Now Is : August 2026

1. Ken Vandermark presents The Field Kitchen Uptown Orchestra, with Josh Berman, Indira Edwards, Garrett Frees, Ben Hall, Mike Khoury, Nick Macri, Beth McDonald, Sharon Udoh

1. Matt Blair Clearings Quartet
2. Michael Zerang, Tim Kinsella
3. Caroline Jesalva, Aaron Kaufman-Levine

LUNCH-TIME

1. Andrew Scott Young, Jake Leech

OPTION

1. Christopher Dammann, Avreeayl Ra, Edward Wilkerson

1. Amos Egleston Quartet

1. Laminal Anamil : Luke Leavitt, Ari Smith, Tim Russell
2. Maggie Cousin, Amelia Ya'el

1. Keefe Jackson, Molly Jones, Mai Sugimoto
2. Garrett Frees, Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Morgan Garrett
2. Gloorp
3. Z Soniat
4. Rikki G Godd

1. Ari Brown, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Dave Rempis, Bill Harris with special guest Jakob Heinemann

1. LeRoy Bach, Dan Bitney

Improvised Music Series

1. My Little Realities : Juliann Wang, Evan Kopca, Graham Nelson, Ben Zucker
2. The Cogstet : Matt Coglianese, Connor Berhard, Nathan Reider, Preyas Roy, Nadav Simon

Quin Kirchner Residency

1. Quin Kirchner with Jason Stein, Nate Lepine, Nick Broste, Matt Ulery

1. Naydja Bruton, Amos Egleston, Luisa Jouan

1. Voicehandler
2. Ben Billington, Jason Soliday, Andrew Scott Young
3. Sarah Lutkenhaus

1. Christopher Dammann Quintet with Jim Baker, James Davis, Jon Irabagon, Clif Wallace

Side Yard Sounds

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

1. The Shape Of : Theo Katsaounis, Jamie Levinson, Donny Mahlmeister
2. Open Seki : John Biggers, Nathan Tucker
3. Father Costume : Sam Wagster, Gillian Lisée, Michael Hartman, Azita Youssefi

Eardrum Series

1. BearDuo : Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Garrett Frees
2. Julius Tucker Trio with Ethan Philion, Kyle Swan

1. Tatsu Aoki
2. Abronia
3. Drazek Fuscaldo

1. .VOM

1. Jeb Bishop, Kevin Cheli, Seth Andrew Davis, Weasel Walter
2. Luc Mosley, Ines Torres

1. Dave Rempis, Joshua Abrams, Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker

1. Brian Citro Quintet with Nick Mazzarella, Tom Vaitsas, Matt Ulery, Quin Kirchner

OPTION

1. Caroline Jesalva

Side Yard Sounds

1. NadNavillus
2. ABOLISHVICTORY!

1. 500 Geckos
2. Yeah Everything
3. Hisssfitsss : Bill Harris, Reid Karris, Janna Lee, Molly Jones
4. Mickey Farès, Jeffrey Goulet

1. Zoh Amba

1. Jason Stein Solo
2. Amos Egleston, Tyler Wagner, Daniel Gayden, special guest Luisa Jouan

1. Horses 4K
2. Desert Liminal
3. Sam Wagster

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Riley Martin Trio

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Splice Series

1. Eric Leonardson, Sue Wolf, Carol Genetti, Peter Maunu

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Kari Novilla, Mary Halm

Heavy Air Happy Hour

1. Robbie Lynn Hunsinger, Erik Sowa, Andrew Scott Young

Comfort Music

1. Jeff Kimmel, Jack Langdon
2. PXM : Madeleine Aguilar, Philip Lesicko
3. Rue Mori

Improvised Music Series

1. BananaAcid : Erez Dessel, Garrett Frees, Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jesalva, Tyler Wagner
2. Ken Ueno Solo
3. Ken Ueno with Tim Daisy, Kim Nucci, Ben Zucker

Quin Kirchner Residency

1. Quin Kirchner's Fire Horse, with Mark Feldman, Greg Ward, Brandon Harper, Pete Olynciw

1. Katie Ernst Solo
2. DJ Joe Bryl
3. Mike Reed's Common Good Dance Band

Image of Thought

1. Fred Jackson Jr, Luc Mosley, Rin Peisert, Sharkey Zalek

CLEAT Series

1. Suzanne Thorpe with Bonnie Han Jones, Stephan Moore
2. Binary Stitches

1. Erez Dessel 4tet

Tangible Sound Presents

1. Tatsu Aoki, Kioto Aoki, Coco Elysses

1. Quin Kirchner Trio

1. Gleb Kanasevich, Jeb Bishop
2. Michael Zerang, Adam Shead, Weasel Walter, Bill Harris
3. Caroline Jesalva, Sarah Clausen
4. HillHillHill : Will Greene, Ishmael Ali, Lily Finnegan

1. Yoona Kim, Graham Stephenson
2. Chris Corsano, Chad M Clark

1. Heliacal Rising of Sothis : Adam Zanolini, Fred Jackson Jr, Naydja Bruton, Anaiet Soul

1. Relative Intensity Noise

OPTION

1. Matt Robidoux

AACM Sanctuary Series

1. Isaiah Spencer Ensemble

1. Yoona Kim with Garrett Frees, Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jesalva, Erez Dessel, Tyler Wagner

1. Dave Rempis, Mark Feldman, Tim Daisy

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

New Music Chicago Presents

1. +Pan Quartet : Michael Schwebke, Eric Sewell, Lisa Donald, Mark Nelson — music by Dr David Maki, Louis Raymond-Kolker, Robert Chappell, Aaron Gage

