• DBGomez & The Bosque Boys Live

    Thirsty Eye Brewing Company
    live musicDetails

    DBGomez and The Bosque Boys bring their roots-and-rhythm sound to Thirsty Eye Brewing Company, one of the more relaxed live music rooms on the corridor. The taproom format keeps things close and unhurried, so if you're used to bigger stages, the intimacy here is a genuine adjustment that tends to work in the band's favor....

  • ATH Blackout Theme Party at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownlate-nightTickets

    ATH is throwing its Welcome Back Week opener as a blackout theme party at El Rey, which means wear black or spend the night feeling underdressed. El Rey's main floor gets dark and loud in a way that actually suits a theme party, but the room is large enough that it never feels suffocating. Grab...

  • Benny Bassett Live at Sawmill Market

    Sawmill Market
    Sawmilllive musicDetails

    Benny Bassett brings his bass-forward sound to the food hall stage at Sawmill Market, one of the more eclectic live music settings on the corridor. The room is open and airy, which means the crowd noise competes with the mix, so arriving early to grab a spot close to the stage pays off. Admission details...

  • Elote Bar & Clothing Swap at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areaarts & cultureDetails

    Gaia's Door Girls are turning the front of this Central Ave kava bar into a full elote operation for an afternoon, with Coco's Clothing Swap rolling in racks and Bruja Beauty LLC doing looks alongside. This kind of low-key popup lives and dies by turnout, and Gaia's has a genuinely loyal UNM-adjacent crowd that tends...

  • Jersey Party at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreadanceDetails

    Gaia's Kava Root kicks off UNM Welcome Week with a jersey party, the kind of night that draws every freshman who just moved into the dorms and every upperclassman who never misses an excuse. The kava bar format means the drink situation is different from your standard bar crawl stop, which is either a selling...

  • Clothing Swap at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areaarts & cultureFreeDetails

    Gaia's Kava Root is running a no-strings clothing swap the Sunday before the school year picks up, with drop-offs accepted at the shop all week prior so you don't have to show up hauling a bag. The elote bar is run by Izzy, the door girl, who's raising money for nursing school, and that detail...