Events on Central

Poltergeist (1982) gets the bingo treatment at Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, which means you are watching a genuinely unsettling film while also trying to mark off your card, and somehow that tension works. The Painted Lady keeps the room small and the beer list local, so this reads more like a friend's basement...

A full tablao-format flamenco show with live guitar, cante, and baile performed in the heart of Old Town's anchor hotel on Central. Hotel Albuquerque's venue has the sightlines and acoustics...

Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarrista perform a full tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues in the city that stages this art form with...

Three Albuquerque-rooted entertainment outfits, AM ENT, JJ Official, and Reklez Ent, are co-presenting this throwback concert at the Lobo, the old movie house on Central that has found a second...

Dee Brown brings a full Ray Charles tribute to the Albuquerque Museum's outdoor amphitheater, backed by Bump City, as part of the 35th year of Music Under the Stars. The...

Two improv groups sharing a stage at The Box means the room feeds on itself, and on a good night that feedback loop produces something no scripted set can replicate. The Box is a small, focused room where the audience is close enough to the performers that your reaction becomes part of the show, so...

A late-night house set running 10 PM to 2 AM at one of Downtown's more reliable spots for floor-focused electronic music. The title suggests this one leans toward the deeper, more architectural end of house rather than a high-energy peak-hour build, so calibrate your arrival accordingly. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, which usually means...

Unicorn Productions brings their burlesque and variety showcase to Launchpad, a room that has hosted everything from metal to comedy and handles late-night chaos better than most Downtown spots. The crowd here tends to dress for it, so showing up in a plain t-shirt is technically fine but you may feel underdressed by midnight. Tickets...

ATH is throwing a blackout-theme welcome back party at the El Rey to close out their welcome back week, which puts a few hundred people in all black inside one of the most photogenic rooms on Central. The El Rey's dark interior and stage lighting actually work in favor of this theme in a way...