Events on Central

John Rangel brings a full quintet to Outpost, one of the few rooms on the corridor built specifically for listening rather than drinking. Outpost's sightlines and sound treatment mean you'll...

Pianist John Rangel brings a quintet format to Outpost's long-running Summer Thursday Jazz Nights series, now in its 30th year, with reedman Rick Keller and drummer Robby Beasley rounding out...

Olivia O'Brien, the California singer-songwriter who built a following on confessional pop and a knack for a hook, brings her PIXIE Tour to one of Central Avenue's most reliable small...

Maybe So is throwing a proper album release at Insideout, with Nara Visa and Wascoe Rabbit filling out a three-act night on the corridor. Insideout runs late and loud, so...

Four Albuquerque acts share the Launchpad stage on a Friday night, the kind of local bill where at least one band will surprise you and at least one will run...

Seven DJs trading sets across seven hours of old-school funk, disco, and deep house inside one of the best-looking rooms on Central Avenue. The Lobo's floor is genuinely spacious and the sound system holds up at volume, which matters more than you'd think when the night runs this long. No advance tickets, cash or card...

Two of the better team names in Triple-A baseball meet at Isotopes Park for a Friday night game on the Central corridor. The park sits at elevation, which means balls carry and scores run up more than you'd expect if your only reference is sea-level baseball. Tickets move through Ticketmaster, so buy direct if you...

TwoLips comes back to Albuquerque for a homecoming set, joined by Tolliver, Clarq, and Thot Daughter in a late-night lineup that runs until nearly 2 a.m. local time. Sister Bar is a small room, which means this will feel close and loud in the best possible way, and homecoming shows for artists who actually made...

Cody Polston, a published paranormal researcher with decades of New Mexico fieldwork, presents a deep dive into Old Town Albuquerque's ghost history as part of the Painted Lady's recurring Brews & Boos series. This runs closer to local history lecture than haunted hayride, which is a point in its favor. The bar is open throughout,...

Hotel Albuquerque's tablao series brings together a bailaor, cantaora, and guitarrista for a seated dinner show in one of the corridor's most architecturally fitting rooms for this kind of performance. The Old Town adjacency is not incidental: this stretch of Central has hosted Spanish-rooted performance traditions longer than almost anywhere else in the country, and...