Sunday November 01, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective November 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 […]
Thursday November 05, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Experimental Music with John Berndt and Friends
As Baltimore as Oujia, Jikkhulang and Relabi—John Berndt takes all comers, leaves no stone enmeshed, drops no axioms, takes no shortcuts, transgiversates no fates, and postulates determinacy only IN REVERSE. Remember, “a watched pot only boils twice a day.” New, and near-new experiences are preferred and exonerated.
Tuesday October 27, 2026 | 8:00 pm
XOR + Leprechaun Catering (Dual Electronics DUOS!)
Heads up— OCT 27 Killer line up…..dual duos! Electronic music for your sins ahead of All Hallow’s Eve. Red Room only! ExlcusiveOR is our own Sam Pluta with instrument designer mastermind Jeff Snyder! Also: our own Leprechaun Catering is on the bill! maybe a quartet?!? exclusiveOr is Jeff Snyder and Sam Pluta. Pluta and Snyder […]
Friday November 06, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Nate Wooley w/ Dave Ballou, John Dierker and Mike Kuhl
(Photo: Martin Morissette) Hailed as making “… the most progressive campfire music ever” by The New York Times, Nate Wooley has been a quiet force in reshaping contemporary American music. Born in Clatskanie, Oregon, Wooley began playing professionally in his father’s big band at age twelve. He is now an internationally recognized performer, a leading-edge composer, […]
Saturday November 21, 2026 | 8:00 pm
DIFFUSION Night Four – Multichannel electro-acoustic music of POLAND!
M Pietrewszewski presents a historical review of Polish electro-acoustics for our listening delectation.
Friday November 20, 2026 | 8:00 pm
DIFFUSION Night 3 – 2640 St. Paul Space- Marcin Pietrewszevski + Max Eilbacher
New works in multi-channel electronics by two very intense practitioners of the craft.
Saturday November 14, 2026 | 8:00 pm
DIFFUSION Night Two – Favorite works from 10 years
Great multi-dimensional soundworks by IDM Theftable, Marja Ahti, Obie Feldi, and MANY more
Friday November 13, 2026 | 8:00 pm
DIFFUSION Night One – “Elephant” and some new works
Details to be filled in later! Thanks for looking.
Monday December 07, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Quentin Tolimieri: Electronics & Melodica
Quentin Tolimieri is a pianist, composer, and improvisor currently based in Berlin. His recent music is generally extremely minimal and reduced, sitting closer to a kind of sound sculpture than to traditional concert music. Through the removal of various syntactical structures from his music (for example harmony, melody, counterpoint, or rhythmic gesture) his work attempts […]
Saturday October 17, 2026 |
Matthew Ryals wi/opener Ida Dierker + Two Flutes!
Brilliant modular synthesist Matthew Ryals comes back to us. Opening will be another kind of synthesist (non modular): Ida Dierker! In an all improv set we have paired her with two flute players, Dan Conrad and Jason Charney. Please come and enjoy all these experiments! Experiments by people who practice at experimenting. • • • […]
Tuesday October 13, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Isabel Crespo Pardo “iiisa” solo w/Corey Thuro
Remarkable NYC/Costa Rica vocalist Isabel Crespo Pardo returns to the Red room! Opening is local fave, mandolin/sax/video artist/mathematician Corey Thuro!!! Presenting material based around their new solo album “tanto te he querido”. Merging field recordings, poemsongs, and familial voices from their home in Costa Rica, iiisa builds memory portals for the kindling of transformation. With a “pliable […]
Sunday October 11, 2026 | 8:00 pm
JOE WESTERLUND. opening is Domenica and Joe
Sunday October 11th brings us Joe Westerlund, student of Milford Graves, drummer with Califone, Megafaun, The Dead Tongues, a practitioner of something I would describe as narrative meditation drumming. It’s “chill” but propulsive. Descriptive and lush without being insipid. • • • • • • • • Opening are Domenica Lingg and Joe Shatzoff premiering […]
Sunday October 04, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective
You are cordially invited to come play free music! Free event7:00pm doors, 7:30pm start
Thursday September 24, 2026 | 7:30 pm
High Zero Festival 2026!
The only festival of its kind in the world – Baltimore’s High Zero Festival brings together artists from throughout the world to collaborate in completely new configurations, creating entirely new music before our very ears (and eyes, and noses). Four nights! Thursday September 24th through Sunday September 28th. 4 solos, 12 ensemble sets! Doors each […]
Friday September 11, 2026 | 8:00 pm
SOVA / Waco MAMMOTH
Sophia Vastek on Piano and Electronics is SOVA •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• James Young, bassoon Robin Rhodes Electric Bass, Upright Bass Rohan Pathare Video are Waco Mammoth ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• We do not put on bad shows at the Red Room, so this will be good. Please join us at 8pm. Nothing to do with the anniversary of anything. ••••••••••••••••••••••
Sunday September 06, 2026 | 7:00 pm
Volunteers’ Collective September 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 […]
Tuesday September 01, 2026 |
Wilfrido Terrazas // Bonnie Lander + John Dierker // Secret Special Guest
Tuesday September 1st, 2026 8pm Doors, 8:30pm Show $10-$20 Sliding Scale San Diego-based Mexican flutist/composer Wilfrido Terrazas returns to Baltimore after a decade to share recent improvisatory flute works featuring circular breathing explorations, instrument preparations, and even a poem or two. Terrazas will be joined by Baltimore improvisers Bonnie Lander and John Dierker on vocals […]
Thursday September 03, 2026 | 7:00 pm
High Zero Volunteers Meeting
The 28th Annual High Zero Festival will be held on September 24th – 27th! Volunteers are needed for:– Picking artists up / dropping artists off at the airport/train station– Selling tickets at the concerts– Ushering at the concerts– Stagehand assistance – Helping with additional artist transportation during festival – Postering around town– HOUSING ARTISTS (please contact Bonnie Lander at lander@highzero.org asap if […]
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 […]
Thursday September 10, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Jessica Ackerley / Rachel Beetz / Alma Laprida
Thursday September 10th, 2026 8pm Doors // 8:30pm show $10-$20 Sliding Scale Join us for a fabulous night of solos, duos, and trios. Jessica Ackerley, traveling from Honolulu, will join local artists, Alma Laprida and Rachel Beetz, for a multi-set performance of experimental and improvised music. About the Artists Jessica Ackerley is a Canadian guitarist, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Monday October 05, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Killick and Darien Baiza, Hi Tom Ensemble
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.
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 […]
Sunday July 19, 2026 | 4:00 pm
Community Modular Meetup | Petting Zoo
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. We’ll setup and start at 4pm.
