Archive of past events at The Red Room

Sunday August 23, 2026 | 8:30 pm

Beautiful Pigs | Postwife

Beautiful Pigs is an improvising guitar trio featuring Luke Rovinsky and bassist Caleb Duval, co-creators of prolific Connecticut series/label/collective FIM Improvisation, with Providence-based percussionist, organizer, producer, and visual artist Mackenzie Kourie. Postwife (Jess Keyes and Landon Peer) open the night. Jess is known for her electroacoustic and ambient music, saxophone playing, compositions, band-leading, sound installations, […]

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Thursday August 20, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Mark Cetilia solo + Jason Charney/James Young Duo

Top night featuring one of America’s finest modular synth composer/performers Mark Cetilia of Providence. Completing the night will be Mind on Fire’s genii Jason Charney and James Young. James and Jason may need no intro to Baltimoreans – virtuosi in their fields: composers extraordinaire but also fabulous improvisors and we’ll see that side to them […]

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picture of performers interacting with an uncanny collection of objects including stretched plastic wrap

Thursday August 13, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Erin Demastes, Dylan Burchett: object-synthesis | Eric Franklin, Paul Rubenstein, John Jensen

Erin Demastes and Dylan Burchett explore improvisation with small instruments, synthesizers, computers, handmade electronics, and found objects, bringing ideas from their individual practices as experimental music composers, performers, and instrument builders. Following the theme, a group of local instrument builders will include Eric Franklin, Paul Rubenstein, and John Jansen. Paul Rubenstein plays the mechanical monk (motorized drone played […]

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Tuesday August 11, 2026 | 8:00 pm

The Lepidopterans/GAF Trio

Absolute powerhouse improvisation night. Do not miss – Chicago/Bmore/Philly top tier out/noise/jazz/electronic/metal weirdness. Greene/Ali/Finnegan Trio from Chicago converges with beloved mostly local quartet The Lepidopterans. The Lepidopterans (means “moths and butterflies” if you don’t roll that way with taxonomy) may not need an intro but just in case – local electronics wizards Tom Borax and […]

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A Benjolin-style synthesizer with the words RULES & RUNGULATIONS Sam Burt

Thursday August 06, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Burt Album Release, Benham, Zaldivar, Franklin

Album Release show for Rules & Rungulations, unconventional music from a Eurorack system with the beating heart of a Benjolin. This show, featuring Sam Burt on modular synthesizer, celebrates the release of his new album. He will play through a tangle of cords, cross-patched with partner Dave Benham. Sharing the bill, Carolyn Zaldivar and Ian […]

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Sunday August 02, 2026 | 7:00 pm

Volunteers’ Collective, August 2026

You are cordially invited to come play free music! Free event7:00pm doors, 7:30pm start Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective, a free, open music workshop for the community. In this friendly, informal setting, we focus on listening, collaboration, and experimentation through non-idiomatic improvised music . Players of all skill levels participate. Try […]

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The Red Room is a volunteer-run space in Baltimore dedicated to mind-expanding experimental culture, headquartered at Normals Books and Records.