Events on Central

Long-form improv from the Improv Theatre company at The Box, starting well after midnight on a Saturday, which tells you exactly what kind of crowd you'll find. The Box is...

The instructors at Rock 101 Music Academy step out from behind the lesson plans and play a full night of live music at Rio Bravo Brewing. These are working musicians who teach because they love it, not because they couldn't hack it, so expect a higher floor than your average local showcase. Tickets are through...

A seated dinner show built around traditional flamenco, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing in the intimate tablao format that puts you close enough to feel the stomping in your chest. Hotel Albuquerque's room for this is properly theatrical without being a tourist trap, and the Old Town adjacency means the pre-show walk...

Three bailaores, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform live flamenco in the tablao format, which means close quarters and no amplification between you and the footwork. Hotel Albuquerque's dedicated flamenco space is one of the few rooms in the Southwest built for this kind of performance, so the sightlines and acoustics are actually thought through....

The Box is one of the few rooms on Central where improv comedy actually has a home, and this co-presentation with Improv Theatre suggests a more structured, rehearsed ensemble rather than a loose open-mike free-for-all. The space is small and the sightlines are good from almost every seat, which means there is nowhere to hide,...

In The Box Annex takes improv comedy somewhere extraterrestrial with A51*, a short-form set built around an alien or Area 51 conceit. The Box is a genuine black-box theater, which means sightlines are good from every seat and the room stays intimate enough that the performers can actually play off the audience. The 10:15 p.m....

A tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, close enough to the performance floor that the footwork lands in your sternum. The room rewards early arrival, since sightlines from the back rows are noticeably more compromised than the front. Performers are listed as TBD at time of publication, so check the ticket page before you commit.

Jordan Jonas brings the Brews & Boos Event Series into late August with a supernatural-themed Sunday night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew on Central. The B&B format means this is a smaller, more intimate room than a dedicated venue, so expect close quarters and a crowd that actually showed up on purpose. Tickets are...

New Mexico United closes out August against San Antonio FC, one of the more competitive western conference sides in the USL Championship. Isotopes Park plays surprisingly well for soccer, the...