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August 2019

Saturday August 24 | 11:00 am
Free

OFF-SITE: Marvin Tate’s Jazz On Da Block

A community celebration of music and storytelling held at 5944 West Race Street
Sunday August 25 | 9:00 pm
$10

Period Bomb (Miami)/Bobb Hatt (Columbus)/Imelda Marcos/Matt Mehlan

Miami punks Period Bomb come through on tour with sax experimenter Bobb Hatt. Chicagoans Imelda Marcos and Matt Mehlan also enter the fray, rounding out a bill that is sure to be equal parts weird and heavy.
Monday August 26 | 9:00 pm
$10

1st Anagram Festival, Night 1: The Oh Yeahs and Alejandro Urzagaste Trio

Night one of the first Anagram Festival features the unique sound of singer/songwriters and multi-instrumentalists the Oh Yeahs, and guitarist Alejandro Urzagaste's fantastic trio.
Tuesday August 27 | 9:00 pm
$10

1st Anagram Festival, Night 2: Glass Jaw & John Wojciechowski Trio

Night two of the first Anagram Festival showcases Glass Jaw, comprised of some of the rising stars of the latest generation of Chicago improvisers, and the great John Wojciechowski's venerated trio featuring one of the best rhythm sections around.
Thursday August 29 | 9:00 pm
$10

Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham

This unique pairing weaves together years of work together between these four musicians in countless different contexts into a first-time quartet pairing, made possible since each of the artists are in town for the Chicago Jazz Festival. Come kick off the weekend's festivities with this amazing lineup.
Friday August 30 | 9:30 pm
$10

Angel Bat Dawid’s Mothership9: Lufuki & Divine Providence, Participatory Music Coalition

Starchild! Citizens of the universe! Recording angels! We have returned to claim the pyramids. Partying on the Mothership, I am the Mothership connection
Saturday August 31 | 8:00 pm
$10

Afro+naut Lab : Performance Matters Pt 1

Afro+naut and the Afro-nots with Special Guests

September 2019

Thursday September 5 | 9:00 pm
$10

Instigation Festival

Instigation Festival continues with its fourth year bringing Chicago and New Orleans musicians, artists, and dancers together in a cross-medium exploration of the deep historical connections between these two locales. Curated by guitarist Steve Marquette and dancer/choreographer Marie Casimir, tonight's installment brings together eight of the leading music, movement and visual artists from each city for an evening of first time collaborations.
Sunday September 8 | 1:00 pm
$15

EVOLution: The Healing Art’s Movement Presents The Sono Geometry Experience

A monthly multidisciplinary Healing Art’s Immersion. Curated by Shannon Harris of Audio Pharmacology™/Urbanicity. "EVOLution" seeks to explore experimental variations in the healing art's intermingling different modalities and cultural aesthetics in a inter-generational sacred space. Our mission is to engage audiences in unique ways via positive brain entrainment and multi-sensory expression. Join us September 8th for the Sono Geometry Experience featuring Shannon Harris, Rod Echols and friends.
Sunday September 8 | 7:00 pm

Afro+naut Lab : Performance Matters Pt 2

Afro+naut and the Afro-nots with Special Guests
Monday September 9 | 9:00 pm
$10

Henry Smith Trio, Cosmograph & Silvia Bolognese Trio

New arrivals to the Chicago scene Henry Smith and Will Barnard lead a trio and quintet, respectively, and celebrated Italian bassist Silvia Bolognese makes a special appearance alongside Chicago greats Ed Wilkerson and Avreeayl Ra.
Thursday September 12 | 9:00 pm
$10

Freedom From and Freedom To

This massive cross-medium happening curated by dancer/choreographer Cristal Sabbagh pairs 11 dancers and 9 musicians from across both of Chicago's active dance and music communities.
Monday September 16 | 9:00 pm
$10

Andrew Trim Trio & Many Blessings

Former Chicagoan Andrew Trim visits from Milwaukee to perform his trio music, and drummer Lucas Gillan's quartet Many Blessings plays a set of his originals.
Thursday September 19 | 9:00 pm
$10

Hatcher/Giallorenzo/Young/Damon & Christopher Dammann’s Restroy

A new quartet of Elastic regulars debuts on the Elastic Arts stage, and Christopher Dammann returns to Chicago for another performance by his working sextet Restroy.
Friday September 20 | 6:00 pm

Afrofuturist Weekend Day 1

Join us for another very special Afrofuturist Weekend! The series opens this year with new performances from our Dark Matter residents kwabena foli, Mojdeh Stoakley, Elijah Jamal Asani, and Shannon Harris.
Saturday September 21 | 8:00 pm

