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Crazy Bird brings their set to Tractor's Wells Park taproom, one of the more reliably good-sounding smaller rooms on the corridor. The outdoor patio fills up fast on summer nights, so arriving early gets you both a seat and the cooler part of the evening. Check 505livemusic.com closer to the date for set times, since...
This is an open mic structured around real ghost stories told live, part of Painted Lady's recurring Brews & Boos series, so expect regulars who've workshopped their material and first-timers who haven't. The bed-and-brew format means the room includes overnight guests mixed in with walk-ins, which gives the whole thing an oddly intimate, slightly unplanned...
A DJ night built around Bad Bunny's catalog, from the early SoundCloud era through his stadium-pop years, held at Marble's Downtown taproom on Central. Marble's outdoor patio is one of the better places to dance in this corridor on a July night, assuming the weather cooperates, which in Albuquerque mid-summer it usually does. Admission is...
Artha Meadors brings her songwriting to Thirsty Eye Brewing Company on a Friday evening, the kind of intimate brewery set where you're close enough to hear every word. Thirsty Eye is a compact room that rewards showing up early for a seat, and the house beer is genuinely good, which helps the night along. Admission...
Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform a full tablao-format flamenco dinner show inside the historic Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues in the country presenting this art form in its proper sit-down context. The room is intimate enough that you will feel the footwork in your chest, which is exactly the point....
Micky Cruz brings salsa y más to the Albuquerque Museum's courtyard for the 35th year of Music Under the Stars, the Friday night summer series that has been an Old Town anchor long enough to have its own institutional memory. The museum grounds give you open sky and a crowd that actually dances, not just...
Rufus Wainwright plays the Journal Theatre solo, no band, no buffer, just him and whatever he decides to do with a room that seats around 700 and has acoustics that reward exactly this kind of performance. The NHCC is on the corridor, and the Journal is one of the better-kept secrets in Albuquerque for intimate...
Improv Theatre brings a live, unscripted comedy set to The Box, one of the more intimate black-box rooms on the Central corridor. The Box keeps sightlines close and the audience...
MAD DUBZ and VKTM are stacking a night of riddim and deathstep at Effex, the long-running Downtown club that knows how to run a sound system for this kind of weight. The listed 9:00 PM start is a placeholder pulled from EDM Train, not confirmed by the venue, so check the ticket link before you...
Nocturne is throwing a fundraiser show at Launchpad, one of the few remaining rooms on the corridor that still runs sound like it means it. The late start puts this solidly in the after-midnight category, so pace yourself accordingly. Check Hold My Ticket for pricing before you show up at the door.