Events on Central

Late-season Triple-A ball at one of the better mid-size stadiums in the country, where the Isotopes host the Salt Lake Bees in a Pacific Coast League matchup. September nights in...

Cody Polston launches his new book at Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, which means you get a reading inside one of the more atmospheric rooms on Central. The bed-and-brew format keeps crowds intentionally small, so this is closer to a living room event than a bookstore affair. Grab a ticket in advance; the capacity...

Will Hanley & The Silver Vigilantes bring their sound to Thirsty Eye Brewing, one of the more low-key rooms on the Central corridor where the beer list is serious and the stage is close enough that you feel the room breathe. Admission details are not confirmed yet, so check the 505 Live link before you...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...