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La Ansiedad Norteña brings norteño accordion and bajo sexto to the Old Town Gazebo, a 19th-century plaza stage that still draws multigenerational crowds on summer evenings. The gazebo's open layout means sound carries unpredictably, so the sweet spot is closer to the middle of the plaza rather than the edges near the portal shops. Admission...
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...
Mariachi Tenampa plays a two-hour outdoor set at the Old Town Gazebo, one of the more naturally suited stages on the corridor for this kind of music. The acoustics in that open plaza can work against you on a windy July evening, so arriving early to claim a spot near the center of the gazebo...
The city closes Central from Girard to Washington and hands the street back to the people who actually use it. Four stages of live music across one mile of Nob Hill, each one working a different decade of the Mother Road. The Docksiders close the main stage at 8:30 with yacht rock played straight, and...
The Isotopes host Sacramento for a Saturday night Triple-A game at one of the best mid-sized ballparks in the country, a place where the Sandia Mountains do genuine work as...
LoPhat takes the Old Town Gazebo on a Sunday evening, which puts live music in one of the oldest public squares in the country. The gazebo setting means sound carries in every direction and the crowd tends to form organically around the perimeter, so there is no bad spot. Admission details are unconfirmed, but Old...
Red Canyon Road brings their set to Tractor's Wells Park patio, one of the more reliably comfortable outdoor stages on this stretch of Central on a July evening. The crowd here tends to be neighborhood regulars plus whoever wandered over from the taproom, which keeps the energy grounded rather than performative. Admission isn't confirmed yet,...
Triple-A ball under a New Mexico sky, with the Sandia Mountains sitting out beyond the right-field wall doing their thing regardless of the score. Isotopes Park is genuinely one of...
ABQ BioPark's Africa Family Night opens up the zoo grounds on a summer evening with Africa-focused animal programming and activities geared toward kids. Evening hours mean cooler temperatures and animals that are often noticeably more active than during a midday visit. Tickets through Hold My Ticket suggest capacity is managed, so booking ahead is the...
Triple-A baseball on a Tuesday night, the Isotopes hosting the Round Rock Express, which is the Rangers affiliate and consistently one of the better road clubs in the Pacific Coast...