• Killer Lloronas at the Historic Lobo Theater

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob HilltheaterTickets

    Five short plays in two acts follow a young immigrant girl navigating two cultures at once, written and performed by an Albuquerque troupe that has been building this kind of specific, locally-rooted work for a while now. The Lobo's theater seating puts you genuinely close to the stage, so the quieter moments land differently here...

  • Bands of Enchantment Music Festival at KiMo

    Kimo Theatre
    DowntownfestivalDetails

    This listing covers the closing night of a four-day festival co-produced by Elkhorn Media and the City of Albuquerque, running September 16 through 19 at one of the most architecturally loaded rooms on Central. The KiMo's 1927 Pueblo Deco interior makes it a genuinely strange and wonderful place to hear live music, but the sightlines...

  • Bands of Enchantment Night Three

    Kimo Theatre
    DowntownamericanaDetails

    Night three of Bands of Enchantment puts Jason Scott and the High Heat, Metamorfos, and Turquoise Steel on the KiMo stage for a roots-heavy taping with red-dirt country-rock, Andean psych-folk, and Navajo blues-rock in the same room. The KiMo makes this kind of mixed bill feel more intentional than a bar lineup, but it also...

  • Fright Night Open Mic

    Painted Lady Bed & Brew
    Wells ParkliteraryTickets

    Locals take the mic to tell real ghost stories at this open mic night inside Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, a seasonal run that leans into the building's own...

  • Bravo the Bagchaser at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownhip-hopTickets

    Bravo the Bagchaser, the Sacramento rapper who built a following on drill-adjacent street rap before landing a deal with Interscope, headlines El Rey with Peysoh in support. El Rey's long...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Dinner Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    latinTickets

    A tablao-format flamenco show with live guitar, cante, and baile performed over a Friday dinner service at Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues on the corridor doing this with...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    world musicTickets

    Friday night flamenco at Hotel Albuquerque puts live bailaores, a cantaora, and a guitarrista in one of the few dedicated tablao settings in the Southwest. The room is intimate enough...

  • Jason Scott & The High Heat at KiMo Theatre

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Jason Scott & The High Heat take the KiMo stage for Bands of Enchantment, a show whose name suggests something bigger than a single headliner, so expect either a multi-act...

  • Live Improv Comedy at The Box

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreacomedyTickets

    A live improv comedy show at The Box, the small black-box theater on Central that has been quietly doing the work for years while bigger venues get the attention. The...