Friday April 26 * 7pm * $10-25 * TICKETS

David Grubbs is Professor of Music at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. At Brooklyn College he also teaches in the MFA programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) and Creative Writing. He is the author of Good night the pleasure was ours, The Voice in the Headphones, Now that the audience is assembled, and Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording (all published by Duke University Press) as well as the collaborative artists’ books Simultaneous Soloists (with Anthony McCall, Pioneer Works Press) and Projectile (with Reto Geiser and John Sparagana, Drag City).

Playing older than his 26 years, Eli Winter has long demonstrated mastery over solo guitar composition and performance, which has received praise from Pitchfork, The Guardian, Stereogum, NPR and others. Winter’s latest album, Eli Winter (Three Lobed, 2022), lives up to the promise that is inherent within the mere construct of an eponymous album - a statement, a reinvention. Assisted by a murderer’s row of peers and contemporaries including Cameron Knowler, Yasmin Williams, David Grubbs, Ryley Walker, Tyler Damon, jaimie branch, and others, Eli Winter showcases a compositional depth and authoritative skill only hinted at on Winter’s rightfully acclaimed previous work. Is it folk? Rock? Jazz? Something simply “other”? The answer to all of these questions is “yes." The result is the sound of an artist escaping any lingering shadows of his primary influences and coming into his own.

Naked Choir is a brand new DC-based duo between guitarist Ivan Liptak and electronic musician Horda Basin

Saturday April 27 * 7pm * $15 * TICKETS

daarling - a dynamic 3-piece indie rock band currently based in Chicago, Illinois. They blend soft and delicate passages with bursts of intensity and noise paying homage to the soft-loud dynamics of 90s bands.

Joy Viver - A notably fun experience - Washington DC.

Exit Angles - Exit Angles is here and now punk ROCK, formed in Wheeling, WV, in 2021 by Jay Demko (ex singer/guitarist of the post hardcore band Lincoln) and longtime Daptone Record drummer Brian Wolfe. Their debut album, A Sickness and a Fire, was released in March 2023 by Blind Rage Records and mixed by J. Robbins (Jawbox). Their 2nd album releases in Spring 2024 on their own Intentional Grounding label. Jay Demko - Vocals, Guitar; Isa Campbell - Guitar; Ella Jennings - Bass, Vocals; Brian Wolfe - Drums

Sunday April 28 * noon-4pm * $5-10 suggested * RSVP

The DC Modular Society is a group focused on learning, teaching, and performing electronic music with modular synths. DCMS meetups are open to all with an interest in electronic music, modular and other hardware synths, and hybrid systems for creating and performing music. We encourage and support building a diverse and inclusive community—if you’re wondering if you belong—the answer is yes! No equipment is necessary to attend meetups, but feel free to bring gear if you like. Mixer and PA system provided. We frequently do informal demos of synths and electronic music techniques.

Sunday April 28 * 1pm * in the backyard * $15-25 * REGISTER

Itching to get creative? Come dye with me! This class will cover making and dyeing with indigo, including the basics of shibori (Japanese tie-dye).

You'll learn how to:
-make an indigo vat
-dye with indigo for long-lasting color
-tie up the cloth for a variety of beautiful patterns
-care for your indigo-dyed items

Each participant will receive 1 bandana to dye with. All other materials provided. You may bring a few additional items to dye from home. Small to medium sized items with 50% or more natural fiber content work best. In addition, wear clothing that you don't mind getting stained. Bring an apron if you wish, and rubber gloves if you have them.

Sunday April 28th * 8-10pm * TICKETS

Jam nights are an opportunity for people to show up and create art together. Bring a guitar, sticks, sketch pad, didgeridoo, or your dancing shoes and come vibe. Amps, speakers, drum set, and microphones are provided. Featured artist: @steves_art_and-cacti

Monday April 29 * 7pm * $10-15 * TICKETS

Kevin Coleman is a boundless explorer within the world of American Primitive guitar music. The Nashville-based artist channels everything from Piedmont blues to krautrock and Appalachian freak folk into his fingerstyle guitar compositions.

