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SUMMARY:Dialogues 8: Kaethe Hostetter
DESCRIPTION: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 the eighth edition we present violinist and composer Kaethe Hostetter. \nHaving spent more than two decades immersed in Ethiopian music — including eleven years living in Addis Ababa as well as leading the highly acclaimed band Qwanqwa\, Kaethe is now performing a solo show called Woradj Alle (Impressions of Ethiopia) which is also the title of her debut solo album. \nBuilt from live-looped violin and electronics\, the album unfolds as a ritual performance: hypnotic\, textural\, and immersive—Ethiopian melodic systems refract through dub minimalism\, psych abstraction\, and avant improvisation. Not fusion\, but more transmission— music that blurs memory\, place\, and time. Each composition functions as a vignette: portraits of people\, fleeting encounters\, and atmospheres from the years she called Ethiopia home. \nA conversation with the artist will follow the performance. \nThis event is part of the 2026 Philly Fringe Festival.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/dialogues-8-kaethe-hostetter/
LOCATION:Studio 34\, 4522 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Immanuel Wilkins Quartet // Divine Offering
DESCRIPTION: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 a celebration of the music of Alice Coltrane\, at the Mandell Theater on Saturday\, September 26\, 2026. \nJohn Coltrane changed the course of music\, but his story is also deeply rooted in Philadelphia. In 2026\, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, Ars Nova Workshop will present COLTRANE 100 — a citywide constellation of performances\, conversations\, exhibitions\, listening events\, community gatherings\, educational programs\, and neighborhood activations honoring Coltrane’s enduring legacy and Philadelphia’s central role in shaping it. Developed in collaboration with the John and Alice Coltrane estate\, artists\, scholars\, community leaders\, and cultural partners across the city\, the initiative will unfold across venues\, libraries\, public spaces\, and neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia. \nThis special double bill explores the wider universe of Coltrane’s legacy. Born in Philadelphia\, Immanuel Wilkins is a saxophonist\, composer\, and multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sound\, performance\, and visual composition. In addition to his musical practice\, Wilkins works with bronze sculptures\, large-scale megaphones\, public sculptural playgrounds\, and works on paper that examine the graphic score\, inspirations that echo Coltrane’s own voracious curiosities. Wilkins will be joined by a number of special guests to honor Trane’s centennial. In addition\, vocalist and composer Michelle Coltrane\, the daughter of John and Alice Coltrane\, will honor her mother’s devotional music with a program entitled Divine Offering: Celebrating the Legacy of Alice Turiyasangitananda with Sita Michelle Coltrane. \n\n\n\n\nFeaturing\n\nImmanuel Wilkins Quartet plus very special guest \n\nImmanuel Wilkins — alto saxophone\nMicah Thomas — piano\nRyoma Takenaga — bass\nKweku Sumbry — drums\nfeaturing special guests\nWilliam Parker — bass\nJeff « Tain » Watts — drums\n\nDivine Offering: Celebrating the Legacy of Alice Turiyasangitananda with Sita Michelle Coltrane  \n\nMichelle Coltrane — vocals\nLisa E. Harris — vocals\nArianna Gouveia — vocals\nSurya Botofasina — piano\, keyboard\nLonnie Plaxico — bass\nRoss Chait — percussion\nfeaturing special guest\nJeff « Tain » Watts — drums
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-immanuel-wilkins-quartet-divine-offering-2/
LOCATION:Mandell Theater\, 3220 Chestnut Street\, Philadelpia\, PA
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Invocations: Calling Upon the Spirit of John Coltrane with Bobby Zankel
DESCRIPTION:Ars Nova Workshop welcomes Bobby Zankel for a special invocation ceremony at the Monument in Waiting\, calling upon the spirit of John Coltrane.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-invocations-calling-upon-the-spirit-of-john-coltrane-with-bobby-zankel/
LOCATION:Monument in Waiting – Drexel University Korman Quad\, 33rd Street between Chestnut and Market\, Philadelphia\, PA
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SUMMARY:Norman David & Jake Miller
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/norman-david-jake-miller/
LOCATION:A Man Full Of Trouble Tavern\, 127 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T200000
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SUMMARY:Marilyn Crispell / Tyshawn Sorey Duo
DESCRIPTION: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 the duo of Marilyn Crispell and Tyshawn Sorey at the Mandell Theater on Sunday\, September 27\, 2026. \nMarilyn Crispell has become one of the most original and sought-after avant-garde jazz pianists and composers since emerging on the scene in the late 1970s. The adventurous and distinctive Crispell has performed and recorded extensively with well-known players on the jazz scene\, as well as performing and recording music by contemporary composers such as Robert Cogan\, Pozzi Escot\, John Cage\, Pauline Oliveros\, and Manfred Niehaus\, and played in the NYC Opera’s production of Anthony Davis’ opera X in 1986. Crispell has received awards and accolades including several fellowship grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts\, a composition commission from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust\, and a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition. \nFor this thrilling performance\, she’ll be joined by the Pulitzer Prize-winning drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey. Sorey is celebrated for his extraordinary ability to blend composition and improvisation in his work\, while also offering incomparable virtuosity and effortless mastery of highly complex scores. He has performed globally with his own ensembles\, as well as alongside industry titans including John Zorn\, Bill Frisell\, Joe Lovano\, Vijay Iyer\, Jason Moran\, King Britt\, Claire Chase\, and Steve Lehman\, among many others.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/marilyn-crispell-tyshawn-sorey-duo/
