Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Upcoming shows


The Chapel [777 Valencia St SF]: [An Evening With Sun Ra Arkestra] More..
Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]: [Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)] More..
SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]: [CD Release for BONK 7:30 Hauras (Howard Ryan) 8:30 BONK (Bill Noertker/Oliver Kogod - electric bass duet)] More..
Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]: [Improvisation Workshop hosted by Lewis Jordan: Inviting musicians, poets, dancers, to a non-hierarchical setting to improvise together.] More..
CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]: [CCRMA presents Leila Abdul-Rauf: Architecture of Shadow] More..

Recently added shows


Cybersentics Book Club at Gray Area [2665 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110]: [Each month, participate in a fascinating new social reading group exploring biofeedback, cyborg theory, and the human sensorium.] More...
Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]: [Lovage Sharrock (guitar & voice) and Jon Leidecker aka Wobbly (electronics) present Phipps Pt., their ongoing duo project exploring the porous edge between song and real-time electronic transformation.] More...
Goldman Theater, David Brower Center [2150 Allston Way, Suite 100 Berkeley]: [Other Minds welcomes musician and philosopher David Rothenberg to answer this question in the West Coast premiere of his work Eleven Paths to Animal Music (2025) at the Goldman Theater, David Brower Center.] More...
SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]: [Outsound Presents at the SIMM Series - Doctor Bob & The Outpatients - Return Visit 7:30 PM] More...
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]: [Join us for a deep sonic journey with Krys Bobrowski & Karen Stackpole’s water-filled vessels and amplified gongs.] More...

Recent albums


othrwrldly - Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish)
Release Date: 02/20/2026
Live At Celeste - Jon Raskin
Release Date: 02/14/2026
Diatribe, Parts 1-6 - Steve Adams
Release Date: 02/07/2026
Incomplete, Open - duo B
Release Date: 01/30/2026

About Bay Improviser

Bay Area Improviser's Network was created to provide a forum for Experimental, Improvised, Noise, Electronic, Free-Jazz, Avant Garde, Modern Composition, and Other Forms of Contemporary Sound in the San Francisco Bay Area. At this site, you can find musician's biographical information, upcoming concert info, reviews, links to other sites, and more.

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