New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Tag: Music

  • Love and Luther: the Music of Luther Vandross

    Love and Luther: the Music of Luther Vandross

    Celebrate Black History Month and Valentine’s Day at the African American Performing Arts Center! Albuquerque’s finest musical artists will honor the romantic musical achievements of Luther Vandross. Pre-show cocktail hour available for an additional fee.

  • 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.

     

  • Millennium Video NYE Music Dance Party

    Millennium Video NYE Music Dance Party

    Dance away 2024 with your favorite music videos from the 90s and 2000s! Make your New Year’s Eve one to remember with pop nostalgia overload on the big screens.

    Doors open at 9PM , 21+ w/ID. Cover $10 before 10pm, so get there early!

  • 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.

  • Mem Shannon

    Mem Shannon

    Much-awarded New Orleans blues musician’s blues drips with Big Easy funk. His unique view of life, honed through 15 years of cab driving, colors his songwriting.

    Tickets $25 in advance, $30 day of show (plus service charges). All-seated show. Doors at 6:30.

  • 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.

  • Rock 101 Battle of the Bands

    Rock 101 Battle of the Bands

    Join eleven youth bands for a musical showdown. They’ve spent 12 weeks preparing and are ready to rock!

    Join Rock 101 Music Academy to celebrate the next generation of Albuquerque musicians and the local youth music scene. Tickets $12. Doors at 5:00, show at 6:00.

  • Glixen

    Glixen

    Phoenix four-piece Glixen combines talented lead singer Aislinn Ritchie with guitarist Esteban Santana, drummer Keire Johnson, and bassist Sonia Garcia for an American shoegaze sound that enlists the influence of classic bands like Lush, Hum, and My Bloody Valentine. Glixen has supported such indie acts as Interpol and DIIV.

    21+ show. Advance tickets $16.

  • Indigenous Tattoo & Music Festival

    Indigenous Tattoo & Music Festival

    Music! Dancers! Tattoos! Vendors! Art! Don’t miss this showcase of Indigenous creativity.

    Get your tickets for the festival HERE!

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