Events on Central

Improv Theatre takes the stage at The Box for an hour of unscripted comedy on a Saturday night in July. The Box is a small, close-contact room where the audience...

Fit To Burn is throwing a proper CD release party at Launchpad, backed by five other local acts and a DJ set from Gamma Ray to keep the room moving...

This is a comedy debate show where being wrong is apparently the whole point, staged in The Box Annex, the smaller sibling space to one of Downtown's more reliably weird...

Two Albuquerque party crews, Lucid and Riot, are throwing a Halloween party in the middle of summer at one of Central Avenue's most reliably fun rooms. El Rey's layout rewards costume effort, with enough floor space to actually move and enough dark corners to disappear if you need to. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket,...

Late-night long-form improv from the Improv Theatre troupe, running about 45 minutes in one of the more intimate black-box rooms on Central. The Box keeps sight lines honest from every...

Three days of live tattooing, artist showcases, competitions, and music spread across the Convention Center on Central. Floor conventions like this are where you find regional artists whose waitlists you actually have a shot at joining, which makes it worth attending even if you're not sitting for work this weekend. Parking in the adjacent garage...

The NM Marimba Band brings its full percussion setup to the Old Town Gazebo for a free two-hour afternoon set on a Saturday in July. The gazebo's open-air setup means sound carries well into the plaza, so you can spread a blanket on the grass and still catch every note. Parking near Old Town fills...

Gigi Bella launches her debut collection at Launchpad with seven of the city's working poets sharing the stage: Damien Flores, Jessica Helen Lopez, Zachary Kluckman, Kristin Patton, Marcial Delgado, Katrina...

RJ Perez brings his acoustic set to Sawmill Market's interior stage for a Saturday afternoon slot that runs two hours. The food hall format means you can grab a bite...

Dezert Penguinz bring their Albuquerque desert-rock sound to Marble's downtown taproom on a Saturday afternoon, which puts this squarely in day-drinking-with-a-soundtrack territory. The outdoor patio at this location handles heat better than you'd expect for July, though by a 3 p.m. start the sun is still fully in charge, so dress accordingly.