Sunshine Theater

The Sunshine Theater, which occupies a significant portion of the building, was Albuquerque's first movie palace. The theater stopped showing first-run movies in 1974 and closed completely in the 1980s, but has since been remodeled into a popular live music venue. The Sunshine Theater has hosted a number of notable acts such as The Strokes, Snoop Dogg, Stone Temple Pilots, The Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, Rancid, Coheed and Cambria, Social Distortion, Deftones and Deadmau5 among others. The Sunshine Theater's set up is an open floor, a large balcony,and a bar that seats a 21 and older audience, in all they accommodate about 1000 people. The Theater is the most popular venue in the Albuquerque metro area to accommodate smaller but still notable acts with many times over 5 or more shows in one month.