Events on Central

A Thursday evening fundraiser at Painted Lady Bed & Brew, with beer proceeds going to Barrett House, which provides transitional housing for women and children in crisis. Painted Lady is...

Surely Tempo takes the Launchpad stage on a Thursday night in late August. Launchpad runs a tight ship on sound, which matters more than people admit for a room that...

Triple-A baseball on a Friday night in late August, when the air finally starts to think about cooling down and the Sandia Mountains go pink behind the outfield. Isotopes Park...

Los Texmaniacs, the Grammy-winning San Antonio conjunto outfit led by Max Baca, play the KiMo with Lisa Morales, whose voice has a way of stopping a room cold. The KiMo's...

This one is an open mic built around true ghost stories told by real people, not actors, not a scripted production. Painted Lady already leans into its historic-building energy, so...

Hotel Albuquerque has been running this tablao format long enough that the room knows how to hold it: low lights, close tables, the kind of physical proximity to the dancers...

Three dancers, a singer, and guitarist Chuscales share a small stage inside Hotel Albuquerque for a seated flamenco show that runs about two and a half hours. Chuscales is a legitimate name in traditional flamenco, not a regional novelty, and his presence tends to raise the level of everyone else on stage. Tickets are required...

King Que takes the stage at The Hall for this late-night set that runs well past midnight, presented by Arrogant Marketing. The Hall has hosted enough of these Arrogant productions to know the room gets loud and stays loud, so arrive early if you want a spot that isn't directly in front of a speaker...

This touring karaoke concept, already running in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Mexico City, lands at the Lobo with a specific emotional premise: you show up, pick a ranchera or a bolero, and let the song do the work that words alone never quite manage. The room will be full of people who already understand why...