Wednesday February 4 * 7pm * $10-30 * TICKETS

Outside Time presents a night celebrating the release of Tone Keepers, a new album of compositions for flute and piccolo by Rachel Beetz.

Rachel will begin the evening by performing Tone Keepers in its entirety. Each piece revolves around a simple but inventive technique for generating acoustic sound coupled with a discrete mode of electronic processing, spinning out variations on the unique effect it produces. She encourages sounds to crystalize rather than expand, uncovering new permutations and emotional dimensions as curiosity leads her forward. The evening will culminate with Rachel leading a performance of James Tenney's "In A Large Open Space," scored for "any 12 or more sustaining instruments." The audience will be invited to move freely among the musicians, who will be spread throughout Rhizome. Performers will be drawn from throughout the DMV's vibrant experimental music communities.

Thursday February 5 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

I create documentaries about ordinary lives, nostalgia, and memory in rural China: micro worlds you don’t see on the news. I want to protect what existed before the Internet: an old style of life that has quietly continued for thousands of years but is now about to disappear in modern life.

This is my first Chinese documentary series, Before Disappearing. It records the unique dialects of my hometown through my grandma’s experience. I want to show you the voice and language that AI cannot recreate: spoken within a small town, carried through daily life, rarely found online, and vanishing as generations change.

Friday February 6 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * OFFSITE at Tonal Park * $25-35 * TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents pianist Matthew Shipp, solo, at Tonal Park Studios. Tonal Park is at 7014-C Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park, MD. Enter through the WOWD entrance at 7014-B. Any questions, email Transparent at transparentprods AT gmail DOT com; please don’t contact Tonal Park.

New York City-based pianist, MATTHEW SHIPP, has collaborated with, among others, David S. Ware, William Parker, Joe Morris, Roscoe Mitchell, Matt Maneri, Darius Jones, Michael Bisio, and Gerald Cleaver. Downbeat describes Shipp as “the connection between the past, present and future for jazzheads of all ages” and as “a musician who deserves a place of choice in the jazz piano pantheon.” He is the author of the book “Black Mystery School Pianists and Other Writings” which was published earlier this year. Shipp’s latest solo piano recording is “The Cosmic Piano” on Cantaloupe Music: https://matthewshipp.bandcamp.com/album/the-cosmic-piano

Friday February 6 * doors at 7, show at 8 * $15 * TICKETS

whitepicketfence -  Inspired by the likes of John Cage, Heroin (the band), The Dead C, and DC punk writ large, Chris Lauterbach (Your Majesty) and Katy Otto (Trophy Wife) have combined forces in their new outfit whitepicketfence. A project over fifteen years in the making, this guitar/drums overblown duo writes ear splitting songs of the quiet desperation and seething fury that modern life provokes.

little a - DC punks making their own noise. Previous members of1905, Birds and Wires, Blue Bodies, Body/Cop, Forensics, & Tiny Bombs.

Boat Burning - Founded by Andras Fekete (1956-2018), BOAT BURNING plays "maximum minimalism" -- elemental phrases that create towers of densely stacked harmonics. The resulting sound combines the wide-screen sweep of classical with the physical thrall of punk.

Saturday February 7 * 1pm * Free / donations * REGISTER

Live Action Role Play is a combination of improv, theater, physical movement, crafts, and just about any genre of story you can think of! All are welcome to these 2-hour LARPs hosted at Rhizome DC, whether you're completely new to the artform or a seasoned veteran.

On Saturday, February 7 from 1-3 pm we're getting into the spirit of Valentine's Day with Group Date by Sara Williamson. In this game for 4-9 people, two groups of players give voice to the different parts of two people's psyches and play out their first three dates before the 'define the relationship.' It's funny, fast-paced, and won't take up your date night!

Saturday February 7 * 3pm * $25 / scholarships available * REGISTER

This is an in-person workshop on the basics of vocal feminization: raising your pitch, shifting your resonance, and sustaining your trained voice. It'll be interactive, so come prepared to try the exercises in a judgment-free setting. Instructor: Jessica Austin

Scholarships available - please email info@rhizomedc.org

To find out more about me or schedule private lessons, visit my website: https://thetransjessicaaustin.com/

Saturday February 7 * doors at 7, show at 7:30 * $10 * TICKETS

Suicide Eyes (PA)
https://suicideeyes.bandcamp.com

False Salvation (PA)
https://rebirthrecordsphl.bandcamp.com/album/false-salvation

Flip the Switch (PA)
https://fliptheswitchlv.bandcamp.com/

Sluggo (DC)
https://sluggohc.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2025

Sunday February 8 * 2-5pm * $5 suggested * RSVP

Showcase exhibit will remain open through February 21. Open during all events, or email us to make an appointment.

Come celebrate creativity, fun, and community with us as we display this year’s Fun-A-Day projects!