LOCATION:Mandell Theater\, 3220 Chestnut Street\, Philadelpia\, PA
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SUMMARY:Trio Nebbia
DESCRIPTION: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 hall than in the jazz club\, offering a stunning array of sound worlds from the subtly nuanced to the unbridled and radical\, and providing a comprehensive sonic palate that can adapt to the vision of any composer. The trio met and began performing together regularly at the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Italy (one of the premiere summer programs for contemporary music in the world) and decided to begin concertizing regularly in 2019. The trio members are all also active educators in the United States\, teaching at Vanderbilt University\, Roosevelt University\, and Florida State University respectively. Jung is regarded as the world’s finest marimba player\, winning the world’s top two competitions for the instrument. Praised as “spectacular” by the Los Angeles Times and “extraordinary” by the Ventura County Star\, the Times describes her as “a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all places at once.” Choi is chair of the piano department at Roosevelt University. For over twenty-five years\, he has been one of the most in-demand pianists in contemporary music and has won the prestigious Orleans Piano Competition; a recent recording by Choi was given five stars by BBC Music Magazine. Deibel was a first prize winner in both the Fischoff and the NASA Quartet competitions with the h2 quartet\, and has premiered hundreds of works for his instrument by both established and emerging composers. Trio Nebbia has premiered music by Georges Aperghis and Jean-Patrick Besingrand\, and will give the premiere of a new work written for the ensemble by Pulitzer Prize winner and McArthur Genius Grant winner Tyshawn Sorey in 2025.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/trio-nebbia/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Industry Night- Music for Lovers Only
DESCRIPTION:Squash Blossoms \nJessica Brown- Horn \nMekhi Gladden- Oboe/English Horn \nAndrew Gioanetti- Clarinet/Flute \nSonali Singh- Bassoon \nAaron Pond- Horn\, etc. Squash Blossoms is an improvising woodwind ensemble composed of multi-instrumentalists and active members of Philadelphia’s Peoples Music Supply. This quintet pairs the classical sounds anticipated of chamber music with more experimental influences found in contemporary improvised genres\, presenting its audience with a lively journey through sounds\, expected and surprising\, consonant and dissonant. Ann Adachi trio– Ann Adachi\, Melinda Rice\, and Jessica Brown  \n \nImprovised trio exploring the creation of space through the interplay of movement and sound. Finding one another through the merging and diverging of lines\, meeting and fleeting. Digging into the more delicate and subtle places that improvisation can take us. Pure Being- Thomas Patteson and Audrey Trout
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/industry-night-music-for-lovers-only/
LOCATION:Head Long Dance Theater\, 1170 South Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Situation Aesthetics #2        Hunter Brown (Berlin)\, Liam Kramer White and Morgan Evans-Weiler\, Rust Promoter
DESCRIPTION: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 excellent ‘Phons’ label. Morgan and Liam will play a duo set – Morgan on violin\, Liam on prepared guitar. Local Rust Promoter will present music for digital synthesis and analog radio transmitter.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/situation-aesthetics-2-hunter-brown-berlin-liam-kramer-white-and-morgan-evans-weiler-rust-promoter/
LOCATION:Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement\, 1542 East Montgomery Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:Patterns in a Chromatic Field T.J. Borden\, cello + Mari Kawamura\, piano
DESCRIPTION: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\, this work is a unique example of his late style\, known for long durations and unpredictable repetition. In his maturity\, we find Feldman exploring different ways that ambiguity catalyzes performer interpretation and invites contemplation on the nature of the listener’s perception. Microtonal shadings ring against the equal tempered piano\, creating complex rhythmic constellations that drift slowly through the air. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nTyler J. Borden is a cellist working with\, in\, and around the constraints of the cello. Formerly from Western NY\, he is now based in Brooklyn NY\, where he spends much of his time finding ways to exploit the strengths and failures of himself and his instrument. Hailed for his “technically polished playing” (Jan Jezioro\, Artvoice) as well as his “astounding performances of superlatively difficult modernist solo works” (Edge of the Center)\, he is a dedicated purveyor of modern and experimental music. \nMari Kawamura is a concert pianist whose curiosity and wide-ranging interests have taken her in a variety of directions. Kawamura is drawn to music which utilizes the entirety of the piano as an expressive device\, enjoying equally music which showcases its tremendous agility\, and its ability to produce spacious resonances.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/patterns-in-a-chromatic-field-t-j-borden-cello-mari-kawamura-piano/
LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mir Naqibul Islam - Tabla Waves: A New Sound
DESCRIPTION:Mir Naqibul Islam: \nMir 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 Indian classical music from Pandit Ashoke Paul\, a disciple of the great Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Mir began learning tabla at the age of seven from Pt. Madan Gopal Das at Chhayanaut\, a renowned music school in Dhaka\, and completed a six-year-long course from 1996 to 2001. Thereafter\, he continued onto advanced tabla studies with Pandit Ashoke Paul from the farukhabad gharana. During 2010–2012\, he also received training in the benaras gharana of tabla from Pandit Gopal Mishra at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center in Dhaka. Mir was also connected to the Bengal Parampara Sangeetlaya (BPS)\, Dhaka as a music scholar from 2014–2016 under Guru Padma Shri Pandit Suresh Talwalkar and received training in the delhi gharana of tabla during this time. Currently\, Mir is continuing his advanced tabla studies with the legendary maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. \nMir regularly performs tabla solo recitals in addition to accompanying vocalists\, instrumentalists\, and dancers from South Asian traditions including Hindustani and Bengali classical and semi-classical forms. He has received international acclaim for his performances for diverse audiences across Bangladesh\, India\, and the US. He has performed with world renowned musicians such as Pandit Krishna Mohan Bhatt\, Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya\, Pandit Anirban Dasgupta\, Pandit Steve Gorn\, Vidushi Bharati Pratap\, Gyan Riley\, Ben Monder\, and Premik Russel among others. He has been an active member of the New York based musicians collective Brooklyn Raga Massive since 2016\, playing a key role in experimental and genre crossing projects with the collective throughout. \nTabla Waves: A New Sound is a contemporary reimagining of the traditional tabla solo. Rooted in the centuries-old rhythmic traditions of North Indian classical music\, Mir Naqibul Islam explores the tabla through new sonic perspectives\, drawing from electronic music\, improvisation\, jazz\, folk traditions\, and other contemporary influences. At its core\, the tabla recital remains the foundation\, while sound\, rhythm\, and technology open new possibilities for how this timeless instrument can be heard. \nThe collaborators are: \nMir Naqibul Islam: Tabla \nSrikar Ayyalasomayajula: Harmonium \nMehrnam Rastegari: Kamancheh \nRandall Dunn: Synthesizer \n  \nvenue is wheelchair accessible
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/mir-naqibul-islam-tabla-waves-a-new-sound/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mike Polizze/Bill Nace  \,  Jacy Webster  \,  Christian Mirande
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/mike-polizze-bill-nace-jacy-webster-christian-mirande/
LOCATION:Molly’s Books and Records\, 101 South 9th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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SUMMARY:THUMBS  / Aaron Pond's Himflation
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present THUMBS at The Rotunda with an opening set by Aaron Pond’s Himflation. \nPerforming as the duo Thumbs\, multi-reedists David Leon and Yuma Uesaka have developed a peculiar improvised practice. Built around a shared interest in extended timbres and hairpin counterpoint\, their music explores extremes: quiet and loud\, dense and desolate\, serious and silly. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nYuma Uesaka is a Japanese-American saxophonist\, clarinetist\, improviser\, performer\, and composer based in New York City since 2014. Over the last decade\, Yuma has contributed to scenes that embrace various experimental and historic practices primarily rooted in jazz\, creative improvised music\, and new music. His music often explores the fringes of instrumental and compositional techniques to question traditional musical roles and deconstruct assumed binaries of improvised/composed\, acoustic/electronic\, and music/noise. An active sideperson\, Yuma has performed in groups led by Anna Webber\, Lesley Mok\, and DoYeon Kim\, at venues such as Roulette\, National Sawdust\, and The Jazz Gallery. He can be heard on Pi\, American Dreams\, and NotTwo Records. As a composer\, he has received recognition from the ASCAP Foundation\, Metropolis\, and Either/Or Ensemble. \nDavid Leon is a Cuban-American saxophonist\, woodwinds player\, composer\, and improviser living in Brooklyn\, New York. His work is guided by a persistent search for vitality through autonomy\, contradiction\, hyperbole\, and humor. His work with the saxophone investigates alternate methods for producing a tone\, refinement of these techniques\, and development of a distinct vocabulary using these sounds; he melds this timbral approach with melodic and rhythmic phrasing from Cuban folkloric traditions\, narrative playing\, Free Jazz & avant-garde esthetics\, and microtonality to reveal a personal conceit. In 2024\, David was named a Music Composition Fellow by the CINTAS Foundation and was awarded a Jerome Commission by Roulette Intermedium to support the creation of A Divine Echo\, a hybrid work of chamber music and wordless puppet theatre. In April 2025\, he will present a new solo work for amplified saxophone and electronics as part of his Roulette 2024/2025 Jerome Artist Residency. His work has been recognized by The Jazz Gallery’s Mentoring Series\, and New Music USA. \nAaron Pond’s Himflation is a new trio consisting of Aaron Pond on Daxophone & Electronics and Voice; Ricki Weidenhof on Cello & Electronics; and Connor Eccles on Electric Guitar.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/thumbs-aaron-ponds-himflation/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:T.E.N.T. Information. - Will McGoran & Sam Xiao Cody
