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In The Box Annex takes improv comedy somewhere extraterrestrial with A51*, a short-form set built around an alien or Area 51 conceit. The Box is a genuine black-box theater, which means sightlines are good from every seat and the room stays intimate enough that the performers can actually play off the audience. The 10:15 p.m....
This is a late-night set from Afters with the Cave at Luna Kava Root, a kava bar on Central that runs a tighter, quieter room than most venues its size. The kava-bar setting tends to shape the crowd toward people who are actually listening, which either suits you or it doesn't. Tickets are through Hold...
School of Rock's graduate ensemble takes the Fusion Theater stage for a full set built around the sounds of Memphis, which means expect Stax-era soul, classic blues, and probably some Beale Street grit filtered through kids who have been working this material seriously. Fusion is a small, intimate black-box theater, so the sound lands close...
A tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, close enough to the performance floor that the footwork lands in your sternum. The room rewards early arrival, since sightlines from the back rows are noticeably more compromised than the front. Performers are listed as TBD at time of publication, so check the ticket page before you commit.
Jordan Jonas brings the Brews & Boos Event Series into late August with a supernatural-themed Sunday night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew on Central. The B&B format means this is a smaller, more intimate room than a dedicated venue, so expect close quarters and a crowd that actually showed up on purpose. Tickets are...
New Mexico United closes out August against San Antonio FC, one of the more competitive western conference sides in the USL Championship. Isotopes Park plays surprisingly well for soccer, the sightlines are better than you'd expect from a baseball conversion, and the supporter sections behind the goal bring enough noise to make it feel like...
The Hustle's Duke Day showcase puts local Albuquerque artists on a dedicated stage at Insideout, one of the more intimate rooms on this stretch of Central. The ticket link is live through Hold My Ticket, so this one has a real capacity ceiling, and late August weekend nights in Downtown fill up faster than people...
The Isotopes host Tacoma in a late-season Pacific Coast League game at one of the better mid-level ballparks in the country, a place where the sight lines are good from almost every seat and the green chile cheeseburger in the concourse is not a gimmick. September baseball here tends to draw a looser, less frantic...
San Antonio punk trio FEA brings their bilingual, Latinx-rooted hardcore to Insideout alongside Albuquerque locals All Thicc and Fit To Burn. Insideout runs small and close, which for a band like FEA is a feature, not a problem. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so buy ahead rather than hoping the door works out.
Four touring acts, Good Terms, Stateside, Savings, and Right On Kid, stack up on the Launchpad stage for a late-night show that runs into the early hours of September 2nd. Launchpad is a narrow room with a low ceiling that does something genuinely useful for this kind of bill: it makes even a half-full crowd...