Please let us know if you are thinking about showing your work, by signing up for the project here.  Bring all or some or just one piece of the work you’ve created for D.C.’s Fun-A-Day 2026 Showcase!  Click through for Drop-off & Pick-up info below, please.

Sunday February 8 * doors at 7, show at 7:30 * $15 * TICKETS

TRHÄ + BARBELITH - Combining black metal with elements of atmospheric & ambient music but with a concentrated improvisational core. https://barbelith.bandcamp.com/album/barbelith-trh

Mass Ego - Blackened Hardcore from Baltimore
https://massego.bandcamp.com/track/sinking-ship

Pilau - Hardcore Punk / Grind from DC
https://council-records.bandcamp.com/album/pressure

Monday February 9 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

LMB is an improvised duo from Washington, D.C. consisting of Abe Mamet (French horn and effects) and Jamie Sandel (violin and effects). With all their music, the duo tries to use practiced improvisation to seek beauty and peace within the spaces they play and communities they play with. As well, both Jamie and Abe use the platform to dive deeper into the worlds of their instruments, seeking new sounds, modes, and relationships with music-making devices.

Will Evans is a trumpet player and composer based in Richmond, Virginia. Working in a variety of styles but primarily rooted in jazz / Black American improvisational music while drawing from and fusing a wide range of styles and traditions, Will makes feeling-first music that prioritizes honesty, emotionality, and connection. Rinatt Montoya  is a guitarist and composer based in Richmond, VA. His improvisations explore the convergence of ambient soundscapes and aggressive noise guitar. The two come together in a new improvised duo.

Walsh Kunkel is a guitarist, composer, label curator and electronic musician hailing from Baltimore, Maryland. Here, Kunkel will debut a new solo work exploring interplay between improvisation, jazz, pop, and song-form.

Tuesday February 10 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Featuring:
Will Mulanny
Jonathan Williger & Alma Laprida
Naoco Wowsugi

ZZZZZZZZZZ is a transcendental sound dozing experience, weaving tones including gong baths, theremins, plant synthesizers, cassette loops, poetry, ambient drones, vinyl DJ sets and more.

Drift into a nap, wrapped in experimental soundscapes. Bring a mat, blanket, and water as you wish.

ZZZZZZZZZZ （ズズズズズズズズズズ）は、ゴングバス、テルミン、植物シンセサイザー、カセットループ、詩、アンビエントドローン、そしてヴァイナルDJセットなどの音色を織り交ぜた、超越的なサウンドうたた寝体験です。実験的な音の風景に包まれながら、心地よい眠りへと漂いましょう。マット、毛布、水など、必要に応じてお持ちください。

Thursday February 12 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

JeJaWeDa Quartet
Jeb Bishop – trombone, electronics
Jaap Blonk – voice, electronics
Weasel Walter – drums, percussion
Damon Smith – double bass

Jaap Blonk (www.jaapblonk.com) is unique for his powerful stage presence and playful freedom in improvisation, combined with a keen grasp of structure. The frenetically prolific bandleader/composer/multi-instrumentalist Weasel Walter summons myriad timbres from a (mostly) conventional drum kit, while also bringing a strong performative element to the proceedings. Jeb Bishop is an extraordinary improviser, composer, and simply one of the finest living trombonists, and has been a major voice in improvised music for more than 20 years. Tireless organizer, improviser, and Balance Point Acoustics label head Damon Smith expands both the sound world of the double bass and the roles it can play in an ensemble. The sonic result of this alchemical gamble is a wide-open, unruly field of play where anything can and will happen. The band’s performances run the gamut from delicate chamber textures to cracked-video-game burbling to all-out electronic meltdowns.

Bao Nguyen is a performance and visual artist based in Baltimore and raised in Vietnam. They improvise through movement, action, voice and words to unravel a range of emotions. Recently, they recited Cardi B’s “WAP”, rolled in a blanket while being naked, ate soil, scolded the audience and asked for their keys. Bao messes up the DIY and institutional spaces they perform in to uncover collective intimacy, openness and vulnerability.

Friday February 13 * doors at 6:30, show at 7 * $12-24 * TICKETS

Exit Angles is here and now punk ROCK, formed in Wheeling, WV, in 2021 by Jay Demko (ex singer/guitarist of the post hardcore band Lincoln). Their debut album, A Sickness and a Fire, was released in March 2023 by Blind Rage Records and mixed by J. Robbins (Jawbox). Their 2nd album, Iterate,released April 2024 on their own label, Intentional Grounding. They toured after its release supporting Brainiac, and then Explosions in the Sky. A third album is set to release in February 2026 with touring to follow.

Red Sunflower is a DC-based instrumental trio formed by brothers Kiyan Saifi (guitar) and Teymour Saifi (bass), with Jaden Shahin on drums. The band explores noise, textural improvisation, and experimental rock. Drawing on the energy of punk and free music, Red Sunflower favors intensity and unpredictability over convention.

