Events on Central

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...

Benny Bassett brings his set to Sawmill Market, the food hall on the Route 66 corridor that doubles as one of the more casual live music spots in the neighborhood....

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...

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...

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 sits right on Central, which means you can walk from a dozen restaurants or bars before first pitch without touching a highway. Tickets through Ticketmaster,...

Los Texmaniacs, the Grammy-winning San Antonio conjunto outfit led by Max Baca, play the KiMo with Lisa Morales, whose voice has a way of stopping a room cold. The KiMo's...

Back In The Saddle runs through the Garth, Brooks & Dunn, and Shania canon that defined a decade of country radio, and they do it with enough conviction that even...

This one is an open mic built around true ghost stories told by real people, not actors, not a scripted production. Painted Lady already leans into its historic-building energy, so...