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/t-e-n-t-information-will-mcgoran-sam-xiao-cody/
LOCATION:Molly’s Books and Records\, 101 South 9th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T193000
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SUMMARY:This Time's Quartet (Elsa Saade/Tracy Chahwan/Erik Ruin/Huda Asfour)\, Golem Ensemble & Dani Dobkin/Matt Sargent duo
DESCRIPTION:This Time’s Quartet: \nCo-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\, live illustration and puppetry converge. This time\, for our Mini East Coast tour\, the quartet will feature Erik Ruin (shadow puppeteer and paper-cut artist)\, Huda Asfour (oud and voice)\, Elsa Saade and Tracy Chahwan. \nElsa Saade is a multidisciplinary artist\, doula and community mobilizer. Over the last decade\, she has primarily been a musician\, puppeteer and street performer with several political theaters including Bread and Puppet Theater and Redwing Blackbird Theater. \nTracy Chahwan is a cartoonist and illustrator from Lebanon. She started her career in Beirut\, producing street art and posters for local independent music venues and working with comics collectives publishing experimental comics and anthologies. In 2018\, she published her first graphic novel “Beirut Bloody Beirut”\, a story of two girls lost in the Beiruti night. After the Lebanese revolution in October 2019\, she turned to journalistic comics\, collaborating in books such as “Guantanamo Voices” and “Where to Marie? Stories of Feminisms in Lebanon”. Tracy’s work is marked by the radical and collaborative energy of the artistic scene in Beirut\, where she worked actively the past years before she moved to the U.S. in 2019. \nErik Ruin is a Michigan-raised\, Philadelphia-based printmaker\, shadow puppeteer\, paper-cut artist\, etc.\, who has been lauded by the New York Times for his “spell-binding cut-paper animations.” His work oscillates between the poles of apocalyptic anxieties and utopian yearnings\, with an emphasis on empathy\, transcendence and obsessive detail. He frequently works collaboratively with musicians\, theater performers\, other artists and activist campaigns. He is a founding member of the international Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative\, and co-author of the book Paths Toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism (w/ Cindy Milstein\, PM Press\, 2012). Current projects include the Ominous Cloud Ensemble\, an ever-evolving\, collectively-improvising large ensemble for projections and music. \nPalestinian musician Huda Asfour was born in Lebanon to a family of musicians\, Asfour grew up in Tunis before moving to Gaza at 14\, where she joined the National Conservatory of Music\, and then lived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank\, where she studied under Khaled Jubran at the Edward Said Music Conservatory. She now divides her time between New York and Egypt. \nGolem Ensemble: \nTroy\, NY-based artist Nathan Meltz presents The Golem Trilogy\, a 30-minute stop-motion animation with a live-scoring ensemble. \nIn this animation\, collaged robotic humanoids and animals in a sci-fi environment are blended with elements of experimental film and expressionistic\, moody graphics to tell a story in three parts exploring the concepts of colonization\, violence\, resistance\, and peace-making. The live-scoring ensemble consists of lap-steel guitarist Steve Hammond of several popular upstate New York bands and Raven Chacon’s Lazyhorse project\, bassist Adam Elabd of the Arabic improvisational project Abu Zeyn\, guitarist Mark Wolfe\, and Meltz on drums/percussion. \nAs individual components\, parts of the Golem Trilogy have screened internationally\, at festivals including the Hallucinea Film Festival in Paris\, France\, the 24Frame Future Film Fest\, in Bologna\, Italy\, the T-Short Film Festival\, in Karlsruhe\, Germany\, the West Kortright Center Film Festival\,in West Kortright\, New York\, on TV/Film\, PBS-WMHT’s Upstate New York Independent Film Series\, and the Electric Dreams Festival in Milan\, Italy\, where The Golem Smashes All Walls won the Special Jury Mention Award. \nDani Dobkin & Matt Sargent: \nDani Dobkin is a New York City based sound artist\, composer and educator currently working within the means of sound\, synthesis and ceramics. Recently their work has engaged with ideas of grief\, decay\, ephemerality and mycology. Past and recent collaborators include Yarn/Wire\, International Contemporary Ensemble\, CT::SWaM\, Qubit and Women in Sound. \nMatt Sargent is a composer\, guitarist\, recording engineer\, and music technologist based in upstate New York\, where he is an assistant professor of music at Bard College. His music grows from interests in resonance\, the making/breaking of patterns\, and computer models of musical thought. Over the last decade\, his work has focused extensively on musical algorithms and real-time notation systems\, which can be heard in his compositions and technical collaborations with other artists. He is currently engaged with expanding available repertoire for the pedal steel. \naccessibility: ramp into lobby\, then 7 stairs into theater
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/this-times-quartet-elsa-saade-tracy-chahwan-erik-ruin-huda-asfour-golem-ensemble-dani-dobkin-matt-sargent-duo/
LOCATION:2223 Fish\, 2223 E Dauphin\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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DTSTAMP:20260912T010956Z
