• Flamenco Dinner Show at Hotel

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
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    Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform live flamenco during dinner service at the tablao inside Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few purpose-built flamenco venues on the corridor. The room is small and the stage sits low, so the percussion of footwork registers in your chest in a way that a larger theater never...

  • AJ Mathews Comedy Headline Show

    Two Cranes Bistro & Brew
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    AJ Mathews takes the headliner slot for this stand-up night produced by local comedy promoter AJ DeLeon, whose shows tend to run with a full supporting lineup before the closer. Two Cranes keeps the room intimate enough that there is no bad seat, which matters more than people expect for comedy. Tickets are through Hold...

  • Indy 505 Improv Team Night

    Sunshine Theatre
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    Local independent improv teams get the stage to themselves for a night of short-form and long-form sets at The Box, one of the more serious comedy rooms on Central. The...

  • Tablao Flamenco Sunday Matinee

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
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    Three bailaores, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform live flamenco in one of the few dedicated tablao formats in the Southwest, with Carlos Menchaca, Andrea Lozano, and Isabella Nuanez dancing...

  • Supernatural Sundays with Jordan Jonas

    Painted Lady Bed & Brew
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    Jordan Jonas, the survivalist who won Season 6 of Alone, brings his particular brand of backcountry credibility to a paranormal-themed evening at Painted Lady's ongoing Brews & Boos series. The bed-and-brew format means the crowd tends to be genuinely curious rather than just bar-traffic, which makes for better Q&A energy than you might expect. Tickets...

  • Adults-Only Night Walk at ABQ Botanic Garden

    ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
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    The BioPark opens its botanic garden after hours for an adults-only evening walk, roughly 90 minutes of grounds access without the daytime family crowd. Mid-July means the sun is still up at 7:30 PM and the garden is at peak summer bloom, so the light and the color are both working in your favor. Tickets...

  • Wonder Women of Country

    FUSION | 708
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    Three of the more respected names in modern traditional country, Brennen Leigh, Kelly Willis, and Melissa Carper, split a single bill at FUSION 708 on Central. This is a room that punches above its square footage when the booking is right, and this booking is right. Tickets through Hold My Ticket, which means will-call can...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Dinner Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
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    Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform a full tablao-format flamenco dinner show inside the historic Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues in the country presenting this art form in its proper sit-down context. The room is intimate enough that you will feel the footwork in your chest, which is exactly the point....

  • Micky Cruz at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
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    Micky Cruz brings salsa y más to the Albuquerque Museum's courtyard for the 35th year of Music Under the Stars, the Friday night summer series that has been an Old Town anchor long enough to have its own institutional memory. The museum grounds give you open sky and a crowd that actually dances, not just...

  • Rufus Wainwright Live

    NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center
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    Rufus Wainwright plays the Journal Theatre solo, no band, no buffer, just him and whatever he decides to do with a room that seats around 700 and has acoustics that reward exactly this kind of performance. The NHCC is on the corridor, and the Journal is one of the better-kept secrets in Albuquerque for intimate...