December 7, 12, 13 & 14, 2025 6:30 pm Friday, 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm Saturday, & 4:00 pm Sundays Music & Libretto / Héctor Armienta Opera Southwest and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present a heartwarming holiday opera for all ages with Héctor Armienta’s The Farolitos of Christmas. A new opera for families and children […]
5:30 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center’s 2nd Annual Luminito Celebration offers an immersive cultural experience grounded in New Mexico’s lively luminaria vs. farolito debate. On December 14, enjoy music, biscochitos, a holiday mercado with local vendors, Matachines dance performances, holiday lights, and more as we celebrate the holiday season! This year’s celebration will begin […]
7:00 pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday 2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production, Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment. The beloved holiday classic is transported to territorial New Mexico in the late 1800s, with added elements of the state’s heritage and traditions including Spanish dancers with Flamenco, southwestern snakes, sheep […]
2:30 pm New Year’s with the Opera is a fun variety show featuring Opera Southwest’s favorite performers, the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, and the Opera Southwest Chamber Orchestra. With a variety of opera favorites and light classics, there is something for everyone to ring in the New Year. Running time: Approx 2 hours $35, $47, $60, […]
2:00 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Beethoven & Schumann Roberto Minczuk, Music Director Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Schumann: Concertstück Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major From the fierce determination of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture to the charming virtuosity of Schumann’s rarely heard Concertstück, this program explores musical boldness in all its forms. The evening concludes with […]
7:30 pm Since their earliest days as a forward thinking, progressive bluegrass band who had the guts to add drums to the mix, to their role as a pioneer of the modern jamband scene, to their current status as elder-statesmen of the scene who cast a huge influential shadow over every festival they play, Leftover […]
February 22, 25, 27 and March 1, 2026 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Music / G. Verdi Libretto / Antonio Ghislanzoni The grandest of grand opera is back on the NHCC stage. Michelle Johnson (Turandot 2023 and Lohengrin 2019) returns in the title role, alongside Olivia Vote (Verdi’s Requiem […]
Friday, March 6, 2026 7:00 pm The Senior Class of 2026 at the Public Academy for Performing Arts invites you to an evening celebrating creativity, talent, and artistic growth. This culminating showcase features student work in dance, music, and theatre, highlighting the dedication and artistry of our graduating seniors. Join us and experience the remarkable […]
Sunday, March 15, 2026 2:00 pm Opera Southwest Presents: The New Mexico Symphonic Chorus Brahms – Requiem Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) Presented in Spanish translation Brahms did not set a Latin mass. He called his great work "Ein deutsches Requiem—A German Requiem" – but wrote to a colleague that he would have preferred to […]
Sunday, March 15, 2026 10:00 am: Laying of the Tlalmanalli 12:00 pm: Danza NHCC Plaza Mayor Xiwitl Ze Tochtli Año Uno Conejo Year One Rabbit Join us for Yankwik Xiwitl or Mexika/Aztec New Year on the NHCC’s Plaza Mayor. The free public event, ushering in the year Matlaktli yei Kalli/ Trece Casa/Thirteen House features fire […]
