Events on Central

Snooper is a Nashville punk band with a reputation for high-speed, high-absurdity sets that hit harder than the recorded versions. Sister Bar's room is small enough that there's no bad...

Melvins have been making heavy music uncomfortable in the best possible way since 1983, and a room the size of Launchpad is exactly where that low-end punishment lands hardest. The ceiling is low, the PA is loud, and there is no polite distance between you and the stage. Grab tickets through Hold My Ticket before...

The World Cup Semifinal on the theater's original big screen, plus every angle covered across the 15-screen Sports Lounge inside one of Central Avenue's most recognizable buildings. Reserved tables are held only until kickoff, which sounds lenient until you realize this crowd treats knockout matches like home games and the room fills fast. Free entry...

Cory Hanson is the frontman of Wand, the Los Angeles psych-rock outfit, but his solo work runs quieter and stranger, closer to late-night folk with a disquieting undertow. Sister Bar is a good room for this, small enough that his vocal control actually lands rather than getting swallowed. The show starts late, so plan accordingly.

The BioPark opens its botanic garden after hours for an adults-only evening walk, roughly 90 minutes of grounds access without the daytime family crowd. Mid-July means the sun is still up at 7:30 PM and the garden is at peak summer bloom, so the light and the color are both working in your favor. Tickets...

Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery, one of the great Gelugpa institutions of Tibetan Buddhism, lead a Menla Choga Puja, a ritual healing ceremony dedicated to the Medicine Buddha. Chatter's room is small enough that the overtone chanting registers in your chest, not just your ears, which changes the experience considerably. This is sacred practice first,...

Three local acts share the Launchpad stage in a stacked Tuesday-night bill anchored by Piñata Protest, the Albuquerque band that has built a serious regional following on cumbia-punk that hits harder live than on record. Launchpad keeps the stage close to the floor and the sound aimed right at you, so even if the room...

The World Cup Semifinal goes up on the Lobo's theater-scale main screen and across a 15-screen sports lounge that includes a four-panel video wall, which is a genuinely different proposition...

Eight acts share a single bill here, running through a catalog that stretches from "Wild Thing" to "We Can Fly," and the format is brisk by design: each act gets a tight set rather than a full show. Kiva Auditorium seats around 2,300 and tends to fill from the floor up for nostalgia packages like...

Eight acts from the 1960s AM radio canon, including The Troggs, Gary Puckett, The Cowsills, and Ron Dante, cycle through their hits on a single bill built around nostalgia done at scale. Kiva seats 2,300 and the sightlines from the back third of the hall are genuinely good, but if you want to be close...