Events on Central

Doug Martsch and Built To Spill bring their sprawling, guitar-heavy catalog to El Rey, one of the better rooms on the corridor for a band that rewards a good sound system. El Rey runs long on show nights, so the 9 PM local start time is real, and Paul Schalda opens. Grab tickets in advance;...

Bryan Lambe's puppet-fronted variety show takes over The Box Annex, the smaller secondary room inside The Box Performance Space on Central. The Annex is an intimate black-box setup, so there is no bad seat and no hiding from the performer, which suits a variety show just fine. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so grab...

DJ B3nzlow takes over Gaia's with a set built around Mac Miller, Lil Wayne, and Ariana Grande, the kind of playlist that works because those artists actually share listeners, not just a genre label. Gaia's runs on kava and kratom instead of alcohol, so the room tends to stay loose and social without tipping into...

505 Junglists are throwing a late-night drum and bass session at The Lab, running from midnight into the early morning hours on a Saturday night into Sunday. The Lab is a small, no-frills room on Central that tends to hit harder than its square footage suggests, which works in a 170 BPM genre's favor. Tickets...

The One Night Stanleys perform long-form improv under the On the Mainstage banner at The Box, one of the few actual black-box theater spaces on the corridor. Long-form improv lives or dies on the ensemble's chemistry, and The Box's intimate configuration means you'll feel both the hits and the misses, which is honestly part of...

Every NFL game of the day runs simultaneously on the screens inside the Lobo Sports Vault, the dedicated sports room carved out of the Historic Lobo Theater on Central. Each game day you attend this season earns one entry into a drawing for a VIP balcony at Super Bowl LXI for you and 50 guests,...

The Isotopes take on the Salt Lake Bees in a Pacific Coast League matchup at one of the better minor-league ballparks in the Southwest, sitting right on the Central Avenue corridor. Isotopes Park earns its reputation on atmosphere rather than capacity, so even a modest crowd feels close to the action, and the sight lines...

A traditional tablao format, meaning bailaoras, a cantaor, and a live guitarist performing together in a structured show rather than a loose cultural showcase. Hotel Albuquerque's dedicated flamenco space is an intimate room where the footwork hits you in the chest, so proximity is part of the point. Performers are TBD at this stage, which...