Archive of past events at The Red Room

Saturday April 05, 2025 |

Susan Alcorn Memorial

Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 2640 Space Please join us for an evening of music and remembrances in honor of Susan Alcorn. Her time in Baltimore may have been short, but her presence was immense! If you would like to provide a musical offering or participate in anyway please reach out to Shelly Purdy at […]

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Thursday April 03, 2025 | 8:00 pm

Laubrock, Rainey, Pluta, Ballou // Lander, Dierker

New York/Baltimore super-group quartet featuring Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone), Tom Rainey (drums), Sam Pluta (electronics), and Dave Ballou (trumpet) will tickle your ears and melt your faces with their unique electro-acoustic blend of noise and nuance. ChatGPT says, “Four fearless innovators—Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey, Sam Pluta, and Dave Ballou—shatter expectations with an uncompromising blast of chaotic, […]

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Thursday March 20, 2025 | 8:00 pm

(good old) Tongue Depressor wi M.C. Schmidt and Obie Feldi

Red Room regulars Tongue Depressor play on Thursday. In their own words, “this time it’s tapes plus bagpipes and harmonicas”. Come on down to the homestead and hear Zach and Henry ply their own kind of hypnotic staring into the fire of sound. Opening will be collective members M.C. Schmidt and Obie Feldi doing live […]

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Sunday March 16, 2025 | 8:00 pm

Marcin Pietruszewski/Tom Borax multi-channel electronic music!

Experience a very wild night synthetic noise and sound with Polish inventor and programmer Marcin Pietruszewski and local synth maestro Tom Borax. Both will be in multi-channel surround sound! Marcin Pietruszewski (1984, Poland) is a composer and researcher. He is engaged in soundsynthesis and composition with computers, exploring specific formal developments in thetradition of electroacoustic […]

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Saturday March 15, 2025 | 7:30 pm

Community Modular Meetup: Jess Keyes and Tom Boram

Synthesizer meetups can be a great place to talk about what equipment people are using, but modules will only get you so far! Tonight, we will host a discussion with two Baltimore area Eurorack artists about their aesthetic approaches. If you’ve ever been just on the edge of a music scene and wondered why there […]

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Wednesday March 12, 2025 | 7:00 pm

High Zero Night at Fadensonnen

7pm Wednesday March 12th, 20253 W. 23rd St., Baltimore Halfway between festivals, we want to keep the High Zero spirit alive in Baltimore! Local luminaries will perform experimental improvised music for you in a cozy tavern setting. Fadensonnen is generously hosting us for this fundraising event. A portion of the (upstairs only!!) tavern profits will […]

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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.