# Concert Venues in ABQ

*Biggest to smallest*

Every room in Albuquerque that books touring acts, from the 15,000-person amphitheater down to the small downtown clubs.

1. **[Isleta Amphitheater](/venue/isleta-amphitheater/)** — Mesa del Sol · Outdoor amphitheater · About 15,000. The biggest stage in town. It's outdoors, and it's where the big summer tours play.
2. **[Tingley Coliseum](/venue/tingley-coliseum/)** — Fairgrounds · Arena · 11,571 seats. The arena at Expo New Mexico, dedicated at the 1957 State Fair. The indoor option for shows too big for downtown.
3. **[Sandia Casino Amphitheater](/venue/sandia-casino-amphitheater/)** — North ABQ · Outdoor amphitheater · 4,000+. The outdoor stage at Sandia Resort & Casino, on the north edge of town.
4. **[Kiva Auditorium](/venue/kiva-auditorium/)** — Downtown · Auditorium · 2,300 seats. A half-round room inside the Convention Center. Eddie Vedder and Norah Jones have played it.
5. **[Popejoy Hall](/venue/popejoy-hall/)** — UNM campus · Concert hall · 1,985 seats. New Mexico's largest performing-arts hall. The touring Broadway shows land here, plus concerts.
6. **[Sunshine Theater](/venue/sunshine-theater/)** — Downtown · Concert hall · 1,000 capacity. A 1924 Trost building on Central. Most of the national rock, metal and hip-hop tours that come downtown play here.
7. **[El Rey Theater](/venue/el-rey-theater/)** — Downtown · Historic theater · Since 1941. A Spanish Mission Revival theater on Central with touring concerts and some 18-and-up dance parties. Founders Speakeasy is downstairs.
8. **[KiMo Theatre](/venue/kimo-theatre/)** — Downtown · Theater · 650 seats. The 1927 Pueblo Deco picture palace. Movies with a live score, sing-alongs, tributes and local theater.
9. **[Lobo Theater](/venue/lobo-theater/)** — Nob Hill · Theater · 550 seats. A restored 1939 Nob Hill movie house, now a music room with a full bar.
10. **[Revel](/venue/revel-abq/)** — Midtown · Entertainment complex. Backstage at Revel books the concerts: EDM, hip-hop and Latin acts. Dueling pianos run in another room.
11. **[The Dirty Bourbon](/venue/dirty-bourbon/)** — NE Heights · Country dance hall. National country acts play this stage, in front of a 1,300-square-foot dance floor. Its concert tickets sell only through HoldMyTicket.
12. **[Outpost Performance Space](/venue/outpost-performance-space/)** — University · Nonprofit · Jazz, folk, world. A nonprofit booking 100-plus shows a year, mostly jazz. It's the main Albuquerque room for the New Mexico Jazz Festival.
13. **[Launchpad](/venue/launchpad/)** — Downtown · Rock club · 300 capacity. On Central since 1997, with indie, metal, punk and local bills most nights of the week.
14. **[Moonlight Lounge](/venue/moonlight-lounge/)** — Downtown · Small music club. The small room run by the people behind Sunshine and Launchpad.

Most touring bands play Sunshine or El Rey, both on Central downtown. For jazz, go to the Outpost.

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