Thursday March 19, 2026 | 7:00 pm
Community Modular Meetup | Feedback Patches
Bring your rack and some headphones and patch along. Null Infinity and Sam Burt will provide creative stimulation with two approaches to generative feedback patching in modular synthesis. This is a free workshop/social event for anyone interested in electronic music. Also, feel free to bring modules for swapping! On occasion, the Red Room hosts a […]
Sunday March 01, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective March 2026
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Free event7pm 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 […]
Saturday March 07, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Peter Evans w/Borax, Pluta + We Sundry Vessels
Night of extreme strangeness. Words like “acoustic” and “electronic” are for “foolz”. Distinquished and legendary NY trumpeter visits the Red Room to play in trio with two locals: longtime collaborator and computer music guru Sam Pluta and modular synth wizard Tom Borax. Evan’s outrageous extended techniques combined with Pluta and Borax’ noisy, textured and reactive […]
Friday February 27, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Drum Major Instinct – Jeff Arnal returns to Balt.
In the early days of the Red Room, one of the great bands to grace our stage once or twice a year was the John Dierker Quartet. Led by still-resident legendary reed player Dierker, this band played with unforgettable fury. A significant portion of that fury was from drummer Jeff Arnal – an absolutely mad […]
Sunday February 22, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Night Of Cello! Ali/Rojas solos
High Zero Vet and amazing cellist/electronics/voice improvisor Ishmael Ali returns to Balt! Solo set + Special guest opener John Pablo Rojas. John Pablo is a recent transplant to MD and grad “cello Fellow” at UMD. Don’t not miss this night of experimental cello mastery. Ishmael is a staple of Chicago improvisation, free jazz, noise and […]
Tuesday February 10, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Nomad War Machine/Alcorn LP release show w/The Cups
One year ago we lost Susan Alcorn, the legendary pedal steel guitarist we made her home here in Baltimore for the past 20 years. On Tuesday the 10 of February, our friends at VG+ Records is releasing what is (probably) the LAST album ever cut by Susan, with the unlikely but very copacetic pairing with […]
Sunday February 01, 2026 |
Volunteers’ Collective February 2026
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Free event7pm 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 […]
Friday February 06, 2026 |
Rachel Beetz and Melissa Foss
Melissa Foss plays her artisanal ceramic flutes in a rare solo performance. Rachel Beetz plays metal flutes featuring sounds from her album Tone Keepers, released on cassette this very day.
Sunday January 25, 2026 | 8:00 pm
HADAL Zone, Ida Dierker
Cancelled due to snow! Be safe! Enjoy thyself!
Saturday January 31, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Jason Charney & The Matt Sargent
Jason Charney – solo set Matt Sargent Ensemble – Several Angels (guitar/flute/electronics with Jason Charney) Matt Sargent – Fifth Illumination (guitar/electronics) Matt Sargent (b. 1984) is a composer, guitarist, recording engineer, and music technology specialist based in upstate New York, where he is an assistant professor of music at Bard College. His music grows from […]
Sunday February 08, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Thomas Kraines, Melinda Rice, Sepehr Pirasteh w/ Parker, McAdam, Strauss
Thomas Kraines – cello Melinda Rice – viola Sepehr Pirasteh – kamancheh —————————————— Sarah Parker – augmented saxophone Nathan McAdams – oboe Robbie Strauss – flute Thomas Kraines, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, has gained renown as a versatile cellist, composer, and teacher. In addition to the Daedalus […]
Thursday April 09, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Maurice Louca | Killick
Two incredible string performers from Georgia and Egypt. Killick Hinds lives in Athens, Georgia. His music is Appalachian Trance Metal made on unusual stringed instruments with an emphasis on unquantifiable rhythms, intuitive intonation, and shamanistic ROYGBIV. The primary sonic influences on Killick are animals, wind, water, fire, electrical hum, and silence. Pop-culture mashups and ancient and obscure forms […]
Thursday January 29, 2026 | 8:00 pm
An evening of field recordings and found souds by Batchelder, Fucile w/ Klinger, Scheible w/ S. Burt & Laprida
