Events

Grex: Karl Evangelista – guitar, voice, drums, samples, misc. Rei Scampavia – synth, voice, drums, misc. Grex is an art rock/experimental music duo based out of Oakland, California. In biological […]

NOMON is an electro-percussion duo of sisters Shayna and Nava Dunkelman, united by a shared vision to expand how percussion can speak, move, and connect. They are driven by curiosity, […]

Eric will be on tour in the U.S. from Berlin presenting music with bluetooth speakers, and Mark is from New England doing excellent reduced electronic music. Local percussionist Ben Bennet […]

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Erin Demastes and Dylan Burchett Duo Erin Demastes is an experimental composer, performer, and sound artist. She uses everyday objects and hacked electronics for her installations and performances and subverts […]

21+ August 11th, as always at @upstairsabyss! This time around it’s gonna be @searchfortheinfinitelight doing a solo upright set, the West Philly debut of the new Del Rossi Trio (Matthew […]

Ishmael Ali, Will Greene & Lily Finnegan Trio: An ensemble defined by restlessness and sonic curiosity, this improbable improvising trio rides the edge between sonorous melodies, atonal outbursts, and tilted grooves — creating music […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at Wissahickon Park led by Tony Croasdale with two performances by Paul Giess on trumpet and Marquise Lindsey-Bradley on clarinet. Please take […]

*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM – Doors 8 PM – Show

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Titan to Tachyons is an instrumental experimental jazz-metal group led by New Zealand/New York composer and guitarist Sally Gates (ex-Orbweaver), which features Kenny Grohowski (Secret Chiefs 3, John Zorn) on […]

Croatian visitors Vedran Vinski (soprano saxophone) and Drago Vabec (bass) meet Philadelphians Irman Peck (cello) and Max Glazier (drums). Opening sets by Gioanetti/Smith/Gelbart and Search for the Infinite Light. Curated […]

Flutists Rachel Beetz and Wilfrido Terrazas will present their latest experimental improvisational insights. Wilfrido Terrazas (Willy/he/él) is a flutist, improviser, composer, and educator based in San Diego, originally from Ensenada, Mexico. His work explores […]

One of the most exalted names in modern experimental music across a spectrum of styles and genres, John Zorn is an avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist whose […]

Thor & Friends:Polymath percussionist Thor Harris inaugurated Thor & Friends in the autumn of 2015 after five years of touring as the percussionist of iconic avant-rock ensemble Swans. The project […]

People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will feature some of the region’s best […]

This program features Rebecca Myers and Elisa Sutherland in an intimate recital of solos and duets, accompanied by Dušan Balarin on lute and theorbo. Celebrating the long and rich history […]

María Grand is a saxophonist, composer, educator, and vocalist. She has performed with her ensembles all over Europe and North America; she has also played and/or recorded with creative music […]

Intriguing programs of great beauty and breadth have distinguished PRISM Quartet as one of America’s foremost chamber ensembles. Praised by The New York Times as “a bold ensemble that set […]

Halo Fell Forever album release show

Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States, an ongoing series of in-person performances designed for deep listening and relaxation. Intended to guide audiences to that magic space between wakefulness and […]

  1morning @ (live) afro.fem Andrew Max FT – All 7s Arthur Aurora Halal B2B Verraco Autumns (live) Avalon Emerson Avalon Emerson & the Charm (live) Baalti BASHKKA Batu Beautiful […]

Instruments That Talk Back will be a seven-month celebration of the work of Don Buchla, a pioneering electronic instrument designer who revolutionized music technology with unconventional touch- and motion-sensitive interfaces […]

Dynasty Battles, the recipient of the 2021 Career Advancement Award by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, has been featured with soprano Marietta Simpson in The Philadelphia Inquirer, and on […]

DM @Peoplesmusicsupply on Instagram or email Peoplesmusicsupply@gmail.com for address DM @Catlap_philly on Instagram or email phillycatlap@gmail.com for address Majid Araim- Mandolin/Voice Carlos Santiago- Violin Sonali Singh- Bassoon Ry Noss- Bass Trombone/Flute […]

Bryan Day & Toshi Makihara duo: Bryan Day is a sound artist, instrument inventor, and conceptual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using scavenged electronics, repurposed mechanical components, and amplified materials, […]

Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, with Irreversible Entanglements performing Ascension and […]

Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a conversation with musicians Michelle Coltrane and Salim Washington, and Coltrane scholar and filmmaker Anyabwile Love, at the URBN Annex Screening Room at Drexel […]

Please join Ars Nova Workshop and eminent Japanese Coltrane scholar Yasuhiro Fujioka, for a discussion surrounding he pivotal 1966 Japanese tour and recordings that many consider among Coltrane’s most triumphant […]

Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, with Irreversible Entanglements performing Ascension and […]

