• El Gozao Live at Marble Brewery

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    DowntownlatinDetails

    El Gozao does something specific: they pull from Cuban son, salsa, and cumbia in a way that actually makes the floor move rather than just nodding along. Marble's Downtown taproom has a concrete-and-brick interior that handles a live Latin band better than you'd expect, with enough open space near the stage to actually dance. The...

  • Nosferatu Silent Film Bingo Night

    Painted Lady Bed & Brew
    Wells ParkfilmTickets

    The 1922 Nosferatu gets the full treatment here: bingo cards, DJ Fishbowl on the soundtrack, and cold beer in a building that was itself once a little creepy. Painted Lady...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Show, Route 66, Old Town

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    latinTickets

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque puts a full live flamenco company on stage inside Hotel Albuquerque, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing together in a purpose-built tablao setting. Balloon Fiesta...

  • Night of the Living Cover Bands Night 3

    Launchpad
    Downtowncover/tributeTickets

    The third night of Launchpad's Halloween cover band run means the series has already sorted out its sea legs, and whatever lineup lands here tends to play looser and longer...

  • BIJOU at Effex Nightclub

    Effex
    Downtownlate-nightDetails

    BIJOU, the Denver-based producer who built a following through relentless touring and a catalog that sits at the harder, grittier end of house music, plays Effex on a Saturday night....

  • k?d at Effex Nightclub

    Effex
    DowntownelectronicDetails

    k?d brings his layered, emotionally-driven take on future bass and melodic bass to Effex, one of the few Downtown rooms that can actually hold the low end these sets demand....

  • Halloween Party at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreadanceDetails

    Gaia's Kava Root is throwing an 18-plus Halloween party with a haunted maze built into the space, which is a genuinely different move for a kava bar on Central. The...

  • Halloween Haunted House at Gaias Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areaarts & cultureTickets

    Gaia's Kava Root, the kava bar on Central, is partnering with ACE to run a haunted house experience on the Friday night before Halloween weekend 2026. The show runs from...

  • NCAA Football Buffet at Historic Lobo Theater

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob HillsportsDetails

    The Lobo Sports Vault takes over the screening room inside the Historic Lobo Theater for a full Saturday of NCAA football, with a buffet from 11 AM to 2 PM...

  • Fall Centennial Concert Series

    Route 66 Visitor Center
    live musicDetails

    The New Mexico Music Hall of Fame is putting on this concert series at the Route 66 Visitor Center, a room that carries more history per square foot than most venues twice its size. The Hall of Fame connection means the programming tends to lean toward acts with real roots in New Mexico's musical legacy,...