• Norma Jean & Upon A Burning Body

    Sunshine Theatre
    Downtownhigh energyTickets

    Norma Jean and Upon A Burning Body are splitting co-headline duties on the Southern Domination Tour, with Fox Lake and Music Is The Enemy opening a bill that runs heavy and loud from the first set. Sunshine Theater holds around 800 and the floor gets genuinely packed for metal shows, so arriving early matters if...

  • Saint Julep & Junkyard Butterfly Live

    Launchpad
    DowntownindieTickets

    Three local acts stacked on a Friday night at Launchpad, one of the few rooms on Central that still books original music with any consistency. The stage is low and the floor gets close fast, so this is the kind of show where you end up knowing whether the headliner has it or not within...

  • Catalogue Live at Marble Brewery Downtown

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    Downtowncraft beerDetails

    Catalogue brings their set to Marble Brewery's Downtown taproom, one of the more reliably good live-music rooms on this stretch of Central. The outdoor patio here runs sound better than you'd expect for a brewery show, and the crowd tends to stick around rather than treating the band as background noise. Admission details weren't listed,...

  • J. Holiday Headlines Rhythm Room Opening Downtown

    Sister Bar
    Downtownblock partyTickets

    The Rhythm Room opens on Central with a grand opening block party headlined by J. Holiday, the R&B singer whose quiet-storm catalog from the mid-2000s still fills rooms that know their music. Grand openings on this stretch of Central have a habit of running long on ceremony and short on performance, but Reloaded Talent booking...

  • 505 Junglists Drum & Bass Night

    Inside Out
    Downtownlate-nightDetails

    The 505 Junglists crew brings another REWIND installment to Inside Out, with Halfblud and MS Vicious handling jungle and drum and bass across the night. Inside Out runs small and close, which works in everyone's favor for music built around sub-bass you feel before you hear it. The listed 9 PM start time is a...

  • Hot Girl Summer at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownbar sceneTickets

    Five local acts share the Launchpad stage for a night built around the kind of sweaty, unapologetic summer energy the name promises. Launchpad runs late and the crowd tends to arrive late too, so the early slots on a bill like this are where you catch something before everyone else figures it out. Tickets are...

  • 505 Junglist Drum & Bass Night

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownbar sceneTickets

    505 Junglist is back with a six-DJ drum and bass showcase, putting Syndicrypt, Halfblud, MS Vicious, DNDY, MYDNYTE, and Jayzo G on the same bill at Insideout. This is Albuquerque's most consistent jungle and DnB crew doing what they do on home turf, and the room at Insideout is small enough that the bass actually...

  • Heavy Metal Showcase at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownlate nightTickets

    Four local and regional heavy bands stack a Friday night at the Mezzanine, which sits above El Rey's main floor and runs tighter and louder than most rooms its size....

  • DANSYN at Effex Nightclub

    Effex
    DowntownclubTickets

    Mr. AfterHours Presents drops DANSYN into Effex for a WHF 360° night, which means the production gets the full room treatment rather than a stage-and-crowd setup. Effex runs late and the crowd arrives later, so if you show up before midnight you will be standing in a very different room than the one this is...

  • Alex Maryol Live at Marble Brewery Downtown

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    Downtownbar sceneDetails

    Alex Maryol is one of those New Mexico guitar players who has been at this long enough that the blues he plays feels lived-in rather than performed. Marble's downtown patio carries sound well on summer nights, but the indoor bar fills up fast once the set starts, so arriving early gets you a better spot...