2026 Shows

January

* Tues, Jan 6, 2026 Joe Westerlund / Jay Hammond @Rhizome

* Wed, Jan 7, 2026 Maria Chávez, Shahzad Ismaily, Greg Saunier @Rhizome

* Sun, Jan 11, 2026 Ches Smith’s Clone Row w Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman, Nick Dunston – Transparent @Tonal Park

* Mon, Jan 12, 2026 Cate Le Bon @Howard Theater

* Wed, Jan 14, 2026 Derek Gripper & Ballaké Sissoko @Birchmere

* Thu, Jan 22, 2026 Modern Nature / Brigid Dawson & The Mothers Network @DC9

* Fri, Jan 23, 2026 Jeff Pearring Quartet – Transparent @Rhizome

– Sun, Jan 25, 2026 Magic Tuber String Band @Union Stage (postponed to 4/29)

* Tue, Jan 27, 2026 Sharp Pins @CPP (during sleet-crete)

* Thu, Jan 29, 2026 Kris Davis trio @Blues Alley (late set)

* Sat, Jan 31, 2026 TONE / Hiroe / Suture @DC9

February

* Fri, Feb 6, 2026 Matthew Shipp (solo piano) – Transparent @Tonal Park

* Thur, Feb 12, 2026 JeJaWeDa Quartet @Rhizome

* Fri, Feb 13, 2026 Starr & the Czars (Record Release!) / The Owners @CPP 10p

* Wed, Feb 25, 2026 Joel Ross (Vibraphone) @BluesAlley This was a quintet w piano and upright base + Maria Grand on sax and Jeremy Dutton on drums.

* Thur, Feb 26, 2026 Wayne Horvitz & Sarah Schoenbeck Duo + Trio w Anthony Pirog @Rhizome

March

* Wed, Mar 4, 2026 Phillip Greenlief (solo sax) / The Keefe Jackson Quartet “These Things Happen” (w Luke Stewart and Mikel Patrick Avery) – Transparent @Rhizome

* Sun, Mar 8, 2026 Peter Evans & Sam Pluta / Heather Stebbins & Ning Yu / Erin Demastes @Rhizome

* Tue, Mar 10, 2026 Lia Kohl / Zachary Good / Alrich – Garrett @Rhizome

* Sun, Mar 15, 2026 Roger Miller w Anvil Orchestra [new music for silent films] @JxJ – Jewish Film Festival – Washington, DC [performing to Man With The Movie Camera]

* Tue, Mar 24, 2026 Evicshen (Victoria Shen) @Ottobar

* Sun, Mar 29, 2026 The Surfrajettes / Bethlehem Shalom @Metro Baltimore

April
* Mon, April 6, 2026 Tatsuya Nakatani @Rhizome
* Wed, April 8, 2026 Maurice Louca’s “Fera” (quartet) / TALsounds @Rhizome

* Fri, Apr 10, 2026 Sunn O ))) @Lincoln

* Sat, Apr 11, 2026 Raven Chacon Ensemble (w ThingNY) @LoC
* Sat, April 18, 2026 Biotic (Shawn Lovato, Ingrid Laubrock and Henry Mermer) / Sam Pluta, Robert Karpay, Shelly Purdy and Rachel Beetz @2640 Space

* Fri, Apr 24, 2026 Lydia Lunch’s “Murderous Again” w Tim Dahl & Matt Nelson / Genre is Death / Oms (Monica Stroik Douglas Kallmeyer) @CPP

* Mon, Apr 27, 2026 Whitney Johnson Lia Kohl Macie Stewart @Redroom 6p

May
* Fri, May 1, 2026 Boogarins / TBA @CPP

* Tue, May 5, 2026 Son of Goldfinger w Tim Berne, David Torn, and Ches Smith – Transparent Productions @Rhizome

* Thu, May 7, 2026 Kali Malone, organ: All Life Long @Clarice, UMD Chapel

* Fri, May 8, 2026 Wolf Eyes / Beauty / Agnonesiac @Rhizome

* Tue, May 12, 2026 Puuluup @Songbyrd

* Fri, May 15, 2026 Christian McBride @LoC

* Sat, May 16, 2026 Bill Kirchen @JamminJava

* Thu, May 28, 2026 Chicha Libre / Miramar @Songbyrd

June

* Tue, June 9, 2026 Michael Foster’s Ghost – Transparent @Rhizome

* Thu, June 11, 2026 The Darts @PieShop

* Fri, June 12, 2026 Seventh Stanine Festival: Marisa Anderson / Shane Parish @Rhizome

* Sun, June 14, 2026 Kalia Vandever / I hate performing alone (Emily Francisco & Alex Tyson) / Niki Afsar @Rhizome

* Thur, June 25, 2026 Fred Frith (solo) / Liz Meredith & Timothy Wisniewski / Bonnie Lander & John Dierker
@2640 Space – Saint Paul Church’s Sunday Room

* Fri, June 26, 2026 Fred Frith (solo) / Chao Tian (solo) @Rhizome