The Rise of the Novel Performs Carter, Eisenberg, Lewis, and Lockwood

Wednesday, October 29, 2025. 8:00 pm
Inaugural performance of new ensemble featuring Nate Wooley, Laura Cocks, Travis Laplante, Wendy Eisenberg, and Lester St. Louis.

John Zorn’s Cobra

Wednesday, September 17, 2025. 8:00 pm
In high demand, the composer's infamous game piece, first premiered at Roulette in 1984, returns to Roulette for the third year in a row!

Squanderers (Wendy Eisenberg, David Grubbs, Kramer) // Lea Bertucci, Henry Fraser, Cleek Schrey, and Ben Vida (DOUBLE BILL)

Wednesday, April 30, 2025. 8:00 pm
Two groups make their NYC debut: a guitarist/multi-instrumentalist trio, plus a new ensemble joining two duets.

Wayne Horvitz: Collective Music Ensemble / Electric Circus

Wednesday, April 16, 2025. 8:00 pm
Composer and pianist leads two of his large ensembles incorporating Butch Morris's structural improvisation technique known as "conduction®."

Book Launch – Michael Gallope, The Musician as Philosopher: New York’s Vernacular Avant-Garde, 1958–1978

Thursday, October 17, 2024. 8:00 pm
Panel conversation and Q&A with Gallope about his new book, w/ Kwami Coleman, Benjamin Piekut, Sara Marcus—plus live performances.

40TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN ZORN’S COBRA

Friday, October 11, 2024. 8:00 pm
The 40th Anniversary of the composer's infamous game piece Cobra, which first premiered at Roulette in 1984.

Improv Nights 2024: A Tribute to Derek Bailey (night 2)

Friday, January 26, 2024. 8:00 pm
A BENEFIT FOR TZADIK RECORDS bringing together master improvisers, organized by John Zorn.

ZORN@70 at ROULETTE PART TWO: Cobra

Sunday, August 13, 2023. 8:00 pm
John Zorn returns to Roulette for the second of four concerts celebrating his 70th birthday with his infamous game piece Cobra, which first […]

BENEFIT CONCERT FOR CREATIVE MUSIC STUDIO

Saturday, July 22, 2023. 8:00 pm
An evening of improvisation to celebrate more than 50 Years of embracing the rich fabric of today’s creative music.

Wendy Eisenberg’s Eye Music

Thursday, April 20, 2023. 8:00 pm
The resident artist's sextet returns to Roulette to premiere and live-tape a new work about the persistence of vision.