Events on Central

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...

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,...

Just Velvet plays the Old Town Gazebo on a September Saturday evening, which puts you outside in one of Albuquerque's most reliably pleasant spots at exactly the right time of year. The gazebo setting is genuinely intimate, open-air, and surrounded by the plaza, so sound carries in ways that can work for or against a...

Vagabond Grove takes the stage at Tractor Brewing's Nob Hill location, one of the more reliably good rooms on this stretch of Central for catching live music without fighting a bad sightline. The taproom fills up faster than people expect on Saturday nights, so arriving early gets you a spot that isn't the back wall....

The second night of New Mexico Goth Fest loads eight acts into Insideout starting at midnight, running Church Fire, Academy Order, Funeral Process, The Writhers, Cruel Mourning, Crash Davidian, Leiahdoris, and dot.wall through a long Saturday night into Sunday morning. Insideout is a small room, which means the sound hits hard and the crowd gets...

A full tablao-format flamenco show, meaning dancers, a cantaor, and a live guitarist performing together in the traditional structure, not a fusion or approximation of the form. Hotel Albuquerque's space...

Wayne Hancock is the kind of Texas honky-tonk lifer who makes you wonder why anyone ever bothered complicating country music in the first place, and Launchpad's compact room puts you...

Five bands, one night, a metalcore bill with a beach party concept that is either absurd or perfect depending on your tolerance for humidity and breakdowns. Launchpad's stage-to-floor ratio keeps...