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.
Long Play Festival 2026 – Day 3 // Blank For.ms with Jason Moran and Marcus Gilmore + Billy Hart Quartet + Chris Ryan Williams
Friday, May 1, 2026. 7:00 pm
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Bang on a Can presents the 5th year of Long Play, a multi-day destination music festival
Long Play Festival 2026 – Day 4 // Morton Feldman String Quartet +Dither + Michael Brook + David Longstreth + Contemporaneous
Saturday, May 2, 2026. 1:30 pm
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Bang on a Can presents the 5th year of Long Play, a multi-day destination music festival
Long Play Festival 2026 – Day 5 // Morton Feldman Three Voices with Charlotte Mundy + Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre + Bang on a Can All-Stars + Secret Chiefs 3
Sunday, May 3, 2026. 2:30 pm
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Bang on a Can presents the 5th year of Long Play, a multi-day destination music festival
Syrian Music Preservation Initiative: Music of Muhammed Qadri Dalal, Maqam Master of Aleppo (RBA)
Friday, May 8, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $35
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NY-based Syrian ensemble performs a concert of traditional music by living legend and oud virtuoso Mohamad Qadri Dalal.
Matt Evans’ Aquatic House (Album Release) // Chris Ryan Williams
Friday, May 15, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $25
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Celebrating Matt Evans' upcoming AKP Recordings release, opened by an audiovisual piece exploring the resonance of cavernous spaces.
Simon Shaheen with Mehrnam Rastegari (WMI)
Thursday, May 21, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $45
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An enchanting celebration of strings featuring Palestinian oud/violin maestro, and critically acclaimed Iranian kamancheh virtuoso and vocalist.
“A Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros” Book Release and Score Performances
Friday, May 22, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $25
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A celebration of a new book of 365 scores, generated by deep listeners in honor of what would have been Pauline Oliveros's 90th birthday.
Double Bills And Buster: Two Nights Of Film And Music by Bill Frisell, Bill Morrison, and Buster Keaton, with Luke Bergman and Tim Angulo (Night 1)
Saturday, May 23, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $45
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A film–music collaboration by Bill Morrison and Bill Frisell on the 1927 Mississippi River Flood and its impact on American society.
Double Bills And Buster: Two Nights Of Film And Music by Bill Frisell, Bill Morrison, and Buster Keaton, with Luke Bergman and Tim Angulo (Night 2)
Sunday, May 24, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $45
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Films by Bill Morrison and Buster Keaton with music composed and performed live by Bill Frisell w/ Luke Bergman and Tim Angulo.
Char Jeré & Guests
Tuesday, May 26, 2026. 8:00 pm
Tickets $25
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Trans-disciplinary crew of video & sound artists create a traveling planetarium inspired by sounds of the cosmos, for a planet in distress.