Events on Central

Saosin is marking 20 years of their self-titled debut by playing the whole thing, which for a certain generation of post-hardcore listeners is a genuinely significant setlist promise. Sunshine Theater fits this one well, a standing-room floor that gets loud without losing the songs, and this bill pulls hard enough that the room will be...

Sunny Sweeney is a Texas country songwriter with enough honky-tonk credibility and outlaw-adjacent wit to make a room full of skeptics into believers by the second song. Spirit Stage sits right on the Route 66 corridor and tends to reward country acts with a crowd that actually listens. The show starts late (8:30 PM local),...

Token, the Boston rapper who went viral as a teenager and has spent the years since proving that wasn't a fluke, brings his I'm Leaving Soon Tour to Launchpad with...

Two bands, one late Tuesday night at Launchpad, the longtime anchor of Downtown's Central corridor rock scene. The show starts at 9 p.m. local time, which means this runs well past midnight into a Tuesday, so plan your Wednesday accordingly. A ticket link exists, which tells you this is a real commitment, not a casual...

Atlanta rapper Rittz, known for his rapid-fire delivery and a decade-long run on Strange Music, plays the Sunshine Theater for the Before The Drop Tour. The Sunshine is one of the better mid-size rooms on the corridor for hip-hop, with a floor that actually moves and sound that holds up when the bass gets loud....

Sex Mex rolls through Downtown on the Stockpile Tour, hitting Launchpad on what is effectively a Tuesday night that starts after most people are already asleep. Launchpad's room rewards loud guitar bands, and the low ceiling does the work for you on a night like this. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so grab them...

Joanne Shaw Taylor, the British guitarist who started playing professionally at 16 after Eurythmics' Dave Stewart heard her at a festival, brings her full-throated blues-rock to the KiMo on a Tuesday night. The KiMo's Pueblo Deco interior is genuinely one of the best rooms in the Southwest to see a player this good, because the...

REZN plays slow, heavy, and hypnotic, the kind of psych-doom that works best in a small room with a loud PA, and Launchpad's setup is actually built for it. Lowheaven and Nomestomper are solid local picks for this bill, not filler. This is a 10 PM show at minimum, so plan accordingly and get there...

Four local punk and indie acts share a Halloween bill at Insideout, running from 10 p.m. into the early hours of the 29th. Insideout is a small room, which means the sound hits hard and personal space is a negotiation, so go knowing that and embrace it. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so grab...