Events on Central

Triple-A Pacific Coast League ball between the Isotopes and the Tacoma Rainiers, a Friday night game at one of the better mid-sized ballparks in the country. Isotopes Park sits right...

Night one of New Mexico's annual goth festival stacks eight acts across what will likely be a long, late run at Launchpad, anchored by local and regional names like Theif,...

Cody Polston, who has spent decades documenting paranormal activity across New Mexico, sits down at Painted Lady for a talking-and-tasting evening built around the state's most legendarily creepy locations. The...

Hotel Albuquerque's tablao format puts you close enough to feel the footwork through the floor, which is either thrilling or too much depending on your baseline for intensity. This is a full dinner show, so budget the whole evening rather than treating it as a drop-in. Performers are still TBA at listing time, so check...

Hotel Albuquerque's tablao series brings together dancers, a singer, and a guitarist for an evening of live flamenco in a room that was built for exactly this kind of performance. The specific performers haven't been announced yet, and that matters here because the lineup quality varies show to show, so check back closer to the...

A late-night radio-affiliated showcase at Insideout, one of Downtown's more reliable spots for catching local talent on the Central corridor. Insideout runs small and loud, so expect a room that rewards showing up early if you want a place to stand that isn't the back wall. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so sort that...

A live improv comedy show at The Box, the small black-box theater on Central that has been quietly hosting some of the sharpest performance work in the neighborhood for years. The room seats maybe 60 people, which means there is nowhere to hide, for the performers or the audience, and that intimacy tends to make...

This one runs from 10 p.m. into the early hours of Saturday morning, which should tell you something about the energy level being aimed for. The Press Club is a mid-size room with a low ceiling that does real favors for loud, dense sound, and the bar stays busy. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket,...