Active Music Series presents a special tribute to Pauline Oliveros performed by sfSound and ROVA Saxophone Quartet.
The Active Music Series presents performances of experimental notation, conduction, noise, compositions with improvisation, avant jazz, free improvisation, chamber, electronic & electroacoustic music.
Join us at the uptown for 3 performances in an effort to raise money for the Planned Parenthood East Oakland Coliseum Health Center.
Join us for a night of writing, Shock Corridor the film and saucy tunes by the one and only Ingrid Keir. Free. Happy Hour drinks until 7pm!
The Active Music Series is focused on presenting new creative jazz and improvised music across the Bay Area. It is dedicated to highlighting the work of artists that embrace experimentalism, are informed by traditions, and demonstrate the confidence to combine complex concepts into unified works.
This month Active Music Series Presents: Ives Band, Nakata & FootSos!
Join us for an evening of writing, screening of "Evolution" the film, and live jazz by F.A.Q. No cover!
Active Music Series presents a monthly performance of experimental music and composition, featuring: LURK/CREEPS, Bonansea/Bachman/Corcoran, and The Deconstruction Of What You Know.
The Active Music Series showcases experimental music, avant garde jazz, composition and improvisation. This month presenting: Runcible Spoon Fight, Rempis-Johnston-Ochs, G. Shariatzadeh. Donations encouraged at the door!
The Active Music Series is focused on presenting new creative jazz and improvised experimental music across the Bay Area. $5-$15 Suggested Donation / NOTAFLOF
Dark progressive Brighton/London UK band Birdeatsbaby touring to support their 4th LP, along with SF anachrofuturistic electric cellist/singer-songwriter Unwoman, and Oakland's Victoria & The Vaudevillains.
Experimental Oakland power duo Sharkiface and Fletcher Pratt as Shadow Revolutions, and solo esoteric electronic multi-instrumentalist Black Unicorn. Doors 9, Show 9:30. $5 - $15 suggested donation.
11-person ensemble with heavy percussion DennyDennyBreakfast, symphonic cinematic psychedelic rock outfit The Rabbit Hole Orchestra, and neo-soul jazz singer-songwriter Molly Bolton
The 11th rendition of 8x8x8 (an evening of dance performance in a bar) is cram-jammed with the wit, humor, and skill of 8 of the Bay's most daring choreographers. And at $8 it's cheaper than most sandwiches this side of the Rocky Mountains!
World renowned sonic trekker Euphotic, new trio Nail-Biter, multi-instrumental improviser and multimedia artist Gabby Wen, and post-apocalyptic free wave art group VOL. (fka The Blues).
Musical free improvisation of Jack Wright’s Roughhousing, degenerate drum elongation of Syrnx, multitudinous voices of acoustic violinist Gabby Fluke-Mogul, and Oakland drummer/composer Jordan Glenn.
Jordan Glenn's BEAK is a percussion-heavy ensemble, the dissonance and spacial movement of A Field Folded, and flute and computer improvisational duo Usufruct. No cover.
A night of musical fusion ranging from jazz to rock, Afro-Cuban to avant-garde, blues to grooves. Featuring faculty members from Oakland School for the Arts Instrumental Music Program.
Electro-improv duo Apartment D, experimental soundscape artist Madalyn Merkey, and percussion duo Jon Arkin and Jordan Glenn. Free entry.
Saxophone, Clarinet, and live electronic improvisations of composer Aram Shelton, the intuition improvisation of percussionist Jacob Felix, the ominous nondenominational chamber music of Ashen Cleric, and the memory space activated experimentalism of Waxy Tomb.
Due to circumstances beyond The Uptown's control, this show has unfortunately been cancelled.
Kim Nucci Oakland multi-media artist, composer, improviser, and technologist Kim Nucci, sax-drums-cello trio Key West, and abstract yet accessible free improv of Kasey Knudsen Trio.
The Active Music Series presents performances of experimental notation, conduction, noise, compositions with improvisation, avant jazz, free improvisation, chamber, electronic, and electroacoustic music. Tickets are available at the door on the day of the event. $5 - $15 sliding scale.