Jordan Perry is a guitarist based in Charlottesville, Virginia.  His most recent album "What Do You See Everyday?" is currently available from Feeding Tube Records in collaboration with 2020 Records and tapes.

Corey Thuro is a Baltimore based musician, artist, “philosopher”, and mathematician. 

Tuesday April 30th * 7:30pm * free RSVP

Doze into a sonic cosmos. Bring a mat, blanket, and water if you like.

Naoco Wowsugi, an artist and engaged citizen, welcomes all sisters and siblings to rise and gong on. Having good vibrations is the key to the universe.

Camilo Montoya is a Nicaraguan writer and spoken word artist, raised in Silver Spring, MD. He composes and performs musicalized poetry covering topics around immigration, identity and latinidad with musical influences ranging from cumbia, rock, and Latin-jazz.

Valentina is a quirky house plant and will be providing ambient sounds on her travel record player. 

Thursday May 2 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

We are pleased to welcome James June Schneider for a screening of The End Of The Light Age (aka 1,2,3 Whiteout) (2007) followed by Q&A.

Produced by Sphairos Productions (USA), La Huitième compagnie (France)
(2007, 16mm, color, 75 min, USA / France)
Starring Karine Adrover and Lou Castel

"This 'tone-poem' for darkness' mixes amazing scenes with diverse archive footage, an exceptional sci-fi sensibility and incredible soundscapes to form a blissfully imaginative retro-futuristic creation." - Leeds Intl. film festival, 2007

Friday May 3 * 7pm * $20 suggested * TICKETS

7pm: Cristian Perez solo
7:30 Joel Harrison (electric and national steel gtr), John Previti (bass), Joshua Espinoza (keys), Mike Kuhl (drums)

Guitarist, composer, arranger, lyricist, writer, educator, and vocalist Joel Harrison has “created a new blueprint for jazz” (New Orleans Times-Picayune). A Guggenheim Fellow (2010) whose compositions have been commissioned by Chamber Music America, Meet the Composer, New Music USA, the Jerome Foundation, NYSCA, and the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, Harrison is a two-time winner of the Jazz Composers Alliance Composition Competition and has appeared repeatedly on DownBeat Magazine’s “Rising Star” poll.

Cristian Perez is an Argentine-American 7-string guitarist/composer/arranger currently based in Northern Virginia. He graduated from GMU with a BM in Classical guitar (2010) and a MM in Jazz Studies (2012). Cristian has performed internationally and continues to be very active in the local music scene.

First Saturday of the month * 10am-noon * REGISTER

Rhizome Puppet Lab is committed to the performance side of puppetry. It supports the development of works in progress. You can present work for feedback or direct others in the lab to improvise or puzzle out specific scenes. You may use the group to figure out how your show might work. Anyone may lead a lab about any aspect of performance.

Puppet Lab’s purpose is to be a hub for all those interested in puppet theater who would benefit from: boosting creative power; honing puppet-manipulation skills; cross-pollinating ideas; receiving feedback about works in progress; building puppet community. Types of labs have included shadows, Laban, suspense, metaphor, music, voice, Clown, character development, props, table top, humanette, hand puppets, and much more. Open to all levels of experience.

every other Sunday * 10am-noon * RSVP

Rhizome is pleased to announce our Youth Electronic Music Lab, for young people ages 11-18. We meet regularly to share space together while working and to give and receive feedback in a positive and encouraging environment. Our group at this point consists of some beginners and others who have experience making electronic music and are able to work independently on it. We plan to invite guest musicians periodically to share tips, talk music theory / composition, offer feedback, etc. Please bring a laptop and headphones if possible. Bring some of your own music you’re working on or would like to share.

Sunday May 5 * 1-3pm * RSVP

Death Cafes are opportunities for people to enjoy refreshments together and discuss the topic of death. The objective is to “increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” There are Death Cafes all over the country. What's on your mind about death and dying? Contact Death Cafe Facilitators Margaret Branch at margaret603@gmail.com or Monica Lynch at mlynch19@comcast.net.. Death Cafes are NOT therapy, grief support, or counseling sessions. Cost: Free (small donation for the space encouraged)

Sunday May 5 * 5pm * in the backyard * $15-25 * TICKETS

Electric Cowbell Presents... La Perla - from Bogota, Colombia / Taxi Vision - Queens / Leon City Sounds - all vinyl / Empanadas De Vico - eat!

Often referred to as the 3 Colombian drum witches, La Perla is a one-of-a-kind percussion and vocal trio consisting of three of Bogota's best young musicians, whose powerful lyrics combined with intoxicating rhythms make for an unstoppable dance party. 

Taxi Vision is a Queens-based music project with branches extending to Quito, São Paulo, and Umbria, purveying reckless arrangements of highlife guitars, doo wop harmonies, chopped up samples, samba and psychedelia.

Tuesday May 7 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Saapato is the music project of upstate NY based multi-instrumentalist Brendan Principato. His work focuses on the intersection of ecology and music, using a distinct blend of manipulated field recordings and lush electronic soundscapes to encourage listeners to reconsider their place within nature.

Tooth Choir - dc Project

Candy Weather is a new DC band with Bash on synths, drum machine, Ben on bass, sample pad), Katie (vocals, guitar) and Dan (pedal steel, guitar).

Wednesday May 8 * 7pm * $10-25 suggested (proceeds to Rhizome) * TICKETS

699X Plays "In C"
699X is a group of graduate students at the University of Maryland who have spent the semester immersed in minimalist music, and will perform their own realization of Terry Riley's 1964 classic "In C," in honor of its sixtieth anniversary.

Bud Wilson + Patrick Bain Play "Vibraphone Phase"
Percussionists Bud Wilson and Patrick Bain realize Steve Reich's 1967 "Piano Phase" on two vibraphones.

Friday May 10 * 7pm * $10 * TICKETS

Pain Generator

Hindu Pez

Industrial Grade Acid

PAS Musique

Bodied

Adam Arritola + Ayako Kanda + Ron Anderson

2nd Saturday of the month * online at 1130am Eastern * REGISTER

Rhizome Puppet Lab is committed to the performance side of puppetry. It supports the development of works in progress. You can present work for feedback or direct others in the lab to improvise or puzzle out specific scenes. You may use the group to figure out how your show might work. Anyone may lead a lab about any aspect of performance.

Puppet Lab’s purpose is to be a hub for all those interested in puppet theater who would benefit from: boosting creative power; honing puppet-manipulation skills; cross-pollinating ideas; receiving feedback about works in progress; building puppet community. Types of labs have included shadows, Laban, suspense, metaphor, music, voice, Clown, character development, props, table top, humanette, hand puppets, and much more. Open to all levels of experience.

Sunday May 12 * 1-3pm * Free / donations * RSVP

Palestine and Puerto Rico share a profound history of colonial occupation, economic exploitation, and cultural resistance, despite their geographical distance and unique cultural identities. Join this teach-in to gain a deeper understanding of the historical connections and parallels between the Palestinian and Puerto Rican freedom struggles. Learn how to support initiatives fighting for the liberation of the land and people in both regions.

Presented by the Diaspora Pa'lante Collective - Our goals are to support our people in the liberation of our country and to create relationships in solidarity with all oppressed peoples - in the struggle for liberation that is here, now, globally.

Sunday May 12 * 4pm * MASKS REQUIRED * $30-45 (scholarships available) * REGISTER

Dye sessions act as an interactive introduction to natural dye. Every dye session is uniquely tailored to each group and may change seasonally due to the availability of natural dye materials. Each participant will work with cotton bandanas to learn and practice a variety of dye techniques.1

Fatima Janneh is a Gambian American fiber and textiles artist. Based in DC, she works primarily with natural dye and is an avid knitter. Currently teaching dye workshops and selling at markets around the city.

