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  1. Tonight

    Downtownindie alternative

    Olivia O’Brien PIXIE Tour at Launchpad

    Olivia O'Brien, the California singer-songwriter who built a following on confessional pop and a knack for a hook, brings her…

    9:00 pm Launchpad Tickets

  2. Tonight

    UNM Areajazz

    John Rangel Quintet Live Jazz

    Pianist John Rangel brings a quintet format to Outpost's long-running Summer Thursday Jazz Nights series, now in its 30th year,…

    8:30 pm Outpost Performance Space Tickets

  3. Tonight

    Downtownintense

    Profanatica & Morbosidad at Sister Bar

    Profanatica has been doing blasphemous, lo-fi black metal since 1990, long before the genre had a US fanbase worth counting,…

    7:00 pm Sister Bar Tickets

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  • Cruise Control & Speed One Live

    Inside Out
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Two acts, a ticket link, and a 5 a.m. close time: this is a genuine late-night at Insideout, the kind of night that doesn't get started until most of Albuquerque...

  • Famous Friend, Floats & The Citie at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownall agesTickets

    Three local acts on one bill at Launchpad, the Downtown corridor room that has been the proving ground for Albuquerque rock and punk for decades. Sunday late-night shows here tend...

  • Tie-Dye Workshop on Route 66 at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areaarts & cultureDetails

    Tina, a local instructor, leads a two-hour tie-dye workshop at this kava bar and community hangout on the UNM stretch of Central. The $5 bring-your-own or $10 buy-there shirt pricing...

  • Sword & Red Fang Live at Sunshine Theatre

    Sunshine Theatre
    Downtowngeneral admissionTickets

    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 & Red Fang at Sunshine Theater Downtown

    Sunshine Theatre
    Downtownall agesTickets

    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...

  • No Cure & Big Ass Truck at Launchpad Downtown

    Launchpad
    Downtownall agesTickets

    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-Band Rock Night at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownall agesTickets

    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 nineties, which makes this a genuinely unusual booking for a room this size. Five bands means late sets, so know going in that whoever...

  • Lobo Sports Vault Grand Opening

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob Hillbar sceneDetails

    The Lobo Theater's new dedicated sports room opens to the public Thursday night, doors at 6, running until midnight, with memorabilia on the walls and specials and giveaways rolling through the evening. What's genuinely interesting here is the venue itself: watching a game inside a 1939 Streamline Moderne movie palace is a different proposition than...

  • International Thursdays at Bourbon & Boots

    Bourbon & Boots
    Downtownworld musicDetails

    Bourbon & Boots runs its weekly international music night here, which on the calendar lands as a Thursday but in practice is a very early Friday morning, running from roughly 8 p.m. local time into the pre-dawn hours. This is a late dance floor crowd, not a casual-drink-and-leave situation, so go in knowing the room...

  • Jazz Standards at Outpost Performance Space

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreajazzDetails

    Toni Morgan and Michael Matison bring a paired vocal concept to jazz standards, trading and blending across the classic American songbook. Outpost is one of the few rooms in Albuquerque built for listening rather than drinking, so the audience actually goes quiet and the nuance lands. Tickets are through 505livemusic.com, and this room sells out...