Past Events — 2024

Non-Event presents an evening of electroacoustic improvisation featuring a rare Boston performance by drummer Sean Meehan, who will play in a  trio with trumpeter Greg Kelley and musician & instrument builder Vic Rawlings along with a solo by Brooklyn-based composer-performer Zosha Warpeha.

Non-Event presents a night of experimental techno featuring sets by Speaker Music, Rachel Devorah & Carl Schmidt, and ehrdz.

Non-Event is pleased to present an evening of original works by MOONS (Laura Cetilia, Judith Berkson, Katie Porter, and Cristine Tavolacci) and Jessica Pavone

Non-Event, the Goethe-Institut Boston, and Villa Albertine present an evening of site responsive performances by Roméo Poirier and Kristina Warren in the Great Engines Hall of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. Presented as part of the Power(s) of Water Festival.

Non-Event is pleased to present an improvised duo set by drummer, artist, composer Marshall Trammell with trumpeter and composer Lemuel Marc plus a performance of Trammell’s audience participation piece  “Surveillance on Trial.”

Non-Event and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture present a free, site-responsive performance by Raven Chacon in the Great Engines Hall of Waterworks.

Non-Event is pleased to collaborate with the RPM Festival to present an evening of immersive multimedia performance by Feng Jiangzhou and Weilu Ge.

Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a bill featuring solo sets by Charmaine Lee, Biliana Voutchkova and Aaron Michael Smith as well as a duo set by Lee and Voutchkova.

Non-Event is pleased to present an evening of solos by guitarist Rob Noyes, percussionist Chris Strunk and violinist Rhea Burdick.

Non-Event and Ágora Cultural Architects present a night of cumbia with Frente Cumbiero, one of Colombia’s most electrifying exponents of Nueva Cumbia. Plus, an opening set by guitarist, electronic musician, and improviser, Lautaro Mantilla.

Non-Event is pleased to partner with the composer and musician Nomi Epstein to present two additional workshops of Deep Listening®, a practice developed by Pauline Oliveros, exploring an awareness of our attention to and relationship with sound. The workshop is geared toward adults. No musical experience is necessary.

Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a night of immersive electronic music featuring an a/v performance of “Bathhouse Blues” by Jake Muir and a rare Boston-area live set by the acclaimed composer and educator Ted Reichman.

Non-Event presents a program of music for children at the Codman Square branch of the Boston Public Library. Learn about experimental music and the ajaeng (Korean zither) and hear a short performance by local ajaeng player and composer, Yoona Kim. Free and open to children of all ages!

Non-Event is pleased to partner with the composer and musician Nomi Epstein to present a workshop of Deep Listening®, a practice developed by Pauline Oliveros, exploring an awareness of our attention to and relationship with sound. The workshop is geared toward adults. No musical experience is necessary. Please note that capacity has been reached.

Non-Event presents an evening of improvised music featuring a rare appearance by S*Glass along with Sailor Beware and a duo by id m theft able & Angela Sawyer.

Non-Event is pleased to present a double bill featuring improvised sets by by Noeplace (Nomi Epstein, piano and Laura Cetilia, cello) along with a duo by Bonnie Jones and Liew Niyomkarn.

Non-Event is pleased to present two nights of experimental music in the extraordinary acoustics of the Great Engines Hall of the Waterworks Museum.

Night 1: Doors 7:30pm, Music 8pm — SOLD OUT
Alex Bernhardt (Cryptwarbler)
Isabella Koen & Rachel Devorah (duo)
Arnold Dreyblatt

Night 2: Doors 7pm, Music 7:30pm — Advanced tickets sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
Lemuel Marc
sadnoise
Lea Bertucci & Henry Fraser
Neil Leonard performing Phill Niblock (duo)

Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a solo performance by electroacoustic musician Kaffe Matthews in her first performance with Non-Event since 2002 along with the longstanding duo of Tim Feeney and Vic Rawlings.

Non-Event, the Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture, and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present a performance of live electronic music by the Kenyan-born, Berlin-based artist Joseph Kamaru (KMRU) inside Boston’s cavernous City Hall.

Non-Event, in collaboration with the RPM Festival, presents Affinity + Rhythm, an evening of an evening of immersive experiences featuring expanded cinema, audiovisual performances, and live improvisation supported by the Boston Mayor's Office of Art and Culture. The program features an expanded cinema performance by Tomonari Nishikawa, an audiovisual set by Feng Jiangzhou, and a performance by Sheer Anxiety, the duo of Chris Strunk and Andrea Pensado.

Non-Event, in collaboration with the RPM Festival, proudly presents To Weave and Sing, an evening of experimental film and music, supported by the Boston Mayor's Office of Art and Culture.

Non-Event presents a concert featuring the music of Michael Ranta and Sarah Hennies performed by Madison Greenstone (clarinets), Sarah Hennies (percussion), and Katie Porter (clarinets).