National Sawdust

Keir GoGwilt: The Zarabanda Variations

📅 Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Concerts

This concert celebrates the release of The Zarabanda Variations, a combined album and chapbook exploring the historical and present syncretism of Baroque music in 12 original songs, dances, and poems.

Loren Berí 'Stagehand' Album Release Show

📅 Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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New York-based singer-songwriter Loren Berí celebrates the release of his new album 'Stagehand' alongside a companion book of poems in an evening that brings together his indie music with premieres by contemporary classical composers.

Eli Fola’s The Healing Scapes

📅 Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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The Healing Scapes is an immersive audio-visual performance by Nigerian-American sound artist, saxophonist, DJ, and producer Eli Fola.

Eli Fola Presents The Healing Scapes

📅 Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Lara Somogyi: a [time] patterned (NYC premiere)

📅 Friday, September 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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National Sawdust hosts the New York premiere of a [time] patterned, taken from harpist Lara Somogyi’s latest full-length work: a contemporary harp album constructing sonic environments, exploring how time is felt, shaped, and experienced through sound.

JOHN ZORN'S FLATLANDS

📅 Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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John Zorn’s newest project Flatlands is a dynamic power trio in the Simulacrum / Naked City / Insurrection mold.

Jeffrey Zeigler's We Were Fridays

📅 Friday, September 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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VisionIntoArt in Residence: We Were Fridays

📅 Friday, September 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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We Were Fridays is an interdisciplinary music project led by cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, exploring cultural memory and diaspora through the music of the Gullah people.

Jeffrey Zeigler's We Were Fridays (MATINEE)

📅 Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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VisionIntoArt in Residence: We Were Fridays (Matinee)

📅 Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Artist-in-Residence Amir ElSaffar presents Ruins أطلال: A Maqam Opera in Arabic (Concert Version)

📅 Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Concerts

Ruins (اطلال) is a three-act opera in Arabic, based on the epic 7th-century Arabic poems known as Al-Mu'allaqat, but set in the modern era.

Third Reprise

📅 Friday, September 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Third Reprise is bringing their debut headline Cover Theory Tour to National Sawdust for their New York show, celebrating the release of their new album and playing a mix of their most popular arrangements and fresh songs.

Erik Hall: Music for 18 Musicians & Canto Ostinato (Performance + Spatial Audio Installation)

📅 Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Francesca Anderegg and Erika Ribeiro: Images of Brazil

📅 Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Images of Brazil is a project of violinist Francesca Anderegg and pianist Erika Ribeiro: a decade-long collaboration exploring the breadth and depth of Brazilian music.

LPR Presents: John Carroll Kirby

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Other

Raaginder be:coming USA Tour

📅 Friday, October 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Theater

LAU NOAH'S "A DECADE OF MIRACLES" - A FOLK OPERA IN DEFENSE OF HUMAN ART

📅 Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Concerts

Lau Noah presents an introduction to her next project: a meeting between classical, jazz and folk musicians through the power of oral tradition.

DVT: Traveling Shoes Experience

📅 Friday, October 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Theater

DVT — the trio of composer Damani Rhodes, vocalist VADIA, and poet Tongo Eisen-Martin — makes its New York City debut at National Sawdust for one night only.

June McDoom

📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Nicoletta Todesco: The Cockroach Diary

📅 Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Through theatrical interludes and surreal conversations with an uninvited houseguest, the piece reflects on vulnerability, resilience, and artistic identity.

Eleanor Alberga: The String Quartet Cycle

📅 Friday, October 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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The Green Room Ensemble is thrilled to present the U.S. Premiere performance cycle of Eleanor Alberga’s Three String Quartets, along with the World Premiere of her Second Piano Quintet with the composer herself at the piano.

Francisca Valenzuela

📅 Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Confessional, raw, poetic-alt-art-pop-piano in Spanish, Francisca Valenzuela explores personal and intimate themes with universal and compelling stories.

Morley: Meditations on the Gift of Awe Record Release Celebration

📅 Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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This immersive, prayerful and celebratory, genre-defying song cycle focuses on healing and cultivation of calm via vocal soundscapes, rhythm & improvisation.

Morley — Meditations on The Gift of Awe Record Premiere Celebration

📅 Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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BAILEN: SWIM!!! At Your Own Risk Tour

📅 Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Bailen is a songwriting-forward, indie pop, folk-rock band that has captivated audiences with their musical dynamism and the three-part “blood harmony” of siblings Julia (guitar), Daniel (bass), and David (drums).

LPR Presents: Diles que no me maten

📅 Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM

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For Diles que no me maten, every note is a small step into the unknown.

makemake presents Wholly Unwinding (A New Musical) - NYC Premiere

📅 Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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VisionIntoArt-in-Residence: Wholly Unwinding The Canticle of Cerebral Palsy | The Songs of My Scars A New Musical

📅 Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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In Wholly Unwinding, creator Hailey McAvoy lets the scars of growing up with cerebral palsy sing, taking us on her journey of healing and acceptance.

makemake presents Opera Praktikos’ La Sonnambula

📅 Wednesday, November 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Concerts

VisionIntoArt-in-Residence: Opera Praktikos presents A concert presentation of La Sonnambula

📅 Wednesday, November 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Concerts

Opera Praktikos Presents: La Sonnambula

📅 Wednesday, November 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Concerts

VisionIntoArt-in-Residence: Sensorium Ex

📅 Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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VisionIntoArt-In-Residence: Sensorium World

📅 Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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makemake presents Sensorium World

📅 Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Other

Sensorium Ex

📅 Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Concerts

Sensorium Ex is a groundbreaking new opera that explores the intersections of artificial intelligence (AI), disability, and the arts.

LPR Presents: Rising Appalachia with support from Viv & Riley

📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Rising Appalachia cultivates a symbiosis in their music, where Southern folk traditions, New Orleans swamp culture, and Atlanta’s street spirit strengthen each other.

LPR Presents: Rising Appalachia

📅 Sunday, November 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Hannah Ishizaki, Chiori Miyagawa, and Mark Campbell: A Thousand Generations

📅 Tuesday, December 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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LPR Presents: S. Carey

📅 Sunday, December 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Other

Hildegard Commission Concert 2026

📅 Thursday, December 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Concerts

The Hildegard Commission Concert

📅 Thursday, December 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Concerts

The Hildegard Commission Concert returns to National Sawdust to premiere groundbreaking new works from four of today’s most exciting rising composers, alongside featured compositions from four brilliant finalists.

inti figgis-vizueta’s Music for Transitions with Andrew Yee and Rothko String Quartet

📅 Friday, December 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Caleb Wheeler Curtis & Jason Moran: "Incantation" Album Release Celebration

📅 Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Emily Wells - Mirror Father - a workshop performance

📅 Wednesday, February 3, 2027 at 7:30 PM

Classes

Peni Candra Rini's Jiwa Kala, with Shahzad Ismaily and Andy McGraw Presented by World Music Institute

📅 Saturday, February 27, 2027 at 8:00 PM

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YEИDRY DEBUT ALBUM LISTENING EXPERIENCE AND Q&A

📅 Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Other

Orlas Live at National Sawdust

📅 Friday, July 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Other

Orlas, a father-and-son musical collaboration, performs a fusion of samba-jazz, bossa nova, disco-funk, and more.

Salon Parcha featuring La Triunfadora, Doris Anahí, Garo, DJ Set & Special Guests

📅 Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Other

Born from a shared love of boleros and the community-driven spirit of spaces like the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, Salon Parcha brings together artists exploring boleros, Afro-Latin rhythms, jazz, and their contemporary offshoots.