Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Sat, Nov 8 2025 3:00 PM

Santa Cruz Actors' Theatre
1001 Center Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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The Y2K International Live Looping Festival is an annual event celebrating the art of live looping. A three-day event from November 7–9, 2025, featuring performances from artists around the world.

Live looping: A musical technique where performers record and instantly play back phrases of music. At the festival, artists must include a significant amount of live looping in their sets.

Y2K 2025 Festival Schedule: https://www.y2kloopfest.com/festival-schedule/

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
• 03:00 PM David Leikam (USA)
• 03:30 PM AL-EK (USA)
• 04:00 PM ASHER (USA)
• 04:30 PM JOEY FABIAN (USA)
• 05:00 PM BOB BURNETT (USA)
• 05:30 PM TECHNOLOGY PREMIERES: DAVID TRISTRAM (USA)
• 06:00 PM BOB AMSTADT (Looperlative) (USA)

>> DINNER BREAK <<

• 08:00 PM BASS BEAURACRACY
• 08:30 PM LUCI ALTER (Mexico)
• 09:00 PM CHATT3R (USA)
• 09:30 PM DOMINIKA BELANSKA (Slovakia)
• 10:00 PM ELIUD ERNANDES (MEXICO)
• 10:30 MORTICAI (USA)
• 11:00 PM THIRD WAVE (BILL WALKER, GARY REGINA, RICK WALKER) - Celebration of 30 Years of Live Looping

Y2K 2025 Performers: Mark Hamburg, Bill Walker – USA, Rick Walker – USA, Hideki Nakanishi, Dominika Belanska – Slovakia, George Demarest – USA, MORTICAI – USA, Rejyna – USA, Juan Carrizo’s dada – Argentina, Bob Amstadt – USA, Joey Fabian, Daniel Thomas – USA, Give In – aka George Cochrane, R Duck – USA, Bass Bureaucracy, Chatt3r aka John Connell – USA, Steve Uccello, Alison Hughey, Eliud Ernandes – Mexico, Mikko Biffle – USA, David Tristram – Visuals, James Sidlo, Jeff Kaiser, Luci Alter, Juraj Trubac – Slovakia, AL-EK, Irari Mejia Almonte, Rob Milby, David Leikam – USA, Cameron Smith, Dave DeLeon, Asher, Third Wave: Michael Peters – Michael Frank – Rick Walker, David Van Brink, Peter Kulich – Slovakia, Reinis Jaunais, Bob Burnette

Showcasing performers from 66 cities in 25 countries:
Prague – Rome – Florence – Milan – Livorno – Brescia – Settignano – Pozzolengo – Castiglione delle Stiviere – Alicante – Paris – Chauvigny – Lyon – Arcueil – Fresnes – London – Norwich – Penarth – Cardigan – Belfast – Neunkirch – Zurich – Berlin – Cologne – Konstanz – Dresden – Munich – Vienna – Stockholm – Oslo – Helsinki – Dubai – Singapore – Bangkok – Manila – Laguna – Kuala Lumpur – Penang – Ipoh – Pentaling – Malacca – Johor Bahru – Denpasar – Ubud – Jogjakarta – Osaka – Guadalajara – Zapopan – Mexico City – Ciudad Satélite – Mexicali – San Miguel de Allende – Long Beach – Las Vegas – Portland – Ashland – Lincoln City – Seattle – Providence – Austin – San Antonio – Colorado Springs – Denver – San Jose – San Francisco – Santa Cruz

Cost: $25/$75 https://www.y2kloopfest.com/say-yes-to-y2k