Too often, John Coltrane’s towering legend and enduring influence overshadows his message, which he meticulously wove into his best known album – which some have called his musical self-portrait – […]

Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a candid conversation the responsibilities and complexities of musical legacy and stewardship, featuring Kathleen Hennessy, Matthew Garrison, and Steven Fullwood of Nomadic Archivists Project, […]

As part of the celebration of the centennial of John Coltrane’s birth, Ars Nova Workshop welcomes bassist, composer, poet, and bandleader William Parker for a special invocation ceremony at Monument […]

The Tiberi Tapes, were captured by musician Frank Tiberi during Coltrane club performances in a variety of Philadelphia and New York City venues, in the early 1960s. These historic recordings […]

Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, with acclaimed saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and […]

Melvin Gibbs is a Grammy nominated composer, musician, artist, and writer, born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. This talk will examine some of the ideas that inform John Coltrane‘s cosmic […]

Eric McGarry / Aaron Pond / Jake Kaplan / Jonah Pfluger What is music? If an instrument is a tool with which we make music, is anything made with that […]

Dialogues: A Conversation and Performance is a series of events in which we invite someone to discuss their creative process and present an aspect or aspects of their work. For […]

Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, with acclaimed saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and […]

Ars Nova Workshop welcomes Bobby Zankel for a special invocation ceremony at the Monument in Waiting, calling upon the spirit of John Coltrane.

Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. A week of performances culminates with […]

Trio Nebbia consists of Ji Hye Jung (percussion), Winston Choi (piano), and Geoffrey Deibel (saxophone). These three internationally acclaimed soloists combine three instruments less commonly heard together in the concert […]

Squash Blossoms Jessica Brown- Horn Mekhi Gladden- Oboe/English Horn Andrew Gioanetti- Clarinet/Flute Sonali Singh- Bassoon Aaron Pond- Horn, etc. Squash Blossoms is an improvising woodwind ensemble composed of multi-instrumentalists and […]

Hunter will be on tour in the U.S. from Berlin. He runs the Party Perfect! label and makes sound art and computer music. Liam lives in Philadelphia and runs the […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present cellist T.J. Borden and pianist Mari Kawamura performing Morton Feldman’s evening length work Patterns in a Chromatic Field. Written in the last decade of his life, […]

Mir Naqibul Islam: Mir Naqibul Islam (b. 1989 in Dhaka, Bangladesh) is a New York based tabla player from the farukhabad gharana. He has trained in the traditional guru-shishya parampara pedagogical convention of North […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present THUMBS at The Rotunda with an opening set by Aaron Pond’s Himflation. Performing as the duo Thumbs, multi-reedists David Leon and Yuma Uesaka have developed […]

This Time’s Quartet: Co-founded by Elsa Saade (musician/puppeteer) and Tracy Chahwan (cartoonist/illustrator), This Time’s Quartet is a visionary carousel quartet that brings together four dynamic artists in an immersive, multi-sensory experience where poetry, music, […]

(SPACE) Mijkalena Smith & Aaron Pond (EFFORT) Rachel DeForrest Repinz & Alexi Peters (TIME) Kathryn Schweingruber & Julius Masri Tap dancing. Drums. Daxophone. Trance. Wild style. Big electro guitar. Mijka […]

New Thread Quartet was formed with the mission to develop and perform impactful new music for the saxophone, and to provide high level ensemble playing to feature today’s compositional voices. […]

Please join Mural Arts Philadelphia and Soul Fly Club for a cultural afternoon featuring Sun Ra Arkestra.  This partnership will combine film, public art, local history and community engagement to create an accessible cultural experience that […]

Five world premieres, including three commissions! Featuring Song for the Road for solo electric violin by Andrew Davis and a major new work from acclaimed pianist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist […]

Tim Motzer – guitar Sandy Eldred – bass

Leila Abdul-Rauf: Through her work across five Vastum albums, Leila Abdul-Rauf has been a sonorous contributor to 20 Buck Spin’s discography for more than 15 years now. Concurrent to that […]

People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will feature some of the region’s best […]

Co-presented with Clavius Productions Hana Stretton: Hana Stretton is a British/Australian composer, singer and producer known for her remarkably warm production style and uniquely spacious songform. In 2023, her debut album, Soon, earned […]

We are presenting a series of free, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane […]

Thursday, October 8th at @upstairsabyss! We’ve got synths, horns, and freaky pop tunes. It’ll be a fun one! Promises.

