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Upcoming shows


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..
The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]: [FREE! Brown Bag Jazz Hangs: Katy Stephan on Chet Baker the Vocalist] More..
King Library [150 E San Fernando St San Jose California 95112]: [Charged Particles plays funky Latin jazz at the Digital Humanities Center in the King Library in San Jose.] More..
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]: [Join DVT—the trio of composer Damani Rhodes, vocalist VADIA, and poet Tongo Eisen-Martin—for a live performance of their album “Traveling Shoes” inside the exhibition “Dread Scott: The Body Politic.”] More..
RootStock Arts Center [5741 Telegraph Ave Oakland]: [Black Edgar’s MusicBox] More..
The Monkey House [1638 University Ave, between California and Jefferson, Berkeley]: [Another night from The Experimental Music Club featuring Erick Glick Rieman, Dolls of August and Nick Willbrand.] More..

Recently added artists

Matt Robidoux Matt Robidoux
composer, improviser, and educator Unpil Baek Unpil Baek
Improviser and Builder of Dialogue Frances Feldon Frances Feldon
Recorder, transverse flutes; musical director Mixus Mundi. Sudhu Tewari Sudhu Tewari
electro-acoustic composer, improvisor Headboggle Headboggle
Derek Gedalecia a.k.a. Headboggle - electronic keyboard-based soundscapes

Recently added shows


Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]: [SPAM New Media Festival 2026 at Indexical in Santa Cruz, California from October 9-11 with Sunken Cages, Rohan Chander, Dorothy Santos & Abram Stern, Ava Koohbor, Nathan Corder, Jean Carla Rodea, and EPOCH. Workshops led by Kate Hollenbach, Kumi Maxson, Diana Mulan Zhu and Marianne Goldin.] More...
Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]: [SPAM New Media Festival 2026 at Indexical in Santa Cruz, California from October 9-11 with Sunken Cages, Rohan Chander, Dorothy Santos & Abram Stern, Ava Koohbor, Nathan Corder, Jean Carla Rodea, and EPOCH. Workshops led by Kate Hollenbach, Kumi Maxson, Diana Mulan Zhu and Marianne Goldin.] More...
Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]: [Kumi Maxson invites participants into collective improvisation and explores the role improvisation plays in political and social change.] More...
The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]: [¡Sonidos Latinos! : Marco Díaz Quartet] More...
SubRosa [703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz]: [Rodrigo Barriga Ensemble, Marc Perez/Loring Benedict, Sean Keenan/Abe Gibson] More...

Recent albums


Text Scores
Text Scores - Rodrigo Barriga Ensemble
Release Date: 10/03/2026
Ketchup Packets
Ketchup Packets - Rodrigo Barriga Ensemble
Release Date: 10/02/2026
Quartet
Quartet - Rodrigo Barriga Quartet
Release Date: 10/01/2026
Concert Band 1 CD 41
Concert Band 1 CD 41 - Dan Plonsey
Release Date: 09/21/2026

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