future 2024
April 16, Chicago IL @ The Hideout, 8p
w/ Maria Elena Silva
April 18, Chicago IL @ Clara, 8p
w/ Sarah Clausen
April 19, Chicago IL @ Logan Center,
w/ Aaron Kaufman-Levine
May 2, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts, 830p
w/ Sarah Clausen
May 9, Chicago IL @ Epiphany Center
w/ Daniel Gayden
May 18, Chicago IL @ Pro Musica, 8p
w/ Where Were We
May 19, Chicago IL @ Compound Yellow, 7p
w/ Where Were We
May 22, Chicago IL @ Whistler, 9p
w/ Sarah Clausen, Tyler Wagner
May 30, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Maria Elena Silva
June 5, Chicago IL @ Comfort Station, 8p
June 6, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Sarah Clausen
June 8, Chicago IL @ Brudders, 8p
w/ Iyana Brown-Bey
June 15, Chicago IL @ Color Club, 8p
w/ Banana Acid
June 17, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective, 8p
w/ Where Were We
June 27, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts, 830p
w/ Maria Elena Silva
July 6, Chicago IL @ California Clipper, 830p
w/ Chan Band
July 18, Chicago IL @ Color Club, 8p
w/ Where Were We
Aug 24, Chicago IL @ TBA,
Freedom From Freedom To
Sep 17, Chicago IL @ Resonance Arts,
w/ Lily Finnegan
Oct 2, Chicago IL @ Colvin House, 6:45p
w/ John Garza
Oct 3, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
Oct 10, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
Oct 17, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
Oct 24, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
April 16, Chicago IL @ The Hideout, 8p
w/ Maria Elena Silva
April 18, Chicago IL @ Clara, 8p
w/ Sarah Clausen
April 19, Chicago IL @ Logan Center,
w/ Aaron Kaufman-Levine
May 2, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts, 830p
w/ Sarah Clausen
May 9, Chicago IL @ Epiphany Center
w/ Daniel Gayden
May 18, Chicago IL @ Pro Musica, 8p
w/ Where Were We
May 19, Chicago IL @ Compound Yellow, 7p
w/ Where Were We
May 22, Chicago IL @ Whistler, 9p
w/ Sarah Clausen, Tyler Wagner
May 30, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Maria Elena Silva
June 5, Chicago IL @ Comfort Station, 8p
June 6, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Sarah Clausen
June 8, Chicago IL @ Brudders, 8p
w/ Iyana Brown-Bey
June 15, Chicago IL @ Color Club, 8p
w/ Banana Acid
June 17, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective, 8p
w/ Where Were We
June 27, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts, 830p
w/ Maria Elena Silva
July 6, Chicago IL @ California Clipper, 830p
w/ Chan Band
July 18, Chicago IL @ Color Club, 8p
w/ Where Were We
Aug 24, Chicago IL @ TBA,
Freedom From Freedom To
Sep 17, Chicago IL @ Resonance Arts,
w/ Lily Finnegan
Oct 2, Chicago IL @ Colvin House, 6:45p
w/ John Garza
Oct 3, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
Oct 10, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
Oct 17, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
Oct 24, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
past2024
Feb 11, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain (TWO SETS!), 9p
w/ Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jesalva, Garrett
Frees, Tyler Wagnerw/ Tyler Damon, Beth McDonald
Feb 19, Indianapolis IN @ State Street Pub, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 20, Lexington KY @ SCFA Expansive Sounds Series
#2, 730p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 21, Knoxville TN @ The Pilot Light, 8p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 22, Columbia SC @ TBD,
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 23, Carrboro NC @ Cat’s Cradle, 8p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 24, Washington DC @ Rizome, 7p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 25, Charlottesville VA @ The Front Porch, 4p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 26, State College PA @ 3 Dots Downtown, 7p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 27, Cleveland OH @ Bop Stop, 8p
w/ Edition Redux
March 1, Chicago IL @ Constellation, 830p
w/ Edition Redux
March 12, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective, 8p
w/ Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jesalva, Garrett
Frees, Tyler Wagner
March 27, Chicago IL @ The Whistler, 9p
w/ Chris Damman
past2023
Jan 17, Chicago IL @ Burlington Bar, 9p
backing up Maria Elena Silva
Jan 21, Chicago IL @ Pro Musica, 8
(featuring solo sets by Mabel Kwan,
Katie Ernst)
Jan 22, Chicago IL @ Record Breakers,
2p, duo w/ Scott Dean Taylor
Jan 29, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Dustin Laurenzi
Feb 19, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Lily Finnegan
