• Yungchen Lhamo Live

    FUSION | 708
    Downtownworld musicTickets

    Yungchen Lhamo is one of the most quietly commanding vocalists alive, a Tibetan singer whose a cappella and minimally accompanied performances have carried weight on stages from Carnegie Hall to small rooms like this one. FUSION | 708 is an intimate space, which works in the audience's favor here, the kind of room where there's...

  • The Expendables Live at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    The Expendables are a Santa Cruz reggae-rock band with twenty-plus years of catalog and a fanbase that treats their shows like a reunion. Launchpad is a small room, which means the floor gets loud fast and the sightlines are genuinely good from anywhere, but get there before the openers finish if you want a comfortable...

  • The Wailers Live

    Launchpad
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    The post-Bob Marley touring lineup of The Wailers brings the full roots-reggae catalog to what is almost certainly an outdoor stage at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, not Launchpad's usual room on Central. The NHCC's courtyard holds a crowd well and the acoustics are better than you'd expect for an open-air setup, so a show...

  • DJ Quico Tribute Night at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
    DowntownDJ setTickets

    This is a late-night tribute DJ set at El Rey, running from 9:30 p.m. Friday deep into Saturday morning, which tells you everything about the crowd's intentions. El Rey's floor opens up well when a DJ has the room to themselves, and a set framed around a specific artist's influence tends to pull people who...

  • Ed Allan Live at Marble Brewery

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    Ed Allan plays Marble Brewery's Westside taproom, one of the more reliably good rooms on this stretch of Central for catching a solo performer without fighting the sound. The brewery...

  • Blues Night at Civic Plaza Downtown

    Kiva Auditorium
    DowntownbluesTickets

    Three serious players share a bill for Blues Night, the capstone evening of the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival: Judith Hill (a vocalist who has worked with Prince and...

  • Los Tigres del Norte Live

    Kiva Auditorium
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Los Tigres del Norte, the Sinaloa-born norteño institution that has been recording since 1968, bring their corridos and narcocorridos canon to the Kiva Auditorium. The Kiva seats around 2,300 and has a proper sightline from nearly every seat in the house, so there is no real bad spot in this room. Tickets through Ticketmaster means...

  • NWA Championship Wrestling at El Rey Theater

    El Rey Theater
    DowntownsportsTickets

    NWA-sanctioned pro wrestling comes to one of the best mid-size rooms on the corridor, with Duke City Championship Wrestling running their Kings Landing card at the El Rey. The theater's tiered floor and solid sightlines make it a better venue for this than most places that host indie wrestling in town. Tickets are through Hold...

  • Charlie Boy at Rhythm Room Downtown

    Sister Bar
    Downtownhip-hopTickets

    Charlie Boy headlines a late-night Southeast Sayso set at the Rhythm Room, with Love Cannabis presenting the night. A ticket link is live, so this is a ticketed show even though the door price isn't posted yet. Start time is 10 PM local, and if the Rhythm Room is running its usual form, things won't...