Now Is : A Chicago Music Calendar

Future Folk Festival

1. Ben LaMar Gay with UGOCHI & A.S.E.

Comfort Music

1. Paige Alice Naylor
2. Kirsten Carey, Emily Rach Beisel, Erica Miller

Improvised Music Series

1. Julián Pujols Quall, Alejandro Quiles, Cristal Sabbagh
2. Eli Wallace, Kyle Motl, Nick Neuberg

1. Wheelhouse : Dave Rempis, Jason Adasiewicz, Nate McBride + Mike Reed

1. Amos Egleston, John Sutton, Raul Cotaquispe

Instigation Festival

1. Studio A — 3 On 3 with Byron Asher, Nikki Noland, Idris Daniel, Jennifer Ligay, Gaby Martinez, Scott Rubin, Tuli Bera
2. Studio B — Sasha Masakowski with Ibises : Dan Bitney, Nick Macri, Steve Marquette
3. Studio B — Helen Gillet, Dave Rempis, Michael Zerang

1. Tetraria

Summer Soundwalk : Tune In, Take Turns

1. Deirdre Harrison, Katie Mazzini

Side Yard Sounds

1. Erik Sowa, Rebekah Dotzel, Adam Gabbert

Freedom From and Freedom To

1. Eva Supreme, Joey Meland, Aaliyah Christina
2. Time Brickey, Ed Clemons, Crystle Dino, Fabulous Freddie, Helen Lee, Kate Laughlin, Mya, Jeneca Onikoyi, Cristal Sabbagh, Nikki Telegan, Tara Aisha Willis, Nejla Yatkin, Saria Bernice, Paige Brown, Dan Galat, Carol Genetti, Goldgrrl, Bill Harris, Xadie James, Mabel Kwan, Max Lazarus, Sam Lewis, Norman Long, Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Lola Ogbara, Kelly Quesada, Nick Turner, Chien-An Yuan, Najee-Zaid, Adam Zanolini

Instigation Festival

1. Lakansyèl : Marie Casimir with J'aime Griffith, Nikki Noland, Kai Knight, Jeff Albert, Moyakhe DuBois, Steve Lands, Arif Smith, Ayana Woods

Frequency Series Presents: The Art of Noise

1. Mwata Bowden, Janice Misurell-Mitchell, with John Corkill, Rin Peisert, Irene Hsiao, Julian Otis, KHARI the Poet, Kioto Aoki, Tatsu Aoki, Edwin Daugherty, Leon Q

Instigation Festival

1. Dan Bitney, Hunter Diamond, Anton Hatwich, Aurora Nealand
2. Quin Kirchner's "Lost Levels", with Jeff Albert, Byron Asher, Christian Dillingham, Brandon Harper, Steve Lands, Sasha Masakowski, Aurora Nealand, Dan Oestreicher

1. Lily Finnegan Trio with Ed Wilkerson, Erez Dessel

1. Christian Dillingham Quartet, with Dave Miller, Greg Artry, Brent Griffin Jr

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

International Anthem Presents: 11 of 11

1. Full listening to Angel Bat Dawid's "The Oracle"
2. performance by 9magicforever1

1. Jeremy Cunningham Quartet with Sen Morimoto, Dustin Laurenzi, Katie Ernst

1. Charmaine Lee
2. Brianna Tong, Ben Baker Billington, Ishmael Ali, Bill Harris
3. Squonk : Nicole Alonso, Hedra Rowan

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Mai Sugimoto, Tim Daisy

1. Sharon Udoh Trio
2. MRQ : Marlene Rosenberg Quartet with Lara Driscoll, Zara Zaharieva, Phil Beale

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Mai Sugimoto Trio with Katie Ernst, Marcus Evans

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Cogstet : Matthew Coglianese, Matthew Davis, Preyas Roy, Nadav Simon

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 11:00AM-12:00PM Hana Fujisaki Trio
2. 12:15PM-1:15PM John Skillman's New Normal Jazz Band
3. 1:45PM-2:45PM Big Bari Band
4. 3:15PM-5:00PM “What is this thing called Jazz?”

