11/16, 5-11pm

$10 notaflof

Babber House

Welcome to the First Rodeo!
This is a community centered event focused on the new, the untested, a fresh start. All performers will be doing something new, it can range from a new batch of songs, a new project, and it's even some participants first time ever getting on stage in front of people. Come one come all, we've got a showcase of Pittsburgh's newest talent. Bring excitement and grace, be supportive and kind as these artists take a new step in their artistic journey at the Babber House (DM @nasty.taxi on IG FOR ADDRESS or email pittsburghsoundpreserve@gmail.com).

Sounds:
Hex Reymann - @hexcat6 - Solo piano fantasias :3

N3tizenfour - @n3tizenfour

DJ Meddyglyn - @thehoodedfigures - DJ Meddyglyn plays music for rebirth, forgotten primordial love and trans people shaking ass

ShimmerOS - @shimmeros22 - Sparkly electronic pop music with techno and house influences. Original production with live improvisation elements. Sounds like a kiss with your crush on the last night of summer.

HEDONIA BELL - @lilith.nil - HEDONIA BELL returns to give new howling voice to a fresh batch of dramatic industrial rocknroll anthems

Flood - @flood.wav - Amplifier Worship
‘Flood’ is a guided meditation through tough times. This performance will have distinct flavor notes of loud drone synthesizers, rippling distortion, and lingering mortal fears.

grind/sand/paint - @pathological.zero

VJs:
Olivia Lynn - @jst0r - A series of audio reactive Touch Designer sketches

Knowyourboy

Hollywood Sleaze - @chxze x @kndylndrs

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQnKm3QkTRc/

PS.HI: Mira Mira / Buscrates (Live) / ADAB

daytime diy psychedelic party series
$10/ $20

Join us Sunday, November 16 from 3–9PM for a day party with:

- Mira Mira (NYC)
- Buscrates (Live / PGH)
- ADAB (Philly)

Location and RSVP details at: **pspgh.rsvp** @ps.pgh.hi
Sliding scale: $10–$20

Expect genre-bending club music, live synth funk, and expansive selections. Presented by PSPGH.

Sat Nov 15 2025

Doors 8:00 PM Show 8:30 PM

Alash Ensemble Tuvan Throat Singers

The return of the iconic Tuvan Throat Singers from Central Asia to Unitarian Church.
605 Morewood Ave Shadyside

ALASH ensemble is a trio of master throat singers (xöömeizhi) from Tuva, a tiny republic in the heart of Inner Asia. The ancient art of throat singing (xöömei) developed among the nomadic herdsmen of this region. Alash remains grounded in this tradition while expanding its musical vocabulary with new ideas from the West. The ensemble is named for the Alash River, which runs through the northwestern region of Tuva.

The musicians are inspired by the music of their grandparents, great-grandparents, and the great musicians of Tuva and Central Asia. At the same time, they are influenced by such western artists as Sun Ra and Jimi Hendrix. Yet the Alash musicians never sacrifice the integrity of their heritage in an effort to make their music more hip for an American audience. Rather, they look for contemporary ideas that mesh well with the sound and feel of traditional Tuvan music.

Alash's inaugural U.S. tour was sponsored in 2006 by the Open World Leadership program of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Washington Post described their music as “utterly stunning,” quipping that after the performance “audience members picked their jaws up off the floor.” Since then, Alash has returned to the U.S. every year, playing to enthusiastic audiences and presenting workshops to students of all ages. They are now in high demand internationally, performing in concert halls and festivals in Europe and Asia as well as North and South America.

$25 advance, $30 at the door, all ages.

https://alash2025pittsburgh.brownpapertickets.com

Nov. 15th 4pm

903 Spring St.

$5-15 or whatever

Ben turns 40 with

Hymns for the New Country

…In Arthur’s Court

Chevrolet Pile

Leg Day

DJ Exit Wound

idk.wav

11/15, 4-7pm

Acoustic jam at Mick’s (all instruments welcome except possibly electric guitar)

For details, email Mick: MCL2@pitt.edu

Saturday Nov 15th 2025, 2-4pm

Fourth River Public Music Industry Seminars - Releasing Music

A six-week public seminar series on the music industry with speakers from across the US.
Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood St. Pittsburgh

Presented by Honcho and The Rising Artist Foundation, this six-week seminar series invites the public to learn from industry professionals about the inner workings of the music business. Each session features guest speakers covering key topics including publishing, record labels, financial literacy, touring, streaming, and music releases. Held every Saturday from October 11 to November 15 at Wood Street Galleries from 2–4PM. Featured speakers include representatives from YouTube Music, Bandcamp, Rough Trade, ATC Management, and more.