1. Bark Culture : Victor Vieira-Branco, Joey Sullivan, John Moran
2. 21 Million Kites

1. Treyf
2. Baby
3. First Electric

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Andrew Sudhibhasilp Trio

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Kevin King Trio

Pleiades Series

1. Emma Garau
2. Mabel Kwan / Selina Trepp
3. Pleiades free improv jam

Splice Series

1. Daniel Lewis, Chuck Furlong, Peter Maunu

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Lionshead Numinous Rave Concept

1. Jake Xerxes Fussell

Comfort Music

1. Allen Moore, Norman W Long

Chamber Music America: A Night at Constellation

1. Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
2. Andy Milne & Unison
3. Huu Bac Quintet

Improvised Music Series

1. Jorrit Dijkstra, Jeb Bishop, Mabel Kwan, Michael Zerang

Quin Kirchner Residency

1. Quin Kirchner's Spectral Beings, with Rob Frye, Matt Gold

1. Community Music
2. Missing Piece with Louis Goldford
3. Migrations Trio : Adam Gabbert, Fred Jackson Jr, Erik Sowa

1. Arman Sangalang Quartet with Dave Miller, Ethan Philion, Devin Drobka

1. Erez Dessel Trio

A Page of Madness

1. Film screening with live musical accompaniment by The Miyumi Project

Thirsty Ears Festival

1. 2:00PM Chicago Chamber Music Festival
2. 3:00PM Chethan Anant
3. 4:00PM NLM Young Artists
4. 5:00PM Bach + Beethoven Experience
5. 6:00PM Amy Gadd and Rebecca Gaspelin
6. 7:00PM Catalano-Sudman Piano Duo
7. 8:00PM Olea Ensemble
8. 9:00PM PlayOUT!
9. 9:30PM Mini Sound of Silent Film Festival

Tribute to Malachi Favors Maghostut

1. Film screening : "Keep Playing til the Lord Says Stop"
2. Performance by Edward Wilkerson Jr, Ernest Dawkins, Darius Savage, Vincent Davis, others

1. The Quantum Committee

1. Christopher Dammann, Matt Piet, Avreeayl Ra

1. Ambigere
2. Jeff Goulet
3. Sister / Brother
4. Oriental Rugs

Thirsty Ears Festival

1. 1:00PM Jeff Kowalkowski and Friends
2. 2:00PM Michael J Miles and Jill Kaeding
3. 3:00PM BrioChe Duo
4. 4:00PM Lakeshore Rush
5. 5:00PM Missing Piece
6. 6:00PM Emily Mwila
7. 7:00PM Wurtz-Berger Duo
8. 8:00PM Origin of Animal

1. Luc Mosley, Louisa Jouan

AfriClassical Futures : The Holy Presence of Joan D'Arc

1. Julian Terrell Otis, olula negre, Eve Sanchez, Lindsey Sharpe, Sajdah Muhammed, Alex Moore, Nick Reeves, King Sophia, Omkara Gil, Luis Gonzalez, Malik Johnson — music by Julius Eastman, Ahmed Al Abaca

Side Yard Sounds

1. Ro(b)//ert Lundberg's Addendum, with Will Greene, Robbie Hunsinger, Caroline Jesalva, Tyler Wagner

1. Jorrit Dijkstra/Jeb Bishop Unit : Jorrit Dijkstra, Jeb Bishop, Josh Berman, Katie Ernst, Tim Daisy

Comfort Music

1. Weatherbreather : Deidre Huckabay, Nick Meryhew, Ryan Zerna
2. Beth McDonald, Caroline Jesalva

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Bill Harris, Eli Wallace, Jason Roebke, Emily Beisel
2. Carol Genetti
3. Jason Soliday, Graham Stephenson

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Chase Wilkins Trio

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, Naydja Bruton, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Ari Brown, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed

1. The Green Mill — documentary screening

1. Michael Columbia : David McDonnell, Christopher Kalis, Dylan Ryan — Record release
2. Null Mutants : Todd Irwin, Nick Butcher

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Righteous Rooster

1. Finding Center with Donovan Mixon

Comfort Music

1. Audrey Steiner & Margaret McCarthy

Improvised Music Series

1. Danny Kamins + Olbrzym i Kurdupel : Tomek Gadecki, Marcin Bożek
2. Sophiyah E

Quin Kirchner Residency

1. Quin Kirchner with Nick Mazzarella, Jason Stein, Nate Lepine, Nick Broste, Julius Tucker, Matt Ulery

1. Hampus Öhman-Frölund

Side Yard Sounds

1. Jeb Bishop, Tom Lowery, Matthew Lux

1. Sonic Vanguard Ensemble : Taalib-Din Ziyad, Ed House, Coco Elysses, Zahra Baker, Shanta Nurullah

Elastro

1. Matthew Daher's The Wisdom to Know the Difference
2. Sarah Lutkenhaus

Splice Series

1. Olbrzym i Kurdupel : Marcin Bozek, Tomek Gadecki, with Danny Kamins, Carol Genetti, Peter Maunu

1. Moor Mother with Lily Finnegan & Blacks' Myths

1. The Arab Blues : Rami Gabriel, Karim Nagi

Turn of the Century: Chicago-style

1. Jeff Chan with Suwan Choi, Yun Sil Jang, Tatsu Aoki

Marvin Tate's Controlled Burn

1. Marvin Tate, LeRoy Bach, special guest Kenyatta Rogers

1. Taalib-Din Ziyad Trio

Intervention 4

1. Sarah Lutkenhaus
2. Ryan Walach

1. Amos Egleston Trio with Andy Danstrom, Louise Inés

1. Nick Mazzarella with Russ Johnson, Clark Sommers, Quin Kirchner — Album release

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions