Events on Central

Bryan Lambe's puppet-fronted variety show takes over The Box Annex, the smaller secondary room inside The Box Performance Space on Central. The Annex is an intimate black-box setup, so there...

The One Night Stanleys perform long-form improv under the On the Mainstage banner at The Box, one of the few actual black-box theater spaces on the corridor. Long-form improv lives...

The Isotopes take on the Salt Lake Bees in a Pacific Coast League matchup at one of the better minor-league ballparks in the Southwest, sitting right on the Central Avenue corridor. Isotopes Park earns its reputation on atmosphere rather than capacity, so even a modest crowd feels close to the action, and the sight lines...

A traditional tablao format, meaning bailaoras, a cantaor, and a live guitarist performing together in a structured show rather than a loose cultural showcase. Hotel Albuquerque's dedicated flamenco space is...

Melt-Banana is a two-person Japanese noise-punk outfit that has been doing exactly what they do, at full intensity, since 1992, and live they are genuinely disorienting in the best way....

Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana brings her quartet to Outpost Performance Space for the 20th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, and this is a legitimate get for the festival. Outpost...

Four bands, one night at the Sunshine, with Mustard Service bringing the Paradise Tour through Downtown on what is technically a Wednesday night given the 8:30 PM local start. The...

Two DJs, one late-night set at Insideout, running from what is effectively 9 p.m. Wednesday local time through 6 a.m. Thursday morning once you convert from UTC. Insideout is a...

Millionaire$ headlines this four-act bill at Launchpad, rolling through on their My Super Sweet 16 Tour with Davvn, Notions, and Slowburn in support. Launchpad's stage puts you close to the...

Dexter and The Moonrocks are on the El Rey stage, one of the better mid-size rooms on the Central corridor for catching a band at close range. The Ticketmaster link...