Afrofuturist Weekend Day 2

Join us for another very special Afrofuturist Weekend! The series continues on Saturday with a performance from Elijah Jamal Asani, Angel Bat Dawid, and Brandon Markell Holmes, and Nicole Mitchell and her band perform her Xenogenesis suite in tribute to Octavia Butler.
Sunday September 22 | 2:00 pm

Afrofuturist Weekend Day 3

Join us for another very special Afrofuturist Weekend! The series concludes on Sunday with a VR experience from Sugar Gamers founder Keisha Howard, the "industrial electro-art rock" of »radiant devices«, and Shannon Harris's Sonic Alchemy Take Over.
Monday September 23 | 9:00 pm
$10

Jake Victor Trio & James Cook Trio

Pianist Jake Victor and saxophonist James Cook share a bill with their respective trios.
Thursday September 26 | 9:00 pm
$10

Holland Andrews Solo & Jaimie Branch Trio/Quartet

Portland-based vocalist Holland Andrews makes her Elastic debut, spanning the worlds of contemporary classical and improvised music. She'll be opening the night up for trumpeter and longtime Elastic Arts regular Jaimie Branch, who returns to Chicago from her home in Brooklyn to try out a new formation with some old compatriots.
Monday September 30 | 9:00 pm
$10

Kathy Kelly’s Owl Trio & Paul Hartsaw Quartet

Vibraphonist Kathy Kelly debuts a new trio project, and saxophonist Paul Hartsaw convenes some of his longtime collaborators for a set of quartet music.

October 2019

Thursday October 3 | 9:00 pm
$10

“Toby Zjetterborg” Trio

Renowned Swedish bassist Toby Zjetterborg makes a rare visit to Chicago to collaborate with some of Chicago's finest journeyman improvisers.
Monday October 7 | 9:00 pm
$10

Giallorenzo/Stine/Cunningham & Brian Seyler Quartet

Paul Giallorenzo fires up Elastic's in-house organ with a new trio project, and recent DePaul graduate Brian Seyler fronts a seasoned rhythm section in a program of originals and favorites.
Monday October 14 | 9:00 pm
$10

Duke/DeLorenzo/Faith & Evan Levine Trio

Tonight's bill features two trios. In the first, former NIU saxophone professor Steve Duke is joined by his colleagues Dan DeLorenzo on bass and Danny Faith on cajón (in place of traditional drum set). Bassist Evan Levine's recently recorded working band with Matt Gold and Andrew Green plays second.
Thursday October 17 | 9:00 pm
$10

Wark/Dawid/Heinemann/Shead

A dynamic quartet of Chicago-based improvisers takes the stage tonight, featuring some of the brightest lights among a new generation of Chicago improvisers.
Monday October 21 | 9:00 pm
$10

Joshua Rosner Trio & Billy Moroney Quintet

Recent Chicago transplant Joshua Rosner assembles a new trio, and tenor saxophonist Billy Moroney's leads a quintet of fellow up and comers.
Monday October 28 | 9:00 pm
$10

Max Bessesen Solo & Stein/Hatcher/Abrams/Damon

Saxophonist Max Bessesen performs solo material for alto, tenor and laptop, followed by a quartet of Chicago improvisers.

November 2019

Thursday November 7 | 9:00 pm
$10

Diamond/Roebke/Kirshner & Moore/Brock/Heinemann/Damon

Tonight's first band is the debut of a trio of Elastic Arts regulars. The second set features recent transplant Chris Moore, an artist and improviser from Florida. Newly active in Chicago´s improvised music and experimental sound scenes, a multitude of genres across disciplines can influence any given moment in time, ranging from experimental electronics, to post-modern painting, noise, installation art, post-punk, free jazz, film scores, metal, Foley artists, performance art etc. Tonight he'll be joined by three Elastic regulars to debut a new quartet.
Thursday November 14 | 9:00 pm
$10

Ken Vandermark’s Momentum 5

Composer and reedist Ken Vandermark premiers an ambitious new large ensemble project featuring musicians drawn from across a wide swath of the current improvised and experimental music scenes.

December 2019

Thursday December 5 | 9:00 pm
$10

Tim Daisy Solo & Clinkman/Daisy Duo

Chicago percussionist and composer Tim Daisy performs three works for solo percussion: Space Within Limits (for marimba and percussion) Staklo (for glass instruments) and Construction House (for drum set) For the second set, Daisy will be joined by guitarist Andrew Clinkman for a set of duo improvisations
Wednesday December 11
$10

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