KiMo Theater, Art Deco theater in Downtown Albuquerque, United States.

The KiMo Theatre is a three-story stucco theatre and historic landmark at Central Avenue and Fifth Street in downtown Albuquerque. Built in 1927 in Pueblo Deco style, it combines stepped Pueblo massing with Art Deco vertical lines. Its exterior and interior carry indigenous motifs, including a row of terra cotta shields above the third-floor windows.

Oreste and Maria Franceschi Bachechi commissioned the theatre, and Carl Boller of the Boller Brothers designed it after studying Southwestern building styles. In June 1927 the Albuquerque Journal held a naming contest won by Pablo Abeita, former governor of Isleta Pueblo, with "Kimo", meaning mountain lion. It opened on 19 September 1927 with Native American dancers and singers, a Wurlitzer organ performance and the film Painting the Town. The city bought the building in 1977 after a fire and restored it, most recently in 2000.

The name KiMo comes from a 1927 Albuquerque Journal contest won by Pablo Abeita, former governor of Isleta Pueblo, who proposed the word meaning "mountain lion." The rules required an Indian name of no more than six letters; more than 500 entries arrived from across the state. The opening program on September 19, 1927, featured Native American dancers and singers.

The KiMo stands on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Fifth Street in downtown Albuquerque. The auditorium seats 650, with lighting positions set between and behind the ceiling vigas. The city restored the building in phases, the most recent completed in 2000, and it reopened for performances.

The name KiMo was chosen in a 1927 Albuquerque Journal contest with a $50 prize; Pablo Abeita, former governor of Isleta Pueblo, won with a word meaning "mountain lion." The rules required an Indian name of no more than six letters, and over 500 entries came in from around the state.