Events on Central

Every NFL game of the day goes up on the screens inside the Lobo Sports Vault, the dedicated sports room tucked inside one of Nob Hill's most storied buildings, with...

A live flamenco matinee in the tablao format, meaning dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing together in close quarters rather than on a distant stage. Hotel Albuquerque's space suits...

Jordan Jonas brings a Halloween-season show to Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, one of the more genuinely atmospheric stops on the corridor for this kind of event. The Bed...

Paranormal investigator Cody Polston breaks down the tools, methods, and theory behind ghost hunting in a hands-on master class format, part of Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series leading into...

Saosin brings their mid-2000s post-hardcore catalog to the Sunshine Theatre, one of the better mid-capacity rooms on the corridor for this kind of show. The Sunshine's floor opens up nicely...

Saosin is marking 20 years of their self-titled debut by playing the whole thing, which for a certain generation of post-hardcore listeners is a genuinely significant setlist promise. Sunshine Theater fits this one well, a standing-room floor that gets loud without losing the songs, and this bill pulls hard enough that the room will be...

Sunny Sweeney is a Texas country songwriter with enough honky-tonk credibility and outlaw-adjacent wit to make a room full of skeptics into believers by the second song. Spirit Stage sits right on the Route 66 corridor and tends to reward country acts with a crowd that actually listens. The show starts late (8:30 PM local),...

Token, the Boston rapper who went viral as a teenager and has spent the years since proving that wasn't a fluke, brings his I'm Leaving Soon Tour to Launchpad with Clark D opening. The show is ticketed in advance, which matters here because Launchpad's capacity is genuinely small and Token draws a crowd that skews...

Two bands, one late Tuesday night at Launchpad, the longtime anchor of Downtown's Central corridor rock scene. The show starts at 9 p.m. local time, which means this runs well past midnight into a Tuesday, so plan your Wednesday accordingly. A ticket link exists, which tells you this is a real commitment, not a casual...

Atlanta rapper Rittz, known for his rapid-fire delivery and a decade-long run on Strange Music, plays the Sunshine Theater for the Before The Drop Tour. The Sunshine is one of the better mid-size rooms on the corridor for hip-hop, with a floor that actually moves and sound that holds up when the bass gets loud....