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SUMMARY:Industry Night- SPACE/EFFORT/TIME
DESCRIPTION:(SPACE) Mijkalena Smith & Aaron Pond \n(EFFORT) Rachel DeForrest Repinz & Alexi Peters \n(TIME) Kathryn Schweingruber & Julius Masri \n\nTap dancing. Drums. Daxophone. Trance. Wild style. Big electro guitar. Mijka Smith curates an evening of three duos. Advance ticketing recommended.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/industry-night-space-effort-time/
LOCATION:Equilibrium Dance Academy\, 1802 south Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T220000
DTSTAMP:20260729T112829Z
CREATED:20260729T112829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T112829Z
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SUMMARY:New Thread Quartet
DESCRIPTION: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. In 11 seasons\, the quartet has commissioned and premiered over 45 new works by composers such as Amy Beth Kirsten\, Richard Carrick\, Ben Hjertmann\, Ebun Oguntola\, Scott Wollschleger\, Kathryn Salfelder\, Taylor Brook and Emily Koh. \nBased in New York City\, New Thread has performed at Carnegie Hall\, Roulette\, Dance Theatre of Harlem\, Morgan Library\, Bang on a Can Summer Festival Benefit\, and Monadnock Music. The quartet has performed\, toured and recorded more than 30 important works for saxophone quartet including Kati Agócs’ Hymn in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall; Marilyn Shrude’s Evolution V and energy flows nervously… in search of stillness\, as part of a 75th Birthday Celebration Concert at the Dimenna Center featuring Lost Dog Ensemble and the Momenta Quartet; Erin Rogers’ Urban Composites at the World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews\, Scotland; and the premiere recording of Elliott Sharp’s seminal work Approaching the Arches of Corti for 4 soprano saxophones\, recorded with Grammy-winning engineer\, Judith Sherman\, now available on New World Records. New Thread released its debut album Plastic Facts in 2018 on New Focus Recordings and in 2020 recorded three works on [word]plays\, an album by Emily Koh now available from Innova Recordings. \nNew Thread has a track record of working closely with composers in a workshop environment during the formation of new works. The quartet strives for multiple performances of newly commissioned works in an attempt to bring new music to different audiences as often as possible. New Thread’s annual self-presented Explorations Series showcases works by emerging composers\, adding exciting new voices to the saxophone canon. \nNew Thread has conducted masterclasses\, residencies\, and performances for student saxophonists and composers at Peabody Conservatory\, University of Virginia\, Berklee Conservatory\, Bronx Community College\, Aaron Copland School (Queens College)\, Montclair State University\, and New York University. A strong community supporter\, New Thread attends NASA Regional and Biennial conferences across the US. The quartet encourages young composers to create new works for saxophones through an open submission policy\, conducting reading and feedback sessions throughout the year. New Thread is a presenting partner of Composers Now. \nEnsemble members are Jonathan Hulting-Cohen (soprano saxophone)\, Noa Even (alto saxophone)\, Erin Rogers (tenor saxophone)\, and Zach Herchen (baritone saxophone). \nwww.newthreadquartet.com/
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/new-thread-quartet-2/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T160000
DTSTAMP:20261004T012621Z
CREATED:20261004T012621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261004T012621Z
UID:1670-1791118800-1791129600@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Germantown Walking Tour and Film Screening featuring Sun Ra Arkestra
DESCRIPTION: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 celebrates Germantown’s artistic legacy through a unique lens creating a full-circle connection between Germantown’s artistic landscape and Sun Ra’s lasting influence on Philadelphia’s creative communities. \nThe day will begin with a one-hour mural tour through Germantown\, highlighting murals and public artworks connected to the neighborhood’s cultural history including In the Orbit of Ra\, the newest mural addition to the area honoring this jazz legend. The tour will end with a screening of Sun Ra: Do the Impossible\, an 84-minute documentary (1 hour and 24 minutes) exploring the life\, work\, and legacy of the legendary Philadelphia musician and Afrofuturist artist. Light snacks and drinks provided during the screening.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/germantown-walking-tour-and-film-screening-featuring-sun-ra-arkestra/
LOCATION:October Gallery\, 6353 Greene Street\, Germantown\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T160000
DTSTAMP:20260926T024157Z
CREATED:20260926T024157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260926T024157Z
UID:1620-1791122400-1791129600@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Crossfade: Philadelphia/Network Re-Sounding
DESCRIPTION:Five world premieres\, including three commissions! \nFeaturing Song for the Road for solo electric violin by Andrew Davis and a major new work from acclaimed pianist\, composer\, and interdisciplinary artist Todd Cochran. His new composition\, The Longer Now\, for string trio and English horn\, will feature Philadelphia Orchestra English hornist Elizabeth Masoudnia. The program includes the premiere of Arien for piano\, vibraphone\, and double bass by Artistic Director Thomas Schuttenhelm\, a Director’s Choice commission for flute and guitar by Temple University composer Eli Wynn\, and a new work by Philadelphia composer Steven Crino.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/crossfade-philadelphia-network-re-sounding/
