Events on Central

Two of the more respected names in contemporary heavy rock share a bill at the Sunshine, with Sword's desert-sun riff worship sitting comfortably next to Red Fang's beer-soaked, video-friendly stomp....

The Sword and Red Fang is a genuinely well-matched double bill, both bands trading in the kind of slow-grinding, riff-forward heavy rock that rewards a loud room, and Sunshine's PA...

Five bands across a single night at Launchpad, anchored by No Cure and Big Ass Truck on a touring bill that leans hard and loud. Launchpad's room is compact enough...

Five bands on one ticket at Launchpad, running from early evening into the small hours of a Thursday night on Central. Big Ass Truck has been a Memphis institution since...

The Brews & Boos series at Painted Lady Bed & Brew brings a horror-comedy standup hour to their Central Avenue taproom, leaning into the campy premise rather than treating it...

A late-night garden party at Insideout, one of the more reliably interesting rooms on Central, running from 8 PM well past midnight. The outdoor setup at this spot tends to...

Vocalists Toni Morgan and Michael Matison share the stage for an evening of jazz standards billed as a his-and-hers conversation between two voices. Outpost is one of the few rooms on Central where the acoustics actually serve acoustic music, so the intimacy here is earned rather than accidental. This is the thirtieth year of the...

Atlanta's Kap G, the bilingual rapper who came up alongside Young Thug and built a following on tracks that blur Spanish and English without making a gimmick of it, takes...