Ero Guro is a compositional/performance outlet for the music of Oakland composer, improviser, and saxophonist Tom Weeks. Li & AM is new work by Lisa E Harris and Amy Melissa on theremin, guitar, objects, sound, voice, and image. Headlights is Aurora Josephson (voice & percussion) and Derek Gedalecia (electronics & instruments) performing original and classic compositions across the spectrum. $5-$15 sliding scale.
American guitarist and performing artist Alex Cohen, the dopest opus from Alexandra Buschman (Demonsleeper, Las Sucias), and Oakland improv trio/quartet Monopiece joined by Danishta Rivero (Las Sucias). $5 - $10 sliding scale.
Active Music Series Presents atmospheric soundscape duo OMMO, guitarist Owen Stewart-Robertson and drummer Daniel Pearce, and Force/Keenan/Russell/Tambellini, a quartet comprised of violin, bass guitar, percussion and trumpet. $5 - $15 sliding scale.
Active Music Series Presents: Oakland cellist and digital artist Shanna Sordah, IMA x Caroline Tigre presenting Japanese poetry with percussion and stark electronics, and the west coast energy music for continental secessionists of Stone Raft. $5 - $15 sliding scale.
Active Music Series Presents: live computer and synthesizer musician John Bischoff, improvisation trio Dunkelman/Fluke-Mogul/Nishi-Smith, and Baltimore native saxophonist/composer Kevin Robinson's KREation Ensemble.
Active Music Series Presents: Nelson, Apropos Trio: Renzi-Mezzacappa-Levis, & Trouble Ensemble.
$5 - $15 sliding scale.
Active Music Series Presents: Japanese avant-garde sound artist Tatsuya Nakatani, no wave / post-industrial solo artist Sharon Tate Fetus Explosion, and the jittery polyrhythmic sensory overload of Degradient. $5 - $15 sliding scale at the door.
Shanna Sordahl is a sound artist and composer based in Oakland. Stevie Richards is a saxophonist and modular synth builder and performer from Melbourne, Australia. The Lost Shapes add adventurous original jazz music.
Gnarboots (Asian Man Records) is a dynamic, formless entity of musical non-conformity from Gilroy, Ca. They don't practice, and anything goes. Quentel The Cryptic is a creature who likes Crystal Castles and David Bowie and whose existence has been suggested but that is unrecognized by a scientific consensus. Vantana Row are an experimental punk band based out of Oakland.
San Francisco hard piano rock duo Sit Kitty Sit, Brooklyn Americana singer-songwriter Ruby Landen, and Oakland punk cabaret outfit Victoria & The Vaudevillains. No cover.
Electroacoustic composer Gabby Wen, experimental Bay Area collective Dirt and Copper, and Oakland free music trio Dolphin (Sam Lefebvre, Riley W. Macleod, & Max Nordile). Doors 9, Show 9:30. $5 - 15 sliding scale.
Oakland art rock band Grex comes home to round out its 10th Anniversary Tour. Sublime sights & sounds from improv ensemble Hare and Arrow and the relentless heaviness of electronic duo Jeweled Snakes.
Electro-prog act Spyn Reset, dance/noise outfit Klyph, and electro-acoustic genre bending artists Secret Sidewalk.
San Francisco pianist / vocalist / songwriter Rabbit Quinn, moody covers by Caroline Blind, Oakland punk cabaret act Victoria & The Vaudevillains, as well as the music of Kali-Ra, and the dark sounds of Sword Tongue.
An evening of improvised music with Phillip Greenlief, Trevor Dunn, and Scott Amendola exploring the genres of rock, metal, funk, jazz, post-classical and film music. Their first set of performances as a trio in nearly 20 years.
A free event highlighting one of the finest jazz duos in town.
EVENT CANCELED Active Music Series is a monthly showcase of experimental avant garde and improvisational jazz. Second Tuesday of the month. $5-15 sliding scale.
