• 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...

  • CS Rucker & The Jump Off 2

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownhip hopDetails

    Compa Inc. Arts returns with the second installment of The Jump Off, a live showcase built around CS Rucker at Insideout on Central. Compa has been quietly doing the curatorial...

  • World Cup Quarterfinal Watch Party

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob Hillbar sceneFreeDetails

    The World Cup quarterfinal goes up on the Lobo's theater big screen and across a 15-screen sports lounge that includes a four-panel video wall, all of it free to walk into on a Friday night on Central. The table reservation system here has a hard rule worth knowing: reserved spots get released the moment the...

  • New Mexico Tattoo Fiesta

    Albuquerque Convention Center
    Downtownall agesTickets

    Three days of live tattooing, artist booths, ink competitions, and music spread across the Convention Center on Central. A show this size draws regional and national artists you wouldn't normally find in one building, so it's a genuinely useful place to shop for your next artist before committing. Parking on the surrounding blocks fills faster...

  • Hello Darlin Live on Route 66 at Thirsty Eye Brewing

    Thirsty Eye Brewing Company
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    Hello Darlin, a country and Americana act whose name tips its hand immediately, takes the Thirsty Eye taproom stage on a Friday evening at 5 p.m. The room is small enough that there is no bad spot for sound, but that same quality means it reaches capacity faster than most people expect. Check the 505...