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    Fright Night Open Mic

    Painted Lady Bed & Brew
    Wells ParkliteraryTickets

    Locals take the mic to tell real ghost stories at this open mic night inside Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, a seasonal run that leans into the building's own considerable history. The Painted Lady itself dates back to the early Route 66 era and has enough documented weirdness that the storytellers don't have to...

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    Bravo the Bagchaser at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownhip-hopTickets

    Bravo the Bagchaser, the Sacramento rapper who built a following on drill-adjacent street rap before landing a deal with Interscope, headlines El Rey with Peysoh in support. El Rey's long narrow room puts you close to the stage no matter where you end up, which works in everyone's favor for a show like this. Tickets...

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    Comatose Beatz at Marble Brewery Downtown

    Marble Brewery Downtown
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    Comatose Beatz takes over the Downtown Marble taproom for a late end-of-summer send-off, the kind of night that treats a Tuesday like it owes you something. The outdoor patio at this location runs louder and later than the Nob Hill spot, so expect the crowd to lean into it. A ticket link exists but admission...

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    Tablao Flamenco Friday Dinner Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
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    A tablao-format flamenco show with live guitar, cante, and baile performed over a Friday dinner service at Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues on the corridor doing this with any regularity. Specific performers are still TBA, so the cast is a variable, but the room itself is well-suited for this, closer in scale to...

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    Tablao Flamenco Friday Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    world musicTickets

    Friday night flamenco at Hotel Albuquerque puts live bailaores, a cantaora, and a guitarrista in one of the few dedicated tablao settings in the Southwest. The room is intimate enough that you will feel the footwork through the floor, which is either thrilling or distracting depending on where you sit, so request a table toward...

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    Jason Scott & The High Heat at KiMo Theatre

    Kimo Theatre
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    Jason Scott & The High Heat take the KiMo stage for Bands of Enchantment, a show whose name suggests something bigger than a single headliner, so expect either a multi-act bill or a set with genuine range. The KiMo's ornate Pueblo Deco interior does something to a live show that flat-walled rooms can't touch, but...

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    Live Improv Comedy at The Box

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreacomedyTickets

    A live improv comedy show at The Box, the small black-box theater on Central that has been quietly doing the work for years while bigger venues get the attention. The room holds maybe 60 people, which means you are never far from the action and the performers know it. Grab tickets in advance, because this...

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    TSU NAMI at Effex Rooftop

    Effex
    Downtownhouse/technoDetails

    TSU NAMI headlines the rooftop edition of We House Fridays, pulling from stutter house and UK garage, two genres that reward a sound system with actual low-end. The Effex rooftop gives you Downtown Albuquerque at night as your backdrop, which on a clear September evening is genuinely hard to argue with. Start time is unconfirmed,...

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    Gym Rave: Secret Dubstep & Hard Techno Lineup

    United Fit Heights
    electronicDetails

    United Fit Heights hosts a secret-lineup bass night spanning dubstep, hard techno, and industrial, which is a genre spread that promises a room running loud and physical all night. The lineup is deliberately withheld, so the ticket link is your only source for confirmed artists and, critically, a verified start time, since 9 PM is...

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    Birthday Metal Blowout

    Launchpad
    DowntownmetalTickets

    Four bands, one birthday, and a bill that leans hard into the heavier end of the Albuquerque scene. Launchpad's room is built for exactly this kind of stacked weekend show, where the floor fills early and the sound desk gets a proper workout. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so grab them before the door...