Alfresco! Fridays

Alfresco! Fridays is one of my favorite Summer events in El Paso, it is a free outdoor concert series that takes place every Friday between May and September. While the focus of it is never really the performers, I can’t say I’ve ever heard of any of the acts I’ve seen before or the ones that are coming this year, it’s more about an opportunity to unwind outdoors with your friends and some cold beverages (which are also your friend).
But the music does matter, and to El Paso Live’s credit, they bring a different type of music style every Friday, giving good variety to the series, so, for example, if you don’t like Tejano (and why would you?), you can still check out the event on a Friday when a Tex-​Mex band will be performing, and once you realize that Tejano and Tex-​Mex are exactly the same, you can look at the schedule and plan to come a Friday when a Rock or a Salsa band will be playing. Avoiding Tejano music is a very important thing to me, I work hard at it, and so should you, no ear deserves to be tortured in such a way. But back to the point, they bring different kinds of music. They also have beverage tents where you can buy a cold beverage to enjoy the afternoon.
The concerts used to take place next to the Plaza Theater, but that’s not information you needed to know, because this year they moved it to the Plaza area at the Convention Center. There’s plenty of seating, but I recommend getting there about 45mins-​1hr early if you want to secure a table.