Events on Central

This is an overnight electronic event running from what amounts to Saturday night into Sunday morning, with SNTA headlining a 360° format and ¥ŌKAI and SOSILKY in support. The 360°...

The cast takes audience suggestions and builds a Shakespeare-style play on the spot, iambic pentameter and all, in real time. The Box is a small, close room where the performers can see your face when a scene goes sideways, which adds something you don't get in a bigger theater. Shows here tend to run tight,...

KodaStar Entertainment takes over Gaias Kava Root with a Y2K rave format, which means expect low-rise aesthetics, early-2000s club sounds, and probably a lot of frosted eyeshadow. Gaias is a kava bar by nature, so the crowd tends to run looser and friendlier than a standard nightclub, which either sounds great to you or it...

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,...

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 room on Central, which means the floor fills fast and the bass hits harder than you expect for the square footage. Tickets are through Hold...

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 system punches harder than the room's size suggests, and the floor in front of the stage fills fast once a bill has this much local...

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 local, which means the room won't hit its real energy until well after most people have already talked themselves out of going. Tickets are through...