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    Downtownlatin

    Tropa Magica at KiMo Theatre Downtown

    Tropa Magica, the East LA band whose cumbia-punk collision has been turning heads well outside their home turf, brings Bands…

    8:00 pm Kimo Theatre Tickets

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    UNM Areajazz

    Fred Hersch Trio at Outpost

    Fred Hersch is one of the most technically accomplished and emotionally honest pianists in jazz right now, and this trio…

    8:30 pm Outpost Performance Space Tickets

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    Downtownpunk

    Iron Lung + Soak + G.A.S.M. at Launchpad Downtown

    Iron Lung, the Seattle powerviolence duo who have been doing this longer and louder than almost anyone, headlines a four-band…

    9:00 pm Launchpad Tickets

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  • Cory Hanson Live at Sister Bar

    Sister Bar
    DowntownindieTickets

    Cory Hanson is the frontman of Wand, the Los Angeles psych-rock outfit, but his solo work runs quieter and stranger, closer to late-night folk with a disquieting undertow. Sister Bar...

  • Adults-Only Night Walk at ABQ Botanic Garden

    ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
    Old Towndate nightTickets

    The BioPark opens its botanic garden after hours for an adults-only evening walk, roughly 90 minutes of grounds access without the daytime family crowd. Mid-July means the sun is still...

  • Drepung Loseling Monks Puja

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    Downtownall agesTickets

    Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery, one of the great Gelugpa institutions of Tibetan Buddhism, lead a Menla Choga Puja, a ritual healing ceremony dedicated to the Medicine Buddha. Chatter's room...

  • Piñata Protest + Los Domingueros + Gun Safe

    Launchpad
    Downtownall agesTickets

    Three local acts share the Launchpad stage in a stacked Tuesday-night bill anchored by Piñata Protest, the Albuquerque band that has built a serious regional following on cumbia-punk that hits...

  • World Cup Semifinal Watch Party

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob Hillbar sceneFreeDetails

    The World Cup Semifinal goes up on the Lobo's theater-scale main screen and across a 15-screen sports lounge that includes a four-panel video wall, which is a genuinely different proposition...

  • Happy Together Tour 2026

    Kiva Auditorium
    Downtownall agesTickets

    Eight acts share a single bill here, running through a catalog that stretches from "Wild Thing" to "We Can Fly," and the format is brisk by design: each act gets...

  • Happy Together Tour at Kiva Auditorium Downtown

    Kiva Auditorium
    Downtownlive musicDetails

    Eight acts from the 1960s AM radio canon, including The Troggs, Gary Puckett, The Cowsills, and Ron Dante, cycle through their hits on a single bill built around nostalgia done...

  • Struggle Jennings at Launchpad

    Launchpad
    Downtownhigh energyTickets

    Struggle Jennings, the Nashville rapper who has built a cult following on outlaw hip-hop and hard-luck storytelling, brings that weight to Launchpad with The Kickback Counselors opening. This room runs...

  • DJ Workshop with DJ Vexxed

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreaeducationalDetails

    DJ Vexxed opens up the booth for a two-hour hands-on introduction to mixing at Gaia's Kava Root, one of the few workshop settings on the corridor where the drinks are kava and the vibe is genuinely low-pressure. The kava bar format does something for a learning environment that a loud club can't: people are relaxed...

  • Garden Music at ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden Old Town

    ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
    Old Townfamily-friendlyDetails

    Joseph General brings his High Vibration project to the Botanic Garden for one of the city's more genuinely pleasant summer concert setups, with the Aquarium open as part of the experience. The garden venue means you are outside, on grass, with room to spread a blanket, which changes the whole calculus compared to a bar...