• Tablao Flamenco Dinner Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
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    A seated dinner show built around traditional tablao flamenco, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing in the Old Town-adjacent ballroom space at Hotel Albuquerque on Central. The room is formal enough that showing up in shorts feels wrong, and the stage-to-table proximity means you will hear every footstrike and feel it, which is...

  • Bands of Enchantment Satellite Show at Launchpad Downtown

    Launchpad
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    Five New Mexico acts, Nomestomper, TAJ, Talking Hours, Dymer, and Right on Kid, take over Launchpad as a satellite stage for the Bands of Enchantment festival. This is a late-night ticket, with the show running well past midnight, so plan accordingly and know that Launchpad's sound system rewards the patience. A ticket link exists, which...

  • Live Improv Comedy at The Box

    Outpost Performance Space
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    Improv Theatre takes the stage at The Box for an hour of unscripted comedy built entirely in the room, with the audience as a co-conspirator. The Box is a small, focused black-box space where nothing hides, which either sharpens a troupe or exposes them, and Improv Theatre tends to handle that pressure well. Grab tickets...

  • Wax Motif & VNSSA at NHCC Barelas

    NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center
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    Three names from the heavier end of house music, Wax Motif and VNSSA in particular having built real momentum on the festival circuit, playing a venue better known for visual art and cultural programming than for DJ sets. The NHCC's event spaces can work well for this kind of show when production is dialed in,...

  • 505 Junglists Drum & Bass Night

    403 Mountain Rd NW
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    Five Albuquerque DJs, including Kingsman, Baby Bumps, Sofly, Aquraccy, and Markhyphen, bring a full night of drum and bass, jungle, and liquid funk to 403 Mountain Rd NW. The 9 PM start time in this listing is a confirmed placeholder, so check the ticket link for the actual door time before you commit to the...

  • Built To Spill at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
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    Doug Martsch and Built To Spill bring their sprawling, guitar-heavy catalog to El Rey, one of the better rooms on the corridor for a band that rewards a good sound system. El Rey runs long on show nights, so the 9 PM local start time is real, and Paul Schalda opens. Grab tickets in advance;...

  • Hand M. Puppet’s Variety Show at The Box

    Outpost Performance Space
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    Bryan Lambe's puppet-fronted variety show takes over The Box Annex, the smaller secondary room inside The Box Performance Space on Central. The Annex is an intimate black-box setup, so there...

  • DJ B3nzlow at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
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    DJ B3nzlow takes over Gaia's with a set built around Mac Miller, Lil Wayne, and Ariana Grande, the kind of playlist that works because those artists actually share listeners, not...

  • 505 Junglists REWIND Drum & Bass

    The Lab At Stardust
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    505 Junglists are throwing a late-night drum and bass session at The Lab, running from midnight into the early morning hours on a Saturday night into Sunday. The Lab is...

  • Long-Form Improv Comedy

    Outpost Performance Space
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    The One Night Stanleys perform long-form improv under the On the Mainstage banner at The Box, one of the few actual black-box theater spaces on the corridor. Long-form improv lives...