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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 […]

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Entourage, by Dan Conrad

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 […]

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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.

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Sunday January 25, 2026 | 8:00 pm

HADAL Zone, Ida Dierker

Cancelled due to snow! Be safe! Enjoy thyself!

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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Show listing

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 […]

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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

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Entourage, by Dan Conrad

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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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, […]

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Entourage, by Dan Conrad

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 […]

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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 […]

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Friday January 16, 2026 | 8:00 pm

Morgan Evans-Weiler, Horizon Overflow

Morgan Evans-Weiler returns to the Red Room to stimulate your winter brain with enigmatic sounds. You don’t want to miss this violinist and composer/improviser who consistently presents music that stretch your ear to listen in new ways. Also on the bill, Horizon Overflow is a Baltimore-area group of rotating regulars. Tonight Horizon Overflow includes Max […]

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Tuesday November 18, 2025 | 8:00 pm

Yizhen Zoe Lyu / Thomas Gao, Corey Thuro / Max Gong, Jason Charney

Come to the Red Room on Tuesday for a debut performance of Yizhen Lyu / Thomas Gao duo’s ambient electronic music made by tinfoil lotus flower, custom software processors, and synthetic noise. Corey Thuro will perform on his electric mandolin along side Max Gong‘s wailing and moving around. Jason Charney will perform a solo set […]

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Thursday November 13, 2025 | 7:30 pm

Jeff Carey’s END OF YEAR STATUS UPDATE @TheVoxel

This event is not at the Redroom, but this is a Redroom adjacent show at The Voxel and we think you should know about it! Jeff Carey is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans music, time-based visual art and computer science. His work explores the embodiment of electronic music by building physical interfaces for performing […]

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Sunday November 02, 2025 | 7:30 pm

Volunteers’ Collective November 2nd

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 […]

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Wednesday November 05, 2025 | 8:00 pm

Kieran Daly/Ben Bennett + HADAL Zone

On November 5th, Kieran Daly and Ben Bennett bring their uncompromising vision of a new sliding monophonic timbral music to the Red Room. I have never quite heard a guitarist who plays anything like Kieran Daly. Kieran Daly is an American composer with a concentration in experimental monophonic music. His work focuses on a primarily […]

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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.