Friday, July 18
Fri 7/18 6:30 PM Midpen Media Center [900 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303]
Segment 3: In this segment, Bay Area experimentalist David Leikam will deliver a live performance on the iconic Moog Rogue synthesizer, bringing analog warmth and raw sonic texture to the program for the evening.
Fri 7/18 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound Presents Red Fast Luck/Deciphering Broken Rhythms Collective
Fri 7/18 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind
Fri 7/18 8:00 PM Tom’s Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
George Rogers (alto sax)
Lorin Benedict (voice)
Tim Duff (bass)
Evelyn Davis (piano)
Martin Kent (drums)
Fri 7/18 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Lisa Mezzacappa Five plays Cosmicomics
Saturday, July 19
Sat 7/19 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
G|O|D|W|A|F|F|L|E||N|O|I|S|E||P|A|N|C|A|K|E|S
Unique experimental sounds 25 yrs stronger through gourmet vegan pancake event. Please enjoy.
Jay Howard (Circuit Wound, L.A.)
Fletcher Pratt
Sharkiface
Sissisters
Tomaka Connor
Sat 7/19 3:30 PM Re:Sound [Building 34 (near 1024 Nimitz Ave), Mare Island, Vallejo Coordinates: 38.098466,-122.2694642]
Solar Return (Julien Ottavi & Jenny Pickett) from Nantes, France
+ Wayne Grim & Phoebe Tooke as bLackPullet Grimoire
Sat 7/19 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
BROUN FELLINIS
David Boyce-electronics and saxophones
Kevin Carnes -samples and drums
Kirk Peterson-bass
Sat 7/19 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind
Sunday, July 20
Sun 7/20 12:00 PM Headlands Center for the Arts [944 Simmonds Road Sausalito, CA 94965]
Headlands’ Summer Open House will include an audio installation and two live sets by alum, Cheryl E. Leonard. Transforming the gym into a Listening Reserve, visitors are invited to experience soundscapes recorded in Marin Headlands and Point Reyes National Seashore. At 1pm and 3:45pm Leonard performs compositions that explore our Northern California coast and ways in which its wild systems regenerate and recover from human presence.
Sun 7/20 3:00 PM Joaquin Miller Park [3220 Joaquin Miller Rd, Oakland]
Emergent Sound Practices:
Karen Stackpole
Jacob Felix Heule
Lisa Mezzacappa + Crystal Pascucci-Clifford
Wednesday, July 23
Wed 7/23 7:00 PM Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109]
Dave Scott lights up the Black Cat stage with fire-breathing horn lines, fearless improvisation, and a sound that’s as sharp as it is soulful.
Thursday, July 24
Thu 7/24 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Rootstock @ Wyldflowr: Steve McQuarry Working as Synsor
Steve McQuarry is an avant-garde audio and visual performer-composer renowned for his
groundbreaking work in experimental music, where he performs and records under his moniker Synsor, on his independent label, Mandala Records. With a focus on electronic soundscapes and digital visuals, Steve’s creations traverse the realms of ambient, drone, noise, and beats. His journey into electronic music began in high school, where an encounter with a neglected synthesizer sparked a lifelong passion. This pivotal moment led Steve to explore and innovate, becoming a pioneer in synthesis.
Friday, July 25
Fri 7/25 7:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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22nd Annual Outsound New Music Summit
Ric Louchard Group, Fumi Okiji, with Music Research Strategies, Motoko Honda
Fri 7/25 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound Presents Angel
Fri 7/25 7:30 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar St Oakland]
Other Minds presents scenes in workshop from the work-in-progress, I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment, by American composer Joseph Bohigian, Lebanese-Armenian vocalist Khatchadour Khatchadourian, and the music-technology group Ensemble Decipher. The free workshop performance will take place on Friday, July 25, 2025, at 7:30 pm at the Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio in Oakland, CA. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A with the ensemble, moderated by Charles Amirkhanian.
Fri 7/25 7:30 PM Audium [1616 Bush Street]
Audium VI: Rewind
