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This is tablao-format flamenco, meaning the performers work close, the room is small, and the interaction between dancer, singer, and guitarist is the whole point. Specific artists are listed as TBD at time of publication, so check back near the date if a particular performer is the draw for you. Doors and seating matter here...
Jordan Jonas brings his paranormal storytelling to Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, a recurring late-night event that leans harder into atmosphere than your average bar talk. Painted Lady's intimate rooms make this kind of thing work better than it has any right to, so sitting close is worth arriving early for. Midnight start time...
Gaia's Kava Root kicks off UNM Welcome Week with a jersey party, the kind of night that draws every freshman who just moved into the dorms and every upperclassman who never misses an excuse. The kava bar format means the drink situation is different from your standard bar crawl stop, which is either a selling...
This is the closing session of a ten-week jazz development series led by Rodney Bowe and Dimi DiSanti, two musicians who have put in serious time on the Albuquerque scene. Outpost is one of the few rooms in the city where a working jazz education program like this can breathe, with good acoustics and an...
César Bauvallet runs a Monday night Latin music class at Outpost through the summer, a recurring series for people who want to actually learn something rather than just watch. Outpost is one of the few listening-room-quality spaces on the corridor that also hosts working musicians as teachers, so the instruction tends to land differently than...
A benefit concert rooted in tribal energy advocacy, with Tia Wood, The Bearhead Sisters, Destroy Kasmin, and DJ Young Native bringing range to a lineup that moves between acoustic weight...
The BioPark Zoo opens after regular hours for a ticketed adults-only evening walk through the grounds, with animals active in the cooler late-summer dusk in a way they simply aren't at 2 PM in August. The zoo sits a few blocks off Central, so this is a metro trip, but the parking is easy and...
César Bauvallet leads a recurring Tuesday night Latin music class at Outpost, one of the more acoustically honest rooms on the corridor. Outpost draws serious musicians as students, so expect a mixed room of beginners and people who already know what a clave is. The listing date reflects the series end on August 25, so...