March 5, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Scott Dean Taylor
March 6, Chicago IL @ Easy Does It, 8p
w/ Kabir Dalawari
March 9, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts, 830p
duo w/ Sarah Clausen
March 15, Detroit MI @ Paramita Sound, 8p
duo w/ Ben Hall
March 27, Chicago IL @ Easy Does It, 8p w/ Kabir Dalawari
March 30, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery, 8p
Night School (This is a recurring series I’m curating the
last Thursday of every month)
Featuring Marvin Tate, Tyler Wagner, Lily Finnegan,
Faylita Hicks, Sharon Udoh
April 6, Chicago IL @ Montrose Saloon, 8p
duo w/ Tyler Wagner (playing the music of Elizabeth
Cotten)April 16, Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit, 8p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 17, Washington, DC @ Rhizome, 7p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 18, Philadelphia, PA @ The Rotunda, 8p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 19, Boston, MA @ Seven Cycles, 7:30p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 20, Northampton, MA @ Hawks & Reed, 7:30p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 21, Buffalo, NY @ Hallwalls, 8p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 22, Detroit, MI @ Trinosophes, 7:30p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 27th, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery, 8p
Night School (recurring series, last thursday of every
month)
Featuring Ruby Que, Kioto Aoki, Ishmael Ali, Molly
Jones, Sarah Clausen, Take Yokoyama
April 30, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain,
9p, w/ Tim Daisy
May 9, Chicago IL @ The Hideout,
7p, w/ Maria Elena Silva
May 21, Chicago IL @ Golden Dagger,
2p, Erez Dessel’s Nothing Special (w/ Tyler Wagner,
Scott Taylor)
May 25, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series
May 30, Chicago IL @ Golden Dagger,
8p, LIBBACOTTEN4EVER
June 1, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts,
8p, w/ Thwartet
June 3, Chicago IL @ Living Water Tea House,
7:30p, w/ Erez Dessel’s Nothing Special (Tyler Wagner,
Lily Finnegan)
June 4, Chicago IL @ Weatherproof (3336 W Lawrence
Ave),
6p, w/ Tyler Wagner
June 7, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective,
8p, w/ Tyler Wagner, Scott Taylor
June 22, Los Angeles CA @ The Paramount,
8p, w/ Walking Cliche Sextet
June 29, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series
July 8, Chicago IL @ Pro Musica,
8p, w/ Maria Elena Silva
July 13, Chicago IL @ Comfort Station,
7:30p, w/ Chris Damman QuartetJ
uly 22, Chicago IL @ Living Water Tea House,
7p, Erez Dessel’s Nothing Special (feat. Sarah Clausen,
Tyler Wagner, Andy Danstrom)July 22, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
July 23, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
July 27, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series feat. Jonah Koslofsky, Josh
Harlow, Hunter Diamond, Sarah Lotus, Tyler
Wagner, Alice Sickler, Meredith Nesbitt,
Zach Moore
July 29, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
July 30, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 3, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts,
8p, w/ Edition Redux
Aug 5, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 5, Chicago IL @ Living Water Tea House,
7:00p, Erez Dessel’s Nothing Special
Aug 6, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 10, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
7p, w/ Lardo
Aug 12, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 13, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 17, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts,
8p, w/ Beth McDonaldAug 31, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series feat. Justin
Beachler, Ben Zucker, Maya Roussell, Erik Sowa, Ben
Schmidt-Swartz
Sep 2, Chicago IL @ Living Water Tea House,
7p, w/ Sarah Clausen, Tyler Wagner, Andy Danstrom
Sep 3, Chicago IL @ Experimental Sound Studio,
3p, Solo Piano and conversation w/ OPTION Talks Series
Sep 12, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective,
8p, w/ the Thwartet (Sarah Clausen, Tyler Wagner, Lily
Finnegan)
Sep 13, Chicago IL @ Constellation,
9p, part of Dimensions and Extensions
Sep 21, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective,
9p, w/ Mark Nagy
Sep 28, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series feat. Grace Morrissey,
Lardo, Jesse Malmed, Erez Dessel, Caroline Preziosi,
Maria Elena Silva
Oct 1, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain,
9p, w/ the Thwartet
Oct 3, Chicago IL @ Burlington,
9p, w/ Scott Dean Taylor