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 11:15AM-12:15PM STOMACHS
2. 12:45PM-1:45PM The Young Masters directed by Ernest Dawkins
3. 2:15PM-3:15PM Greg Fundis Quintet
4. 3:45PM-4:45PM Charles Heath Quartet

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 6:30PM-7:30PM Henry Johnson
2. 7:45PM-9:00PM Esperanza Spalding

Comfort Music

1. Alter Ego : Mabel Kwan, Sharon Udoh
2. Kouri Harlow Davis Trio

1. Jake Muir
2. Cleared

1. Tashi Dorji, Tyler Damon
2. Kuzu : Dave Rempis, Tashi Dorji, Tyler Damon

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 11:30AM-12:25PM Elaine Dame
2. 12:40PM-1:35PM The Regulators
3. 1:50PM-2:45PM La Cantera featuring Daniel Díaz and Alexander López
4. 3:00PM-4:00PM Marques Carroll Trumpet Summit

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 12:00PM-1:45PM Alyssa Allgood Quintet
2. 2:15PM-4:00PM Jo Ann Daugherty
3. 4:30PM-6:15PM Dakarai Barclay Sextet
4. 6:45PM-7:45PM Isaiah Spencer Quintet

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 4:00PM-4:45PM Sarah Marie Young
2. 5:05PM-5:50PM Silvia Manrique and Marcel Bonfirm
3. 6:10PM-7:25PM Patricia Barber
4. 7:45PM-9:00PM Monty Alexander

AfterFest

1. Ari Brown, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed

1. KVL : Quin Kirchner, Daniel Van Duerm, Matthew Lux

1. Jason Stein

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 11:00AM-12:00PM The Chicago Academy for the Arts Jazz Combo
2. 12:00PM-12:45PM MYAC Jazz Combo
3. 1:00PM-1:45PM JCP Big Band
4. 2:00PM-2:45PM Whitney Young Jazz Ensemble
5. 3:00PM-4:00PM Kenwood Academy High School Jazz Band

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 12:00PM-1:45PM Maddie Vogler Sextet
2. 2:15PM-4:00PM Ben Paterson Organ Trio
3. 4:30PM-6:15PM Jeremy Kahn Trio with special guest Isabella Isherwood
4. 6:45PM-7:45PM Quentin Coaxum's "Satellite”

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 11:30AM-12:25PM Josie Falbo Quintet
2. 12:40PM-1:35PM Twin Talk
3. 1:50PM-2:45PM Reggie Thomas and Trio Nexus
4. 3:00PM-4:00PM Victor Garcia Septet

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 4:00PM-4:45PM Ava Logan Quintet
2. 5:05PM-6:05PM Ernest Dawkins Ensemble New Horizons Redux
3. 6:25PM-7:25PM Gary Bartz & NTU Troop
4. 7:45PM-9:00PM Kermit Ruffins

AfterFest

1. Ari Brown, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed

1. Tourmaline Trio : Sarah Clausen, Jakob Heinemann, Devin Drobka

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 11:00AM-12:00PM Jack Nelson Ciavash
2. 12:00PM-12:45PM Kevin King Regime
3. 1:00PM-1:45PM Aaron Kaufman-Levine Quartet
4. 2:00PM-2:45PM .VOM
5. 3:00PM-4:00PM FM Trio

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 11:30AM-12:25PM Ben Waltzer Quartet
2. 12:40PM-1:35PM Abigail Riccards Trio
3. 1:50PM-2:45PM Maison Électronique
4. 3:00PM-4:00PM Thaddeus Tukes Sextet

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 12:00PM-1:45PM Joel Paterson’s Green Mill All-Stars
2. 2:15PM-4:00PM Neal Alger's Here and Now
3. 4:30PM-6:15PM Kyle Swan Quartet
4. 6:45PM-7:45PM Denise Thimes Quintet

Chicago Jazz Festival

1. 4:00PM-4:45PM Natalie Scharf Quintet featuring Paul Asaro
2. 5:05PM-6:05PM G Thomas Allen
3. 6:25PM-7:25PM Ari Brown Quintet
4. 7:45PM-9:00PM Eliades Ochoa

