Events on Central

Hatebreed has been one of the most consistent live acts in hardcore for nearly three decades, and their set is built around crowd participation in a way that actually means it. El Rey's floor is general admission and gets tight fast for a bill like this, so arriving early matters more than it usually would....

Six bands of hardcore and death metal anchored by Hatebreed, whose live show has been a reliable demolition derby for nearly three decades, with Terror and Incantation doing serious damage in the supporting slots. El Rey's room is compact enough that even the back wall is in the pit's splash zone, so plan accordingly. Doors...

A Thursday evening fundraiser at Painted Lady Bed & Brew, with beer proceeds going to Barrett House, which provides transitional housing for women and children in crisis. Painted Lady is one of the more relaxed rooms on the corridor, the kind of place where a benefit like this actually feels like a neighborhood thing rather...

Surely Tempo takes the Launchpad stage on a Thursday night in late August. Launchpad runs a tight ship on sound, which matters more than people admit for a room that size. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so buy ahead and skip the door line.

Triple-A baseball on a Friday night in late August, when the air finally starts to think about cooling down and the Sandia Mountains go pink behind the outfield. Isotopes Park...

Los Texmaniacs, the Grammy-winning San Antonio conjunto outfit led by Max Baca, play the KiMo with Lisa Morales, whose voice has a way of stopping a room cold. The KiMo's...

This one is an open mic built around true ghost stories told by real people, not actors, not a scripted production. Painted Lady already leans into its historic-building energy, so the room does some of the atmospheric work for you before anyone takes the mic. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so grab them ahead...

Hotel Albuquerque has been running this tablao format long enough that the room knows how to hold it: low lights, close tables, the kind of physical proximity to the dancers that makes the footwork land in your chest. Performers are still TBA at listing time, so the quality depends on which artists they've booked, but...

Three dancers, a singer, and guitarist Chuscales share a small stage inside Hotel Albuquerque for a seated flamenco show that runs about two and a half hours. Chuscales is a legitimate name in traditional flamenco, not a regional novelty, and his presence tends to raise the level of everyone else on stage. Tickets are required...