Annual Edition
Catalytic Sound
Catalytic Sound
Festival 2025
Dates & venues
Washinton D.C.
Co-curated by Luke Stewart & Layne Garrett
Rhizome
6950 Maple St NW, Washington D.C.Sunday, December 14 (6 to 10 pm)
- Silt Remembrance Ensemble (with Luke Stewart, Brian Settles, Daniel Carter, Jamal Moore & Chad Taylor) + Angelica Sanchez
- Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture (with Joey Sullivan & John Moran)
- Tashi Dorji
- Alex Hamburger
Sponsored by Transparent Productions & DC Jazz Festival
Artwork by Fred Merrill
Chicago
Co-curated by Tim Daisy, Lily Finnegan, Ben Hall, Damon Locks, Tomeka Reid & Ken Vandermark.
Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618Friday, December 5
- Premier of Sharon Udoh’s “Potluck” sextet (with Angelo Hart, Fred Jackson Jr., Mabel Kwan, Avreeayl Ra & Ken Vandermark)
- Bonnie Han Jones, Mabel Kwan & Michael Zerang
- Ikue Mori & Ken Vandermark
- Dietrichs (Don & Camille Dietrich)
Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618Saturday (Afternoon), December 6
- Lane Tech Workshop Ensemble with Ken Vandermark
- Ikue Mori
- Mike Khoury’s “Spite of Darkness” (with Ali Allen Colding, Indira Edwards & Ben Hall)
Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618Saturday (Evening), December 6
- Ikue Mori, Tim Daisy & Jason Adasiewicz
- Ava Mendoza
- Fred Moten, Bonnie Han Jones & Ben Hall
Sunday, December 7
- “Company-style” ad hoc groups:
with Ali Allen Colding, Indira Edwards, Mike Khoury, Ava Mendoza, Kim Alpert, Dorothy Carlos, Garrett Frees, Damon Locks, Beth McDonald, Dave Rempis & Ed Wilkerson Jr.
SIDE SHOW
Corbett vs. Depsey
2156 West Fulton St, Chicago, ILSunday, 3 pm, December 7 — FREE
- Ellington Skelletons (Ben Hall & Ken Vandermark)
Oslo
Curated by Ingebrigt Haker Flaten & Paal Nilssen-Love
Nasjonal Jazzscene
Victoria Theater, Oslo, NorwayThursday, December 4
- MoE (Guro Moe & Håvard Skaseth)
- Lily Finnegan & gabby fluke-mogul
- OSLO/CHICAGO QUARTET (with Tuva Olsson, Guro Kvåle, Nicolas Leirtrø & Lily Finnegan)
- Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & gabby fluke-mogul
- Alfred Wammer, Sondre Folkestad, Isach Skeidsvoll & Paal Nilssen-Love
New York
Co-curated by Brandon Lopez & Zeena Parkins
The People’s Forum
320 W. 37th St. NY 10018Sunday, December 14 (8 pm) — FREE
- Screening of Johan Grimonprez’ “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (2024) with discussion afterwards
Roulette Intermedium
509 Atlantic Avenue, (Corner of Third Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11217Monday, December 15 (8 pm)
- Craig Taborn & Miriam Parker
- Joe McPhee & Michael Foster’s Ghost (with Joey Sullivan & John Moran)
- Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez
Close Up
154 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002Tuesday, December 16 (7 pm)
- Chuck Roth, John Blum & Steve Baczkowski
- Cecilia Lopez & Zeena Parkins
- Whit Dickey & Matthew Shipp
Artwork & design by Federico Peñalva