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Refining The Third Ear – Night 1

1. Michael Harrison
2. Itsï Ramirez
3. Bret Schneider

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Improvised Music Series

1. nnirror : Michael Cella
2. Pulse Width Modulation : Matt Riggen, Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Luc Mosley, Julian Quall, Daniel Thatcher, Adam Shead — music by Derek Worthington

1. Edition Redux : Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Beth McDonald, Ken Vandermark

1. Amos Egleston, John Sutton, Raul Cotaquispe

1. Alex Koi, Kirin McElwain
2. D Jean-Baptiste
3. Anna Johnson

1. Wills Mckenna Path Ensemble, with Meghan Stagl, Molly Rife, Matthew Wronski, Lucia Thomas, Justin Peterson, Mehtab Kirtan

2025 Back Alley Jazz

1. 2:00PM KB Evans & Reggie Foster Jr. Xclusive Sounds
2. 4:00PM Thaddeus Tukes
3. 5:30PM Reginald T McCants

Singing Insects Soundwalk

1. Eric Leonardson with Negin Almassi

Side Yard Sounds : Pleiades Series

1. Krissy Bergmark, Billie Howard, Emily Rach Beisel, Edward Wilkerson Jr
2. Free improvisation jam

1. Flannau Duo : Jonathan Hannau, Kyle Flens — music by Austin Williams, Alexis C Lamb, Anthony R Green, Nick Bentz, Marc Mellits, Julee Cruise, Flying Lotus

Jim Baker’s 75th Birthday Celebration

1. Jim Baker, Don Meckley, Michael Zerang
2. Extraordinary Popular Delusions : Edward Wilkerson Jr, Jim Baker, Brian Sandstrom, Steve Hunt

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Mute Duo
2. 8:15PM Jeremiah Chiu

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Sam Prekop
2. 8:45PM Mdou Moctar

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Cooper Moore
2. 8:15PM Darius Jones Trio
3. 10:00PM Ken Vandermark's Edition Redux

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Tara Clerkin Trio
2. 8:15PM William Tyler

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Eucademix
2. 8:45PM Glenn Kotche
3. 10:30PM Saccata Quartet

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Hanging Hearts
2. 8:45PM Basic
3. 10:30PM The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM James Elkington, Nathan Salsburg
2. 8:45PM Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart, Whitney Johnson
3. 10:30PM Steve Gunn

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Third Coast Percussion
2. 8:45PM Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore
3. 10:30PM Helado Negro

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Edsel Axle
2. 8:15PM Olivia Block, Lea Bertucci
3. 1:00PM0 Magic Tuber Stringband

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Memorials
2. 8:15PM Nabihah Iqbal

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Anna Webber's Simple Trio
2. 8:45PM Ganavya
3. 10:30PM Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Chicago Underground Duo
2. 8:45PM Jeff Parker Expansion Trio
3. 10:30PM Irreversible Entanglements

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Michael Zerang's Puzzle House
2. 8:45PM Maria Somerville
3. 10:30PM JJJJJerome Ellis

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Hannah Cohen
2. 8:45PM Mary Lattimore
3. 10:30PM Bill Callahan

Sound & Gravity

1. 6:30PM Ana Everling
2. 8:15PM Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez
3. 10:00PM Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Sinonó
2. 8:45PM Nadah El Shazly
3. 10:30PM Geologist

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Luke Stewart's Chicago Quartet
2. 8:45PM Rafiq Bhatia
3. 10:30PM Tarbaby

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:30PM Glyders
2. 9:15PM Elias Rønnenfelt
3. 11:00PM Body/Head

PLANTASIA Day 1

1. Suzanne Ciani
2. Windy & Carl
3. Kara-Lis Coverdale
4. Jill Fraser
5. Vines
6. Zander Raymond
7. Jeff Kolar

Sound & Gravity

1. 7:00PM Andreas Røysum Ensemble with Marvin Tate

PLANTASIA Day 2

1. Tim Hecker
2. Arooj Aftab
3. John Carrol Kirby
4. Voice Actor
5. Don Slepian
6. Roméo Poirier
7. African-American Sound Recordings
8. NOSEDRIP

