Now Is : A Chicago Music Calendar

1. Tromblau&Friends : Emma Blau with Dakarai Barclay, Carmani Edwards, Indigo, Max Lazarus, Jonah Lazarus, Julius Tucker

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Splice Series

1. Chris Dammann, Peter Maunu, Ben Schmidt-Swartz, Scott Dean Taylor

2x4

1. Hunter Diamond, Sarah Clausen
2. Robbie Lynn Hunsinger, Tatsu Aoki
3. Mabel Kwan, Ayako Kato
4. Jason Stein, Julian Kirshner

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Heat On : Ed Wilkerson, Fred Jackson Jr., Nick Macri, Lily Finnegan

Mosaic

1. Picosa : Jennie Oh Brown, Andrea R DiOrio, Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite, Tahirah Whittington, Daniel Schlosberg, Jonathon Kirk — music by Georg Philipp Telemann, David Clay Mettens, Andile Khumalo, Jessie Montgomery, Clarice Assad, David Lang, Florent Ghys, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Fred Onovwerosuoke

1. Zander Raymond
2. Eli Schmitt, Gerrit Hatcher, Zander Raymond

1. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis
2. Yr Knives

Improvised Music Series

1. Devin Gray Solo
2. Will Greene, Ishmael Ali, Lily Finnegan

Nick Mazzarella Residency

1. Nick Mazzarella, Dennis Carroll, George Fludas

1. Devin Gray, Will Greene, Ishmael Ali
2. Haruhi Kobayashi
3. King Dom Cummies

CSO & Constellation Present: Mike Reed’s Chicago Inspiration

1. The City Was Yellow : Geof Bradfield with students of Jazz Links
2. The Magic Box : Mike Reed with Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Greg Ward, Joshua Abrams, Jason Adasiewicz

1. Jason Calhoun
2. Zander Raymond
3. Gianni Andreatta

1. Javier Red Quartet with Dakarai Barclay, Jeff Wheaton, Daniel Gayden

1. Jayashree Aravind with Anugrah Lakshmanan, Ashwin Subramanian

"Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts" Release Show

1. Charles Joseph Smith
2. Chelsea Bridge x Pan American
3. DJ Potions

1. Dave Miller, Bill MacKay

AfriClassical Futures Series

1. Theresa May — Dizygotic Energy

Ficciones

1. Fonema Consort — music by Gabriel Bolaños Chamorro, Genie Alvarado, Alberto Carretero, Michele Abondano, Jianing Yang, Rebecca Saunders

1. Dan Moroz, Jue He

1. Yea Big, Jon Byler Dann, Tatsuya Nakatani, Tatsu Aoki

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Luke Schneider
2. Mute Duo
3. 21 Million Kites

L’dor v’dor

1. Arianna Zukerman, Heather Johnson, Jason Wirth — music by Leonard Bernstein, Laura Kaminsky, Ricky Ian Gordon, Laura Karpman, David Leisner, Alex Weiser, David Hanlon

1. Tromblau&Friends : Emma Blau with Dakarai Barclay, Carmani Edwards, Indigo, Max Lazarus, Jonah Lazarus, Julius Tucker

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Okapi : Scott Mitchell Gorski, Lindsey Paige Miller
2. Emily Beisel
3. Nolan Chin

1. Colleen : Libres antes del final

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Filharmonic

Improvised Music Series

1. Nick Anaya, Christopher Dammann, Julian Kirshner
2. Michael Zerang, Adam Shead, Bill Harris, Weasel Walter

1. Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart — Record release
2. Kari Watson

1. Matthew Muñeses/Arman Sangalang Quartet, with Sam Peters, Dana Hall

Side Yard Sounds

1. ABEEKU : David Boykin, Crai'Sean George, Jon-Edward Stokes
2. inga

1. KVL : Quin Kirchner, Daniel Van Duerm, Matthew Lux

Chicago Jazz String Summit 2026

1. Zosha Warpeha, Carlo Costa
2. Ayman Asfour, Marwan Allam, Eric Allen
3. Laura Ortman

CLEAT Series

1. nnirror
2. Crystina Windham
3. Ben Zucker Brass Quartet

1. Questionable Decisions : Alex Wing, Michael Levin, Preyas Roy, Chris Bernhardt, Paul Abella

Eardrum Series

1. LeRoy Bach, Dan Bitney
2. Sarah Clausen, Tyler Wagner

Chicago Jazz String Summit 2026

1. Theresa Wong
2. Indira Edwards, King Sophia
3. Carla Kihlstedt

1. Clark
2. Mode Hexe

1. Chicago Jazz String Summit 2026

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Morgan Turner Quartet

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Corey Smith performs 'Essay on Resonance'
2. Heavy Tiny

