Events on Central

Twelve bands across one night, starting at 9 p.m. and running until the sun is already thinking about coming up, anchored by locals like Cheap Perfume and Clusterfux alongside a...

Twelve bands, nearly ten hours, one room: this is the kind of marathon that separates the people who say they like punk from the people who actually show up on...

Zydeco on Central Avenue is a rare enough thing that this 10:30 p.m. set at Marble's downtown taproom deserves your attention, a Louisiana-rooted accordion-and-washboard genre that hits harder in a...

A quintet format puts real space between the players, and that breathing room is where jazz either earns its keep or exposes itself. The Hall on Central has decent acoustics...

The Isotopes take on the Sugar Land Space Cowboys in a Triple-A Pacific Coast League night game at one of the better minor league parks in the Southwest. Isotopes Park...

Jacob Chavez takes the stage at Tractor Brewing's Nob Hill location, one of the more reliably good rooms on this stretch of Central for catching a local act up close. The ticket link through 505 Live Music suggests this one has a cover, so check before you show up assuming it's a free patio night....

Steve Earle solo means no band to hide behind and no setlist discipline, which at 51 years in is a feature and not a flaw. The KiMo's acoustics reward exactly...

In The Box Annex is bringing their quiz show format into The Box Performance Space, a black-box theater on Central that tends to reward audiences willing to play along with...

Soul Puddin brings their funk and soul set to Thirsty Eye, one of the more low-key spots on the Central corridor for catching live music with a beer in hand. The room keeps things casual, which suits this kind of groove-forward act better than a stage with a spotlight and a cover charge attitude. Check...

A full tablao-format flamenco show with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing in the kind of intimate room where you feel the footwork in your chest. Hotel Albuquerque's venue...