Variant 6 returns to present ARABESQUE, featuring Rebecca Myers and Elisa Sutherland in an intimate recital of solos and duets, accompanied by Dušan Balarin on a variety of plucked string instruments.

The São Paulo - Philly Connection explores the history of musical exchange between the United States and Brazil. Drawing on the repertoire of American jazz and folk songs, Brazilian popular music, and original compositions, the group pays tribute to the cultural contributions and musical dialogue between both countries.

After years of work, the Foreland Basin debut album is finally going to be released! Join us for a very special evening to listen and celebrate. We will have food, drinks, and a variety show featuring performances from friends of the band and standout members of the Philly scene. 

You and your fellow guests are attendees at a tea party at the end of the world, partaking in the rituals and obligations of being a guest in someone else’s, for lack of a better word, home. This darkly humorous, cutting and cozy exploration of the apocalypse wonders alongside the audience if remaining playful in dire circumstances is the key not only to surviving, but thriving.

You and your fellow guests are attendees at a tea party at the end of the world, partaking in the rituals and obligations of being a guest in someone else’s, for lack of a better word, home. This darkly humorous, cutting and cozy exploration of the apocalypse wonders alongside the audience if remaining playful in dire circumstances is the key not only to surviving, but thriving.

You and your fellow guests are attendees at a tea party at the end of the world, partaking in the rituals and obligations of being a guest in someone else’s, for lack of a better word, home. This darkly humorous, cutting and cozy exploration of the apocalypse wonders alongside the audience if remaining playful in dire circumstances is the key not only to surviving, but thriving.

Gabriel Furtado and Ben Cocchiaro’s new album ranges from intricate, hypnotic arrangements of traditional and contemporary fiddle tunes to raggy bastardizations of 18th century fuguing hymns. Opener is fingerstyle guitarist Andy McLeod, a master of building connections between the string music of other people, places and times.

Saxophonist, composer and improviser Cole Pulice traffics in shimmering, otherworldly beauty. On Land’s End Eternal, their first album for Leaving Records (releasing May 9th), the Oakland-based artist expands their compositional palette beyond signal-processed saxophone to include layers of electric guitar and lush choral arrangements.

Our local folk-rock friends are back at MAAS with their mix of upbeat hum-along melodies and lyrical storytelling. Singer-songwriter and eagle-headed enigma Tabo Carbone contributes dystopic songs for the people, and Yung Sham deliberately defies distinction with his brand of alt rock.

Ira Khonen Temple’s debut album Strange Tongue - Mistame Loshn is an exuberant and irreverent entanglement with Yiddish protest music, love songs, and anthems.  It’s queer, trans antifolk music that’s informed by klezmer and Romanian dance. It’s totally bilingual and an amazing gateway into a defiant tradition of survival and solidarity. Raucous and intimate in turns, this music makes as much space for joy as it does for grief.

Kath Bloom is a quietly legendary artist: producing what are now thought of as forgotten masterpieces of folk since the late 70s. Her recent collaboration with David Shapiro (also known as Alexander) has brought her music to a wider audience - and now she’s back in Philly.

The Philly Clown Slam is an ever-evolving beast of an event - a vehicle (clown car?) for clowns of any kind to come and experiment, and the cast of characters is rotating! We like it this way. 

Standing at the intersection of traditions of Moroccan Gnawa music and bold futurism, Imal Gnawa seeks to weave together ritualistic trance acoustic elements with futuristic aesthetics, creating a soundscape that is as timeless as it is avant-garde.

In this edition of bowerbird's deep relaxation listening experience, artist C. Lavender blends sound healing and electronic music for a “sound bath” experience—creating a space for calm, reflection, and rest.

The legendary Baltimorian songwriter Wheatie Mattiasich’s mountain dulcimer and folk ballad vocals can “render you gummy, stir you into putty.” Joined by free-psych-folk collective Wrinkle (performing for the first time in nearly 20 years!), the always-innovative Sam Wenc Trio & bluesy Argentinian guitarist Luciana Bass.

With Cuddle Magic you’re quicksand in the hourglass of the band, chasing them from song to song, feeling to feeling, willing participants in their worldbuilding. Joined by singer/songwriter/storyteller Sarah Gulish. Tickets $15 - $25 at the door only - no presales for this one!

Liminal States is an ongoing series of in-person performances designed for deep listening and relaxation. Intended to guide audiences to that magic space between wakefulness and sleep, these performances invite listeners to lie down, close their eyes, and immerse themselves in sound. Sink in, bliss out.

Join the Bergamot Quartet as they perform works by faculty and guest composers from the 2025 Wildflower Composers Festival!

A disarmingly uplifting duo performance of shimmering folk strings, heartfelt traditional songs and percussive dance! Come join Nic and Simon as they adventure into a world of time and timbre that’ll take your breath away.

An evening of ambient pedal steel guitar & singing strings with Luke Schneider and Pure Waves, with locals The Other Side Of A Dream (Jordan Burgis of Systolic Murmurs & Mary Beth Ray of mb+mp) opening the night.

fire museum’s “Dialogues: A Conversation and Performance” is a series of events in which artists discuss their creative process and present their work. For Edition #5, Baltimore-based musician Georgia Beatty talks the "The Book of Stars", a magic lantern show set to original music.

Liminal States guides audiences to that magic space between wakefulness and sleep - listeners to lie down, close their eyes, and immerse themselves in sound. Sink in, bliss out. This edition features Neel Murgai’s Harmonic Infinity Loops, a solo performance with sitar, overtone singing, frame drums, live looping and effects.

morning trancedeluxe is the new alfresco sound assemblage of Chris Powell and Pete Angevine, who patiently swirl up a sizzling, serene improvisational interplay of modular synthesizers and small pitched percussions for world peace. BYO blanket, snacks and coffee provided.

A night of intimate, experimental sounds! tilt exists in the space between improvisation and song, elastic and flowing, their music emerges from a shared love of words and experimentation. Dan Blacksberg is a maestro who effortlessly hops between—and, ultimately, deconstructs—genres with abandon. A good time for all.

Giant Day marries psych, art rock, post-punk and dream pop influences into a distinctive new sound. Buffalo Stance is exotic synth squelches and groovy rhythms. 5th World creates ambient textures, riffs and basslines, synced with electronic drums and live percussion. Come by and groove.