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School of Rock's graduate ensemble takes the Fusion Theater stage for a full set built around the sounds of Memphis, which means expect Stax-era soul, classic blues, and probably some Beale Street grit filtered through kids who have been working this material seriously. Fusion is a small, intimate black-box theater, so the sound lands close...
A tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, close enough to the performance floor that the footwork lands in your sternum. The room rewards early arrival, since sightlines from the back rows are noticeably more compromised than the front. Performers are listed as TBD at time of publication, so check the ticket page before you commit.
Jordan Jonas brings the Brews & Boos Event Series into late August with a supernatural-themed Sunday night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew on Central. The B&B format means this is a smaller, more intimate room than a dedicated venue, so expect close quarters and a crowd that actually showed up on purpose. Tickets are...
New Mexico United closes out August against San Antonio FC, one of the more competitive western conference sides in the USL Championship. Isotopes Park plays surprisingly well for soccer, the sightlines are better than you'd expect from a baseball conversion, and the supporter sections behind the goal bring enough noise to make it feel like...
The Hustle's Duke Day showcase puts local Albuquerque artists on a dedicated stage at Insideout, one of the more intimate rooms on this stretch of Central. The ticket link is live through Hold My Ticket, so this one has a real capacity ceiling, and late August weekend nights in Downtown fill up faster than people...
The Isotopes host Tacoma in a late-season Pacific Coast League game at one of the better mid-level ballparks in the country, a place where the sight lines are good from almost every seat and the green chile cheeseburger in the concourse is not a gimmick. September baseball here tends to draw a looser, less frantic...
San Antonio punk trio FEA brings their bilingual, Latinx-rooted hardcore to Insideout alongside Albuquerque locals All Thicc and Fit To Burn. Insideout runs small and close, which for a band like FEA is a feature, not a problem. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so buy ahead rather than hoping the door works out.
Four touring acts, Good Terms, Stateside, Savings, and Right On Kid, stack up on the Launchpad stage for a late-night show that runs into the early hours of September 2nd. Launchpad is a narrow room with a low ceiling that does something genuinely useful for this kind of bill: it makes even a half-full crowd...
The Isotopes take on the Tacoma Rainiers in a late-summer Pacific Coast League matchup at the ballpark that sits right on Central, close enough to walk from a dozen bars. Isotopes Park punches well above its Triple-A weight in terms of sightlines and atmosphere, and the upper deck along the third-base line has a view...
Triple-A ball on a September Thursday evening, with the Isotopes hosting Tacoma in what is typically one of the more comfortable stretches of the Albuquerque baseball calendar, once the worst of the summer heat has backed off. Isotopes Park sits right on the Central corridor and the parking situation is manageable if you arrive a...