Catalytic Sound Festival2025

Hungry Brain

2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618

Friday, December 5 — TICKETS

• 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 60618

Saturday (Afternoon), December 6 — TICKETS

• 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, 60618

Saturday (Evening), December 6 — TICKETS

• Ikue Mori, Tim Daisy & Jason Adasiewicz
• Ava Mendoza
• Fred Moten, Bonnie Han Jones & Ben Hall

Sunday, December 7 — TICKETS

• “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,

Nasjonal Jazzscene

Victoria Theater, Oslo, Norway

Thursday, December 4 — TICKETS

• Chicago/Oslo Quartet (with Tuva Olsson, Guro Kvåle , Nicolas Leirtrø, Gabby Fluke-Mogul & Lilly Finnegan)
• MOE (with Guro Moe & Håvard Skaseth)
• Alfred Wammer, Sondre Folkestad, Isach Skeidsvoll & Paal Nilssen-Love

The People’s Forum

320 W. 37th St. NY 10018

Sunday, December 14

• 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 11217

Monday, December 15 (8 pm) — TICKETS

• 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 10002

Tuesday, December 16 (7 pm) — TICKETS (LINK SOON)

• Chuck Roth, John Blum & Steve Baczkowski
• Cecilia Lopez & Zeena Parkins
• Whit Dickey & Matthew Shipp

Rhizome

6950 Maple St NW, Washington D.C.

Saturday, December 14 (6 to 10 pm) — TICKETS

• 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

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