Summer Music in Old Town returns with free weekend concerts
Free concerts are back at the Old Town gazebo, with weekend shows through July 26 and a lineup that spans flamenco, mariachi, blues and New Mexico music.
Free weekend concerts are back at the Old Town gazebo, giving Albuquerque residents and visitors a no-cost way to spend summer afternoons and evenings in Historic Old Town. The series runs through July 26 at Historic Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque, NM 87104, with music on Fridays and Saturdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday performances from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The 2026 lineup stretches well beyond a generic concert block. It includes San Felipe de Neri Church Fiestas on June 5 through June 7, Festival Flamenco Albuquerque on June 27, and a July 4 doubleheader featuring Levi Dean & the Mesa Rats and High Desert Playboys. Other named acts include Str8 Shot, Mustang Sally & the Corvettes, DB Gomez & the Bosque Boys, Silver Sky Blues Band, Last Call, Divino, The Rudy Boy Experiment, Spanish Broom, Revíva, NM Marimba Band, Mariachi Tenampa, Felix y Los Gatos, Trio Carrillo, Nathaniel Krantz and Flambeaux.
That mix matters in a district where music, food and shopping overlap by design. Visit Albuquerque says Summer in Old Town invites people to wander the plazas, eat, shop and listen to live music at the gazebo, all while enjoying free entertainment every weekend. The City of Albuquerque describes Historic Old Town as the center of community life since 1706, and the area still has more than ten blocks of historic shops, restaurants and homes. The gazebo itself was renovated with an adobe-style framework, reinforcing its role as a regular performance space in the heart of the district.
For Old Town merchants, the schedule brings the kind of foot traffic that summer evenings and weekends can generate. For families, tourists and regular downtown visitors, it creates an easy outing that does not require a ticket, a long drive or much planning. The concerts also fit into a broader summer season in the historic district, alongside the opening weekend of the San Felipe de Neri Church Fiestas and the city’s continuing Old Town walking tours, which run March through November on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 11 a.m., weather permitting. In a city with a deep music tradition, Old Town remains one of the simplest places to hear it live.
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