24th Annual KlezmerQuerque (Fri. 6, Festival)
KlezmerQuerque is an annual celebration of Jewish arts and culture, including Klezmer and traditional Jewish music, Yiddish language, songs and dance, concerts, Shabbat services and hands-on workshops. It happens at Congregation Nahalat Shalom (3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW) on Friday, March 6, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 7 to 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 8, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tickets to the Saturday night concert, or any of the individual workshops are$18. An all-weekend pass is $108 (nahalatshalom.org/klezmerquerque-tickets).
Anything Goes (Fri. 6, Performance)
Albuquerque Little Theatre (224 San Pasquale Ave. SW) sets sail on Cole Porter’s high-stepping, high-seas musical Anything Goes starting Friday, March 6. Timeless hits like “I Get a Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top” are among the highlights of this beloved Broadway classic. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through March 22. Tickets (available at ci.ovationtix.com/36941/production/1237055) run $29.65 to $43.30.
St. Punktrick’s Day (Sat. 7, Music)
Launchpad (618 Central Ave. SW) puts on its best mohawk to turn St. Patrick’s Day into St. Punktrick’s Day. An entire drunken barroom full of local bands gets into the spirit of (pre-)holiday, delivering rowdy tunes all night long on Saturday, March 7 starting at 7 p.m. Among the local bands channeling Irish punk rawkers like The Pogues, Stiff Little FIngers and The Undertones are Los Domingueros, Illegal Aliens, Fit to Burn, Past Lives, Phantom Riot, Glitz Biarritz, Lost Summer, Crash Bandits, Roadside Memorial, Rebuilt and Riot 71. This is a 21+ event, and a mere $10 gets you in the door.