Events on Central

Seven DJs trading sets across seven hours of old-school funk, disco, and deep house inside one of the best-looking rooms on Central Avenue. The Lobo's floor is genuinely spacious and...

Two of the better team names in Triple-A baseball meet at Isotopes Park for a Friday night game on the Central corridor. The park sits at elevation, which means balls carry and scores run up more than you'd expect if your only reference is sea-level baseball. Tickets move through Ticketmaster, so buy direct if you...

TwoLips comes back to Albuquerque for a homecoming set, joined by Tolliver, Clarq, and Thot Daughter in a late-night lineup that runs until nearly 2 a.m. local time. Sister Bar is a small room, which means this will feel close and loud in the best possible way, and homecoming shows for artists who actually made...

Cody Polston, a published paranormal researcher with decades of New Mexico fieldwork, presents a deep dive into Old Town Albuquerque's ghost history as part of the Painted Lady's recurring Brews & Boos series. This runs closer to local history lecture than haunted hayride, which is a point in its favor. The bar is open throughout,...

Hotel Albuquerque's tablao series brings together a bailaor, cantaora, and guitarrista for a seated dinner show in one of the corridor's most architecturally fitting rooms for this kind of performance. The Old Town adjacency is not incidental: this stretch of Central has hosted Spanish-rooted performance traditions longer than almost anywhere else in the country, and...

Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform a full tablao-format flamenco show inside Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues on the corridor built for this kind of presentation....

Five bands on one bill for a birthday party almost always means short sets and a room full of people who already know each other, which can go either way...

Calle 66 takes the outdoor stage for the Friday salsa night in the Albuquerque Museum's long-running Music Under the Stars series, now in its 35th year. The museum courtyard is...

Improv comedy night at The Box, co-presented with Improv Theatre, meaning the performers likely have actual training and structure behind them rather than a loose open-mic feel. The Box is a small, close-quarters room where there's no real bad seat, but there's also nowhere to hide if you get pulled into a bit. Tickets are...