• Carlos Steele & deadpayphones at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Four Albuquerque acts share the Launchpad stage on a Friday night, the kind of local bill where at least one band will surprise you and at least one will run long. Launchpad keeps the sound dialed in better than most rooms its size on the corridor, so even the opener gets a fair shake. Tickets...

  • Groove Therapy DJ Night at the Lobo Theater

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob Hill21+Details

    Seven DJs trading sets across seven hours of old-school funk, disco, and deep house inside one of the best-looking rooms on Central Avenue. The Lobo's floor is genuinely spacious and...

  • Isotopes vs. Space Cowboys at Route 66’s Ballpark

    Isotopes Park
    UNM Areafamily friendlyTickets

    Two of the better team names in Triple-A baseball meet at Isotopes Park for a Friday night game on the Central corridor. The park sits at elevation, which means balls carry and scores run up more than you'd expect if your only reference is sea-level baseball. Tickets move through Ticketmaster, so buy direct if you...

  • TwoLips Homecoming Show at Sister Bar Downtown

    Sister Bar
    Downtownhip hopTickets

    TwoLips comes back to Albuquerque for a homecoming set, joined by Tolliver, Clarq, and Thot Daughter in a late-night lineup that runs until nearly 2 a.m. local time. Sister Bar is a small room, which means this will feel close and loud in the best possible way, and homecoming shows for artists who actually made...

  • Ghosts of Old Town

    Painted Lady Bed & Brew
    Wells Parkhistory & heritageTickets

    Cody Polston, a published paranormal researcher with decades of New Mexico fieldwork, presents a deep dive into Old Town Albuquerque's ghost history as part of the Painted Lady's recurring Brews & Boos series. This runs closer to local history lecture than haunted hayride, which is a point in its favor. The bar is open throughout,...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Dinner Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    arts & cultureTickets

    Hotel Albuquerque's tablao series brings together a bailaor, cantaora, and guitarrista for a seated dinner show in one of the corridor's most architecturally fitting rooms for this kind of performance. The Old Town adjacency is not incidental: this stretch of Central has hosted Spanish-rooted performance traditions longer than almost anywhere else in the country, and...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    latinTickets

    Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform a full tablao-format flamenco show inside Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues on the corridor built for this kind of presentation....

  • Calle 66 Live at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old TowndanceTickets

    Calle 66 takes the outdoor stage for the Friday salsa night in the Albuquerque Museum's long-running Music Under the Stars series, now in its 35th year. The museum courtyard is...