Archive of past events at The Red Room

Thursday September 14, 2023 | 8:30 pm

Noah Ophoven-Baldwin & Luke Martin | Amy Golden 

Luke Martin: website Luke is an experimental composer, improviser, and plays guitar and no-input mixer. He is in the group Ordinary Affects, co-directs the Co-Incidence Festival, and works frequently with people in and around the Wandelweiser Group. He is especially interested in silence, chance, and thinking a positive relation between music and truth. He has had […]

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Friday September 08, 2023 | 8:30 pm

Adam Lion, Will Yager & Bonnie Lander

Offering “a tone so pure it is almost a sine-wave” (The Wire), Adam Lion is a percussionist dedicated to performing experimental music rooted in both classical and improvisational traditions. Based in Asheville NC, his performances have been described as “rife with psychological effects” by the New York Times and “closely attuned… playful, and mimetic” by […]

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Volunteers' Collective

Sunday September 03, 2023 | 7:30 pm

Volunteers’ Collective, Sunday 3 Sept. 2023

You are cordially invited to come play free music! 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 a non-judgmental setting. Meet […]

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Wednesday August 23, 2023 | 7:30 pm

High Zero Highjinx Info and Planning Session

High Jinx is a schedule of site-specific street performances at numerous places about Baltimore city coinciding with the High Zero festival (before and during 21-24 September). These events are creative, musical and socially challenging. They are rarely obnoxious and never intended to do anyone harm. They are not officially sanctioned by the city, therefore you […]

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Sunday August 06, 2023 | 7:30 pm

Volunteers’ Collective Sunday 6 August 2023

You are cordially invited to come play free music! 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 a non-judgmental setting. Meet […]

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Friday August 04, 2023 | 8:00 pm

WESTON OLENCKI • MICHELLE BLU • SAM PLUTA

Three ways to play beautiful music Friday August 4th join us at the Red Room for three different artists making beautiful music. Hi, it’s Martin Schmidt, president of the High Zero Foundation, here bringing you a show that’s maybe “all over the place” and maybe not so much as it might seem. I genuinely love […]

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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.