Events on Central

GZA, the Genius himself, sharing a stage with the Phunky Nomads at one of Downtown's more intimate rooms is the kind of pairing that shouldn't work on paper but probably...

Navajo jazz pianist Delbert Anderson brings his quartet to Outpost for one of the marquee nights of the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, a run that has made this room one of the more serious jazz destinations in the Southwest. Outpost is a dedicated listening room, which means the crowd actually listens, and Anderson's...

Three bands on the Set It Off Tour roll into Launchpad for a late-night show headlined by Silly Goose, with Cheem and Hotbox opening. Launchpad's narrow room compresses sound in...

Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson, two of the most consequential voices in contemporary improvised music, share the Outpost stage for an evening of duo work that will likely...

Mingus Dynasty, the rotating ensemble dedicated to keeping Charles Mingus's compositions alive and argumentative, plays Outpost as part of the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival. Outpost is one of...

Unto Others brings their Portland gothic metal to Launchpad, the kind of band that sounds like they wrote the soundtrack to a city you never want to leave. Launchpad runs...

Brian Blade is widely regarded as one of the finest jazz drummers alive, and the Fellowship Band is his most personal project, a working group that plays his own compositions...

All Shall Perish are touring the twentieth anniversary of 'The Price of Existence,' the 2006 deathcore record that a significant portion of this genre's current practitioners grew up on, and...

Rolling Quartz, the five-piece Korean rock band that has been building a devoted following since their 2020 debut, plays The Jam Spot as part of their first major North American...

Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone are touring behind their new album with the kind of large-scale production, lights and choreography included, that fills a room the size of Kiva...