Tuesday May 14 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

somesurprises is a dynamic four-piece live band lead by Seattle-based songwriter and guitarist Natasha El-Sergany. Motorik beats, reverb-drenched vocals, washes of fingerpicked guitars, and hazy synths expand El-Sergany’s delicate and blissful songwriting.

TALsounds (Natalie Chami) is a Canadian-born Lebanese American musician and educator. Known for her work in drone, ambient, and improvisational music, she has cultivated a distinguished solo career over the past 14 years, crafting a distinctive blend of personal and transporting music.

John Karvonen is a Palestinian-American electronic artist based in DC. He started exploring synthesis and music production in 2020. In 2022 he began studying the piano and music theory with Natalie Chami (TALsounds) as his teacher.

Wednesday * May 15 * 7pm * $10-15 * TICKETS

The Electric Nature is a psychedelic, experimental improv group from Athens, GA. They have a recent LP on Feeding Tube Records, as well as recent cassette releases on Eiderdown Records, We, Here, & Now! Recordings, and Null Zone Tapes.

Tarotplane is P.J. Dorsey from Baltimore MD. He has released a number of albums on labels such as 12th Isle, Patience/Impatience & Constellation Tatsu. Working mostly with the guitar, his work has been described as “new school kosmiche”.

AM Howard was born in DC and came of age in the New Mexico plains and West Texas Bars. His solo guitar work falls somewhere between modern American primitive fingerpicking, looping/loping ambient country, and Motorik-inspired drives into the middle distance.

Thursday May 16 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

Recognized in the New Yorker for his “characteristic magnanimity” and his “invaluable contributions to New York’s new-music community," bassist/composer/improviser James Ilgenfritz presents "Almostness" and other new creations for solo contrabass in Just Intonation scordatura with Autonomous Mechanical Instrument Array, from his new album Stay Logged In On This Trusted Device.

Blurring the limits between speed and slowness, guitarists Meg Duffy and Greg Uhlmann communicate in velocities, underwriting each other’s peaks and flurries as they ache toward a mutual horizon. These one-take improvisations, recorded in Uhlmann’s brothers’ house on a borrowed tape recorder, unfold like a game of truth or dare.

Inverse Square Trio is Shelly Purdy and co - Baltimore - "seeks to demonstrate and illuminate acoustic properties and aural illusions."

Friday May 17 * 7pm * $12-15 * TICKETS

Psyop & Null/Void Presents

Totally Slow: Greensboro, NC punk outfit Totally Slow makes razor sharp, no-frills melodic hardcore, with angry lyrics that show how the personal is inseparable from the political when the country is on the brink of chaos.
https://totallyslow.bandcamp.com

NIGHT!NIGHT!: Sleazy Post-Hardcore from Chapel Hill NC
https://nightnightnc.bandcamp.com/

The Mostly Dead: Hardcore punk from Washington DC Est 2008
https://themostlydead.bandcamp.com/

Palladists: Gothy punk from DC
https://palladistsdc.bandcamp.com/

Saturday May 18th * 7:00PM * $25 * TICKETS

“Recognized as an iconoclast, and one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation, William knows no genre bounds and ceaselessly searches for new forms of music, always with the intent to inspire.” - THE WIRE

William Hooker (drummer, composer and poet) has created works that range from jazz and "new" music to experimental genres. He has released over 80 CDs as a leader. Accompanying musicians have included Billy Bang, David Ware, William Parker, Thurston Moore, David Soldier, Roy Campbell, DJ Spooky, Steven Bernstein, Zeena Parkins, Lee Ranaldo, Jason Hwang, Sabir Mateen, Elliot Sharpe, David Murray, Ted Daniel, JD Parren and many more.

