Events on Central

Improv Theatre takes the stage at The Box for an unscripted hour of live comedy, the kind where nothing is planned and the room decides how good it gets. The...

The Expendables are a Santa Cruz reggae-rock band with twenty-plus years of catalog and a fanbase that treats their shows like a reunion. Launchpad is a small room, which means the floor gets loud fast and the sightlines are genuinely good from anywhere, but get there before the openers finish if you want a comfortable...

The post-Bob Marley touring lineup of The Wailers brings the full roots-reggae catalog to what is almost certainly an outdoor stage at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, not Launchpad's usual...

The surviving members of Bob Marley's original backing band bring a full reggae set to the NHCC's outdoor performance space in Barelas. This venue runs a tight operation and the...

A comedy debate show where being wrong is apparently the whole point, running just one hour on a Friday night at The Box Annex on Central. The Box tends to...

Three serious players share a bill for Blues Night, the capstone evening of the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival: Judith Hill (a vocalist who has worked with Prince and Michael Jackson), local hero Levi Platero, and Michael Matison. Civic Plaza is an open hardscape downtown, so the sound carries well but there is no...

Los Tigres del Norte, the Sinaloa-born norteño institution that has been recording since 1968, bring their corridos and narcocorridos canon to the Kiva Auditorium. The Kiva seats around 2,300 and has a proper sightline from nearly every seat in the house, so there is no real bad spot in this room. Tickets through Ticketmaster means...

A seated flamenco dinner show in the Hotel Albuquerque ballroom, where the combination of live cante, guitar, and footwork gets performed close enough to feel the floor vibrate under the...

A seated tablao-style flamenco show in one of the older hotel ballrooms on the corridor, with live guitar, cante, and baile performed close enough to the audience that you will feel the footwork in your chest. The specific performers haven't been announced yet, which is worth knowing before you buy, though the format itself is...

NWA-sanctioned pro wrestling comes to one of the best mid-size rooms on the corridor, with Duke City Championship Wrestling running their Kings Landing card at the El Rey. The theater's...