• Most Epic Afters at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Arealate-nightDetails

    This is a midnight-to-morning two-room party at a kava bar on Central, with hip hop up front and EDM in the Bass Tunnel, running until 10am Sunday. Gaia's is genuinely low-key about the kava side of things, which keeps the crowd self-selecting toward people who want to be present for the music rather than just...

  • Afters With The Cave at Luna Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreaelectronicTickets

    This is the official after-party for the Hybrid Minds show, a late-night (or early-morning, depending on your relationship with Saturday) liquid drum and bass gathering running 8:30 to 11am at one of the corridor's odder and more welcoming rooms. Luna Kava Root is a kava bar, so the crowd skews sober-adjacent even when the music...

  • Tie-Dye Workshop on Route 66 at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areaarts & cultureDetails

    Tina, a local instructor, leads a two-hour tie-dye workshop at this kava bar and community hangout on the UNM stretch of Central. The $5 bring-your-own or $10 buy-there shirt pricing is about as low as a craft night gets on this block, which makes it a genuine low-stakes Monday out. Kava bars attract a particular...

  • Comedy Night at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreacomedyDetails

    Stand-up comedy at one of the more low-key spots on this stretch of Central, where the bar runs kava and kratom instead of well drinks. The room is intimate enough that a bad set has nowhere to hide, which tends to raise the stakes for everyone on stage. Admission details aren't posted yet, so check...

  • Noen Nite at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Arealive musicDetails

    Noen Nite plays Gaia's Kava Root, the kava bar tucked into the Central corridor near UNM that runs quieter and stranger than most rooms its size. The sourcing here is thin, so confirm the set time before you go, since a 3 a.m. UTC start converts to something late even by this neighborhood's standards. Tickets...

  • Late-Night Hip-Hop Afters

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areahip-hopFreeDetails

    A late-night hip-hop set built around 90s and 2000s classics, running from midnight to 4 AM at one of the stranger and more charming spots on Central, a kava bar that happens to have the bass for it. Gaia's draws a crowd that's genuinely there for the music rather than the drink minimum, which changes...