Events on Central

A rodeo-themed party night at Gaia's Kava Root, the kava bar on Central that doubles as one of the more reliably energetic late-night spots near campus. The 18+ door keeps...

Two of French house's most distinct camps get the head-to-head treatment here: the warm, disco-filtered funk of Daft Punk's catalog against Justice's harder, more distorted edge. The ticket link is...

This one is built around the music videos, not just the songs, so expect the visuals to be half the show. Insideout is a small room, which means the dance...

Three DJs, one of them a last-minute-feeling 'special guest' wildcard, spinning a goth night at El Rey on a Friday that runs until 10 p.m. local time. El Rey's floor...

In the Box Mainstage puts up The Hive, a long-form improv show built around ensemble scenes rather than the quick-hit games that dominate most comedy nights in town. The Box is a genuine black-box theater, which means sightlines are good from almost anywhere and the room stays focused in a way that bar stages rarely...

Albuquerque Roller Derby is taking over Guild Cinema for a screening of The Kansas City Bomber, the 1972 Raquel Welch roller derby film that remains the genre's high-water mark. Guild is a small, single-screen house on Central with good sight lines from nearly every seat, so there's no bad spot in the room. Expect a...

Free Event at Casa San Ysidro

The Lobo Sports Vault pulls the full Saturday NCAA slate across multiple screens, with every New Mexico Lobos game getting the big screen when the room is available for it. This is a sports bar setup inside a 1939 movie palace, which means the bones of the room are genuinely interesting even if your team...

The New Mexico Music Hall of Fame is putting on a four-hour concert at the Route 66 Visitor Center, which means the lineup will skew toward artists with genuine roots...