LOCATION:Settlement Music School\, Germantown branch\, 612B Germantown Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Network For New Music":MAILTO:Networkfornewmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T190000
DTSTAMP:20261002T104752Z
CREATED:20261002T104752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T104752Z
UID:1630-1791133200-1791140400@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Tim Motzer & Sandy Eldred
DESCRIPTION:Tim Motzer – guitar \nSandy Eldred – bass
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/tim-motzer-sandy-eldred/
LOCATION:A Man Full Of Trouble Tavern\, 127 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T220000
DTSTAMP:20261002T104442Z
CREATED:20261002T104442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T104442Z
UID:1627-1791140400-1791151200@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:ANDRΘS INSIDIVM tour MMXXVI - Leila Abdul-Rauf \, Meophisto Halabi \, Angel Meat \, Vaelastrasz
DESCRIPTION: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 she’s also amassed an impressive body of solo work whereby she could showcase the full range of her multi-instrumental artistic and vocal talents. \nOn ‘Andros Insidium’ Leila draws us into a ceremonial descent\, through the architecture of shadow itself. Unfolding like a ritual text etched in obsidian\, each movement traces the violent and sacred geometry of transformation. The presence and wisdom of the feminine divine looms throughout\, as an ancient and uncompromising force\, in conflict with everything buried\, exiled and made monstrous by the machinery of societal pressures and unrealistic expectations. The album delves deep into the dark vastness of the psyche of woman: wild\, ugly\, vulnerable and powerful. \nSonically ‘Andros Insidium’ is a mutation of the cinematic dark-ambient\, industrial and ritual folk expressed in prior releases\, now sharpened into something far darker\, more narrative and intimate. Leila’s vocal work becomes a new focus with a wider variety of styles and characters\, exorcising the demons of patriarchal fragmentation and revenge fantasy as lived myth. In its most potent moments\, ‘Andros Insidium’ suggests that wholeness is not purity or light\, but the terrifying act of reclaiming everything that was discarded\, and learning to speak with its voice. \nVaelastrasz: A dark ambient project from Virginia. Formed in 2016 by musician Min Naing\, Vaelastrasz conjures melancholic atmospheres with loop-based melodies using her keyboard. \nMephisto Halabi Julius Masri is a Philadelphia based multi instrumentalist\, and performer/composer for the city’s  dance  community at large. His  music focuses on improvisatory methods and syncretic / linguistic  exchanges  within  various  musical languages including Jazz\, Metal\, AfroCuban\, Experimental Noise\, and Arabic music. Born in Tripoli\, Lebanon\, he moved to the States in 1990 and picked  up drumming a year later. \nThe Arabic Room – الغرفة العربية | Mephisto Halabi – مفيستو حلبي | Musica Telharmonia Internacionale (Viva!) \nAngel Meat: Harsh Thanatology? Post Opera? Or maybe just a Maria Callas tape eating itself alive while drinking cough syrup. Regardless\, Angel Meat is a duo from Philadelphia consisting of vocalist Anna Young (Layer Meat/Hermit High Priestess) and harpist Myles Donovan (Disemballerina/Narco Medusa/A stick and a stone) accompanied by a chaotic pet poltergeist of electro acoustic feedback. Part improv\, part song. Part structure\, part disintegration. Movements of decay\, movements of recovery. Spiritual exorcism\, shaking the bars of its fleshy prison. Authentic Queers and Phony virgins\, rising from the ashes of Antigone. Ultimately\, we’re all just Angel Meat as far as mortality goes\, and we thank you for being here.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/andr%ce%b8s-insidivm-tour-mmxxvi-leila-abdul-rauf-meophisto-halabi-angel-meat-vaelastrasz/
LOCATION:Studio 34\, 4522 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T220000
DTSTAMP:20260912T011810Z
CREATED:20260912T011810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T011810Z
UID:1535-1791313200-1791324000@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Open Improvisation Lab: Jeff Snyder x Mekhi Gladden
DESCRIPTION: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 talent across a wide variety of styles generated in situ. The OIL portion will see participating audience members formed into groups via chance procedures\, divine inspiration\, and bespoke sorting systems for the purposes of extracting music from the unique temporal aspects of the ether.  \nAll Levels | All Backgrounds | All Disciplines generated in the moment.  \nAdmission- All donations go towards the opening performances\, respecting our host space\, and making sure the series is sustainable.  \n\nCurated Openers  \nAd-Hoc Duo between improvisors never met before  \nJeff Snyder- Electrosteel  \nMekhi Gladden- Oboe\, English Horn\, Clarinet
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/open-improvisation-lab-jeff-snyder-x-mekhi-gladden/
LOCATION:The Living Signal\, 4311 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T220000
DTSTAMP:20260830T191045Z
CREATED:20260830T191045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T191045Z
UID:1494-1791316800-1791324000@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Hana Stretton & Danielle Nia
