• Halloween Comedy Night

    Painted Lady Bed & Brew
    Wells ParkcomedyTickets

    Halloween-themed stand-up comedy at one of the quirkier venues on Central, a brewpub that also happens to rent rooms, which means the crowd on any given night is a genuine mix of locals and travelers who wandered downstairs. The Brews & Boos series has been their fall calling card, so expect the room to lean...

  • Coco Montoya Live on Route 66 at FUSION

    FUSION | 708
    DowntownbluesTickets

    Coco Montoya spent years learning from Albert Collins before going out on his own, and that lineage shows in a playing style that treats tone and timing as seriously as any note he picks. FUSION | 708 is a tighter room than most blues acts are used to, which tends to work in the audience's...

  • El Gozao Live at Marble Brewery

    Marble Brewery Downtown
    DowntownlatinDetails

    El Gozao does something specific: they pull from Cuban son, salsa, and cumbia in a way that actually makes the floor move rather than just nodding along. Marble's Downtown taproom has a concrete-and-brick interior that handles a live Latin band better than you'd expect, with enough open space near the stage to actually dance. The...

  • Nosferatu Silent Film Bingo Night

    Painted Lady Bed & Brew
    Wells ParkfilmTickets

    The 1922 Nosferatu gets the full treatment here: bingo cards, DJ Fishbowl on the soundtrack, and cold beer in a building that was itself once a little creepy. Painted Lady is a genuinely small room, so the film fills the space in a way a big screen never quite replicates. Tickets are through Hold My...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Show, Route 66, Old Town

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    latinTickets

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque puts a full live flamenco company on stage inside Hotel Albuquerque, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing together in a purpose-built tablao setting. Balloon Fiesta weekend crowds the city hard, so this show will likely sell through faster than a typical Friday, and the hotel's parking situation reflects that. Specific...

  • Night of the Living Cover Bands Night 3

    Launchpad
    Downtowncover/tributeTickets

    The third night of Launchpad's Halloween cover band run means the series has already sorted out its sea legs, and whatever lineup lands here tends to play looser and longer than night one ever does. Launchpad's room rewards that, a standing floor with decent sightlines and a sound system that actually handles guitars. Tickets are...

  • BIJOU at Effex Nightclub

    Effex
    Downtownlate-nightDetails

    BIJOU, the Denver-based producer who built a following through relentless touring and a catalog that sits at the harder, grittier end of house music, plays Effex on a Saturday night. Effex runs late and the crowd usually doesn't hit critical mass until well after 10, so plan accordingly. The 9 PM start time is a...

  • k?d at Effex Nightclub

    Effex
    DowntownelectronicDetails

    k?d brings his layered, emotionally-driven take on future bass and melodic bass to Effex, one of the few Downtown rooms that can actually hold the low end these sets demand. The 9:00 PM start time floating around is a placeholder, not confirmed, so check the ticket link before you plan your night around it. Effex...

  • Halloween Party at Gaia’s Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM AreadanceDetails

    Gaia's Kava Root is throwing an 18-plus Halloween party with a haunted maze built into the space, which is a genuinely different move for a kava bar on Central. The room is small enough that a maze is either a stroke of genius or a crowded nightmare, so arriving close to doors at 9:30 gives...

  • Halloween Haunted House at Gaias Kava Root

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areaarts & cultureTickets

    Gaia's Kava Root, the kava bar on Central, is partnering with ACE to run a haunted house experience on the Friday night before Halloween weekend 2026. The show runs from late evening into the early morning hours, so this is firmly a late-night crowd situation. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, which means the door...