• Soul in Bloom Live at Marble Brewery Downtown

    Marble Brewery Downtown
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    Soul in Bloom takes the stage at Marble's Downtown taproom, one of the more reliable live music rooms on this stretch of Central. The outdoor patio fills fast on summer Saturdays, so arriving early gets you a seat rather than a view of someone else's back. No admission info is posted yet, so click through...

  • Randomatics Live at Thirsty Eye

    Thirsty Eye Brewing Company
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    Randomatics take the stage at Thirsty Eye Brewing Company, one of the corridor's better small rooms for catching a live band with a beer in hand. Thirsty Eye keeps the...

  • Tablao Flamenco Saturday Dinner Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
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    Guitarist Chuscales is the real draw here, a veteran of the form whose playing has backed some of the most serious flamenco companies in the country. The dinner-show format at Hotel Albuquerque puts you close to the stage, which matters with flamenco, where the footwork you feel through the floor is half the experience. Book...

  • Tablao Flamenco Saturday Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
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    Three bailaores, a cantaora, and guitarist Chuscales performing a full tablao-format flamenco show in a room that was purpose-built for this kind of intimacy. Chuscales is the real draw here, a guitarist with serious Jerez lineage who doesn't often sit still long enough to catch twice. Tickets through Hold My Ticket mean no walk-up availability,...

  • The Deal Grateful Dead Tribute

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob Hillall agesDetails

    Albuquerque's own Grateful Dead tribute band takes the Lobo stage for the second of three 2026 dates in this 550-capacity Art Deco room on Central. The house sound system here is genuinely good for a venue this size, which matters more than usual when a band is stretching jams past the ten-minute mark. Ticket pricing...

  • Jazz Under the Stars at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old Townall agesTickets

    Doug Lawrence, a tenor saxophonist with deep New York jazz credentials, brings the Great American Songbook to the museum's outdoor amphitheater alongside organist Dan Trudell, vocalist Hillary Smith, and special...

  • Live Improv Comedy

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreacomedyTickets

    The Box hosts a short-run improv comedy show, one hour of unscripted ensemble work from a local theatre company that has been building a quiet following in this room. The Box is an intimate black-box setup, so there is no bad seat and nowhere to hide if you laugh too loud. Tickets are through Hold...

  • Five-Band Underground Bill at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtowndj setTickets

    Five local and regional acts stack up on the Launchpad stage with DJ Thot Daughter holding down the transitions, which makes this less a typical punk show and more a proper underground event night. Launchpad runs loud and warm on a full bill in August, so dress accordingly and hydrate before you walk in. Tickets...

  • Strange Mix with DJ Brad Cole

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownlate-nightTickets

    Brad Cole's Strange Mix nights have built a reputation on Downtown's late-night circuit for genuinely unpredictable programming, the kind of set where the genre doesn't matter as much as the...

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    Green is the New Red Documentary

    NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center
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    Anna Recalde Miranda's 2024 documentary connects the political violence of Operation Condor in 1970s Latin America to Paraguay's present-day agricultural crisis, arguing that the same power structures behind torture and...