Alex Lozupone (guitar) is a New York City–based jazz and rock musician and film director. As a musician, he is a member of Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel, and has played with Percy Jones and Stephen Moses

Dave Sewelson has specialized in the baritone saxophone since the early seventies. He has played in many bands including the 25 O’Clock Band, Jemeel Moondoc’s Jus Grew Orchestra, Saheb Sarbib’s Multinational Big Band ,Noise R Us, Mofungo, Freedomland and Fast ‘n Bulbous. He was a founding member of the Microscopic Septet.

every other Sunday * 10am-noon * RSVP

Rhizome is pleased to announce our Youth Electronic Music Lab, for young people ages 11-18. We meet regularly to share space together while working and to give and receive feedback in a positive and encouraging environment. Our group at this point consists of some beginners and others who have experience making electronic music and are able to work independently on it. We plan to invite guest musicians periodically to share tips, talk music theory / composition, offer feedback, etc. Please bring a laptop and headphones if possible. Bring some of your own music you’re working on or would like to share.

Sunday May 19 * noon-4pm * $5-10 suggested * RSVP

The DC Modular Society is a group focused on learning, teaching, and performing electronic music with modular synths. DCMS meetups are open to all with an interest in electronic music, modular and other hardware synths, and hybrid systems for creating and performing music. We encourage and support building a diverse and inclusive community—if you’re wondering if you belong—the answer is yes! No equipment is necessary to attend meetups, but feel free to bring gear if you like. Mixer and PA system provided. We frequently do informal demos of synths and electronic music techniques.

Sunday May 19 * 7pm * $15-30 * TICKETS

claire rousay is a singular artist, known for challenging conventions in experimental and ambient music forms. rousay masterfully incorporates textural found sounds, sumptuous drones and candid field recordings into music that celebrates the beauty in life’s banalities. Her music is curatorial and granular in detail, deftly shaped into emotionally affecting pieces. sentiment is a meditation of the poignant emotional terrains of loneliness, nostalgia, sentimentality, guilt, and sex. The album’s narrative arc is guided by delicate musical gestures and artistic vulnerability, audaciously synthesizing disparate and unexpected influences. rousay crafted the songs in various homes, bedrooms, hotels, and other private places, the feeling of time and energy spent alone radiating from each passage. The album is a collection of heart-rending, incisive pop songs that explore universal feelings with subtlety and remarkable vision.

As a composer, flutist, and improviser, Rachel Beetz explores presence through sound and listening. Her works recreate physical atmospheres based on her deep listening adventures in the wild, exploring hidden worlds of nature and machines. Combining experimental field recordings and electronically modified flutes, her works examine community, environmentalism, and women’s work through sound, textiles, and lighting. Her projects have been featured in concert halls and galleries in Australia, Iceland, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. You can hear her on Orenda, Blue Griffin, iikki, Neuma, and Populist record labels. She is currently a co-director of the Wasteland Music and Populist Records.

Wednesday May 22 * 7pm * $12 advance tickets, $15 day of * TICKETS

Red brick Presents

Pockets (Washington, DC)
https://pocketsssssss.bandcamp.com/
DC's premiere shrimp boy

People I Love (NYC)
https://peopleyelove.bandcamp.com/album/people-i-love
Solo project of Dan Poppa.

Fish Hunt (NYC)
https://fish2hunt.bandcamp.com/

Sunday May 26 * 10am * Free * RSVP

Christine and Té invite you to join us for an experiential workshop where we will explore the
effects of sound on body and mind! Tune into the frequency of your nervous system and
discover ways to modulate it with sound. We’ll have a short discussion followed by an
immersive sound experience. Please join us!

Limited to 15 participants. Please register by emailing queeringsound@gmail.com to
reserve your space. This workshop is presented as part of Queering Sound 2024.

