Events on Central

The One Night Stanleys bring long-form improv to The Box, one of the few dedicated performance spaces on the corridor that actually treats comedy as a craft rather than a...

A.M. Ent takes over Gaia's Kava Root for a night built around nostalgia, with a lineup and era TBD but a promoter with a track record of keeping the floor...

This two-act, 90-minute production at the NHCC's Albuquerque Journal Theatre moves through centuries of Mexican cultural history, from Aztec ceremony to varsovianas, spoken poetry, and live Mariachi Xochitl. The Albuquerque...

The Lobo Sports Vault, tucked inside the Historic Lobo Theater on Central, runs every NFL game simultaneously during a Sunday brunch window from 11 AM to 2 PM. Each game...

A seated, one-hour flamenco performance inside Hotel Albuquerque's Tablao, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing together in a format rooted in the traditional Spanish club setting. The room...

Jordan Jonas takes the stage for Supernatural Sundays, the latest installment in Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, which has been quietly building a following for its mix of spooky-season...

GZA, the Genius himself, sharing a stage with the Phunky Nomads at one of Downtown's more intimate rooms is the kind of pairing that shouldn't work on paper but probably will in practice. Sister's capacity is small enough that there is no bad spot in the house, which matters a lot when the headliner is...

Navajo jazz pianist Delbert Anderson brings his quartet to Outpost for one of the marquee nights of the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, a run that has made this room one of the more serious jazz destinations in the Southwest. Outpost is a dedicated listening room, which means the crowd actually listens, and Anderson's...

Three bands on the Set It Off Tour roll into Launchpad for a late-night show headlined by Silly Goose, with Cheem and Hotbox opening. Launchpad's narrow room compresses sound in a way that either makes loud rock feel enormous or overwhelming depending on where you stand, so stake out your spot early. Tickets are through...

Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson, two of the most consequential voices in contemporary improvised music, share the Outpost stage for an evening of duo work that will likely sound like nothing else you hear this year. Outpost is a listening room in the truest sense, a small, attentive space where people actually come...