Events on Central

Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque runs a proper tablao format, not a fusion showcase, with dedicated bailaores, a cantaor, and a guitarrista performing traditional flamenco in a purpose-built room at Hotel Albuquerque....

This is a multi-band cover night at Launchpad, kicking off what the name makes clear is at least a two-night run timed to Halloween season. Launchpad's long room rewards the...

Two of the most quietly influential voices in left-field hip-hop share a bill, with Surf Gang and skate legend turned rapper Na-Kel Smith opening. El Rey holds around 500 and...

Launchpad's annual Halloween cover band run is exactly what it sounds like: a stretch of October nights where different acts take the stage as someone else entirely, costumes and all....

This one leans into local lore: Milton Yarberry was Albuquerque's first city marshal, hanged in 1883, and this magic and storytelling show uses his story as the spine of a...

Levi Platero, one of the most technically serious blues guitarists working out of New Mexico right now, leads a rotating cast of guests through an SRV birthday tribute at FUSION...

The Lobo Sports Vault takes over the screening room inside one of Central Avenue's landmark theaters for a full Saturday of college football, with a buffet running through the early...

The New Mexico Music Hall of Fame is putting on a four-hour concert at the Route 66 Visitor Center, part of a centennial series that has been pulling in acts...

Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque runs a Saturday matinee during Balloon Fiesta weekend, pairing live guitar, cante, and baile in a purpose-built tablao inside Hotel Albuquerque on Old Town's edge of the corridor. The specific performers are still being confirmed, but the format itself is the draw: close seats, no amplification buffer between you and the footwork,...