Alma Laprida + Harley / Harley + Alma Laprida
A duo of tromba marina and turntable

Alma Laprida is a musician and multi-disciplinary artist whose creative pursuits encompass composition, improvisation, performance, installation, instrument building and radiophonic pieces. She’s known for her work with the tromba marina, a rare string instrument mostly used between the Middle Ages and the Baroque eras in Europa.

Harley is a city girl and a lifelong musician who in another life was a classical singer. Since getting a pair of turntables, she's been playing with the different sounds she can bring out of records. She invites you to come and decide if she's making noise or music. She also uses turntables to DJ, both solo and as part of Free Pussy, an all-female vinyl party.

Saturday February 14 * 1pm * $10-20 * REGISTER

Participants are invited to select, modify, and animate directly onto 16mm film scraps or blank polyester film using permanent markers or tools to scratch the emulsion from the surface. Work produced during this workshop will be spliced together to make a singular short collaborative film. The resulting short film will be projected at the end of the session. The film will be scanned and distributed to workshop participants who wish to receive a link via email after the session. 

Instructor Emily Francisco is a sculptress utilizing signal flow as medium. Born in Honolulu, raised in the lead belt, educated in Saint Louis and the District of Columbia - she has exhibited work internationally and occasionally performs around Washington DC.

Results from a previous workshop at Hillyer Art Space: https://vimeo.com/1091366265

Saturday February 14 * 5-9pm * $0-30 * TICKETS

Visions of Us is a celebration of love and connection! Join Love Art Rage and MotorMouth for an evening filled with art and mingling. There will be art vendors tabling throughout the event in addition to speed dating/friending, and an open mic! In between activities kick back and make a valentines card for a loved one. Masks will be required and provided at this event. We also advise attendees to test in the days leading up to the event and/ or day of and to stay home if they are feeling sick in any way. These covid precautions help to keep us safe while we connect! The event will run from. 5-9pm. The first two hours will be primarily the art market and valentines making set up, at 7 we will begin speed dating/friending, then at 8 we will end the event with the open mic.

Tickets are sliding scale from free - $30, where costs will be donated to mutual aid funds and possibly be distributed among vendors.

Sunday February 15 * 12:30-2pm * $35 * REGISTER

The Wild Winter Medicine workshop focuses on using a variety of wild roots and tree barks in order to make herbal medicine. We’ll learn how to identify, harvest, make and safely use simple herbal preparations with Wild Cherry Bark, Willow, Sassafras and more! Participants will have the chance to taste warming teas, syrups, tinctures and take home recipes.

Candise Jordan, Owner of Farm Forage Feast is a Forest Garden Educator, Forager and Bioregional Herbalist on a mission to help heal our planet and our bodies through food.

Sunday February 15 * 3-5pm * RSVP

Death Cafes are opportunities for people to enjoy refreshments together and discuss the topic of death. The objective is to “increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” There are Death Cafes all over the country. What's on your mind about death and dying? Contact Death Cafe Facilitators Margaret Branch at margaret603@gmail.com or Monica Lynch at mlynch19@comcast.net.. Death Cafes are NOT therapy, grief support, or counseling sessions. Cost: Free (small donation for the space encouraged)

Sunday February 15 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

An experimental guitarist, artist and architect based in Brooklyn NY, Sandy Ewen's guitar playing playing is centered around found objects and extended techniques. She performs solo and in many diverse musical and multi-media collaborations. Ongoing projects include duo with a Damon Smith, an all-female large ensemble, the trio Etched in the Eye, and a duo with Tom Carter called Spiderwebs.

Resuscianne - Baltimore-basd duo of Ava Burke and Bill Corrigan.

Kajwan Ziaoddini started performing Santour in 1998. He earned his master’s degree in Iranian classical music at the University of Tehran. As a musician, he has collaborated with several Iranian ensembles such as Eghbal, Ravian, and Hamnavazan, and has contributed to five albums: From the Saba’s Rose Garden, Hashtrud, Delkesh, Goshayesh, and Nowbang. Kajwan is a faculty of the music department at the University of Kurdistan, Iran, and currently is a PhD student in ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland.

Monday February 16 * doors at 7pm * $10+ * TICKETS

DC for Palestine presents...

Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk - a film by Sepideh Farsi

An intimate window into life in Gaza amidst Israeli bombardment, captured through video calls with photojournalist Fatima Hassouna. 2025.

$10+ with all proceeds going to Gaza mutual aid efforts

Wednesday February 18 * doors at 6:30, show at 7 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Jeff Barsky - moonlit melodies from Silver Spring, MD

No One and the Somebodies - all-sibling weird-punk from NYC

Nice Breeze - The trio of John Howard, Martha Hamilton & Andy Fox churn out solid, hook-laden, bullseye-pop gems by the bushel. Must be something in that Potomac water supply, because Everything Disappears delivers in a way that evokes the lost wryness of Tru Fax And The Insaniacs matched with the going-for-it gusto of Iridescence era Half Japanese. DC area bands have always seemed to possess that extra digit when it comes to honing a particular strain of post punk expression & Nice Breeze are no exception.

