Kids’ History of Hip Hop with Oriana Lee
Celebrate Black History Month with local artist, educator, MC, poet, and performer Oriana Lee! Oriana lives and breathes Hip Hop, and will break down the history of this global phenomenon in this presentation aimed at kids and youth.
Kids’ History of Hip Hop with Oriana Lee
Celebrate Black History Month with local artist, educator, MC, poet, and performer Oriana Lee! Oriana lives and breathes Hip Hop, and will break down the history of this global phenomenon in this presentation aimed at kids and youth.
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 […]
Hip Hop Is Resistance: The Future of America
Join Kevin Powell (author, Grammy-nominated poet, historian, and filmmaker) for a Black History Month keynote: an interactive conversation about hip hop’s role in Black culture and how it can inspire collective progress.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Take in the torch-bearers of New Orleans jazz! The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been at the beating heart of New Orleans music for more than 60 years. The history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history. Be part of it!
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin
Join an accomplished live band and astounding vocalists to enjoy all your favorite Aretha hits, including “Natural Woman,” “Think,” “I Knew You Were Waiting for Me,” “Chain of Fools,” and of course “Respect,” plus many more!
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
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
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
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 […]