• Launchpad’s 29th Birthday Party

    Launchpad
    Downtownhigh energyTickets

    Twenty-nine years on Central is a legitimate milestone for a room that has outlasted a dozen trends and twice as many competing venues, and Launchpad tends to treat its own...

  • Clark Libbey & High Desert Playboys

    Thirsty Eye Brewing Company
    americanaDetails

    Clark Libbey and The High Desert Playboys bring their New Mexico-rooted country and americana sound to Thirsty Eye, one of the more relaxed rooms on the corridor for live music....

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Dinner Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    arts & cultureTickets

    A seated flamenco dinner show in the Old Town-adjacent room at Hotel Albuquerque, with live guitar, cante, and dance performed in close quarters. Tablao format means the performers work within...

  • Tablao Flamenco Friday Show

    Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque at Hotel Albuquerque
    latinTickets

    Three bailaoras, a cantaor, and a guitarrista perform a full tablao-format flamenco show inside Hotel Albuquerque, right on Central. This is not dinner theater dressed up as flamenco; the company...

  • Son Como Son at Albuquerque Museum

    Albuquerque Museum
    Old TowndanceTickets

    Son Como Son brings their salsa and Latin ensemble sound to the Albuquerque Museum's long-running outdoor concert series, now in its 35th year. The museum courtyard fills up faster than...

  • Live Improv Comedy at The Box

    Outpost Performance Space
    UNM AreacomedyTickets

    A live improv comedy show at The Box, the UNM Area's most reliably weird little black-box room on Central. The space is small enough that the performers will absolutely make...

  • Toxicas vs Toxicos Hip Pop Party

    Gaia's Kava Root
    UNM Areahip-hopDetails

    Two party crews collide at Gaia's Kava Root for a Toxicas vs Toxicos Perro Party and Hip Pop Party double bill, with a roster of local hosts and organizers that suggests this is a real scene night, not a thrown-together weekend grab. Gaia's is a kava bar, so the drink situation is non-alcoholic by nature,...

  • unpolished* Live at Moonlight Lounge

    Moonlight Lounge
    Downtownlive musicTickets

    unpolished* takes the Moonlight Lounge stage for a late-night set that runs until 6 a.m., which should tell you something about the energy they're going for. The lowercase-with-asterisk branding is a choice, and the Hold My Ticket link confirms this is a real ticketed event, not a loose bar night with a cover jar. If...