Music: Upcoming
Roulette’s Concert Series for New + Adventurous Music, launched in 1978, presents a wide range of experimental music including avant-jazz, new music, opera, world music, and electronic. This eclectic series features the work of well-known innovators in contemporary music, but a large percentage of the Series is devoted to emerging artists and composers.
FUJ||||||||||TA // John McCowen & Madison Greenstone
Saturday, December 13, 2025. 8:00 pm
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A suite of spectral works for two contrabass clarinets followed by minimalist pipe organ explorations.
Catalytic Festival 2025: Craig Taborn and Miriam Parker // Joe McPhee with Michael Foster’s Ghost // Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez
Monday, December 15, 2025. 8:00 pm
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Yearly festival by Catalytic Sound, the musician-owned co-op aiming to give artists more control over the distribution/sale of their music.
Contemporary East: Kaoru Watanabe / Yoon-Ji Lee
Tuesday, December 16, 2025. 8:00 pm
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Contemporary East presents Kaoru Watanabe and Yoon-Ji Lee for a series of improvisational music.
Webber/Morris Big Band
Thursday, December 18, 2025. 8:00 pm
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Large ensemble co-led by composers/saxophonists Anna Webber and Angela Morris perform an unorthodox interpretation of the jazz big band.
Gelsey Bell: mɔɹnɪŋ [morning//mourning] in Concert
Monday, January 12, 2026. 8:00 pm
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An experimental music-theatre work tracing the weeks, months, years, and millennia that follow humanity's disappearance from the Earth.
Gilles Peterson’s Liner Notes: An Evening of Music Stories & More
Tuesday, January 13, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $45
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Renowned broadcaster, DJ, and label owner plays his favorite sounds past and present with a series of special guests.
Ryan Sawyer Shaker Ensemble // Sam Wenc + Friends
Thursday, January 15, 2026. 8:00 pm
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Drummer Ryan Sawyer's ensemble of improvisers // opening set album premiere by experimental pedal steel guitarist and label head Sam Wenc.
Studies in Septimal-Wolf-Meantone for S-L, plus ensemble
Saturday, January 17, 2026. 8:00 pm
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A new ensemble work of plucked, beaten and electronic instruments in surround sound for Stemeseder's Roulette Commission.
Improv Nights 2026: A Tribute to Derek Bailey (night 1), guest curated by Wendy Eisenberg
Thursday, January 22, 2026. 8:00 pm
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Annual 3-night celebration of the late guitarist, bringing together rotating combinations of master improvisers—selected by 3 guest curators.
Improv Nights 2026: A Tribute to Derek Bailey (night 2), guest curated by Chris Ryan Williams
Saturday, January 24, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $25
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Annual 3-night celebration of the late guitarist, bringing together rotating combinations of master improvisers—selected by 3 guest curators.