Events on Central

Crime Lab is calling this a 'bye for now' show, which means the room will carry that specific weight that only farewell sets bring out in people. Launchpad's narrow floor...

Cockroach Theatre is staging Shakespeare's woodland comedy in The Box Annex, the smaller back space attached to The Box Performance Space on Central. That room is intimate enough that you'll feel the blocking decisions in ways a bigger house wouldn't let you, which is either thrilling or claustrophobic depending on how you feel about immersive...

Four DJs, a goth beach concept, and a start time that is technically 9:30 PM local (the UTC listing puts this squarely in Saturday night prime time) make this the third year Apparition has taken over El Rey for what has quietly become one of the more committed theme nights on the corridor. El Rey's...

Sac One Presents brings Bandit Lordz and El Uno to Moonlight Lounge for another Mic Club 46 installment, one of the more consistent hip-hop booking series working the corridor right now. Moonlight runs late and the crowd tends to arrive that way too, so showing up at the listed start time means you have the...

Jahbabii and Badmon take the decks at Gaia's Kava Root for a late-night set that runs hip-hop, R&B, reggaeton, and trap, with a third DJ listed only as a surprise. Gaia's is a kava bar by day, which means the room skews sober-friendly and the crowd tends to be more about the music than the...

Taylor Torrence, the Denver-based DJ whose melodic techno and progressive house sets have earned him a serious international following, takes over Effex for Mr. AfterHours Presents' SNTA 360° night. The 360° format means the booth is centered in the room, which changes the crowd geometry in ways a standard stage setup never does. Tickets are...

The 2026 World Cup Final goes up on the Lobo's theater big screen, the balcony simulcast, and all 15 screens in the Sports Lounge, including a four-screen video wall, which is a lot of real estate for the biggest match on the planet. The grand-prize drawing for the sports memorabilia package happens live in the...

All Sick Burque brings a beach theme to one of Downtown's more reliably sweaty dance floors, with DJ Solita and Rissy trading sets from 10pm until the early hours of Sunday morning. Insideout runs small and loud, so if you're going for the music rather than the scene, get there before midnight when the room...

Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarist perform a full tablao-format flamenco show in one of the few dedicated flamenco venues left on Central. Hotel Albuquerque's tablao room is intimate enough that you'll feel the footwork through the floor, so sit where you can see feet as well as hands. Tickets move on this one,...