• A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM Areaarts & theaterTickets

    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...

  • Goth Beach Party at El Rey

    El Rey Theater
    Downtownbar crowdTickets

    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...

  • Mic Club 46 with Bandit Lordz & El Uno

    Sunshine Theatre
    Downtownhip hopTickets

    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...

  • Fuego Summer: Jahbabii & Badmon at UNM Area

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreaLate NightDetails

    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 at Effex Nightclub

    Effex
    Downtownlate-nightTickets

    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...

  • World Cup Final Watch Party

    Historic Lobo Theater
    Nob Hillall agesFreeDetails

    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...

  • Beach Bash with DJ Solita & Rissy

    El Rey Theater
    DowntownDance PartyTickets

    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...

  • Tablao Flamenco Sunday Matinee

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    all agesTickets

    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,...

  • Isotopes vs. River Cats at Route 66’s Best Ballpark

    Isotopes Park
    UNM Areafamily friendlyTickets

    Triple-A ball under a New Mexico sky, with the Sandia Mountains sitting out beyond the right-field wall doing their thing regardless of the score. Isotopes Park is genuinely one of...