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Clavius Productions \nHana Stretton: \nHana 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 a beloved status among discerning listeners around the globe. This stunning work caught the ear of one Phil Elverum\, who lovingly reissued Soon through his own label in 2024\, furthering the album’s reach and deepening its reputation. In the press\, Elverum said: “I hear an artist who has entered completely into the stream where creation originates […] Hana Stretton has truly recorded the deep flourishing sound of a quiet listening mind in full blossom.” A fitting testament to a young artist rooted in the stillness of nature. \nFrom the dusty Australian bushland on Soon\, Stretton transports the listener to the Pacific Ocean on her new album\, tiarn (set to be released summer 2026). Shifting gradually like a shoreline\, her new compositions reveal welcomed hints of classical and electronic flourishes. tiarn will be released independently with vinyl editions through PW Elverum & Sun (North America)\, brierfield flood press (Australia) and Lima Limo (Europe/UK). \nDanielle Nia: \nDanielle Nia is a Philadelphia-based composer and performer captivated by the endless possibilities of electronic music and experimental sounds. With influences spanning electronic music\, jazz\, classical\, world music\, and chip tunes\, Danielle’s music embodies a dynamic fusion of styles. Her ventures into modular synthesizers seamlessly integrate her experience with keyboard synthesizers\, composition\, mallet percussion\, improvisation\, computer programming\, and circuit bending. Dedicated to exploring sonic possibilities\, Danielle crafts a unique harmony of technology and artistry\, seeking out beauty through sound. \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/hana-stretton-danielle-nia-2/
LOCATION:The Perch Large Room\, 2008 Arizona St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T183000
DTSTAMP:20260912T012555Z
CREATED:20260912T012555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T012555Z
UID:1542-1791394200-1791397800@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:World to Come 1: Aaron Julius RJ
DESCRIPTION: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 and Sun Ra) and Free Improvisation. These performances will be at Christ Church Gardens.  \nFollow @PeoplesMusicSupply on instagram for up to date performance info\, sign up for our email list\, and check out the event schedule at PeoplesMusicSupply.org Julius Masri- Drums RJ Mcghee- Electronics Aaron Pond- Flutes/Horn\, Mysteries
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/world-to-come-1-aaron-julius-rj/
LOCATION:Christ Church\, 20 North American Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T220000
DTSTAMP:20260925T015401Z
CREATED:20260925T015401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T015401Z
UID:1597-1791487800-1791496800@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Pocket Dimensions - Shoulda / Idiot Mambo / Circuit Cult
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 8th at @upstairsabyss! We’ve got synths\, horns\, and freaky pop tunes. It’ll be a fun one! Promises.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/pocket-dimensions-shoulda-idiot-mambo-circuit-cult/
LOCATION:Upstairs at Abbyssinia\, 229 S 45th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T220000
DTSTAMP:20261007T022629Z
CREATED:20261007T022629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T022629Z
UID:1724-1791572400-1791583200@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Andy McLeod / Matt Geary / Being
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of guitar delights\, put together by Jesse Sheppard. \nAndy McLeod \nMatt Geary \nBeing
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/andy-mcleod-matt-geary-being/
LOCATION:Brickbat Books\, 709 South 4th St\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T220000
DTSTAMP:20260615T020234Z
CREATED:20260615T020234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T020234Z
UID:1301-1791576000-1791583200@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Horselords
DESCRIPTION: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 bassist Max Eilbacher\, soon adding alto saxophonist Andrew Bernstein to the core ensemble. Though Horse Lords grew out of the fertile Baltimore noise and leftfield rock scene\, a storied environment for artists and weirdos that has nurtured many an influential outsider band (Lungfish\, Matmos)\, their approach is more omnivorous than the stippled rhythms of instrumental electric rock would indicate. \nAcross sixteen years of frequent touring\, Horse Lords have released ten studio\, live\, and collaboration albums in addition to a split EP with fellow Baltimoreans Lower Dens\, a handful of singles and compilation tracks. For RVNG’s FRKWYS series\, the band collaborated with Berlin-based composer Arnold Dreyblatt\, a onetime student of La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros whose just intonation chamber music was a crucial part of the post-Fluxus Downtown New York City environment. \nWith the relocation of three of the four members to Germany beginning in 2021\, the potential for more further creative exploration\, and performance opportunities including the Moers Festival (with an 11-piece lineup\, interpreting Julius Eastman’s music as well as their own)\, the interdisciplinary phases of the band’s music was poised for fascinating new directions. The band observes “We are always trying to balance working within the limitations of the quartet and pushing beyond them. \nFor their second studio album on RVNG Intl.\, Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!