• Boss Hogg Live at Dragon Horn Tavern

    Dragon Horn Tavern

    Boss Hogg takes the Dragon Horn Tavern stage on a Sunday afternoon in early July, which puts this squarely in post-holiday, low-pressure territory if the Fourth left you wanting more but not harder. Dragon Horn runs metro, off Central, so build in a few extra minutes if you're coming from the corridor. Admission details weren't...

  • Casey James Brooks Live at El Pinto Restaurant

    El Pinto Restaurant & Cantina

    Casey James Brooks plays El Pinto's cantina stage, one of the more comfortable outdoor-adjacent rooms in Albuquerque for a summer evening set. El Pinto is a destination in its own...

  • Paul Stephenson Live at Hops & Dough Taproom

    Hops & Dough Taproom

    Paul Stephenson brings his acoustic set to Hops & Dough Taproom, a craft beer spot off the Route 66 corridor that draws a neighborhood crowd more interested in the pint than the performance. That's not a knock on Stephenson, who holds a room well, but go in knowing the room, not a seated listening venue....

  • World Cup Round of 16 Watch Party in Nob Hill

    Historic Lobo Theater

    Two Round of 16 matches on July 7 punch the last quarterfinal tickets, with the day's best matchup on the Lobo's full theater screen and every other game running simultaneously...

  • Dirty Brown Jug Band at Steel Bender Brew Yard

    Steel Bender Brew Yard

    Dirty Brown Jug Band brings their roots-and-grit sound to Steel Bender Brew Yard on a Tuesday evening in July. Steel Bender's yard setup works in your favor here, giving the music room to breathe in a way that a tight indoor stage would not. This one is off the Central corridor, but the brewery draws...

  • Felix Peralta Live at El Pinto Restaurant

    El Pinto Restaurant & Cantina

    Felix Peralta brings his guitar and his long track record on the Albuquerque live music circuit to El Pinto's cantina patio, one of the better outdoor setups in the city for an early evening show. El Pinto sits well north of Central, so this is a deliberate trip rather than a corridor crawl, but the...

  • Nathaniel Krantz Live at Effingbar & Grill

    Effingbar & Grill

    Nathaniel Krantz brings his guitar work to Effingbar & Grill, a metro Albuquerque spot that sits off the Central corridor. The 505 Live listing is light on details, so the...

  • La Pasión de Mariachi at NHCC

    NHCC National Hispanic Cultural Center

    Robert Lucero presents a focused examination of Lola Beltrán, the ranchera vocalist whose voice helped define what mariachi could carry emotionally, as part of Mariachi Spectacular's long-running educational series at the Albuquerque Journal Theatre. This is a lecture-style presentation with discussion, not a concert, so come ready to listen and think rather than clap along....

  • The Missing Parts Trio Live at Tractor Nob Hill

    Bosque Brewing Nob Hill
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    A Tucson-based acoustic trio built around violin, cello, and guitar that has been drawing comparisons to Kronos Quartet and Gogol Bordello since 2009, which tells you the range is genuine...

  • World Cup Quarterfinal Watch Party

    Historic Lobo Theater
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    A World Cup quarterfinal on the big screen inside a 1939 Route 66 movie palace, with 15 additional screens in the attached Sports Lounge for overflow and the people who need a second angle. The table reservation holds only until kickoff, so showing up late means losing your spot to the floor crowd, which will...