• Launchpad’s 29th Birthday Party

    Launchpad
    Downtownhigh energyTickets

    Twenty-nine years on Central is a legitimate milestone for a room that has outlasted a dozen trends and twice as many competing venues, and Launchpad tends to treat its own birthday as an excuse to go harder than usual. Lineup is still TBA at press time, so you're buying the room and the occasion as...

  • Hannett Beach Live at Marble Brewery

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    Downtownbeer gardenDetails

    Hannett Beach takes the outdoor stage at Marble's Downtown location, one of the more reliable live music setups on the corridor when the August weather cooperates. The patio fills fast on summer Saturday nights, so arriving early is less a suggestion and more a strategy. No admission details are posted yet, so confirm at the...

  • Clark Libbey & High Desert Playboys

    Thirsty Eye Brewing Company
    americanaDetails

    Clark Libbey and The High Desert Playboys bring their New Mexico-rooted country and americana sound to Thirsty Eye, one of the more relaxed rooms on the corridor for live music. The brewery format keeps things casual, which suits this band: it's the kind of set that rewards showing up early with a pint rather than...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Dinner Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    arts & cultureTickets

    A seated flamenco dinner show in the Old Town-adjacent room at Hotel Albuquerque, with live guitar, cante, and dance performed in close quarters. Tablao format means the performers work within arm's reach of the front tables, which is either thrilling or a lot depending on where you sit. Book tickets in advance and ask for...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    latinTickets

    Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarrista perform a full tablao-format flamenco show inside Hotel Albuquerque, right on Central. This is not dinner theater dressed up as flamenco; the company...

  • Son Como Son at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old TowndanceTickets

    Son Como Son brings their salsa and Latin ensemble sound to the Albuquerque Museum's long-running outdoor concert series, now in its 35th year. The museum courtyard fills up faster than...

  • Live Improv Comedy at The Box

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreacomedyTickets

    A live improv comedy show at The Box, the UNM Area's most reliably weird little black-box room on Central. The space is small enough that the performers will absolutely make...

  • Toxicas vs Toxicos Hip Pop Party

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areahip-hopDetails

    Two party crews collide at Gaia's Kava Root for a Toxicas vs Toxicos Perro Party and Hip Pop Party double bill, with a roster of local hosts and organizers that...

  • unpolished* Live at Moonlight Lounge

    Moonlight Lounge
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    unpolished* takes the Moonlight Lounge stage for a late-night set that runs until 6 a.m., which should tell you something about the energy they're going for. The lowercase-with-asterisk branding is...