Events on Central

Blitzkid, the Pennsylvania horror-punk duo who spent a decade and a half building a devoted cult following before going on hiatus, are back on the road and stopping at Launchpad...

Bit Brigade's whole concept is a live band performing NES game soundtracks note-for-note while a speedrunner plays through each game on a screen above the stage, so the music and the gameplay have to finish at the same time. The tension in the room when a runner is close to a record attempt is genuinely...

One of the longest-running Broadway musicals in history comes through on its national tour, bringing the full production design, costumes, and orchestration you'd expect from a show that has played over 5,000 performances. Popejoy is a genuinely good room for this, with sightlines that hold up across the house and enough acoustic warmth to make...

A fundraiser night at Painted Lady Bed & Brew, with proceeds going to Barrett House, which provides transitional housing and support services for women and children in Albuquerque. Painted Lady is one of the more genuinely idiosyncratic spots on the corridor, a working bed and breakfast with a tap room attached, so the crowd tends...

A Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute act takes the field at Isotopes Park, which means an outdoor stadium setting for what is usually a club-sized show format. The baseball-venue configuration puts a lot of distance between the back rows and the stage, so getting your tickets early and paying attention to section placement will matter...

The national touring production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast brings the full Broadway treatment to Popejoy Hall, one of the better mid-sized theaters in the Southwest for this kind of show. Popejoy's acoustics and sightlines are genuinely good, so there is not a bad seat in the house for a touring musical at this...

Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series goes oral tradition for this one: people get up and tell ghost stories they claim actually happened to them, no performance background required. The bed-and-brew format means the building itself has overnight guests in it while you're all sitting downstairs swapping hauntings, which adds a layer that a bar...

Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque runs its Friday night show in the intimate tablao space inside Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues on the corridor presenting traditional Spanish flamenco in a format close enough to seat you inside the performance rather than across from it. Specific performers haven't been announced yet, so the lineup is genuinely...

This is night five of Launchpad's annual Halloween week cover band run, which means you're catching the tail end of whatever collective sleep deprivation has accumulated since Monday. Launchpad's long narrow room rewards standing close to the stage, and by night five the crowd that shows up knows exactly what they're doing and tends to...