11/14

A night of experimental soundscapes and improvisation featuring:

- Willis/Collins/Yoder/tsa
- Davide/Yoder
- Lavender Lilt
- Breiner/Namay/Washington
- Tara Toms

$10 / Notaflof
Doors at 7, Show at 8

At Pierogi Palace, a community house and DIY venue.

Expect experimental, electronic, and improvised performances from local and regional artists.

DM @pierogi.palace on IG or email pittsburghsoundpreserve@gmail.com for address.

Ableton Playground

Wood Street Galleries @ Cultural District

• Friday, November 14 05:30pm - 09:00pm

  3rd Floor

Discover an interactive musical playground featuring Push, a standalone expressive device with 64-pressure sensitive pads, and Move, the newest addition to the Ableton ecosystem, which focuses on immediate and intuitive creation. Visitors can experiment freely with Ableton’s full hardware lineup, discovering new ways to shape sound and spark creative ideas. Steve Knots and Joseph Pailo from the Pittsburgh Ableton User Group will be on-hand to answer questions and give walkthroughs.

Presented by Fourth River and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, with the support of Ableton.

Ground Loops: 10K Drum Machines

GrYeah ound Loops is a series of sonic explorations from NYC-based multidisciplinary artists Maxwell Neely-Cohen and Jessie Char, featuring dance, music, electronics, sculpture, and software. For the November Gallery Crawl, their web-based project 10K Drum Machines will be realized in a physical, interactive installation at Wood Street Galleries. Come by—we need more drum machines.

10K Drum Machines at Wood Street Galleries is presented in collaboration with the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, where Max and Jessie will be conducting an artist talk on November 13 at 5:30pm.

Past Press: https://cdm.link/10k-drum-machines/

Location

Wood Street Galleries @ Cultural District

Dates/Times

• Friday, November 14 05:30pm - 09:00pm

Thursday Nov 13th 2025

Doors 7:30 PM Show 8:00 PM

Amp’d Ensemble at The Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St

A night of acoustic soul and experimental electronics from Herman “Soy Sos” Pearl and collaborators.

Amp’d Ensemble is a project blending virtuosic and soulful acoustic instrumentation with amplified, dubbed, and distorted electronic manipulation. Led by Herman “Soy Sos” Pearl in collaboration with James Johnson III (drums) and Erik Lawrence (woodwinds), the compositions range from ambient drone to fluid percussive experimentation.

Presented by Sound Series at The Andy Warhol Museum and co-presented with PearlArts. Sponsored by Citizens.

Thursday 11/13

Doors at 7

$10

Bantha Tea Bar, 5002 Penn Ave

Echo Lightwave Unspeakable

Mallard Theory

Munt Cascade

Last Day with my Garbage

Hand & Knee

Live noise & horror performances at the Persad Center, November 11th.

Female Antagonist
Gourmet Shit Scene
Nightmare Neighbor
Farrah Faucet
Limerance
My Body The Hand Grenade

7pm nov 11
$10 notaflof
5301 butler st, suite 100, pittsburgh pa

Cameraless Animation

11/10, 7pm
Carnegie Museum of Art Theater

Pittsburgh Sound + Image is proud to facilitate the final entry in this year's Carnegie Museum of Art Film Series, "Here or There," with this hands on event.

First, we'll watch classic examples of cameraless animation on 16mm: films by Stan Brakhage, Barbara Lattanzi, Heather McAdams, Norman McLaren, Olga Spiegel, Barry Spinello, and Jennifer Reeves.

