Events on Central

The World Cup Semifinal goes up on the Lobo's theater-scale main screen and across a 15-screen sports lounge that includes a four-panel video wall, which is a genuinely different proposition...

Eight acts share a single bill here, running through a catalog that stretches from "Wild Thing" to "We Can Fly," and the format is brisk by design: each act gets a tight set rather than a full show. Kiva Auditorium seats around 2,300 and tends to fill from the floor up for nostalgia packages like...

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 at scale. Kiva seats 2,300 and the sightlines from the back third of the hall are genuinely good, but if you want to be close...

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 loud and close, which suits the material, but get there before doors fill the floor because sightlines thin fast once the crowd locks in.

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...

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 the middle of the landscaping rather than facing a wall of speakers, which makes the whole thing feel more like a backyard hang than a...

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 about the heat, which matters when it's still 85 degrees at showtime. Check 505live for admission details before you go, since nothing's been posted yet.

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 catching local singer-songwriters on a summer Friday night. The 505 Live Music listing doesn't show a cover, but Tractor's patio shows tend to draw a...

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 the same small footprint, so you'll hear every note whether you want to or not. Check the ticket link for admission details before you head...