Oct 6, Bloomington IL @ Illinois Art Station,
7p w/ Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 7, Champaign IL @ Krannert Art Museum,
2p w/ Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 8, Kalamazoo MI, @ Dormouse Theatre,
8p w/ Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 13, Chicago IL @ Co-Prosperity Sphere,
8p w/ Kim AlpertOct 20, Chicago IL @ Constellation,
8p w/ Jeb Bishop
Oct 21, Ann Arbor MI @ Kerrytown Concert House
(Edgefest), 2p w/ Wilder/Hall Quartet
Oct 26, Amsterdam NL @ OCII, 20:00 w/ Ken
Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 27, Schorndorf DE @ Club Manufaktur, 20:30 w/
Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 28, Poznan PL @ TBA, w/ Ken Vandermark’s Edition
Redux
Oct 29, Krakow PL @ Club Alchemia, 20:00 w/ Ken
Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 30, Prague CZ @ Punctum, 19:00 w/ Ken
Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 31, St. Johann AT @ Alte Gerberei, 20:00 w/ Ken
Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Nov 11, Chicago IL @ Record Breakers,
1p w/ Scott Taylor
Nov 26, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain,
9p w/ Tim Daisy
Dec 1, Chicago IL @ Asian Improv Arts Midwest,
8p w/ Seajun Kwon, Beth McDonald, Tyler Damon
Dec 8, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts (Catalytic Festial),
8p w/ Erez Dessel group (Marvin Tate, Mai Sugimoto,
Fred Jackson Jr., Ben Hall)
Dec 17, Chicago IL @ Constellation,
730p w/ Edition Redux (Peter Brotzmann memorial
concert)
Feb 11, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain (TWO SETS!), 9p
w/ Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jesalva, Garrett
Frees, Tyler Wagnerw/ Tyler Damon, Beth McDonald
Feb 19, Indianapolis IN @ State Street Pub, 9p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 20, Lexington KY @ SCFA Expansive Sounds Series
#2, 730p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 21, Knoxville TN @ The Pilot Light, 8p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 22, Columbia SC @ TBD,
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 23, Carrboro NC @ Cat’s Cradle, 8p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 24, Washington DC @ Rizome, 7p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 25, Charlottesville VA @ The Front Porch, 4p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 26, State College PA @ 3 Dots Downtown, 7p
w/ Edition Redux
Feb 27, Cleveland OH @ Bop Stop, 8p
w/ Edition Redux
March 1, Chicago IL @ Constellation, 830p
w/ Edition Redux
March 12, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective, 8p
w/ Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jesalva, Garrett
Frees, Tyler Wagner
March 27, Chicago IL @ The Whistler, 9p
w/ Chris Damman
past2023
Jan 17, Chicago IL @ Burlington Bar, 9p
backing up Maria Elena Silva
Jan 21, Chicago IL @ Pro Musica, 8
(featuring solo sets by Mabel Kwan,
Katie Ernst)
Jan 22, Chicago IL @ Record Breakers,
2p, duo w/ Scott Dean Taylor
Jan 29, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Dustin Laurenzi
Feb 19, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Lily Finnegan
March 5, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain, 9p
w/ Scott Dean Taylor
March 6, Chicago IL @ Easy Does It, 8p
w/ Kabir Dalawari
March 9, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts, 830p
duo w/ Sarah Clausen
March 15, Detroit MI @ Paramita Sound, 8p
duo w/ Ben Hall
March 27, Chicago IL @ Easy Does It, 8p w/ Kabir Dalawari
March 30, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery, 8p
Night School (This is a recurring series I’m curating the
last Thursday of every month)
Featuring Marvin Tate, Tyler Wagner, Lily Finnegan,
Faylita Hicks, Sharon Udoh
April 6, Chicago IL @ Montrose Saloon, 8p
duo w/ Tyler Wagner (playing the music of Elizabeth
Cotten)April 16, Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit, 8p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 17, Washington, DC @ Rhizome, 7p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 18, Philadelphia, PA @ The Rotunda, 8p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 19, Boston, MA @ Seven Cycles, 7:30p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 20, Northampton, MA @ Hawks & Reed, 7:30p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 21, Buffalo, NY @ Hallwalls, 8p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 22, Detroit, MI @ Trinosophes, 7:30p
w/ Ken Vandermark (Edition Redux tour)
April 27th, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery, 8p
Night School (recurring series, last thursday of every
