• Bands of Enchantment Satellite Show

    Inside Out
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Five acts across a late-night satellite slot for Bands of Enchantment, the festival that tends to use Insideout as an overflow room when the main stages are packed. That satellite designation matters: this is the crowd that either couldn't get into the headliner or knew exactly what they were doing by skipping it, and the...

  • CQ The Drummer Afro-Tropical

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    Downtownworld musicDetails

    CQ The Drummer is an Albuquerque percussionist who builds Afro-tropical sets around live drumming at the center, not as backdrop but as the main event. Marble Downtown's taproom has a concrete-and-steel room that actually carries percussion well, which not every brewpub can say. A ticket link exists, so sort that out before you show up.

  • Bands of Enchantment Satellite Show at Launchpad Downtown

    Launchpad
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Five New Mexico acts, Nomestomper, TAJ, Talking Hours, Dymer, and Right on Kid, take over Launchpad as a satellite stage for the Bands of Enchantment festival. This is a late-night ticket, with the show running well past midnight, so plan accordingly and know that Launchpad's sound system rewards the patience. A ticket link exists, which...

  • Wax Motif & VNSSA at NHCC Barelas

    NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center
    Barelaslate-nightDetails

    Three names from the heavier end of house music, Wax Motif and VNSSA in particular having built real momentum on the festival circuit, playing a venue better known for visual art and cultural programming than for DJ sets. The NHCC's event spaces can work well for this kind of show when production is dialed in,...

  • 505 Junglists Drum & Bass Night

    403 Mountain Rd NW
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    Five Albuquerque DJs, including Kingsman, Baby Bumps, Sofly, Aquraccy, and Markhyphen, bring a full night of drum and bass, jungle, and liquid funk to 403 Mountain Rd NW. The 9 PM start time in this listing is a confirmed placeholder, so check the ticket link for the actual door time before you commit to the...

  • 505 Junglists REWIND Drum & Bass

    The Lab At Stardust
    electronicTickets

    505 Junglists are throwing a late-night drum and bass session at The Lab, running from midnight into the early morning hours on a Saturday night into Sunday. The Lab is a small, no-frills room on Central that tends to hit harder than its square footage suggests, which works in a 170 BPM genre's favor. Tickets...

  • School of Rock BOBFEST at Launchpad Downtown

    Launchpad
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Six School of Rock ensembles, from the house band up through original acts like Syzygy and Everything We Never Were, take over Launchpad for a late-night showcase that runs until...

  • Bobfest II at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    School of Rock's second Bobfest takes over Launchpad for a late-night run of sets that goes well past midnight. Launchpad's long narrow room means sound is loud regardless of where...

  • The Obsessed Live on Route 66 at Sister Downtown

    Sister Bar
    DowntownmetalDetails

    Scott Reeder and Wino's band, one of the bands that quietly built the foundation for everything heavy that came after them, is playing Sister on a Sunday night. Sister runs...

  • NITE with DJ Ren + Moonside

    Inside Out
    DowntownelectronicTickets

    Two DJs, one late-night set at Insideout, running from what is effectively 9 p.m. Wednesday local time through 6 a.m. Thursday morning once you convert from UTC. Insideout is a...