• 52 Pickup 2-Room Dance Night at El Rey Theater Downtown

    El Rey Theater
    DowntownelectronicDetails

    Six DJs across two rooms at El Rey, with breakbeat, house, and tech house running concurrently so you can actually curate your own night without committing to one floor. El Rey's layout makes two-room events work better than most venues this size, because the sound bleed between spaces is minimal and the bar stays accessible...

  • Dead Payphones + Ditch Dog at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Three local acts take the Launchpad stage on a Saturday night that bleeds well into Sunday, with Dead Payphones headlining above Ditch Dog and Anti Gravity Love Machine. Launchpad's sound system punches harder than the room's capacity suggests, and the late start means the crowd thins before it builds, so arriving closer to doors pays...

  • Rocky Horror Picture Show

    Flix Brewhouse

    A late-night screening of Rocky Horror with a live shadow cast performing in front of the screen, presented by PRIDE & Equality and New Mexico Entertainment. Flix Brewhouse lets you order food and drinks from your seat, which makes the participation factor easier to manage than a traditional theater setup. Tickets are through Hold My...

  • JMSN Live on Route 66 at Sister the Bar Downtown

    Sister Bar
    Downtownsoul/R&BTickets

    JMSN, the Detroit-bred R&B singer and self-producing one-man operation, brings his late-night, heavily atmospheric sound to Sister the Bar. The room runs small and close, which suits his music better than a theater would. Lensic 360 presenting means the production attention is a step above a typical bar booking.

  • Throwback Hip-Hop R&B Disco Night

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areahip-hopDetails

    A DJ night built around the songs that still hit, pulling from hip-hop, R&B, and disco without committing to any single decade too hard. Gaia's Kava Root is a kava bar, so the crowd tends to be loose and social without the aggressive bar-scene energy you'd find a few blocks in either direction. The listing...

  • Rewind Party at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreaDJ setDetails

    Gaia's Kava Root is throwing a throwback dance night, the kind of set where the playlist does most of the heavy lifting. The kava bar format means you can actually be present on the dance floor without the usual bar-crowd noise floor working against you. Admission details aren't posted, so check their Instagram before you...

  • Long-Form Improv Comedy

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreacomedyTickets

    The One Night Stanleys bring long-form improv to The Box, one of the few dedicated performance spaces on the corridor that actually treats comedy as a craft rather than a bar filler. The Box runs a tight ship technically, so expect decent sound and sight lines for a room this size. A ticket link exists,...

  • ThrowBack Party at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreaDJ setTickets

    A.M. Ent takes over Gaia's Kava Root for a night built around nostalgia, with a lineup and era TBD but a promoter with a track record of keeping the floor moving. The kava bar format means you can hydrate between sets without the usual bar tab, which changes the late-night math considerably. Tickets are through...

  • Viva México Music & Dance at NHCC Barelas

    NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center
    Barelasworld musicFreeDetails

    This two-act, 90-minute production at the NHCC's Albuquerque Journal Theatre moves through centuries of Mexican cultural history, from Aztec ceremony to varsovianas, spoken poetry, and live Mariachi Xochitl. The Albuquerque Journal Theatre is a proper sit-down house with good sightlines and real production values, so this is a more polished evening than a typical community...

  • NFL Sunday Brunch at the Lobo Theater

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob HillsportsDetails

    The Lobo Sports Vault, tucked inside the Historic Lobo Theater on Central, runs every NFL game simultaneously during a Sunday brunch window from 11 AM to 2 PM. Each game day you attend this season earns you one entry into a drawing for a Super Bowl LXI VIP balcony for you and 50 guests, with...