Events on Central

San Francisco's Hot Flash Heat Wave brings their hazy, sun-warped indie pop to Launchpad, with local and regional support from Small Crush and High rounding out the bill. Launchpad's sound...

The Isotopes close out a mid-September home stand against the Salt Lake Bees, a Triple-A affiliate rivalry with enough history to make the crowd care even on a Tuesday night....

The KiMo hosts what appears to be a live taping and festival run tied to Season 6 of Bands of Enchantment's Albuquerque Sessions, a locally produced music series that has been documenting New Mexico artists for years. The ticket link goes through cabq.gov and references a red carpet premiere, so this is likely more of...

Tropa Magica, the East LA band whose cumbia-punk collision has been turning heads well outside their home turf, brings Bands of Enchantment to the KiMo. That 1927 Pueblo Deco interior...

Fred Hersch is one of the most technically accomplished and emotionally honest pianists in jazz right now, and this trio format is where he does his clearest thinking. Outpost is a listening room in the truest sense, small enough that you'll hear him breathe, with an audience that tends to match that level of attention....

Iron Lung, the Seattle powerviolence duo who have been doing this longer and louder than almost anyone, headlines a four-band bill that also features Soak, G.A.S.M., and Nyctophagia. Launchpad's room is small enough that Iron Lung's two-piece setup will feel genuinely overwhelming, which is the whole point. Grab tickets in advance because this kind of...

Late-season Triple-A ball at one of the better mid-size ballparks in the country, where the Isotopes close out their home schedule against the Bees. Isotopes Park sits right on Central, which means you can walk to a post-game drink without a parking fight, and the upper deck on the third-base side has a sightline that...

Triple-A Pacific Coast League ball between the Isotopes and the Salt Lake Bees, with a 5:05 first pitch at one of the better mid-size ballparks in the country. Isotopes Park sits right on Central, so the Sandia Mountains are doing their thing beyond the outfield wall as the sun goes down, which is a genuinely...

A fundraiser night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew on Central, with proceeds going to Barrett House, which provides transitional housing and support services for women in recovery. Painted Lady is a genuinely unusual room, a working bed and breakfast with a taproom attached, so the crowd tends to be neighborly and the energy stays...

This is one night of a four-day festival spread across a Route 66 landmark that opened in 1927 and still has the bones to prove it. The KiMo's Pueblo Deco interior is legitimately striking, and a festival setting is one of the better excuses to actually look up at the ceiling. Admission details haven't been...