Events on Central

William Parker is one of the most consequential bassists in free jazz, and this trio with Hamid Drake on drums and Cooper Moore on homemade instruments is about as serious...

Twin Temple performs their self-described Satanic doo-wop, a genuinely strange and committed act built around Alexandra and Zachary Twin's old-school vocal harmonies set against occult pageantry. The Sunshine's general admission...

A horror-themed stand-up hour in the taproom of Painted Lady Bed & Brew, the only brewpub on the corridor where guests are literally sleeping upstairs during the show. One hour...

The Django Festival Allstars bring their hot jazz and gypsy swing tradition to Outpost Performance Space, one of the better-programmed rooms on the Central corridor, as part of the 20th...

Three heavyweights of postwar blues harmonica and guitar share a stage for a CD release night at FUSION | 708, which puts this closer to a recording-session atmosphere than a...

The surviving Wailers are marking the 50th anniversary of Rastaman Vibration with a tour that pulls from that album alongside the catalog standards that made Bob Marley a household name on every continent. The Albuquerque Journal Theatre is an intimate room for a band of this legacy, which works in your favor, and the tiered...

Pawn Drive takes the stage at Thirsty Eye Brewing Company, a Route 66 corridor taproom that keeps its live music calendar busy on weekend nights. The room is compact and the bar is close to the stage, so this is a louder, livelier hang than the square footage might suggest. Admission isn't confirmed yet, so...

New Mexico United takes on Indy Eleven in a USL Championship regular season match at Isotopes Park, one of the better soccer atmospheres in the American lower divisions. The supporter sections here are loud and organized enough to genuinely affect the game, so sitting near the south end puts you in the middle of something...