Events on Central

June Opal Presents is putting drag queens in the hot seat for a roast-style interview show at The Box, one of the more thoughtfully programmed small stages on Central. The...

Haus Of Devotion comes down from Denver for a set that moves through jungle, Afro house, Amapiano, and drum & bass, with local openers Kandi Kitty and Feral Skunk warming...

Long-form improv from In the Box Mainstage, which means actual narrative structure rather than the quick-hit games most Albuquerque audiences associate with the format. The Box is a proper black-box...

Triple-A Pacific Coast League baseball on Central, the Isotopes hosting the Salt Lake Bees in what is reliably one of the better ways to spend an evening in this neighborhood....

The Lobo Sports Vault takes over the inside of the Historic Lobo Theater for a full day of college football, with the buffet window running 11 AM to 2 PM...

The New Mexico Music Hall of Fame takes over the Route 66 Visitor Center for a four-hour concert series tied to centennial celebrations, which puts the music literally on the historic corridor itself. The Hall of Fame tends to book acts with deep New Mexico roots, the kind that don't always surface in advance press,...

Opera performed up close inside the Albuquerque Museum, where the architecture and gallery spaces become part of the staging rather than just a backdrop. Museum admission covers it, which means you could wander the permanent collection beforehand and walk into a live operatic performance without buying a separate ticket. Old Town on a September evening...

The Bands of Enchantment festival closes out its run at the KiMo, a 1927 Pueblo Deco landmark on Central that is worth the visit on architectural merit alone before a...

Albuquerque Nuevo Teatro is stepping outside its usual theatrical programming for a late-night 80s dance party on the Central corridor. The theater format means a proper stage and sightlines you...