month)
Featuring Ruby Que, Kioto Aoki, Ishmael Ali, Molly
Jones, Sarah Clausen, Take Yokoyama
April 30, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain,
9p, w/ Tim Daisy
May 9, Chicago IL @ The Hideout,
7p, w/ Maria Elena Silva
May 21, Chicago IL @ Golden Dagger,
2p, Erez Dessel’s Nothing Special (w/ Tyler Wagner,
Scott Taylor)
May 25, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series
May 30, Chicago IL @ Golden Dagger,
8p, LIBBACOTTEN4EVER
June 1, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts,
8p, w/ Thwartet
June 3, Chicago IL @ Living Water Tea House,
7:30p, w/ Erez Dessel’s Nothing Special (Tyler Wagner,
Lily Finnegan)
June 4, Chicago IL @ Weatherproof (3336 W Lawrence
Ave),
6p, w/ Tyler Wagner
June 7, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective,
8p, w/ Tyler Wagner, Scott Taylor
June 22, Los Angeles CA @ The Paramount,
8p, w/ Walking Cliche Sextet
June 29, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series
July 8, Chicago IL @ Pro Musica,
8p, w/ Maria Elena Silva
July 13, Chicago IL @ Comfort Station,
7:30p, w/ Chris Damman QuartetJ
uly 22, Chicago IL @ Living Water Tea House,
7p, Erez Dessel’s Nothing Special (feat. Sarah Clausen,
Tyler Wagner, Andy Danstrom)July 22, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
July 23, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
July 27, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series feat. Jonah Koslofsky, Josh
Harlow, Hunter Diamond, Sarah Lotus, Tyler
Wagner, Alice Sickler, Meredith Nesbitt,
Zach Moore
July 29, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
July 30, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 3, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts,
8p, w/ Edition Redux
Aug 5, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 5, Chicago IL @ Living Water Tea House,
7:00p, Erez Dessel’s Nothing Special
Aug 6, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 10, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
7p, w/ Lardo
Aug 12, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 13, Chicago IL @ Theatre Y,
1:30p, The Wiz Walk
Aug 17, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts,
8p, w/ Beth McDonaldAug 31, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series feat. Justin
Beachler, Ben Zucker, Maya Roussell, Erik Sowa, Ben
Schmidt-Swartz
Sep 2, Chicago IL @ Living Water Tea House,
7p, w/ Sarah Clausen, Tyler Wagner, Andy Danstrom
Sep 3, Chicago IL @ Experimental Sound Studio,
3p, Solo Piano and conversation w/ OPTION Talks Series
Sep 12, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective,
8p, w/ the Thwartet (Sarah Clausen, Tyler Wagner, Lily
Finnegan)
Sep 13, Chicago IL @ Constellation,
9p, part of Dimensions and Extensions
Sep 21, Chicago IL @ Fulton St Collective,
9p, w/ Mark Nagy
Sep 28, Chicago IL @ Agitator Gallery,
8p, Night School Series feat. Grace Morrissey,
Lardo, Jesse Malmed, Erez Dessel, Caroline Preziosi,
Maria Elena Silva
Oct 1, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain,
9p, w/ the Thwartet
Oct 3, Chicago IL @ Burlington,
9p, w/ Scott Dean Taylor
Oct 6, Bloomington IL @ Illinois Art Station,
7p w/ Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 7, Champaign IL @ Krannert Art Museum,
2p w/ Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 8, Kalamazoo MI, @ Dormouse Theatre,
8p w/ Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 13, Chicago IL @ Co-Prosperity Sphere,
8p w/ Kim AlpertOct 20, Chicago IL @ Constellation,
8p w/ Jeb Bishop
Oct 21, Ann Arbor MI @ Kerrytown Concert House
(Edgefest), 2p w/ Wilder/Hall Quartet
Oct 26, Amsterdam NL @ OCII, 20:00 w/ Ken
Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 27, Schorndorf DE @ Club Manufaktur, 20:30 w/
Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 28, Poznan PL @ TBA, w/ Ken Vandermark’s Edition
Redux
Oct 29, Krakow PL @ Club Alchemia, 20:00 w/ Ken
Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 30, Prague CZ @ Punctum, 19:00 w/ Ken
Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Oct 31, St. Johann AT @ Alte Gerberei, 20:00 w/ Ken
Vandermark’s Edition Redux
Nov 11, Chicago IL @ Record Breakers,
1p w/ Scott Taylor
Nov 26, Chicago IL @ Hungry Brain,
9p w/ Tim Daisy
Dec 1, Chicago IL @ Asian Improv Arts Midwest,
8p w/ Seajun Kwon, Beth McDonald, Tyler Damon
Dec 8, Chicago IL @ Elastic Arts (Catalytic Festial),
8p w/ Erez Dessel group (Marvin Tate, Mai Sugimoto,
Fred Jackson Jr., Ben Hall)
Dec 17, Chicago IL @ Constellation,
730p w/ Edition Redux (Peter Brotzmann memorial
concert)
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