1. Dylan Ryan 4tet, with Mai Sugimoto, Jason Adasiewicz, Nick Macri

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. The Samples

Heavy Air Happy Hour

1. Mickey Farès, Jeff Goulet, Andrew Scott Young

sounding/BODY Presents: BODY MATTER

1. Ben Roidl-Ward, Ty Bouque — music by Ti McCormack

1. J0Y. featuring Matthew Davis

1. Douglas McCombs, Michael Vallera
2. Field Hospitals
3. The Shape Of
4. DJ Kenny

Party 2026

1. Dal Niente's 20th Anniversary Celebration
2. Performance of Fausto Romitelli's Professor Bad Trip, Lesson 1
3. Performance of works by Tomás Gueglio Santiago Diez-Fischer, Diana Soh, Eliza Brown, Roscoe Mitchell

8th Annual Elastic Arts Benefit

1. 2026 Elastic Achievement Award presented to Reneé C Baker
2. AACM Percussion Ensemble
3. Infrathin : Whitney Johnson, Lula Asplund
4. Praiseworthy, by Sam Lewis, Hunter Diamond

1. Bonnie Han Jones

1. Andrew Scott Young, Caroline Jesalva, Dave Miller, Tyler Damon

1. Sam Prekop, John McEntire
2. Jungle Boogie

1. Illusion of Safety
2. Slow Slow Loris
3. dathon
4. eXU-9

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Donovan's Garage

1. Donovan Mixon, Dushun Mosley, Edward Wilkerson

1. Casts — Album release
2. Paige Alice Naylor

1. Potliquor : Sharon Udoh, Allen Moore — Record release
2. Ben Hall, Marvin Tate
3. Paul Giallorenzo

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Marisa Cravero X Ella Grace

1. Lane Tech Jazz

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Aerophonic Presents

1. Dave Rempis, Mark Feldman, Tim Daisy
2. Mai Sugimoto Trio with Joshua Abrams, Isaiah Spencer

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Del Trio

1. Zander Raymond Solo
2. Tyler Wagner, Zander Raymond

Jazz Composer Night

1. Arman Sangalang

Transcendent Souls IV

1. J Holzen, Jadie Reeves, Mere Harrach, Olivia Moyer, Evé Sanchez, Ari H Scott, Asher Sizemore, Cameron Slaugh, Roman Wood — music by Ahmed Alabaca, Lily Koslow, Jadie Reeves, Rina Sawayama, Ari H Scott, Asher Sizemore

1. Grossman Ensemble — Katherine Balch, Shawn Okpebholo, Gity Razaz, Matthew Ricketts

AIRMW Arts Initiatives Presents

1. Juliann Wang's My Little Realities, with Ben Zucker, Graham Nelson, Evan Kopek, John Rozman

1. Luke Gullickson, Amanda DeBoer Bartlett — music by Peter Garland

1. Ben Schmidt-Swartz Solo

Frequency Series Presents

1. Kylwryia Trio : Erica Dicker, John Gattis, Mabel Kwan — music by Eric Wubbels, Katherine Young

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Max Brown Quartet

1. Nova Linea Musica Concert of World Premieres
2. NLM Piano Trio : Rabia Brooke, Nathanael Canfield, Daniel Dorsey — music by Graham Meyer, Joel Y Hoo, Jason Zhang

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. ABEEKU : David Boykin with Crai'Sean George, Luc Mosley, Jon-Edward Stokes

1. Griffin Brown, Zander Raymond, Paige Alice Naylor

Improvised Music Series

1. Jeff Wheaton's Ahura, with Vincent Davis, Javier Red
2. Interim Assassin : Jeb Bishop, Daniel Burke, Erik Sowa

Thunder and Light

1. Lakeshore Rush : Erin Kendall Murphy, Laura McLaughlin Lingle, Amos Gillespie, Janice Lee, Christopher Ferrer, Elena Doubovitskaya — music by Nino Rota, Amos Gillespie, Maurice Ravel, Philippe Gaubert, Nicola Resanovic, Larry Axelrod

Fürstliche Rubine: 113 Composers Collective and Fonema Consort

1. Fonema — music by Chaya Czernowin, Tiffany M Skidmore, Arnold Schoenberg

1. Drazek Fuscaldo : Przemyslaw Krys Drazek, Brent Fuscaldo, with special guests Grażyna Auguścik, Mark Feldman, Tatsu Aoki, Michael Zerang

The Horns From Mars + Mars Williams Toy Story

1. Ken Vandermark, Gerrit Hatcher, Dave Rempis
2. Rin Peisert, David Hurlin

Side Yard Sounds

1. The Fancies with Death
2. Jackiemandrake

DANCE!

1. Lakeshore Rush : Erin Kendall Murphy, Laura McLaughlin Lingle, Amos Gillespie, Janice Lee, Christopher Ferrer, Elena Doubovitskaya

1. Marisa Anderson

Frequency Series

1. Blacktop Percussion
2. Bridge Percussion
3. Bridge Percussion & Blacktop Percussion

1. Nick Dunston with Ben Lamar Gay, Tomeka Reid, Julian Otis, Caroline Jesalva

1. Gallery Talk by Marilyn Crispell
2. Performance with Jason Stein, Damon Smith, Adam Shead