Category: Music

  • Women’s Voices: A Celebration

    Women’s Voices: A Celebration

    Knockout talent Toni Morgan has curated this fantastic jazz and blues show featuring Tracey Whitney, Casey Lafferty, and Abby Maxwell. Buy your tickets HERE ($25) before this great show gets sold out!

     

    The singers will be backed by a fantastic band featuring John Funkhouser on Keys; Artha Meadors on Bass; Dimi DiSanti on Guitar; John Bartlit on Drums; Ryan Montano on Trumpet; and Alex Murzyn on Sax.

  • Las Cruces Juneteenth Jazz Arts Festival

    Las Cruces Juneteenth Jazz Arts Festival

    Celebrate all weekend at Las Cruces’ Juneteenth Jazz Arts Festival! Schedule is below. More details HERE.

     

    Thursday, June 20

    Pull Up a Chair with Dr. Timothy E. Nelson

    Noon at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library

     

    Juneteenth Jazz Jam

    7 PM at Amador Live

     

    Friday, June 21

    4 PM – 7PM at Plaza de Las Cruces

    Tony Trejo Trio and Tenia Nelson Trio

    7 PM at Plaza de Las Cruces

    Saturday, June 22

    Saturday Morning @ BCC Lush Life Quintet

    10 AM – 1 PM at Branigan Cultural Center

    Black American Music Showcase

    7 PM at NMSU Atkinson Hall

     

    Sunday, June 23

    Soledad Canyon Jazz

    1 PM at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library

    Joe Dunn Big Band

    8 PM at Plaza de Las Cruces

  • Cimafunk

    Cimafunk

    Don’t miss this Grammy-nominated, Afro-Cuban rock star! Cimafunk is known for blow-the-roof-off live shows with his nine-piece band. His music subverts classical Cuban rhythms with funk, Afrobeat and hip hop grooves.

    Tickets are $25 and go on sale on June 13 HERE.

  • Tijeras BioZone Open Space Community Concert with Keeping Up with the Joneses

    Tijeras BioZone Open Space Community Concert with Keeping Up with the Joneses

    FREE! Bring a chair or blanket and a picnic dinner, and enjoy free entertainment, paletas, face painting, bosque traveling exhibit truck, rock climbing wall, hands-on nature activity, and incredible views of your public lands under the light of the setting sun.

     

    The evening’s headliner is Keeping Up with the Joneses, a soul-funk band led by Kookie Jones.  The band is described as “Earth Tone” music, where the Earth is the funky rhythm, and the tone is the melody and soulful voices.

    Make a free reservation to get event updates and additional details.

    This is a great chance to check out the Tijeras BioZone Open Space, a 4-mile, 1,000 foot BioZone along the largely ephemeral Tijeras Creek just east of Albuquerque along old Route 66. The Creek feeds Albuquerque’s aquifer, and is an oasis for variety of plants and animals. 

    Performance Schedule:
    6 PM: Doors Open
    6:30-7:00 PM: Conservation Carnivale
    7:15-8:15 PM: Keeping Up with the Joneses

     

  • Las Cruces Juneteenth Gospel Showcase

    Las Cruces Juneteenth Gospel Showcase

    List Every Voice & Sing! Brought to you by the Dona Ana County Branch of the NAACP.

  • Leftover Soul ft. DJ Garronteed

    Leftover Soul ft. DJ Garronteed

    Albuquerque’s longest running vinyl-only soul night returns! DJ Leftovers is joined by guest DJ Garronteed from Santa Fe, with live video mixing by No Reservations. Garronteed has rocked analog and digital parties in New Mexico for over 20 years.

     

    Come get down to the funky sights and sounds of soul’s golden era! $5 cover.

  • Juneteenth Gospel Extravaganza

    Juneteenth Gospel Extravaganza

    Don’t miss the 2024 Juneteenth Gospel Extravaganza featuring Jason Singleton! Food trucks, vendors and more will complete the day.

  • Afriquerque: Toni Morgan & Soulful Sounds

    Afriquerque: Toni Morgan & Soulful Sounds

    Toni Morgan toured as a background singer for the “Empress of Soul” Gladys Knight before settling in New Mexico, where she has lived and entertained for 9 years. Groove with Toni and her Soulful Sounds band, some of the best musicians in New Mexico!

     

    Doors at 6:30. Tickets are $25. Get yours HERE.

  • Kenny Barron and Regina Carter

    Kenny Barron and Regina Carter

    In celebration of Barron’s 80th birthday, pianist Kenny Barron and violinist Regina Carter will join forces for a very special performance. These revered innovators of two generations of jazz music (and longtime friends and collaborators) have each been named NEA Jazz Masters.

     

    Get your tickets HERE.

  • Black Pumas

    Black Pumas

    Don’t miss your chance to check out the Black Pumas’ “unbridled breed of psychedelic soul.” The duo has seven Grammy noms! Multiple sold-out tours attest to their great live shows.

     

    Doors at 5:30. Bring your own blankets and chairs! Get your tickets (and more details) HERE.

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