Thursday February 19 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $20-30 * TICKETS

Washington DC-based ¡FIASCO! was first assembled in 2016 building a unique repertoire of sounds and materials rooted in droning folk songs, jittery hip-hop grooves, grunge, and punk rock. ¡FIASCO! was signed to Unit Records in 2023 and released their Unit debut Anger Artist in January 2024. Throughout years of club gigs, experimentation with original and re-imagined repertoire, and growing sophistication with electronics and effects, combining a jazz form with rock aesthetics and attitude, ¡FIASCO! built a following and a sound uniquely their own. Andrew Frankhouse (sax), Nelson Dougherty (guitar), Steve Arnold (bass), Keith Butler, Jr. (drums).

Hunter, Koray, and Zulfugar are a trio of improvisers with one foot in fusion, jazz, and funk, and the other in outer space. This high-energy group straddles this line, playing mind-bending impromptu compositions that expand horizons.

Friday February 20 * $10-20 * 7pm * TICKETS

Indigo Ranch: Reminiscent of C86-era pop music enveloped in a wall of hiss, Indigo Ranch is Emily Eichelberger (guitar, vocals) and John Pyle (bass, drum machine) of Philadelphia, PA, past and current members of Oaken Tower, Pleasure Island, and Louie Louie. Described as, “A contrite and rainy release, remnant of the saddest and most obscure UK 80s indie pop. The snare is only static as you pass through stations on the radio at 2am. The kick is your pulse. Every song is an unclear disclosure, late night confession, or phone booth lullaby. Neil Taylor would be proud." Or more concisely: Mazzy Star with muscle, Ladytron on cough syrup or if Joy Division was born in Sonora.

Weapons Envelope: harsh noise and power electronics by Emily Haugh (DC). War poetry for remembering.

Levogyre: Found and transmitted sound from DC.

Saturday February 21 * 3pm * $20 * REGISTER

A.R.T. Artists Recovering Together

Expressive painting can help us release stress and gain emotional resilience by uncovering subconscious thoughts and feelings that are difficult to put into words.

In this workshop we will use acrylic inks to create process-based paintings in community with others recovering from addiction. Goals include connection with others, gaining a deeper understanding of our inner worlds, and discovering new ways to use art as a coping mechanism. Facilitated by Kanchan Balsé. Materials included. Email info@rhizomedc.org for scholarships.

Sunday February 22 * noon-4pm * $5-10 suggested * RSVP

The DC Modular Society is a group focused on learning, teaching, and performing electronic music with modular synths. DCMS meetups are open to all with an interest in electronic music, modular and other hardware synths, and hybrid systems for creating and performing music. We encourage and support building a diverse and inclusive community—if you’re wondering if you belong—the answer is yes! No equipment is necessary to attend meetups, but feel free to bring gear if you like. Mixer and PA system provided. We frequently do informal demos of synths and electronic music techniques.

Sunday February 22 * 5pm * $15-30 * TICKETS

Presented by Outside Time. Runs 5-8pm. Homemade soup will be available to attendees. This will be an intimate, early evening performance. 

Raphael Roginski is a guitarist, composer, improviser, cultural animator and researcher of musical folklore. Educated in jazz and classical music, his interests include musicology and ethnomusicology, which combine in his work in terms of both composition and performance, referencing Jewish culture, blues and more. For this performance he will be performing original arrangements of Crimean Tartar music. His LPs have been released by Unsound to acclaim. Read an interview about his interpretations of John Coltrane's music here.

Dr. Kimia Hesabi is a violist, educator, and administrator currently residing in the D.C area. Kimia is an active performer and has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra musician in various prestigious concert halls across the country as well as her home country Iran. A recent appearance includes performing at NPR’s Tiny Desk along with Sleater-Kinney. Hesabi released her debut album entitled Nemāno Gaona featuring works for viola by composers of the Iranian Diaspora under New Focus Recordings in 2022.

Monday February 23 * doors at 6:30, music at 7pm sharp * $15-25 * TICKETS

Wrekmeister Harmonies: Pastoral doom, droning metal, sonic maximalism from Kingston, NY. On Thrill Jockey Records
https://wrekmeisterharmonies.bandcamp.com/

Sadness: Shoegazey, emotional black metal 
https://sadnessmusic.bandcamp.com/

Oldest Sea: Ethereal heaviness from New Jersey 
https://oldestsea1.bandcamp.com

Witch's Mirror: Magic hour doom from Washington, DC
https://witchsmirror.bandcamp.com/

Thursday February 26 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

The Wayne Horvitz and Sara Schoenbeck Duo navigate through original tunes and improvisatory soundscapes. With feet firmly planted in a genre-less zone, electronics and an ever-expanding textural palate serve to deepen the feel of a shared melodic language. Their first CD, entitled “Cell Walk”, was released on the Songlines label in May 2020.

