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Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque runs a Saturday matinee during Balloon Fiesta weekend, pairing live guitar, cante, and baile in a purpose-built tablao inside Hotel Albuquerque on Old Town's edge of the...
New Mexico United takes on Phoenix Rising FC in a USL Championship regular-season match at Isotopes Park, sitting right on the Central Avenue corridor in the UNM Area. United's supporter...
Whitney Cummings, one of the sharper stand-ups working right now, brings her Big Baby Tour to Kiva Auditorium on October 3. Kiva seats around 2,400, so this is a proper theater experience with real sightlines from nearly every section, not the crammed club setting where her material usually lives. Tickets are through Ticketmaster, so buy...
Carlos Steele takes the stage at Marble's downtown taproom, one of the more reliable spots on the corridor for catching a live set without fighting for a sightline. The room fills fast on weekend nights, so arriving early gets you a spot closer to the stage and, frankly, better access to the bar. A ticket...
Felix y Los Gatos bring their Latin-rooted sound to the Marble Downtown taproom, one of the more reliably good live rooms on this stretch of Central. The indoor stage sits close to the bar, which keeps the energy dense even on a slow night. A ticket link is up, so lock in early rather than...
Saturday night tablao flamenco at Hotel Albuquerque, with guitar, song, and dance performed in one of the few dedicated flamenco formats in the state. Balloon Fiesta weekend means the room will skew heavily toward out-of-town visitors, which is neither good nor bad, just worth knowing if you're after a locals-heavy night. Performers are listed as...
Night two of Launchpad's annual Halloween-season cover band marathon, running late into a Saturday night on Central with multiple acts cycling through the main stage. Launchpad keeps the volume high and the room dark, which suits this kind of night well, though the floor gets tight once the later bands draw a crowd. Tickets are...
El Rey's White Lies Party is a late-night themed event on a Saturday, the kind of night that leans hard into costume, persona, and whatever social fiction you feel like maintaining. The El Rey floor gets warm fast when it's packed, so dress for the vibe but plan for the heat. Tickets are through Hold...
The One Night Stanleys are doing long-form improv at The Box, which means no sketch outlines, no safety net, just a single audience suggestion stretched into something that either falls apart beautifully or holds together better than it has any right to. The Box is a proper black box theater, so you're close enough to...
The traffic light format is exactly what it sounds like: wear green if you're available, red if you're not, yellow if you're somewhere in between, and let the color do the talking for the rest of the night. El Rey's layout works well for this kind of social event, with enough room to circulate but...