Ground Report is an evening of field recording and found sounds. Hunter Batchelder will play field recording collages related to themes of migration and belonging. His sounds are sourced from his travels through the mid-Atlantic United States, Medellin, Colombia, and Livingstone, Zambia. Carrie Fucile will perform Souvenir, a work that uses her original field recordings […]
Monday January 12, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Wright/Gelbert, Song/Krippner/Karpay
Unpredictable, uncategorizable, strange and singular! Two sets looking for the edges of musical possibility! “Jonah-Jak Almost Music” is the duo of sax legend Jack Wright and trumpter Jonah Gelbert. Opening the night is an all-new trio of local Peabody-based musicians Kieun Song (voice), Timothy Krippner (piano) and Robert Karpay (cello). Jack Wright has an intimate […]
Friday February 13, 2026 | 8:00 pm
JeJaWeDa Quartet | Lexie Mountain
Jeb Bishop – trombone, electronicsJaap Blonk – voice, electronicsWeasel Walter – drums, percussionDamon Smith – double bass Lexie Mountain – solo project Instigated by Jaap Blonk, the quartet JaJeWeDa debuted in the spring of 2019 with a series of concerts in the US Northeast. The band features the great Dutch sound poet and improvisor Jaap […]
Tuesday January 06, 2026 | 8:00 pm
User Friendly, Hamish Robb + Missy Malouff
The first Tuesday of the year. Electroacoustic real time live improvisation with game controllers, controlled by Max/Msp and Ableton Live by User Friendly. Also on the bill is a brand new duo. Live coder Missy Malouff and laptop performer Hamish Robb. User Friendly is a Baltimore-based electronic music producer and composer specializing in experimental sound […]
Sunday January 11, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Mid-Atlantic Musical Instrument Makers
This is the first MAMIM meetup, an informal, free get-together of Baltimore-area instrument builders. Have you made your own flute? Did you build a synthesizer circuit? Did you carve a turnip trumpet? This is an opportunity to meet other curious makers of musical devices, learn what they are doing, share techniques, and talk about tools. […]
Friday January 23, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Caleb Duval, Toshi Makihara, Crossland, and Locals!
The Red Room presents a night of vibrant, complex improvisation. Patrick Crossland, Toshi Makihara, Caleb Duval Logan Perry, Elliot Jeter, August Payne, Lemuel Marc Toshi Makihara‘s performance utilizes traditional percussion with a variety of discovered sound media, everyday objects and toys. Through a rigorous, systematic, and practiced process of experimentation, Makihara seeks out sounds that […]
Saturday December 27, 2025 | 8:00 pm
John Dierker Annual Holidaze Explosion!!
Tis the season to drink too much and play music with friends, hope to see you there! Lineup TBA
Sunday January 04, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective, Jan 2026
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 […]
Friday December 12, 2025 |
Adi Meyerson & Simone Baron, Alexander Wu & MC Shmidt, Robert Karpay
Bassist Adi Meyerson and accordionist Simone Baron present an evening of beloved songs from past as well as spontaneous futures in charming, quirky formation. Simone and Adi play in DeCollage trio together with composer and tabla player Krissy Bergmark, which has been featured at the M3 festival in Brooklyn, at the Catalytic Sound Festival in […]
Wednesday December 10, 2025 | 8:00 pm
VVaves – Peabody Computer Music student run concert – all are welcome! Free. EARLIER doors 7:30
VVaves is a student run concert series featuring Peabody students. This concert aims to promote collaboration between Peabody Computer Music and other departments at Peabody. You are invited to come and see the result. •••••••••••••••• It being a student run thing…We haven’t been appraised of who is playing- there will likely be some amazing stuff. […]
Saturday December 06, 2025 | 8:00 pm
Gleb Kanasevich & Weathering
Gleb Kanasevich is a clarinetist and composer based in Detroit, MI. He is a core member of Hub New Music and also an active soloist, improviser, and session musician. He has been closely working with the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival in New York City since 2021, frequently covering the festival’s electronic and live sound needs, […]
Sunday December 07, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective December 2025
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 22, 2025 | 8:00 pm
Big Show: Mike Alfieri/Iron Joy/Obie Feldi/Bccording
Huge night of string and percussion mixed with radical processing and electronics! Mike Alfieri (percussion, electronics) Bccording (electronics) Iron Joy (cello, guitar) Obie Feldi (computer) Unfortunately, previous line-up with Geologist is changed due to a family health matter. Alfieri is familiar to Baltimore as the drummer of experimental pop genii Tomato Flower – but he […]