Then, the audience will make a film together by scratching and painting on 16mm stock! We'll watch it immediately, that night, and we'll even keep making the movie while we watch the movie.

We'll start at 7:00 and wrap up by 9:00!

https://tickets.pghsoundandimage.com/schedule/68d011671aec86a8be5ea9b2

11/14 Second Saturdays at The Space Upstairs feat. Continuum

9-11pm

214 N Lexington St

$15

Established in 2007, SECOND SATURDAYS have been the signature jazz-happenings at The Space Upstairs, becoming a beloved staple of the local arts scene. This unique venue is not just a space; it is an immersive cool and separate world, lit by naked light bulbs, accoutered in vintage couches, coffee tables, deconstructed instruments, and with random sticks of chalk about and a wall of books to invite spontaneous inquiry, creativity and contemplation. The improvisational postmodern-jazz dance performances by The Pillow Project are captured in vivid splashes of light, as the synergy between sound and movement turns the space into a living canvas of artistic expression.

https://www.thespaceupstairs.org/second-saturdays

SAT NOV 8
@ BANTHA 5002 PENN AVE

Martin Freeman & TJ Borden (NY)
Patrick Breiner
Lucite Spine
Co-reg Trio

ALL AGES
$10 NOTAFLOF

Martin Freeman & TJ Borden (NY)

Tyler J. Borden is a cellist working with, in, and around the constraints of the cello. Formerly from Western NY, he is now based in Brooklyn NY, where he spends much of his time finding ways to exploit the strengths and failures of himself and his instrument. T.J. Borden is a multifaceted sound shaper, noise maker, collaborator and community organizer. As an interpreter, he brings his technical brilliance to his cello playing by working closely with composers in solo works and in group formations like the [Switch~ Ensemble] and the Mivos Quartet. As an improviser, he can be found piling into a shitty car with his bandmates and touring across the country to play in broom closet sized venues and sleeping on strangers' floors. As an organizer, he can be seen putting together shows for experimental artists, most notably co-founding High Desert Soundings, a multi-day festival located in the desert of Southern California's Wonder Valley. more info: http://www.tylerjborden.com

Martin Freeman is a singular improviser and builder of instruments from Rochester who works predominantly with unpredictable electronics in performance and installation. He has taught electronics workshops for artists and musicians at the Eastman School of Music, Rhizome DC and Hearding Cats Collective. He recently completed an MFA at UB's Department of Art. more info at: http://mroztronium.blogspot.com

Recent recording:
https://soundcloud.com/repeater-electronics/hallwalls

Video of a trio with Steve Baczkowski: https://youtu.be/RdvQjinAQ0o?si=sm-Mq8aQLun7eAkq

With local support from:

Patrick Breiner
Solo saxophone
https://www.patrickbreiner.com/

Lucite Spine
Electronic experimental ambient dreamy minimalist noise tape collage
https://lucitespine.bandcamp.com

Co-reg Trio
Jeff Weston - Bass
Rachel Mangold - Bass
Anthony Levin-Decanini - Feedback, objects

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Bjqaa7Y4S/

Friday Nov 7th 2025

Show 9:00 PM

Labyrinth

Late-night immersive electronic party with live sets, DJs, video art & more.
21+ $20

Cavort in a maze of weirdness on Friday, November 7th. This immersive event features live performances by Lucia Luna (PDX) and Nonsite, alongside DJ sets by December (Paris), Formosa, Edgar Um, DJ PoodleEmoji, James Gyre, and William Parham. Hosted by Miss Cherri Baum, with video art by Nasty Taxi and Profquad. 21+, 9PM til late.

DM for info: labyrinthpgh@gmail.com.

Friday 11/7

7pm doors, 7:30pm show

Telephone, 5120 Penn Ave

$5-15 suggested donation, notaflof

Opening set by Litha (NYC) - Samantha Kochis (flute) and Melissa Almaguer (dance)

Open session at 8:30pm - bring an instrument!

