New Mexico Black Leadership Council

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  • Hillary Smith and Chillhouse free outdoor concert

    Hillary Smith and Chillhouse free outdoor concert

    Hobbs NM native Hillary Smith’s rollicking blues-funk has been popular in the Land of Enchantment for almost 40 years. The Winrock Park open space is brand new. Enjoy them together at this FREE concert, part of AMP Concerts’ series every Friday in May and June.

    Feel free to bring chairs, but no glass. Food trucks will be onsite and doors open at 5:30, so show up early, grab a spot, and have a bite before opener Chris Dracup.

    More info at AMP’s website.

  • AfroMundo Festival: Spellbound featuring Riva Nyri Précil

    AfroMundo Festival: Spellbound featuring Riva Nyri Précil

    Don’t miss the closer of AfroMundo’s FREE festival! Riva Nyri Précil will bring her famed fusion of Haïtian music with African roots, American R&B, Soul, and Jazz to Albuquerque. She will be joined by Racine Kreyol and Friends—a New Mexican ensemble that promotes Afro-Haitian Roots music!

    Members of the Friends include Haitian-Americans Duke Germain, Adolphe Pierre-Louis and Jacob Decimus. Also featured are Karl Taylor on Bass, Santana Kujawa on lead guitar, Wayne Johnson on drums, and Todd Lowery on keyboards.

    The event is FREE but reservations for the concert are required.

    Doors open at 6:30. Event starts at 7:00, but ticket holders must arrive by 6:45 to prevent their tickets from being released to the waitlist.

  • Luciane Dom and Elovated Roots at Winrock Park

    Luciane Dom and Elovated Roots at Winrock Park

    Enjoy a FREE outdoor concert from contemporary Brazilian singer-songwriter-produce Luciane Dom! Dom mixes Afrobeat, urban jazz, reggae and ijexá in her unique sound. The reggae of Elovated Roots will get the night started in this installment of AMP Concerts’ new Winrock Park concert series!

    More info HERE. Food trucks, water stations, and Santa Fe Brewing will be onsite; outside food and chairs are welcome but NOT outside alcohol or glass containers.

  • True NM Sawubona+ Exhibition art opening

    True NM Sawubona+ Exhibition art opening

    Did you miss it? Or wanna see it again? Now’s your chance to peep these exciting works of art by the 2024 True NM cohort: 12 Black and AAPINH New Mexicans sharing their True New Mexican lives through their art.

    Eight of the 12 youth artists will be present, plus four mentor artists. As a special bonus, True NM alum and singer-songwriter Kai Warrior will perform!

  • Kool & the Gang

    Kool & the Gang

    Have a blast and usher in Black History Month with iconic R&B, soul, and funk band Kool & the Gang!

  • Steel Pulse

    Steel Pulse

    Roots reggae band Steel Pulse responds to global affairs with a mission to better humanity through music. On their twelfth studio album as on their first, the band engages with topics of global racial injustice and human rights. They leverage a four-decade reggae career to encourage all people to reject false ideals and set higher goals.

  • MonÁxi free concert

    MonÁxi free concert

    Prepare yourself for a unique concert experience that will cleanse you and allow you to reset your vibration. MonÁxi’s name means “Daughter of the Earth” in the Kimbundo dialect. Her music, a unique combination of soulful vocals and rhythms from the Djembé drum, is deeply grounded in her Angolan Motherland.

     

  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    The year 2025 marks the 65th anniversary of Joseph Shabalala, a Black boy from South Africa, forming Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Against all odds, his group became an international phenomenon, singing a traditional music style called isicathamiya (Is-Cot-A-Mee-Ya), which developed in the mines of South Africa. Don’t miss this chance to see LBM right here in NM!

    Tickets start at $30.

  • The Temptations

    The Temptations

    Named one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Artists of All Time,” the Temptations celebrate their 60th anniversary by continuing to do what they do best, entertaining and inspiring legions of fans with a blend of modern and classic sounds.

    Doors at 6:00. Tickets start at $39.

  • Ronnie Baker Brooks

    Ronnie Baker Brooks

    “In Ronnie Baker Brooks’ powerhouse hands, blues-rock never sounded so outrageous. Soul never sounded so delicious. And the blues never sounded so profound…one of today’s top live performers.” – BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE

    Don’t miss this incerdible Chicago blues artist who learned his craft from the best: Albert Collins, B.B. King, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor and his father, Lonnie Brooks.

    Tickets on sale Friday December 13. $25 in advance, $30 day of show. Doors at 6:30. This will be an all-seated show.

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