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Six acts on one night at Launchpad means you're getting a real cross-section of whatever is currently interesting in the local scene, from Hannett Beach headlining down to No Diving...

Grupo Super Verza plays live cumbia at Juno, with DJ Tony holding the floor between sets and after the band wraps. Juno is a small room, which means the dance floor fills fast and the sound hits you directly, not from across a warehouse. This one starts late, so arriving by 9 p.m. local is...

Disko Rumba is the cumbia night that has kept Downtown Albuquerque moving for long enough that people plan their weekends around it. Sister Bar's layout rewards actual dancing, with enough floor space that you're not just swaying in place between strangers. This one runs until the early hours, so factor that in before you commit...

Toni Morgan brings together a lineup of women vocalists for this jazz and blues evening in the museum's outdoor amphitheater, part of a summer series that has been anchoring Saturday nights in Old Town for 35 years. The grounds hold several hundred people comfortably and the acoustics are better than you'd expect from an open-air...

A rock opera built around Kevin McDonald, the Kids in the Hall member, staged for a single performance on the Box's mainstage. The Box is an intimate black-box space, so...

AJ Mathews takes the headliner slot for this stand-up night produced by local comedy promoter AJ DeLeon, whose shows tend to run with a full supporting lineup before the closer....

A full-night Madonna dance party at one of Nob Hill's most reliably fun LGBTQ+ bars, running from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on a Saturday. The Social Club keeps its floor small and its crowd warm, which means this will feel like a house party with a good sound system rather than a club night....

The official afterparty for one of Albuquerque's longest-running tattoo conventions lands at Insideout with Speed One on the decks, running until 6 a.m. The crowd will be heavily tattooed, pleasantly wired, and not going home early, so if you are sensitive to either ink or late hours, recalibrate accordingly. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket,...

Glasses Malone, the Long Beach rapper who built a following through mixtape hustle and a handful of genuine radio moments, headlines this late-night set at Rhythm Room with Wing It...