Film screening of “In Exile”

Fri, Nov 7, 2025, 7:00pm

Get Tickets

• Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

• Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave

"In Exile"is a deeply moving documentary that brings to life the powerful stories of artists, writers, musicians, and political activists forced to flee their homelands

Thursday Nov 6th 2025

Show 7:00 PM

Fusion Illusion w/ Aberrant Joe and Skeletonized

The Government Center, 715 East Street Pittsburgh
All Ages $10

An evening of experimental soundscapes at The Government Center featuring:

- Fusion Illusion
- Aberrant Joe
- Skeletonized (free-jazz, electronic, no wave)

Doors open at 7PM. $10 entry.

Music @ Main: Gadget Playground

November 2 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

feat. Richard Nichol on digital recording

Join us each month for an event focused on electronic music production, featuring guest speakers, performances and instruments on display. Afterwards, explore our collection of over 50 circulating items. This program takes place in the North Wing Music Room on the 2nd floor.

11/1

7pm

Bantha Tea Bar, 5002 Penn Ave

Static Wound

Mother Stellar Hagstone

Maf/Mase/Dunn

Frogonbough

11/1

7pm

Glitterbox Theater, 210 W 8th Ave

Benefit show for SisTersPGH 🌈 Ft. the zomberries, any slimehouse, the pixie-cuts & jay, scare-amore, brass sabath, bat romance quartet, and more!

https://www.theglitterboxtheater.com/event-details/halloween-cover-band-show

Thursday 10/30 8pm

@ Bantha Tea Bar
5002 Penn Ave

10-20 Sliding Scale donation NOTAFLOF

CHARMAINE LEE SOLO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyFd5yTk2Ps

BELCHER // DAVIDE // RYAN trio

MANGOLD // STORCH // WESTON trio

With possible special guests

Charmaine Lee (b. 1991) is an Australian vocalist based in New York whose music spans voice, feedback, and live processing. Her music has been recognized as “extraordinary” by The New Yorker, with additional coverage in The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wire Magazine. As a composer and performer, she has collaborated with Grammy-winning and -nominated ensembles such as Kronos Quartet and Spektral Quartet, and has performed at institutions including Lincoln Center, MoMA, and SFJAZZ.
Her long-standing collaborators include Conrad Tao, Eric Wubbels, and MacArthur Fellow Ikue Mori. Lee regularly lectures on building personal language and creative agency at institutions including Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, and The New School. She also serves on the Artistic Advisory Council at ISSUE Project Room and is the founder of Kou Records, a new label devoted to artists developing singular musical vocabularies. She is a 2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, a 2024 Emergent Ventures winner, and has held fellowships at ISSUE Project Room and Roulette Intermedium.

https://www.facebook.com/events/840266758354821?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

Wednesday Oct 29th 2025

Show 8:00 PM

Weasel Walter / Ben Opie Duo with Joey Molinaro

Improvised experimental set from Weasel Walter & Ben Opie, with special guest Joey Molinaro.
Bantha Tea Bar, 5002 Penn Ave

$10-20

Weasel Walter and Ben Opie unite for a night of adventurous improvised music, bringing together two giants of experimental sound. Known for their boundary-pushing performances, the duo explores intense textures and dynamic interplay. Special guest Joey Molinaro opens the evening with his signature violin-driven noise and metal-infused soundscapes. Expect an evening of raw, genre-defying sonic exploration.

Ben Opie: https://benopie.bandcamp.com/

https://arcane.city/events/weasel-walter-ben-opie-duo-joey-molinaro

Wed Oct 29 7:00 pm 21+ $7 at the door (cash only please)
Poetry Lounge, 313 North Ave, Millvale

Another fantastic lineup of sonic adventures from string explorers!

Experimental Guitar Night #61 featuring:

CHRIS QUATTRO (Thomas, WV)
https://christopherdquattro.bandcamp.com/

RACHEL MANGOLD (bassist, composer, workshop leader)
https://www.instagram.com/rr.mangold/
https://rachelmangold.com/

MATT CRIPPEN (of God Hates Unicorns / This Guise)

MICHAEL SKZ (en Eetchis, Omnivm, Cartoon Forest)
https://eetchis.bandcamp.com/

MARCO HAGUE (moved here from Baltimore!)
https://www.instagram.com/marcohague/

https://www.facebook.com/events/2698106190538830?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D