Washington, D.C.-based guitarist Anthony Pirog is a musician who knows no stylistic limits. Educated in jazz but enthusiastically embracing diverse forms from indie/punk-informed rock to ambient experimentation, Pirog has emerged as one of the most noteworthy artists on the 21st century D.C. area music scene, defying predictability with live appearances in myriad configurations.

Saturday February 28 * doors at 3pm, event at 3:30 * $10-20 * TICKETS

"INDELIBLE" is a hybrid documentary series highlighting performing artists in the DMV and Baltimore. Since 2018, series creator Antonio Hernandez (aka "Electric Llama") has published 15 episodes, and has screened unique edits of the film at venues such as Busboys and Poets, Suns Cinema, Eaton Hotel and The Village Cafe. This will be the first time the project is screening at Rhizome.

Singer, songwriter and producer Jenna Camille, star of Episode 8, will perform live.

Saturday February 28 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $15 * TICKETS

The Andrews are an ambient experimental country music group featuring Andrew Waegel (pedal steel) and Richard Andrews (guitar). Their music brings deep elements of and reverence for the traditions of American country music, starting with but usually departing from the restrictions of the genre's songcraft; melody gives way to soundscapes which lead to experimentations that avoid honky-tonk cliche and feel-good ambient platitudes in favor of a more realistic reconciliation with our current cultural moment.

Jonathan Morris (Matis) has been composing and performing many types of music for some period of years that we don't need to count. His interest in combining improvisation and composition led him to conservatory training at the Hartt School of Music. Recovery from that training has included performances all over the country, from highbrow venues like The Kennedy Center (not recently) to others like CBGB’s. Jonathan led the DC Improvisers Collective and the Low End String Quartet, and is a member of the instrumental rock guitar choir, Boat Burning. His latest commercial release is Resonance: Time + Wood + Steel, a collection of ambient guitar music on Ramble Records.

AM Howard was born in DC and came of age in the New Mexico plains and West Texas Bars. His solo guitar work falls somewhere between modern American primitive fingerpicking, looping/loping ambient country, and Motorik-inspired drives into the middle distance. Call it Kosmiche Americana.

Wednesday March 4 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $20-30 * TICKETS

Since his emergence on the west coast in the late 1970s, saxophonist/composer PHILLIP GREENLIEF has achieved international acclaim for his recordings and performances with musicians and composers in the post-jazz continuum as well as new music innovators and virtuosic improvisers. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Meredith Monk, Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Reiner, and They Might Be Giants. Albums include two LANTSKAP LOGIC TRIO releases (w/ Evelyn Davis and Fred Frith), THAT OVERT DESIRE OF OBJECT with Joelle Leandre, ALL AT ONCE with FPR  (Frank Gratkowski and Jon Raskin), and OH THAT MONSTER with LA punk pioneers Thelonious Monster.

KEEFE JACKSON, saxophonist/clarinetist/improvisor/composer, arrived in Chicago in 2001 from his native Fayettevile, Arkansas. He performs regularly in the U.S. and in Europe with many musicians including Pandelis Karayorgis, Tomeka Reid, Tim Daisy, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, Jason Adasiewicz, Mike Reed, Jason Stein, Josh Berman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Frank Rosaly, Oscar Jan Hoogland and Marc Unternaehrer. "...the impeccable logic of his lines and the richness of his tone leave you wanting more... Jackson's high-register squiggles and coarsely voiced, rippling runs push the limits of the tenor's tonal envelope." Trio with Luke Stewart (bass), and Mikel Patrick Avery (drums).

Thursday March 5 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

We are pleased to present an evening of films by Sara Kazemimanesh & Shahriar Shafiani, both of whom will be present for a discussion with the audience following the screening.

Sara Kazemimanesh (b. 1988, Rasht, Iran) is a writer, filmmaker, and educator. Her work moves between interpretative and critical writing and expanded art practice. In her films, and often through restrained, formally attentive storytelling, she explores displacement, agency of women, and the nuanced ways private lives collide with larger socio-political forces. Sara’s films have been showcased and recognized internationally. She holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Ohio University.

Shahriar Shafiani is a film director, scholar, and educator. Born and raised in Iran, Shafiani began his career as an independent filmmaker before relocating to the United States for graduate study. Shafiani holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Arts and an MFA in Film from Ohio University. He is an Assistant Professor of Film at Howard University, where he also coordinates the Graduate Film Program. Alongside his academic work, Shafiani continues to direct, edit, and coach performers for film and television.

