Events on Central

Eight acts from the 1960s AM radio canon, including The Troggs, Gary Puckett, The Cowsills, and Ron Dante, cycle through their hits on a single bill built around nostalgia done...

Struggle Jennings, the Nashville rapper who has built a cult following on outlaw hip-hop and hard-luck storytelling, brings that weight to Launchpad with The Kickback Counselors opening. This room runs...

DJ Vexxed opens up the booth for a two-hour hands-on introduction to mixing at Gaia's Kava Root, one of the few workshop settings on the corridor where the drinks are kava and the vibe is genuinely low-pressure. The kava bar format does something for a learning environment that a loud club can't: people are relaxed...

Joseph General brings his High Vibration project to the Botanic Garden for one of the city's more genuinely pleasant summer concert setups, with the Aquarium open as part of the experience. The garden venue means you are outside, on grass, with room to spread a blanket, which changes the whole calculus compared to a bar...

Joseph General brings his roots-forward Albuquerque sound to the Botanic Garden, with High Vibration along for a 90-minute outdoor set on a July evening. The garden stage puts you in...

Mineral Hill brings their set to Tractor's Wells Park patio, one of the better outdoor stages on the corridor for a July evening. The trees out back actually do something...

David Garcia takes the stage at Tractor Brewing's Nob Hill location, the outdoor patio spot that has become one of the more reliable rooms on this stretch of Central for...

Song Diva takes the stage at Thirsty Eye Brewing for a Thursday night set on Central. Thirsty Eye is a compact, low-key room where the bar and the stage share...

A fundraiser at Painted Lady Bed & Brew on Central, raising money for Barrett House, Albuquerque's longest-running shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness. Painted Lady is a genuine neighborhood...

Brooklyn rapper Kota the Friend brings his lo-fi, self-produced sound to Sister Bar, one of the tighter indoor rooms on the corridor. His crowds tend to be genuinely invested rather...