Events on Central

The Burque Jazz Bandits bring their local jazz thing to Sawmill Market, one of the more comfortable live-music setups on the corridor, where the food hall layout means you can...

A one-hour tablao-format flamenco show inside Hotel Albuquerque, the kind of intimate setup where the performers are close enough that you feel the footwork in your chest. The specific artists...

Fugitive Visions takes the stage at The Hall, one of the more serious rooms on the Central corridor for catching live music at volume. The Hall rewards showing up early, the sight lines from the back compress fast once the floor fills. A ticket link exists, so grab one before the door becomes a conversation.

Jordan Jonas brings whatever he does best to Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, a recurring supernatural-themed night at one of the more quietly interesting spots on the corridor. Painted...

Three DJs trading off across reggaeton, Afrobeats, and a broad sweep of international club sounds, running from 1 to 6 in the morning on a Monday. Insideout is a small...

Three local acts share the Launchpad stage on a Sunday night that starts late and runs later, with Fragile! This Side Up opening and Foxtide closing things out. Launchpad's sound...

Foxtide takes the stage at Launchpad, one of the few rooms on Central that still books with genuine curatorial instinct. The show runs late, starting around 8 or 9 PM...

Albert Castiglia plays the kind of blues that doesn't sit still, built on years of touring with Junior Wells and a catalog that keeps getting harder and less polite. FUSION...

Triple-A baseball between the Albuquerque Isotopes and the Las Vegas Aviators, played under the lights at one of the best minor league parks in the Southwest. Isotopes Park sits right...

The Botanic Garden runs a 90-minute after-hours walk through the grounds once the families have cleared out, which is a genuinely different experience from the daytime version. The start time...