Wednesday May 29 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

After dealing in mostly Latin tropical styles for over a decade, with the psychedelic cumbia of his band Chicha Libre in particular, Brooklyn-based Olivier Conan now leads Combo Daguerre, a group that performs original French tunes with a psychedelic edge and a mostly Latin crew. Its hybrid style is informed by boleros, cumbia, 60's rock, French chanson, Gainsbourg and 1930s surrealism.

Combo Daguerre is: 
Adele Fournet – keyboards; Felipe Wurst – guitar; Andres Fonseca - drums; Neil Ochoa - percussion; Dan Martinez - bass and Olivier Conan  - cuatro and vocals.

Opening set by Soroche - Mixing Cumbia, Punk, Folk, and everything in between into a danceable alchemy that crosses cultural dancefloors.

Friday May 31 * doors at 7, music at 730 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Gwenifer Raymond hails from Wales and currently resides in Brighton, England.   Gwenifer began playing guitar at the age of eight shortly after having been first exposed to punk and grunge. After years of playing around the Welsh valleys in various punk outfits she began listening more to pre-war blues musicians as well as Appalachian folk players, eventually leading into the guitar players of the American Primitive genre.

Max Ochs came up through the ranks starting in Annapolis before studying at University of Maryland College Park.  He frequented the early DC folk scene eventually sharing stages and record labels with other guitar luminaries from the DMV like John Fahey and Robbie Basho.  Max Ochs has performed at Rhizome many times over the years and is excited to share the stage with Gwenifer Raymond again; both Max and Gwenifer were on the bill for Takoma Park’s primitive guitar festival, the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose in 2018.

Saturday June 1 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Matriarch - "...Dense low end, shimmering oscillations, rattle and hum." Philadelphia, PA.

Weapons Envelope - Solo noise/power electronics workings by Emily Haugh.

Struggle - Struggle is the solo project of Kifah Foutah.

Creation In Vein - abstract percussive terror.

Numbing Agent is an analog + digital noise performer/ recorder that focuses on manipulating and sequencing recordings and live sound.

Farrowing - noise.

Monday June 3rd * 7pm * $30 admission in advance/$40 at the door. Student/low-income tickets: $20-25 sliding scale in advance * TICKETS

This classic inspiring duo returns to Rhizome. Join us for an evening of great music.

Sir Kahil El’Zabar was Knighted by the Council General of France for his Global contributions to the Arts. El’Zabar, Has recorded over 100 acclaimed projects, and founded and leads the legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and Ritual Trio.

David Murray is considered to be the most influential tenor saxophonist of his generation. He has recorded more than 300 acclaimed projects. He is co-founder of the World Saxophone Quartet, and leads the famed David Murray Quartet, David Murray Octet, and the David Murray Big Band.

Tuesday June 11th * 7pm * $20-$25 * TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents Silvervest, the Montrael-based duo of vocalist Kim Zombik and contrabassist Nicolas Caloia. Intimacy is at the heart of SILVERVEST’s vibrant and melodic music, toggling between swagger and sweetness, caressing and careening. The music remains unset and generous, and intuitively explores the nuts and bolts of humanity’s mortal coil while remaining open to all possibilities.

Kim Zombik roots her original compositions and performance style deep in her own rich life experience. She performs regularly in Montreal and has released 12 recordings, 3 on Sony/Village Records. Two of those releases reached the top ten in Japan’s SWING Journal.

Nicolas Caloia is a Montreal based bassist, composer, and bandleader. He works at creating a living music by using rigorously composed material to channel collective improvisation.

Friday June 28 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

Double record release! Both groups will be celebrating the release of new records on Cuneiform Records.

Janel and Anthony: Both musicians, together and separately, have long been an important and active part of Washington D.C.’s new-music scene. Anthony Pirog, an omnivorous, multi-faceted guitarist who studied jazz at Berklee and has performed country, fingerstyle, rock and surf music and Janel Leppin, a conservatory trained cellist steeped in North Indian and Persian classical music, who also plays electric bass in rock bands, have created a lavishly detailed musical journey, by turns ravishing and harrowing. Janel and Anthony alternately charm and challenge, with music that draws from classical, experimental, jazz, rock and electronic traditions but that ultimately is simply theirs.

