Music
Vienna Light Orchestra: Tribute to The Greatest Showman LIVE
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2 Performances: 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm Vienna Light Orchestra’s world-class musicians and vocalists from seven different countries bring to life the powerful music from one of the world’s most popular musicals, The Greatest Showman! This is a highly entertaining show featuring the iconic music of The Greatest Showman and other classic favorites, including "Once Upon a December" from Anastasia, "Let it Go" from Frozen, music from Pirates of the Caribbean, and Phantom of the Opera. Whether you’re looking for a unique Albuquerque event, a romantic evening out, or a memorable experience (more...)
Lensic 360: Los Lobos
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm (Door 6:30 pm) NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Los Lobos at 50: It's a matter of time. 50 years to be exact. And in that time Los Lobos have created an unprecedented body of work, a legacy of greatness. The numbers are staggering: 100+ gigs a year for five decades running, crossing millions of miles to rock millions of fans. And that's just at the live shows. In between they've recorded 17 studio albums, 7 live LPs, 3 compilations, 2 EPs, 2 DVDs, and contributed (more...)
The iDance 2024 Recital
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm Join us on September 8 at 2:00 PM at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for the iDance Recital, where our talented young dancers will light up the stage with their passion, energy, and skill. This special event showcases the hard work and dedication of our students, as they perform a variety of captivating routines that reflect their growth and love for dance. Whether it’s their first recital or they’re seasoned performers, each dancer will leave you inspired and entertained. Don’t miss this unforgettable afternoon of (more...)
Mexican Independence Day Celebration in partnership with the Mexican Consul
Patio | Fountain Courtyard 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States5:30 – 7:30 pm In collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico, the National Hispanic Cultural Center is proud to host a celebration of Mexican Independence Day featuring vendors, dancing, and much more! On Sept. 12, the Center will be joined by the Consulate of Mexico providing a formal flag unveiling and the traditional Grito, a celebration announcement of independence. The courtyard of the celebration will be adorned with Mexican flags and other decorations. The event will feature local vendors selling aguas frescas, churros, and other delicious foods (more...)
The Albuquerque Folk Festival
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM• Gates open Sunday at 10:00 am. • The festival starts and 10:00 am and ends at 8:00 pm. • Evening dance(s) start at 5:30 pm. • Most workshops, kids’ tent, jams, storytelling, and musical instrument petting zoo start at 10:30 am and end between 4:30-5:30 pm Enjoy the Albuquerque Folk Festival this year! Kids under 12 & seniors 85+ enter for free at the gate day of festival. The Albuquerque Folk Festival offers over 100 events including 5 performance venues, 6 music and dance workshop venues, (more...)
New Mexico Philharmonic: Rhapsody in Blue
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 – 4:00 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Rhapsody in Blue Na’Zir McFadden, Conductor Sydney Tasker, cello Kate Shao, piano Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in a minor Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Just over 100 years ago, George Gershwin composed a concerto for jazz orchestra, and the result redefined American music. Take in his Rhapsody in Blue, performed by Kate Shao, first-place winner in the piano division of this year’s Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition. The youthful vigor continues with cellist (more...)
Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Sacred Journeys V
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm Friday & Saturday, 2:00 pm Sunday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents Sacred Journeys V featuring Robert Mirabal. Classical and contemporary dance combine with the eclectic music of two-time Grammy award-winning Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal in this reflection of New Mexican cultures through dance, music, and spoken word. Mirabal collaborates with Festival Ballet Albuquerque’s artistic director Patricia Dickinson Wells and with internationally renowned New York City Ballet dancer Jock Soto, of Navajo and Puerto Rican descent. Soto, who is originally from (more...)
Opera Southwest: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMOctober 27 & 30, | November 1 & 3 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. For over a century, the tragic tale of a geisha’s love, steadfastness, and heartbreak has been enchanting audiences around the world. Today, Giacomo Puccini’s soaring music continues to enrapture- no matter how many times you may have heard it. Although Madama Butterfly is best known for its exquisite arias for sopranos, the long, wondrously varied love duet that ends Act I is considered his (more...)
Liberation Music of the Americas
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 - 9:00 pm This event has been moved to the NHCC's Bank of America Theatre to accommodate a larger audience. Join us for a night of Música y Platíca con Lasotras, a musical collective from Albuquerque with roots all over the Americas, moderated by Enrique Cardiel. This event, sponsored by Radical Harmonies, a Mellon Foundation Grantee, is the third in a series of events, offers inspirational spaces for exploration, dialogue, and the convergence of thought and action. As an intellectual expression and creative output, music can (more...)
New Mexico Philharmonic: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm – 4:00 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Cármelo de los Santos, conductor & soloist Mozart: Symphony No. 29 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons What finer time than the fall to revisit Antonio Vivaldi’s all-time most loved work, The Four Seasons. With the excitement of spring, the storms of summer, autumn’s harvests, and the chill of winter…Vivaldi encompassed an entire year’s worth of life into four miniature concertos. Also on the program is Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, written by the prodigious 18-year-old composer (more...)