Join us for an evening of guitar delights, put together by Jesse Sheppard. Andy McLeod Matt Geary Being

Horse Lords were founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 2010; they evolved from the experimental collective Teeth Mountain and began as a trio with drummer Sam Haberman, guitarist Owen Gardner, and […]

About the Event Today’s program features Tiguex (2026), directed by Raven Chacon, which documents the performance of his 20-movement musical composition over the course of one day in Albuquerque, New […]

Join Big Community Paper & Iglesias Gardens on Oct. 11th  for a Community Show & Tell —with Collaborative Poetry & Zine Making with live music presented by Fire Museum Presents. Share your creative endeavors with the neighborhood—do […]

Ghost Nights: an Evening of Noise/Drone/Experimental Music Ghost nights is an event series often taking place around central and eastern Pennsylvania by artist and community organizer, Avengeline Colon of the […]

People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will feature some of the region’s best […]

We are presenting a series of free, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane […]

Claire Chase Flutist; Professor of the Practice, Department of Music, Harvard University Claire Chase – acclaimed flutist, curator, cultural producer, and Professor of the Practice of Music at Harvard University […]

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14 MilkCrate Cafe presents a special intimate live show with legendary poet Ursula Rucker creating powerful stories with longtime collaborator & renown guitarist Tim Motzer on Wednesday evening […]

Untethered (Paul Giess/Grant Calvin Weston/Timothy Ragsdale) Untethered is a collective led by Paul Giess (Ropeadope) playing what their drummer, Grant Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman, John Medeski, Vernon Reid) calls “Spontaneous […]

Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh opens PCMS’s 41st season alongside Vijay Iyer, a composer and pianist hailed by The Guardian for his “melodically alluring, rhythmically invigorating, deviously dazzling music.” For […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present John Walthausen in a solo harpsichord performance at University Lutheran Church. In the 1730s, Bach summed up his artistry writing for keyboards with a new […]

Weirdofest Frankford Avenue East Kensington

Dax-Cello-Electric Guitar. Music for freaked out and highly inflated weirdos. Electro-Acoustic Cello hits as well.   Himflation Aaron Pond- Daxophone/Voice Ricki Weidenhof- Cello & Electronics Connor Eccles- Electric Guitar   […]

Alash: Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum led by In Color Birding interspersed with two performances by percussionists Salina Kuo […]

Improvised music at A Man Full of Trouble

Bowerbird is pleased to present pianist Heather O’Donnell performing Frederick Rzewski’s iconic work The People United Will Never Be Defeated! 36 Variations on the Chilean Song ¡El pueblo unido jamás […]

Truly excellent composer, J.P.A. Falzone will come to town and present some of his music. Morgan and Carlo will perform a new piece called ‘Secular Geometry’ for piano, electronics, percussion, […]

Please join Ars Nova Workshop at Solar Myth on October 18 for a special closing-night performance by saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and his extraordinary quartet, presented in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Philly Music […]

his introductory session is for those interested in transforming electricity into sound and back again. Attendees will learn to set up a sound system for electronic music making in performance […]

  A internationally renowned tattoo artists meets the best freaked out art pop sensibilities. Live drawing, Cello, and Electronics. Open Improvisation Lab to Follow. Curated by Alex Lough People’s Music […]

The Community Synth Studio is a free, open studio where people can book time to use a collection of synthesizers and other electronic music equipment. It is open to all […]

We are presenting a series of free, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane […]

Join vocalist Tara Middleton and Jupiter Blue for a special Coltrane 100 Philly concert honoring the spirit and legacy of John Coltrane. Featuring Tara Middleton, voice; DM Hotep, guitar; and […]

Prepared Snare Extraordinaire. The sound of many men singing. Voices of the ether. The Tom. Toshi Makihara- Percussion David Forlano- Electronics   ———- % D Aaron Pond- Daxophone, Shofar, Voice […]

Julius Masri, Joshua Marquez and Kevin Diehl 

Part art market, block party, and mutual aid hub, we’re bringing together artists, performers, and organizers for a night market to remember   The Collective Market is a night market […]

Comprising 18 top Black and Latinx classical soloists, the Sphinx Virtuosi invites audiences to reflect on who we are and who we aspire to become. To mark our nation’s 250th […]

Elliot Levin /New Olduvai Music Ensemble with… Tom Rollison – guitar/electronics Richard Hill – bas Greg Mervine – percussion plus special guests

  About the trio Sam Wells (trumpet), Adam Vidiksis (percussion), and Christopher Biggs (electronics) perform as an electroacoustic free improvisation trio. They build rich textural landscapes and intense gestural material, […]

Presented in Collaboration with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch: Inner Spaces Trumpeter, santur player, vocalist, and composer Amir ElSaffar joins electronics performer and composer Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch in a […]

25 years after his arrival in New York, the Grammy-winning and Latin Grammy-nominated drummer, composer, and MacArthur Fellow Dafnis Prieto has utterly shifted the sonic landscape of the jazz and […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present Duo Tesserae with an opening set by saxophonist, Noa Even at University Lutheran Church. Noa Even, Philly-based saxophonist, opens the program with a short set […]

Passages Season 5 begins Saturday October 24th. Early bird tickets for the season opener are available now via the link in our bio. And discounted season passes are back! Your […]