Ensemble Volcanic Ash: "Janel Leppin is a picture of versatility. Not only has she been a pillar of Washington, D.C.’s creative music community for the last 20 years, but the cellist, composer, arranger, and singer has made significant marks in other scenes as well. She’s contributed cello arrangements to the Messthetics, played with punk outfit Priests, and records art-pop under the Mellow Diamond moniker. Ensemble Volcanic Ash, comprising Leppin, bassist Luke Stewart, harpist Kim Sator, guitarist Anthony Pirog, alto saxophonist Sarah Hughes, tenor saxophonist Brian Settles, and drummer Larry Ferguson, exquisitely captures strings-driven melody, harmony, and noise at a furious clip. They both tug at the heartstrings and bust ears. " - Jazz Times

Saturday June 29th * 7pm * $25 * TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone, horn preparations, toys) and Max Johnson (double bass). Combining their musically diverse backgrounds, these two master improvisers weave a sonic landscape that traverses from beautiful singing melodies to electronic-like drones, psychedelic blasts to the quiet rustling of leaves, all with the sounds of a soprano saxophone and double bass.

Sam Newsome, a versatile soprano saxophonist, music professor, and writer, recently showcased his talents through two notable 2023 duo recordings: Soprano-Logues with Dave Liebman and Cosmic Unconsciousness Unplugged with Jean-Michel Pilc.

Described as “an intrepid composer, architect of sound and beast of the bass...” (Brad Cohan, NYC Jazz Record) composer-bassist Max Johnson creates complex worlds of sound, challenging his listeners to engage deeply and be rewarded with an experience always crafted with love, care, and clarity.

Tuesday July 2 * 7pm * $10-25 * TICKETS

Outside Time presents...

Lia Kohl and Whitney Johnson began improvising together in Chicago in 2018. What started with free exploration has coalesced in a set of sounds, approaches, and open compositions that take form on an upcoming record on Drag City, set to be released in November 2024.

Natalie Chami (TALsounds) is a Canadian-born Lebanese American musician and educator. Known for her work in drone, ambient, and improvisational music, she has cultivated a distinguished solo career over the past 15 years, crafting a distinctive blend of personal and transporting music.

Naoco Wowsugi is a community-engaged artist who blurs the lines between being an artist and an engaged citizen. As a first-generation immigrant living and working in Washington, DC, Wowsugi's cross-disciplinary projects explore the nature of belonging and inclusive community building. Naoco will present a solo gong performance.

Friday July 5 * 7 PM * $10-20 * TICKETS

Dog Scream are a noise/heavy electronics duo from rural Virginia, creating thrift store grand guignol spectacle at bracing volumes.

Earwig Deluxe is a glam-rock crooner mummified in pluff mud about 40 miles northeast of the Morgan Island rhesus monkey colony.

Glowhazel is the solo project of Arlington-based mountain dulcimer player Thiel Secrist, in an attempt to queer the boundaries between traditional music and experimental soundscapes. 

Collapsing is the experimental noise project of Paul Keily. Collapsing started in 2014 as a sample and VST mangling side endeavor and coalesced into his main project by 2018.

Friday July 12 * 6pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Presented by Saltare in Elementis Dance Collective (SIEDC)

Elemental Arts Festival will begin at 6:00 pm with a film showcase, presenting short-films from local Maryland filmmakers and featuring SIEDC's latest film series Roots: Maryland's Nature to Nurture.

After the films, attendees can peruse and shop through a local vendor craft fair, socialize, and enjoy refreshments.

SIEDC is an arts company that uses dynamic movement, innovative filmmaking, and storytelling to motivate social change. With dance at the center, SIEDC uses art to facilitate powerful conversations.