\, Horse Lords have followed this notion and augmented the instrumentation\, expanding the format slightly to include bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone (TAK Ensemble)\, trombonist Weston Olencki (Nate Wooley\, RAGE Thormbones) and vocalists Nina Guo (Departure Duo) and Evelyn Saylor (Holly Herndon\, Caterina Barbieri) across a program of twelve original compositions. \nDemand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive! is a reference to a line in a poem by Russian Futurist writer Vladimir Myakovsky\, and the band have also name-checked the Bauhaus weaver Anni Albers (wife of painter Josef Albers)\, Islamic geometrical patterning\, Dutch avant-garde group the Maciunas Ensemble (themselves named after Fluxus artist and typographer George Maciunas)\, composer/writers Tom Johnson\, Henry Flynt and Catherine Christer Hennix\, and musically draw from sources as diverse as Roscoe Holcolmb\, James Brown\, Kuwaiti/Bahraini sawt\, and electronic composers Maryanne Amacher and Jaap Vink. \nAs the members are keen to point out\, Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive! is “a bid for the flattening of time and perception in favor of greater goods [and] the iterative nature of reaching/building a paradise in this life\, not the next\,” and the new album at hand is an illuminating starting point for eternal nowness. \n\n\n\nCategory\n\nPerformance\n\n\n\nVenue\nSolar Myth\n1131 S. Broad Street\nPhiladelphia\, PA\nGet Directions \n\nThis is a standing show. \n  \n\n\nProgram Info\n$30 ADV / $35 DOS\n21 & Over \n\n\nFeaturing\n\nHorse Lords \n\nSam Haberman – drums\nOwen Gardner – guitar\nMax Eilbacher – bass\nAndrew Bernstein – alto saxophone\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/horselords/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T160000
DTSTAMP:20260926T022144Z
CREATED:20260926T022144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260926T022144Z
UID:1608-1791637200-1791648000@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Barnes Cinema: Tiguex by Raven Chacon
DESCRIPTION:About the Event \n\n\nToday’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 Mexico. A discussion with Chacon and Juana Berrío\, Marsha Perelman Senior Director of Programs at Calder Gardens\, will follow the screening\, along with an audience Q&A. \nThis program is presented alongside Sky Hopinka’s site-specific installation\, Red Metal Dust\, on view in the Annenberg Court. Hopinka’s video\, photo\, and text work centers on personal perspectives of Indigenous homelands and landscapes.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/barnes-cinema-tiguex-by-raven-chacon/
LOCATION:Barnes\, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T180000
DTSTAMP:20260830T194200Z
CREATED:20260830T192125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T194200Z
UID:1496-1791730800-1791741600@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Big Community Paper Show & Tell with music by Interminable & Raices Boricuas
DESCRIPTION: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. \nShare your creative endeavors with the neighborhood—do you crochet? draw? bake? Or any other creative activity you partake in? \nCome to the garden to Show & Tell your creativity with your fellow neighbors! BYO table/picnic blanket & potluck.  Email Michelle.anne.harris@gmail.com for more information. \nMusic starts at 3PM. \nRaices Boricuas: \nKensington’s own Raices Boricuas get the afternoon started with salsa\, merengue\, ballenatos and related Spanish language classics \n  \nInterminable \nInterminable is a Philly-based band creating original music in Spanish\, weaving together Mexican son jarocho\, jazz\, and rock to celebrate queer and trans\, Black and brown voices. By bringing together powerhouse musicians deeply versed in a multitude of genres\, they create a new musical world where all our worlds can fit. Their energetic\, inspirational live shows remind us of the joy we can forge when we come together in song and celebration. Their recorded works incorporate musical textures that transcend genre\, taking listeners on a journey across ancestral memory and self-empowerment. \nBorn out of a chance encounter on the train in 2015\, Interminable debuted a week later\, opening for cumbia supergroup Viento Callejero. Over these last 11 years\, the band has amassed an impressive portfolio\, playing across the East Coast and Mexico with renowned artists like Reyna Tropical\, Las Cafeteras\, and La Santa Cecilia. They headlined Philly’s Latin Punk Fest\, the Porchfest Afterparty\, and performed sold-out shows at the Mann Center\, World Café Live\, and as a featured artist with Journey Arts. \nThe musicians of Interminable create a singular blend – bandleader Ximena Violante on vocals\, electric guitar\, and jarana\, a guitar-like Mexican instrument. \n  \nEntrance to the garden is fully accessible.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/big-community-paper-show-tell-with-music-by-interminable-raices-boricuas/
LOCATION:César Andreu Iglesias Garden\, 425 Arlington St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T180000
DTSTAMP:20261004T012150Z
CREATED:20261004T012150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261004T012150Z
UID:1666-1791734400-1791741600@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Ambient Open Mic and Open House
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/ambient-open-mic-and-open-house/
LOCATION:Bell Tone Synth Works\, 7000Terminal Square\, Upper Darby\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T190000
DTSTAMP:20261009T031821Z
CREATED:20261009T031821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T031821Z
UID:1743-1791738000-1791745200@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Doug Hirlinger - solo drums and electronics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/doug-hirlinger-solo-drums-and-electronics/
LOCATION:A Man Full Of Trouble Tavern\, 127 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
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