baseball

    Isotopes Park
    UNM AreacasualTickets

    Triple-A ball between the Isotopes and Sacramento's River Cats, a Giants affiliate with a rotation that tends to push prospects through quickly, so you might catch someone on their way up or on their way back. Isotopes Park sits right on Central and has some of the better sightlines of any minor league stadium in...

  • La Ansiedad Norteña Live at Old Town

    Old Town Gazebo
    Old Townlive musicDetails

    La Ansiedad Norteña brings norteño accordion and bajo sexto to the Old Town Gazebo, a 19th-century plaza stage that still draws multigenerational crowds on summer evenings. The gazebo's open layout...