Events on Central

Taimane is a Hawaiian ukulele player who has genuinely expanded what people think the instrument can do, pulling from flamenco, classical, and rock in ways that hold up under scrutiny....

Felix Y Los Gatos brings their Latin roots sound to the Old Town Gazebo, one of the few outdoor stages in Albuquerque where the setting genuinely competes with the music...

The Silver Vigilantes take the tap room stage at Thirsty Eye late on a Friday night, which tells you something about the energy level you should expect. Thirsty Eye keeps...

Three bailaores, a cantaor, and guitarist Chuscales perform traditional flamenco in a seated dinner-show format at Hotel Albuquerque on a Friday evening. Chuscales has backed some of the most serious...

The Rhythm Room opens on Central with a grand opening block party headlined by J. Holiday, the R&B singer whose quiet-storm catalog from the mid-2000s still fills rooms that know...

Flor de Toloache is a New York-based all-women mariachi group that has spent the better part of a decade expanding what the genre can hold, pulling in jazz, cumbia, and...

Five local acts share the Launchpad stage for a night built around the kind of sweaty, unapologetic summer energy the name promises. Launchpad runs late and the crowd tends to arrive late too, so the early slots on a bill like this are where you catch something before everyone else figures it out. Tickets are...