Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Upcoming shows


CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]: [INSECT LIFE featuring Ben Goldberg, Raffi Garabedian, Danny Lubin-Laden, Ben Davis, Myra Melford, and Hamir Atwal] More..
Wyldflower Arts [809 37th st oakland]: [Polinator’s Pathways featuring Chris Alford from NOLA] More..
Mr Tipple's [39 Fell St SF]: [Motoko Honda Quartet] More..
Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]: [knobs, switches, buttons, strings & related pathways of self, participation, and unpredictable behaviors] More..
Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]: [Sound and Visions: Ghost Dub + Fall of the House of Usher (1928)] More..
The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]: [What if Cuban musicians from the early 20th century heard the kundiman, harana, and danzas that came from the Philippines of the late 19th century? What if Filipino musicians danced to the Cuban orquestas, charangas, and conjuntos?] More..
Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]: [NEWT POOL (Cheryl Leonard, Wobbly) and Philip Perkins at Tom's Place] More..

Recently added shows


Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]: [THTHNG II is long awaited sequel to 2023’s THTHNG. Before AI slop became a household term, before the Butlerian Jihad started, THTHNG was technically the very first full-length ‘AI movie’ ever produced or screened for an unsuspecting audience. YT Obscura is a new experimental audio visual performance by Fluorescent Grey born out of the discovery ] More...
Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]: [Nat Evans performs his new album What Are Days For. Written over the course of three years, this new album by Nat Evans considers the grief of losing loved ones, relationships with plants, surfing, home, and the light of the west coast; earlier on, the Electric Guitar Ensemble opens with a set of music by Catherine Lamb, Rodrigo Barriga, and others] More...
Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]: [Free GOURMET vegan pancakes & fruit compote with entrance fee.] More...
Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]: [Soprano Jill Morgan Brenner and pianist Paul Dab present Vermilion Border: Songs at the Threshold, an evening of contemporary American art song and opera, featuring works commissioned and premiered over the past decade.] More...
Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St SF]: [A Book in a Day Workshop & Karl Larsson, Kaitlin McSweeney, Petra Zelie + Bryan Day Performances] More...

Recent albums


those who... - Rova Saxophone Quartet
Release Date: 10/23/2026
Text Scores - Rodrigo Barriga Ensemble
Release Date: 10/03/2026
Ketchup Packets - Rodrigo Barriga Ensemble
Release Date: 10/02/2026
Quartet - Rodrigo Barriga Quartet
Release Date: 10/01/2026

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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