Late-Night Improv Comedy
Long-form improv at The Box, starting just after 10 p.m. local time and wrapping up before midnight. The Box keeps its room small and its crowd close, which means the...
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Blues & Guitar Festival at KiMo Theatre Downtown
Kimo TheatreThirteen years in, this festival has earned its place on the calendar, bringing blues and guitar-focused performance to one of the most architecturally loaded rooms on Central. The KiMo's Pueblo Deco interior does something to live music that a black-box venue simply cannot, and blues in particular seems to settle into those walls well. Admission...
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Isotopes vs. Aviators at Route 66’s Isotopes Park
Isotopes ParkThe Isotopes host Las Vegas in a Pacific Coast League matchup at one of the better mid-level ballparks in the country, a place where the sight lines are genuinely good from almost every seat. The mountain view beyond the outfield wall is the kind of thing you forget to mention to out-of-towners and then watch...
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Tori Amos Live at Popejoy Hall
Popejoy HallTori Amos brings her piano-centered performance to Popejoy Hall, one of the few rooms in Albuquerque with acoustics that actually reward that kind of intimacy. Popejoy is a proper concert hall, assigned seating, no bar rail to lean on, which suits her catalog better than a club would anyway. Tickets through Ticketmaster, and this one...
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Red Light Cameras Live at Marble Brewery Downtown
Marble Brewery DowntownRed Light Cameras take the stage at Marble's downtown taproom, one of the more reliable mid-size rooms on the Central corridor for catching local and regional acts in an environment where the beer is good and the sound system is actually maintained. The outdoor patio fills fast on August nights when the heat finally breaks,...
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Poltergeist Screening + Bingo at Painted Lady
Painted Lady Bed & BrewPoltergeist (1982) gets the bingo treatment at Painted Lady's Brews & Boos series, which means you are watching a genuinely unsettling film while also trying to mark off your card, and somehow that tension works. The Painted Lady keeps the room small and the beer list local, so this reads more like a friend's basement...
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Tablao Flamenco Saturday Dinner Show
Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerqueall agesTicketsA full tablao-format flamenco show with live guitar, cante, and baile performed in the heart of Old Town's anchor hotel on Central. Hotel Albuquerque's venue has the sightlines and acoustics to actually do this art form justice, which is not something every room in this city can claim. Performers are TBA at this point, so...
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Tablao Flamenco Saturday Show
Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerqueworld musicTicketsThree bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarrista perform a full tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, one of the few venues in the city that stages this art form with a proper ensemble rather than a single act. The room at Hotel Albuquerque is intimate enough that you will feel the footwork in your chest,...
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Throwback Concert at Lobo Theater Nob Hill
Historic Lobo TheaterThree Albuquerque-rooted entertainment outfits, AM ENT, JJ Official, and Reklez Ent, are co-presenting this throwback concert at the Lobo, the old movie house on Central that has found a second life as one of the more atmospheric event spaces on the corridor. The Lobo's wide floor and elevated stage give it a genuine concert feel...
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Dee Brown Tribute to Ray Charles
Albuquerque MuseumDee Brown brings a full Ray Charles tribute to the Albuquerque Museum's outdoor amphitheater, backed by Bump City, as part of the 35th year of Music Under the Stars. The museum lawn holds a crowd well and the sight lines are forgiving, but a blanket or low chair makes the difference between a good night...
