Saturday April 18, 2026 | 8:00 pm
BENEATH THE SURFACE
TOBY SUMMERFIELD/////DAOURE DIONGUE/////ADAM HOLOFCENER A NIGHT OF CELESTIAL JOURNEYS INTO THE BEYOND TOBY SUMMERFEILD Bassist, Guitarist, Pedal SteelerComposer, Collaborator,ImproviserToby Summerfield (1978) hasworked in creative music for 30years. Operating in a space whererock music, minimalism, songcraft,improvising, atmosphere andemotion coexist.“This solo practice was born in theloneliness of the pandemic, byreflecting on vocabulary andtechnique I have developed tointeract […]
Thursday April 23, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Henna Chou & Joshua Thomsom, w/ Bao Nguyen, Sera Fleishman trio
Henna Chou is a sound artist whose work explores the confluence of environmental listening, experimental practice, and socio-political inquiry. Drawing from the textures and rhythms of the natural and industrial world, their work engages with sound as both material and message—foregrounding issues of ecology, displacement, and collective memory. Joshua Thomson is an alto saxophonist, composer, […]
Friday May 08, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Reona (Tokyo) + Chuck Bettis Duo w/Schmidt/Borax Duo
Tap dancing and metal percussionist Reona visits Baltimore from Tokyo!!! A rare opportunity to see/hear this unique and amazing performer! In duet with Bmore friend/HZero alum Chuck Bettis on electronics. Opening the evening will be the occasional duo of locals Tom Borax and M C Schmidt. Borax is “dusting off” the tap shoes used 2 […]
Wednesday May 06, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Caroline Davis & Dustin Carlson
Local Openers Jon Birkholz, John Dierker & Mike Kuhl! Caroline Davis (sax/electronics) & Dustin Carlson (guitar) ! caroline davis Alive with nurturing visions of simple sonic offerings to morph our present situation, Caroline Davis’ main reason for playing music is to connect with others, beckoning new vistas among curious listeners. Her musical journey began in […]
Sunday April 05, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Volunteers’ Collective April 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 […]
Wednesday April 08, 2026 | 8:00 pm
SUDARIO, Aux Tail (Qiujiang Levi Lu, Dennis Sullivan) w/ Sam Pluta
SUDARIO – Voice and Electronics duo – Based in Baltimore Aux Tail – Qiujiang Levi Lu – Electronics :: Dennis Sullivan – Percussion/Electronics -Lu and Sullivan present musical happenings as an amalgamation of their individual practices. Levi’s collaborative improvising software collides with Dennis’ swatch of polyrhythmic percussion. The results are process and glitch driven with a focus on […]
Tuesday March 31, 2026 | 7:00 pm
HIGH ZERO @ FADENSONNEN MARCH 31
9 SONIC CRAFTSPERSONS IMPROVISE WHILE YOU DRINK TO BENEFIT HIGH ZERO Different sets involving THESE musicians in a TAVERN setting. Stop trying to put together a dungeon run and ORDER a bizarre Amaro, a rare Japanese whiskey or an trim German rice beer. Bespoke cock-tails. Delicious non-alchoholic rarities! •••••••• All orders at the bar benefit […]
Saturday March 28, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Mariana Carvalho/Zach Hart (Berlin) / Two Weeks / Jasper Hoffman
Mariana Carvalho and Zach Hart are a Berlin based duo working in between experimental music, noise, radio and sound art. They will present a new set together, combining binaural mics, transducers, glass, modular synthesizer and a tape deck. Two Weeks is Ben Starkey and Obie Feldi. Together they make music with computers. Jasper Hoffman is […]
Saturday March 21, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Bill Harris percussion + Lyn Goeringer (self built instruments)
Join us for this night of outstanding solo work from one of Chicago’s great improvisor/composer/audio engineer extraordinaire – percussionist Bill Harris – and one of Baltimore’s finest composer/inventor Lyn Goeringer! Bill will also be joined by local CK Barlow on live sampling and synth for a duo set. Bill Harris is a prominent Chicago-based percussionist, […]
Monday April 13, 2026 | 8:00 pm
Subwoofer Duo + Voicehandler
Amazing evening of music bringing together DC’s Alma Laprida’s new project using exclusively subwoofers (w/Bryce Hackford) and the duo Voicehandler (High Zero Alum Danishta Rivero and percussionist Jacob Felix Heule). Voicehandler plays intuitive, incantatory music grounded in the most primitive and somatic instruments — the voice and percussion — juxtaposed with contemporary, disembodied electronics. The […]
Thursday March 26, 2026 | 8:00 pm
A book, a world, a history a system of systems: THE COMPOSER’S BLACK BOX
Making Music in Cybernetic America. AN EVENING WITH THEODORE GORDON and musical guests •••••• Stories about new musical instruments are often told as quests for new kinds of sounds. The Composer’s Black Box asks, What happens when new musical instruments produce not only new sounds but also new dynamics of musical agency and control? ••••••••• People who are interested […]
Sunday March 22, 2026 | 8:00 pm
A solo, a duo and a quadraphonic voyage.
March 22nd please join us for an evening curated and created by local brightspark polymath John Hoegberg. •••••• A brand new electro-acoustic hörspiel about environment DONATED MEMORIES by Mr. Hoegberg, a solo on electric mandolin by Corey Thuro and an improvised duet from two fantastic players Sarah Hughes (High Zero ‘alum’18) and Patrick Crossland (HZ […]
Thursday March 19, 2026 | 7:00 pm
Community Modular Meetup | Feedback Patches
Bring your rack and some headphones and patch along. Null Phi 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 […]
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
Killick with John Jansen | Marie Herrington, Dave Benham, Paul Rubenstein
The return of Killick Appalachian Trance Metal performer from Georgia joined by area-instrument builder John Jansen. An improvised blind date of local openers Marie Herrington (voice/electronics), Dave Benham (voice/handmade flutes/electronics), and Paul Rubenstein (invented instruments). Killick Hinds lives in Athens, Georgia. His music is Appalachian Trance Metal made on unusual stringed instruments with an emphasis on unquantifiable […]
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 […]
