Wednesday November 20, 2024 | 8:00 pm
Bark Culture/Marshall Trammell+Pat Cain
HUGE NIGHT! Philadelphia’s “Bark Culture” (vibes, bass, drums) and DC/Oakland duo Marshall Trammell (percussion) and Pat Cain (electronics, noise). Two sets of deep improvised music at the outer limits of jazz and noise. This may be the world premiere of the Duo of Pat Cain (from DC’s amazing Model Home) and Marshall Trammell (High Zero […]
Friday December 13, 2024 | 7:30 pm
Community Modular Meetup | Petting Zoo
SHARE AND LEARN! Members of Baltimore’s modular synthesizer community bring their racks for you to patch. Bring a rack to share! Try patching unfamiliar modules. Talk to the owners and learn more about what they love about their synths. This is a good chance to try modular formats outside of Eurorack. Participants might bring Serge […]
Thursday November 14, 2024 | 8:30 pm
Works Showcase: Keyes, Weeks, Holofcener, and Wenc
Tonight performers show off their deep research into experimental music. Jess Keyes brings her project Patien(t/ce), for voice and eurorack synth with handmade wearable controllers. She uses two home-engineered sensor gloves to manipulate her voice in real-time. Khristian Weeks will be improvising on found open-circuitry with a contact mic and objects. Stalwart arts advocate Adam […]
Monday November 04, 2024 | 8:00 pm
Dave Greber | Rohan Pathare & Robin Rhodes | Carrie Fucile & Brenton Lim
Dave Greber Dave Greber (b. 1982, Philadelphia) is an artist, educator, and consultant based in Baltimore. He creates experiences for galleries and the wider public arena, using digital media, sculptural installations, and social/environmental interventions. His practice is enthusiastically intuitive, aided by divination and collaboration with both biological and artificial intelligence. He began exhibiting video and […]
Sunday November 03, 2024 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective, October 2024
You are cordially invited to come play free music! 7:30pm, Free Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective. It’s a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this friendly, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in […]
Saturday November 16, 2024 | 7:30 pm
DIFFUSION – Night Four – VOXEL THEATER
Martin Schmidt, here welcoming you to High Zero’s DIFFUSION Festival. The third night of four. Our 8th annual DIFFUSION Festival. This one is at the state-of-the-art Voxel Theater. Doors will be at 7:30 MUSIC BEGINS at 8. Please come before the music begins so we don’t have to seat people in the dark! Live and […]
Friday November 15, 2024 | 7:30 pm
DIFFUSION – Third Night – VOXEL THEATER
Martin Schmidt, here welcoming you to High Zero’s DIFFUSION Festival. The third night of four. Our 8th annual DIFFUSION Festival. This one is at the state-of-the-art Voxel Theater. Doors will be at 7:30 MUSIC BEGINS at 8. Please come before the music begins so we don’t have to seat people in the dark! Live and […]
Saturday November 09, 2024 | 7:30 pm
DIFFUSION – Second Night
Martin Schmidt, here welcoming you to High Zero’s DIFFUSION Festival. The second night of four. Our 8th annual DIFFUSION Festival. This one is at the Red Room. 2 shows: Early and Late Doors for the Early Show will be at 7:30 Doors for the Late show (please be quiet if you are arriving early!) will […]
Friday November 08, 2024 | 7:30 pm
DIFFUSION – First Night
Martin Schmidt, here welcoming you to High Zero’s DIFFUSION Festival. The first night of four. Our 8th annual DIFFUSION Festival. This one is at the Red Room. 2 shows: Early and Late. Doors for the Early Show will be at 7:30, Doors for the late show (please be quiet if you are arriving early!) will […]
Sunday October 13, 2024 | 8:00 pm
BILL NACE ALAN LICHT DAVE HEUMAN
Join us at the Red Room for a Three-Head Bill with GUITARS. As almost always, doors at 8, music at 8:30. We will ask 10 dollars at the door, but more is welcome. PLEASE bring cash for the show as we have no digitonulator that accepts non paper monies. No kidding. Thank you. Bill Nace […]
Sunday October 06, 2024 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective
You are cordially invited to come play free music! 7:30pm, Free Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective. It’s a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this friendly, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in […]
Saturday November 02, 2024 | 8:30 pm
Tom Hamilton & Al Margolis / Lander – Pluta Duo
Electronics Electronics Electronics and Voice The Red Room is proud to present NYC based giants of experimental electronic music, Tom Hamilton and Al Margolis in Duo Form, complimented by local artists Sam Pluta and Bonnie Lander. A night not to be missed! TOM HAMILTON has composed and performed electronic music for over 50 years, and […]
Tuesday October 15, 2024 | 8:30 pm
CANCELED: K a y a / Bonnie Lander, Shelly Purdy, John Dierker
Sorry folks! Cancelled due to illness. Hope to do this again soon! The voice comes out in this double feature featuring visiting vocalist K a y a. K a y a “solo voice performance. in her solo voice performances, kaya dives deep into an emotional landscape of her voice. her solo performances are characterized by […]
Monday September 16, 2024 |
High! Zero! High! Jinx!
KEEP BALTIMORE WEIRD! This is your chance to get out in public and remind Baltimore what makes us great: extreme, unabashed self-expression! While the main stage is invitation-only and booked a year in advance, there are many opportunities to perform at High Zero through High Jinx, our broadly participatory, informal and unofficial site specific and […]
Sunday September 22, 2024 | 8:00 pm
High Zero NIGHT 4!!!!
