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The Botanic Garden runs a 90-minute after-hours walk through the grounds once the families have cleared out, which is a genuinely different experience from the daytime version. The start time converts to 7:30 p.m. local (Mountain), so you get the tail end of summer sunset light before the garden goes full dark. Tickets are through...
The Isotopes host the Las Vegas Aviators for a Thursday night game at Isotopes Park, the triple-A ballpark sitting right on Central Avenue in the UNM corridor. The start time converts to 6:35 PM local, which puts first pitch squarely in that August sweet spot where the worst of the heat has backed off but...
Rudolfo Anaya's New Mexico cornerstone gets a full stage treatment by the Vortex Theatre, running four days at the NHCC's Albuquerque Journal Theatre in a special limited seating configuration. That...
The Isotopes, Oakland's Triple-A affiliate, take on the Las Vegas Aviators in an evening Pacific Coast League game at the ballpark sitting right on Central. Isotopes Park has some of...
Hatebreed has been one of the most consistent live acts in hardcore for nearly three decades, and their set is built around crowd participation in a way that actually means it. El Rey's floor is general admission and gets tight fast for a bill like this, so arriving early matters more than it usually would....
Six bands of hardcore and death metal anchored by Hatebreed, whose live show has been a reliable demolition derby for nearly three decades, with Terror and Incantation doing serious damage in the supporting slots. El Rey's room is compact enough that even the back wall is in the pit's splash zone, so plan accordingly. Doors...
A Thursday evening fundraiser at Painted Lady Bed & Brew, with beer proceeds going to Barrett House, which provides transitional housing for women and children in crisis. Painted Lady is one of the more relaxed rooms on the corridor, the kind of place where a benefit like this actually feels like a neighborhood thing rather...
A recurring late-night dance event at Bourbon & Boots that pulls from global sounds, running from around 7 p.m. to midnight on a Thursday. The ticket link exists, which usually means a cover is baked in, so check before you show up expecting a casual walk-in. Thursday nights on this stretch of Central tend to...
Surely Tempo takes the Launchpad stage on a Thursday night in late August. Launchpad runs a tight ship on sound, which matters more than people admit for a room that size. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so buy ahead and skip the door line.
Triple-A baseball on a Friday night in late August, when the air finally starts to think about cooling down and the Sandia Mountains go pink behind the outfield. Isotopes Park...