Events on Central

High Desert Heatwave's burlesque showcase takes over Launchpad for a late Saturday night run of striptease-informed performance art, the kind of show that leans more theatrical than titillating and rewards an audience that shows up ready to be in on the joke. Launchpad is a rock venue at its bones, which means the sightlines from...

A Liminal 77 Production brings Platonic Ideal to The Box Annex, the smaller, more interior room tucked behind the main Box Performance Space on Central. The Annex tends to run close and loud, so if you want breathing room you go early. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, which means no surprises at the door...

Carma, one of the more quietly consistent electronic promoters working Albuquerque's late-night circuit, throws its third anniversary with a four-act lineup that spans Burn the Disco, Thot Daughter, Wyatt Lawson, and Mattice. Insideout runs small and close, which means the sound hits harder than you'd expect and personal space is a negotiation. This one starts...

This is a midnight-to-morning two-room party at a kava bar on Central, with hip hop up front and EDM in the Bass Tunnel, running until 10am Sunday. Gaia's is genuinely...

The Neon Dreams official afterparty lands at Space at 515 with Welker behind the decks, running from what converts to late Saturday night through the early Sunday morning hours. Space...

Flambeaux takes the Old Town Gazebo for a Sunday evening set, one of the few live music slots at a venue that draws as many tourists as locals. The gazebo's open-air layout means sound carries unpredictably and the crowd tends to form in rings, so arriving early gets you a spot close enough to actually...

The Isotopes, Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, take on the Round Rock Express (Rangers affiliate) under the lights at one of the better mid-level ballparks in the country. Isotopes...