Enjoy the final night of Baltimore’s – and potentially the world’s – greatest improvisation-centered experimental music festival! SoloRachel Beetz flute, electronics Set 1Che Davis tromboneThomas FlorinpianoBonnie Lander voiceSam Newsomesoprano sax with horn preparationsChris Williamstrumpet Set 2Putu Tangkas Adi HiranmayenaBalinese gamelanMickey Lusk harpJamal Moore reeds, percussion, electronics Set 3CK Barlow samplingObie Feldi computerSam Pluta electronicsMary Staubitzobjects […]
Saturday September 21, 2024 | 8:00 pm
High Zero 2024 Night 3!
High Zero Continues! Saturday Nights get packed, book ahead or come early! Check out our website for full info on High Zero artists, venue, events etc SoloSam Newsome soprano sax with horn preparations Set 1Rachel Beetz flute, electronicsChe Davis tromboneSam Pluta electronicsLuc Vitkaccordian, hichiriki, synth, drumsAdam Zanolinibass, flute Set 2Obie Feldi computerBonnie Lander voiceTom Leonardsonsynthesizer […]
Friday September 20, 2024 | 8:00 pm
High Zero 2024 Continues! Night of Random!
Prepare your ears (and eyes) for High Zero’s “Night Of Random” – 15 artists thrown in with FATE. Regardless of your cosmology/ontology/pathology, you cannot deny the inner voice that tells you that SCHEDULING improvisation is part of the problem NOT part of the solution. THE NIGHT OF RANDOM is the solution, or as one would […]
Thursday September 19, 2024 | 8:00 pm
High Zero 2024 Opening Night Thursday Sept 19
The High Zero Fest 2024 kicks off! Behold the East Coast’s – potentially the world’s – greatest and weirdest music festival, entering its 26th year. Artists from Baltimore, the USA, and around the world meet and create new genres, new sounds, new bands, new psychologies and new landscapes for your very ears (and eyes). Check […]
Tuesday October 01, 2024 | 8:00 pm
Clausen // Icasiano // Purdy
Three intimate SOLO sets to make your Tuesday tingle all over! $10SS Christopher Icasiano and Andy Clausen, Seattle, WA Drummer Christopher Icasiano and Trombonist Andy Clausen started collaborating in Seattle’s vibrant improvised music scene more than a decade ago, and more recently have toured extensively as part of the dreamily harmonious Indie Folk band Fleet […]
Sunday September 01, 2024 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective
You are cordially invited to come play free music! 7:30pm, Free Every month, the Red Room hosts the Volunteers’ Collective. It’s a free session of experimental and improvised music. In this friendly, informal setting, we focus on listening and collaboration. Players of all skill levels participate. Try out a new technique or new instrument in […]
Wednesday September 04, 2024 | 7:00 pm
High Zero Night at Fadensonnen
7pm Wednesday September 4th, 20243 W. 23rd St., Baltimore We are gearing up for the High Zero Festival with a special night in early September. Local luminaries will perform experimental improvised music for you in a cozy tavern setting. Fadensonnen is generously hosting us for this fundraising event. A portion of the tavern profits will […]
Saturday August 24, 2024 | 8:00 pm
ASH: 001 (Daoure Diongue, Mark Kent Navarro & Ellery Bryan)
Ellery Bryan (they/them) is a nonbinary visual artist who translates analog to ephemeral media. Sound artist, producer, audio engineer, and composer Mark Kent Navarro (he/him) is a Filipino-American artist born and raised in Baltimore City. Daoure Diongue (he/him) is a saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist evoking his homes of Baltimore and Senegal through sound. Together, they […]
Tuesday October 22, 2024 | 8:00 pm
BEAM SPLITTER + Phil Minton (US/UK/NO) | Corey Thuro, Taylor Washington, Dan DeLuca
Two duos intersect, forming this trio of hyper-extended close miked mouthful and breath driven antics for double voice and trombone. They have separately toured the globe extensively, each carving out a unique approach to music making. As a trio or in extended projects, they have performed together in the UK, US, Portugal, Ukraine, Germany, Argentina […]
Sunday August 18, 2024 | 8:00 pm
Trash Cats // Heather // Rachel Beetz
It’s a 3 set Sunday nighter not to be missed! $10SS Heather Pulling from styles and media specific textures that span early music, old time, dance tunes, and electronic music, Heather cobbles together something ambient, noisy, and sample-based with tapes, contraptions, electronics, and fiddle. https://www.hmmease.com/https://semibegun.bandcamp.com/track/late-romanticshttps://semibegun.bandcamp.com/track/kill-slay-nothinghttps://www.instagram.com/xxcorncobxx/ Trash Cats Charlottesville-based noise duo Trash Cats frequently perform amalgamations […]
Sunday August 25, 2024 | 8:00 pm
A Surround Sound Evening of Agitprop Sound
In commemoration of the 2014 protests in Ferguson, this evening presents multiple approaches to the soundscape of politics and the political. Surround sound and stereo works by Donia Jarrar, Lyn Goeringer, Jazmin (JT) Green, Chris DeLaurenti, and others engage the politics of the personal and “the art of the possible” along with the possibility of […]