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Refining The Third Ear – Night 2

1. Lula Asplund
2. Itsï Ramirez
3. Bret Schneider

1. Edition Redux : Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Beth McDonald, Ken Vandermark

Side Yard Sounds

1. Tommaso Moretti's Outside In, with John Sutton, Norman W Long, Ben LaMar Gay

1. "Jason Cambrian", Lia Kohl, Bill Harris
2. “Jason Cambrian”, Dave Rempis, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed

1. Drekka
2. Hali Palombo
3. Iron Like Nylon
4. Illusion of Safety

1. House of Waters : Max ZT, Moto Fukushima, with Antonio Sanchez, Mike Stern, Priya Darshini
2. Puuluup : Ramo Teder, Marko Veisson

1. Edition Redux : Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Beth McDonald, Ken Vandermark

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-2:00PM Isaiah Spencer Quartet
2. 3:00PM-4:00PM Modern Black Music Ensemble

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-1:45PM Nikutai Mondo Trio
2. 2:15PM-3:00PM Nikutai Mondo Trio
3. 4:00PM-5:00PM Dana Hall Trio featuring Aaron Goldberg, Clark Sommers
4. 6:15PM-7:15PM Paul Giallorenzo Trio

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:30PM-2:30PM Micah Collier and Proximity
2. 3:30PM-4:30PM Quentin Coaxum's Midwestern Springs
3. 5:45PM-6:45PM Dee Alexander's Evolution Ensemble Reunion
4. 8:15PM-9:30PM Carl Allen & The Messengers of Jazz : Tribute to Art Blakey

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM Fred Jackson Jr's "Where's Charlie?"
2. 3:45PM-4:45PM Julius Tucker Trio

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM Ryan Cohan Two Quartets
2. 4:00PM-5:00PM Lily Finnegan's Heat On

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:30PM-3:30PM La Cantera featuring Richard Peña
2. 4:30PM-5:45PM The JuJu Exchange
3. 7:00PM-8:15PM Maurice "MoBetta" Brown

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 3:00PM-4:00PM 2 Brown Sisters: Africa and Maggie Brown
2. 5:00PM-6:00PM Soul Message Trio feat. Chris Foreman

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 3:15PM-4:15PM Hamid Drake Quartet : 70th Birthday Celebration
2. 5:15PM-6:15PM Fay Victor’s Herbie Nichols SUNG
3. 7:30PM-8:30PM Trio Imagination : Cyrille, Virelles, Workman

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 4:00PM-9:00PM Lauren Deutsch and Jonathan Woods' Tangible Sound: An Immersive Experience of Great Black Music (gallery)
2. 4:30PM-5:30PM Asian American Jazz Festival 30th Anniversary Panel
3. 6:00PM-7:00PM Hamid Drake 70th Birthday Celebration Discussion

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 4:00PM-5:00PM Love Call : Bessesen, Drobka, Philion
2. 6:00PM-7:00PM Alyssa Allgood Quintet

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. Jason Moran Presents Duke Ellington : My Heart Sings

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 1:00PM-2:00PM Kenwood Academy Jazz Band
2. 3:00PM-4:00PM Chicago Asian American Jazz Ensemble: Origins of Now 2025
3. 5:00PM-6:00PM Billy Branch and The Sons of Blues

2025 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

1. 2:00PM-3:00PM Jo Ann Daugherty Trio, with Bruce Henry
2. 4:00PM-5:00PM Ari Brown Quintet
3. 6:00PM-7:00PM Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int'l

1. Haptic : Steven Hess, Joseph Clayton Mills, Adam Sonderberg
2. Haptic with Tim Daisy

Refining The Third Ear – Night 3

1. Bill Dietz
2. Itsï Ramirez, Bret Schneider
3. Micah Schippa-Wildfong

1. Matthew Shipp Trio with Michael Bisio, Newman Taylor Baker

1. Ches Smith Clone Row, with Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman, Nick Dunston

1. Jason Adasiewicz, Chris Brè, Jason Roebke

Refining The Third Ear – Night 4

1. Kevin Harris
2. Itsï Ramirez, Bret Schneider
3. Henryk Golden