Events on Central

Unto Others brings their Portland gothic metal to Launchpad, the kind of band that sounds like they wrote the soundtrack to a city you never want to leave. Launchpad runs...

Brian Blade is widely regarded as one of the finest jazz drummers alive, and the Fellowship Band is his most personal project, a working group that plays his own compositions with the kind of collective listening you rarely hear outside a recording studio. Outpost is a seated, purpose-built listening room, which means the room itself...

All Shall Perish are touring the twentieth anniversary of 'The Price of Existence,' the 2006 deathcore record that a significant portion of this genre's current practitioners grew up on, and...

Rolling Quartz, the five-piece Korean rock band that has been building a devoted following since their 2020 debut, plays The Jam Spot as part of their first major North American...

Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone are touring behind their new album with the kind of large-scale production, lights and choreography included, that fills a room the size of Kiva without it feeling empty. This act has built a following that travels, so expect the auditorium to be full and the crowd to be genuinely...

Flamenco performed in the tablao format, meaning an intimate stage, close seating, and the kind of footwork you feel through the floor before you hear it. Balloon Fiesta week fills every room in the city, so this show will draw a tourist-heavy crowd, which changes the room energy but does not change the quality of...

Hot Water Music has been doing this for thirty years, and they still play like something is at stake, which is rarer than it should be at this level. Launchpad is a small room for a band of this stature, so the crowd will be close and loud, and that is exactly the point. Grab...

Febuary takes the stage at Insideout for a late-night set that runs until six in the morning, which tells you something about the energy this room is built for. Insideout sits right on the corridor and keeps a tight, close-quarters floor that rewards showing up early if you want space to move. Tickets are through...

The Lobos host UTEP in what has historically been one of the more reliably attended home games on the UNM schedule, a rivalry that carries genuine weight on both sides of the state line. University Stadium sits right on the Central Avenue corridor, so the foot traffic before and after spills into the surrounding stretch...

Two of the most introverted names in contemporary rap share a bill at El Rey, which is about as well-suited to their specific brand of murky, introspective boom-bap as any room on the corridor. El Rey runs small enough that the sound stays close, which is exactly what this music needs. Tickets through Ticketmaster, 13...