Friday March 6 * 7pm * $15-20 * TICKETS

Ceremony East Coast is the bass and drums duo of John Fedowitz and Sandra Fedowitz playing raw love songs with distortion at glistering volumes. You get fuzz bass lines, ear piercing guitars, savage drums and intense vocals. Nothing polished, highs and lows. Each live show and record is raw, real and Ceremony style: #lovesongswithdistortion.

Osmia started as a recording project in Oregon, currently based in Maine. Sometimes fuzz pedals set to ten and sometimes spacey reverberations. Post rock / post punk genre derivations. Loud, quiet rock and roll for a folk soaked sea coast. This is their second time in DC..

JACKY COUGAR & THE VAMPIRES FROM AFRICA is the electro punk project from Jack Abok (Foul Swoops, Des Demonas, Sex Faces) melding his love of the delta blues, hip hop, post punk and Krautrock with Hana Racecar, his bandmate from Sex Faces ripping raw primitive beats.

Caustic Hologram is our hadean algorithmic cyberverse designed to fragment our souls into terminal consumption. They are also a band and a group of friends navigating this dystopian timeline together who believe in the unifying magic of repetitive rhythms and raucous dissonance.

Sunday March 8 * 1pm * in the backyard * $15-25 * REGISTER

Itching to get creative? Come dye with me! This class will cover making and dyeing with indigo, including the basics of shibori (Japanese tie-dye). You'll learn how to:-make an indigo vat-dye with indigo for long-lasting color-tie up the cloth for a variety of beautiful patterns-care for your indigo-dyed itemsEach participant will receive 1 bandana to dye with. All other materials provided. You may bring a few additional items to dye from home. Small to medium sized items with 50% or more natural fiber content work best.. In addition, wear clothing that you don't mind getting stained. Bring an apron if you wish, and rubber gloves if you have them.

Instructor: Sophie Kanter: www.thebluesti.com/

Sunday March 8 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

Peter Evans (trumpet) and Sam Pluta (electronics) have been collaborating since 2008 in a wide variety of contexts. Their music bridges Evans' efforts to explore new sonic worlds for a traditional acoustic instrument with Pluta's customized and highly flexible software. Their instruments are at some points fused into a unified sonic entity indistinguishable as two voices, while at others engaged in violent counterpoint. 

Heather Stebbins is a DC-based composer and multi-instrumentalist whose work explores the porous boundary between memory and emotion. She foregrounds cello, synthesizer, and an array of other electronics, creating music that is imbued with patience, unfolding slowly over the course of multi-movement suites.

Pianist Ning Yu emerges as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary music. Ning brings virtuosity and adventurous spirit to a wide range of music, both in solo performances and in collaborations with some of today’s most distinguished creative artists.

Erin Demastes is an experimental composer, performer, and sound artist. She uses everyday objects and hacked electronics for her installations and performances and subverts their use and perception with play and experimentation.

Monday March 9 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

Paper Lady is the immortal crone, casting spells and wreaking havoc in Boston, MA. This indie dream-rock outfit, consisting of Alli Raina, Rowan Martin, Alex Castile, and Taylor Morris was formed in the depths of the Northeast DIY scene in 2019. They have been conjuring up noisy freak folk and driving dream rock alike in basements and on stages around the US and Canada.

babybaby_explores is the citation of the run on sentence providence art-rock project, “Baby; Baby: Explores the Reasons Why that Gum is Still on the Sidewalk”, created by three scrappy bffs Lids B-Day (effected Vox & sampler), Sam M-H (e. gtr.) & Ramona Cano-Daly (keys & rhythm), three working-class art freaks raised in the haunted clam chowder suburbia Warwick, RI. Utilizing guitar effects pedals to manipulate sounds they create dissonant and lighthearted simple structured danceable songs that pay homage to musique concrète, European underground synth punk of the late 70’s through the 80's, anthem music, dada, and the Providence DIY & noise scene.

Flo Petitemakes music for degenerates, dog lovers and anyone prone to an existential crisis. Based out of Washington DC, they’ve spent the last few years creating hodge-podge indie-pop sounds between toting around to house shows and touring out of their moms car. Next up : releasing a song more than every three years. Stay tuned!

Thursday March 12 * doors at 7, music at 8 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Hippie Love Party (VA Beach): Math, emo, psych 

Bodied (NoVA): hardcore, screamo, skramz --  https://bodiednova.bandcamp.com/

Fleabath (DC):  wild, sloppy, and primitive garage punk -- https://www.fleabathdc.com/

Friday March 13 * 6pm * $15 * TICKETS

The festival’s six elements include LIVE SAMPLING, LIVE MUSIC, LIVE ART, a VENDOR MARKETPLACE, an ARTIST PANEL, and FOOD, with each event feature having a fiercely nonconformist lineup.

Local producers of multi-genred backgrounds will premiere new tracks composed live at the event using remixed samples recorded during the eclectic live music sets. 

OUR PRODUCERS: Alienood / Elric / Imka / The Expanding Man

WITH LIVE MUSIC BY: Anxiety Monster / Fantazma / James Wolf / Iliana Garabyare

VISUAL MAKERS & VENDORS, thanks to Clearbrook Artist Collective: Bbugnug / Beane Beane / Calum Hjelm / Club Temper / Recklessmarks

Facilitated by Alicia Astronomo, our PANEL of local artists discuss organizing and building creative community: Alana McCarthy Light / Camilo Montoya / Collapsing / Soul on the Scene

A taste of the islands meet the Maryland (old) bay with our CHEF: @crabandcalypso

Event organized by Nico Rodriguez and Alana McCarthy Light

Flier background art by Satya Emeric

Sunday March 15 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Amoeba Ray (Washington, DC)
https://www.instagram.com/amoebaraydc
Instrumentally fronted rock with backing vox. We like to dance and stave off angst. Influenced by Yorke, Homme, and Brubeck, but making our own vibe.

Greg Rekus (Winnipeg, CA)
https://gregrekus.com/
"Sinners go to Church, Saints go to Jail" out now. Road-tested folk punk.

Cat Anatomy (College Park, MD)
https://catanatomy.bandcamp.com/
Maryland-based rock n roll

Monday March 16 * doors at 7, show at 8 * $10 * TICKETS

Bong Bag (GA)
https://hardtackk.bandcamp.com/album/glimmer

The M.F.C (MD)
https://themfc.bandcamp.com/album/roadside-cross-piss-on-a-tesla

Powerband (DC)
https://powerband.bandcamp.com/track/death-machine

Wednesday March 18 * doors at 6:30, music at 7:30 * $20-35 * TICKETS

Presented by Transparent Productions in collaboration with the 2026 Washington Women in Jazz Festival. 

Alex Hamburger Quartet: Alex Hamburger (flute/voice), José Luiz Martins (piano), Tyrone Allen II (bass), Eliza Salem (drums)

Samantha Kochis Quintet: Samantha Kochis (flute), Judette Elliston (voice), Matei Predescu (piano), Finn Carroll (bass), Josh Mathews (drums) 

For the last decade, flutist, vocalist and composer Alex Hamburger has been creating her own musical direction. Her debut And She Spoke gave voice to female poets and composers while her acclaimed sophomore album, What If?, blended acoustic and electric textures to explore transformation and perception.

Samantha Kochis is a Brooklyn-based flutist, improviser, and composer who explores various creative environments as an artist of experimental music. In her creative works, Samantha draws from the tradition of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation to engage in sonic conversations with listeners and collaborators alike. Her playing is described as “deeply intentioned” and “sensitive yet powerful”.

Friday March 20 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Quiet Room is a grunge fusion rock band consisting of four musicians from across the greater DMV area. Quiet Room features guitarist Ja’Wuan Martin-Cooper, mountain dulcimer player Thiel Secrist, bassist Yvonna Liszewski, and drummer Arturo Carchedi exploring many different sounds at once to invite listeners in while simultaneously pushing boundaries.

Holy Terror is a progressive Cold Wave band from Silver Spring, Maryland. They compose music for the Dance Dance Revolution cabinets in Hell with lyrics circling mortality, the sacred, and human sacrifice. Holy Terror is a power trio featuring Robin Zeng on Drums and providing the live visual elements, Sly Samudre on Keys and Vocals, & Christopher Luis-Jorge on Bass and Lead Vocals. 

Kinoko is self-conscious, self-irreverent, diy emo.

Saturday March 21 * 7pm * $13 advance / $15 at the door * TICKETS

Red Brick Presents...

TOSSER (DC)
https://tossertheband.bandcamp.com/

BLOODSPORTS (NYC)
https://bloodsportsbk.bandcamp.com/

GUTTERED (DC)
https://gutteredcore.bandcamp.com/album/tracing-a-silhouette

Sunday March 22 * doors at 6, music at 7 * $15 * TICKETS

$500 is a three-piece rock band from Kingston, NY. Consisting of longtime musical collaborators and couple Kaitlyn Flanagan and Ian Donohue with Lilly Griffin on drums. They self-released their debut album Twelve Eyes in September of 2025. https://500dollars.bandcamp.com/album/twelve-eyes 

File Select are a three-piece band from Baltimore, Maryland. Their latest release is the 2019 EP , John Connor's Last Words.
https://fileselect.bandcamp.com/album/john-connors-last-words

The Armors (DC) combine hard-hitting classic rock swagger and punk rock urgency while nodding to the emo born out of DC’s Revolution Summer. https://thearmors.bandcamp.com/album/ep

Friday March 27 * doors at 6:30, music at 7:30 * $15 suggested * TICKETS

Brittany + Mad Sculptor Productions presents a fundraiser for a local domestic violence shelter

Inevitable (PA)
https://inevitable.bandcamp.com/album/cowards-die-here

Courage Mother (DC)
https://couragemother.bandcamp.com/

xmiseryisabutterflyx (DC)
https://xmiseryisabutterflyx.bandcamp.com/album/demo

xmemoriestoburnx (MD)

Saturday April 11 * noon-4pm * Free / donations

Bring your pre-loved working physical media to swap with your community! Take what you want and leave what you don't!! This is a free event - No money will be exchanged for goods at this event but donations at the door to Rhizome are always accepted and appreciated!

Sunday April 12 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $20-30 * TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents Tom Teasley (percussion, voice, electronics) and Dave Ballou (trumpet)

As a global percussionist, composer, and sonic explorer, Tom Teasley creates music that dissolves boundaries—cultural, musical, and spiritual. Grounded in the belief that rhythm is a universal language capable of fostering dialogue across traditions and identities, his work draws inspiration from Middle Eastern frame drumming, West African grooves, Indian tala cycles, jazz improvisation, and contemporary electronic textures. The result is a synthesis that is immersive, expressive, and deeply human.

Trumpeter/Composer Dave Ballou can be heard in a variety of settings; from solo trumpet improvisations to large ensembles performing notated compositions. His recordings as a leader can be found on the Steeplechase, CleanFeed and pfMentum record labels. Ballou has performed or recorded with ensembles led by Rabih Abou-Kahlil, Steely Dan, Michael Formanek, Woody Herman, Andrew Hill, John Hollenbeck’s Large Ensemble, Sheila Jordan, Oliver Lake, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Dewey Redman and Maria Schneider. 

Friday April 17 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $20-30 * TICKETS

The Brooklyn, NY based collaborative trio Ember sits at the crossroads of musical and personal exploration. Each of the members— Caleb Wheeler Curtis (stritch, sopranino, trumpet), Noah Garabedian (bass), and Vinnie Sperrazza (drums)— are integral parts of the NY jazz and creative music communities as leaders, collaborators and instigators. Founded in 2018, inspired by Arthur Blythe, Henry Threadgill/AIR, Steven Bernstein/ Sex Mob, and Jason Moran/Bandwagon, Ember’s music is open and expressive but down-to-earth, direct, and emotive. Their latest release, "August in March" is available everywhere via Imani Records.

Tuesday May 5 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $25-30 * TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents:

Saxophonist Tim Bern, drummer Ches Smith and guitarist David Torn push far beyond jazz’s known boundaries in Sun of Goldfinger. The mercurial trio explores the edges of the genre, infusing it with perspectives ranging from the minimalist to the cinematic to the metallic. The improvisation-based group effortlessly, seamlessly shifts from atmospheres into shattering mayhem to thrilling effect.

All three musicians are renowned bandleaders in their own right, with current solo recordings on the prestigious ECM label. Berne has forged a singular path across dozens of expansive, diverse albums featuring intricately-detailed, harmony-driven works. Torn’s influence as a guitarist, composer and music technologist is epic. With sounds ranging from the searing and soaring to liquid loops to full-on shredding, he’s reinvented conventional definitions of guitar. Smith has established himself as one of the world’s premier percussionists, combining acoustic invention with electronics to both propel and extend his myriad musical surroundings. Together, these leaders and friends combine as a democratic unit, determined to take audiences on a singular journey through provocative sonic territory known and unknown. This is the future of jazz. This is Sun of Goldfinger.

Saturday May 9 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $20-30 * TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents:

Caroline Davis (alto saxophone, voice, electronics), Dustin Carlson (guitar, electronics)

Caroline Davis and Dustin Carlson’s new album, Sprites, is a meeting between two improvisers in New York, who straddle the boundaries of several expressions of music. The sounds on this album are all improvised, with no written music or thoughts about the music exchanged before performing live in front of a sweet audience. Sprite holds several meanings, a fairy creature from old times, a ghost, a wild electrocurrent coming out of the tops of clouds when lightning strikes, and a repeating bitmapped image over a static background. The tracks of this album embody each one of these definitions, and with each repeated listen, you, too, will begin to see them.

Friday May 22 * doors at 7, show at 7:30 * $15 * TICKETS

Red Brick presents:

ROBBER ROBBER (Burlington, Vermont) - "Pinpointing the specific catalyst for an avalanche can be slippery — any combination of classic elements, human interference, or freak accident can trigger disaster — and documenting these precise moments often rests on serendipitous reflexes. On Two Wheels Move the Soul, Robber Robber offer themselves as ignition and capture every sound in the wake. Involuntarily thrust into the throws of rootless nomadism, Robber Robber ringleader Nina Cates collects a series of pressurized vignettes to assemble the Burlington quartet’s thrillingly explosive sophomore album….”