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Reported picks, venue stories and scene guides built around the live calendar.
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À La Bellevilloise, trois formats pour lire une maison du peuple au présent
Une soirée pop, un concert et un café-concert dessinent la géographie mouvante de La Bellevilloise.
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Yunchan Lim begins his Wigmore Hall Mozart journey
A five-work Mozart programme makes the South Korean pianist’s London recital the week’s essential focused listen.
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A Post-Punk Fault Line Runs Through TV Eye, October 15–16
Two October nights at TV Eye connect guitar experiment, punk skronk, noise, and a rare hometown reunion.
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Ohm’s Three-Night October Run Moves From Live Pressure to GIFT and nice 2 be nice
Across Thursday to Saturday, Ohm frames its compact room through live electronics, a GIFT lineup, and a local Saturday series.
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A 23 Robadors flamenco relay meets Michel Camilo’s Palau connection
Follow a weekend line from close-range flamenco ensembles in the Raval to a Latin-jazz trio at the Palau.
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Metronomen’s three-night run shows Frederiksberg’s DIY room at work
From Thursday 15 October through Saturday 17 October, Metronomen’s calendar puts its open, organiser-led identity in focus.
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Jazz Station’s three-night passage from Brussels improvisation to a working New York trio
Three nights at Jazz Station reveal a Brussels room built for listening: local invention, song-led intimacy and transatlantic trio interplay.
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One Saturday, Three Routes Through the Concertgebouw
Plan Saturday 17 October around Poulenc, the Akopian Trio and a Komitas-centred evening in Amsterdam.
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Three late-night rooms carry Chicago from open-form percussion to Marquis Hill’s jam
Elastic Arts, Andy’s Jazz Club, and Green Mill make a compact route for listeners who want a Thursday night with room to unfold.
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Les Arts Florissants rejouent l’Angleterre de Haendel à la Philharmonie
Un opéra de Haendel créé en 1727 retrouve Paris avec Hugh Cutting dans le rôle-titre.
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The Shacklewell Arms runs from touring guitar pop to a Saturday indie institution
From Thursday 15 October to Saturday 17 October, The Shacklewell Arms moves through a compact run of bands and a resident club night.
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Webster Hall’s Three-Night Run Moves From Hardcore Floor to Mixmag Lab Late Night
Three nights at Webster Hall trace a useful route through New York hardcore, experimental metal, and late-night club culture.
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Acid Arab’s La Hafla Night Makes Gretchen the Week’s Essential Thursday
A rare meeting of documented collaborators gives this Acid Arab DJ set a live, sharply defined centre of gravity.
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La traviata gives Barcelona a full-scale opera night inside the Palau
A large cast, chorus, ballet and orchestra make this staged Verdi evening the focal concert of October 15–18.
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Vildhjarta brings its intricate heaviness to Pumpehuset’s Sunday metal bill
The Swedish group’s dense, atmospheric construction gives a four-band Pumpehuset bill its defining detail.
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At deSingel, Ilan Volkov makes the orchestra a live argument
Ilan Volkov leads a programme of Raven Chacon, Tyshawn Sorey, Annea Lockwood and George Lewis in Antwerp.
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Amsterdam’s Club Weekend Runs From Zoutmus to Culvert Dubs
OT301 and Garage Noord offer a compact route through Amsterdam’s performance-minded club culture on 16 and 17 October.
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The Hideout frames V.V. Lightbody’s new album with two release nights and a Sunday country bill
Two V.V. Lightbody release shows and Olivia and the Lovers give The Hideout a compact portrait of its local-first booking identity.
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Jazz sur Seine : trois soirs de guitares entre Le Duc des Lombards et le Sunset / Sunside
Dida Pelled, Tchavolo Schmitt et Angelo Debarre dessinent un parcours de cordes à travers Jazz sur Seine.
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From oldskool pressure to Toy Tonics: a two-night London dancefloor thread
Phil Hartnoll, Altern8 and Uncle Dugs set up Friday in Lewisham before Toy Tonics brings its label-led party to Shoreditch.
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Takács Quartet’s New Chapter Arrives at Carnegie Hall With Jeremy Denk
A new Takács lineup meets a carefully shaped program in Zankel Hall during the October 15–18 concert week.
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Three Small-Room Guitar Routes for Berlin, October 15–18
Start with I Promised The World, choose Urban Spree’s multi-act indie bill, then finish with Wesley & The Boys and Spa Boys.
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La Deskomunal SCCL’s October double bill captures a cooperative room in full range
Ahead of its planned year-end closure, La Deskomunal SCCL gives Thursday and Friday to two very different community-led nights.
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VEGA’s rooms turn October 15–16 into a map of Copenhagen’s live-music scale
From Haken’s progressive rock to Grandmas House at Ideal Bar, VEGA’s October 15–16 programme traces the house room by room.
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Beursschouwburg’s weekend turns the rooftop into a slow floor and the archive into a stage
For the 15–18 October weekend, Beursschouwburg makes room for two distinct forms of collective listening.
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Autechre Takes Doornroosje Into Darkness
The experimental duo brings Roel Funcken and MDX to Doornroosje for the standout trip of October 15–18.
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Armand Hammer brings Mercy’s dense, collaborative rap world to Thalia Hall
billy woods and ELUCID arrive with a bill that gives their latest collaboration a deeper live context.
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Au Trianon, trois soirs pour mesurer l’élasticité d’une salle de Pigalle
Une salle née du café-concert accueille, en trois soirs, l’intimité folk, le direct radio et le retour d’un groupe anglais.
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O2 Forum Kentish Town turns its old cinema stage over to two heavy touring bills
A 1934 Art Deco cinema hosts a dense Saturday–Sunday survey of industrial metal, metalcore and post-hardcore.
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Public Records Maps a Live-to-Club Weekend Across Three Rooms
A three-night run shows how Public Records uses its rooms, its sound focus, and its long-form dance-floor hours.
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Berghain / Panorama Bar Maps Three Club Identities Across One October Weekend
From WEEEEIRDOS to Hypersoft and Klubnacht, Berghain / Panorama Bar sets out three distinct routes for October 8–10.
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From Carsten Dahl’s trio to La Fontaine’s open bandstand
On October 8–11, hear Copenhagen jazz move from close trio interplay to an open late-night session.
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Adia Vanheerentals draws a line from Brussels free jazz to Ghent’s fertile ground
Follow Adia Vanheerentals from BOZAR’s outward-facing solo saxophone set to a compact Ghent meeting of electronic song and improvised piano.
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Willemeen’s Three-Night Map of Arnhem’s Niche Music Life
From October 8 to 10, Willemeen’s calendar makes its metal-to-hip-hop booking identity unusually vivid.
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From Mingus to bossa: three small-room readings of jazz’s open borders
This week’s acoustic thread runs through 23 Robadors and Guzzo, where jazz meets flamenco repertoire and bossa nova dinner sets.
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Cole’s Bar maps a three-night route through Chicago’s DIY guitar underground, October 8–11
From The Scummies to Biitchseat, Cole’s Bar’s October 8–11 calendar favors concise, scene-minded bills with distinct edges.
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À La Place, deux soirs pour suivre le R&B et le rap francophone en mouvement
Les jeudi 8 et vendredi 9 octobre, Arma Jackson et La Hasba22 dessinent deux accès voisins aux scènes urbaines actuelles.
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Three evenings of song at Wigmore Hall, from Vienna to Bartók and Carl Loewe
Wigmore Hall makes a compact route through song and its instrumental shadows next week.
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A Monk Thread Runs From Smoke Jazz Club to Mezzrow, October 8–11
Follow Monk’s repertory and piano legacy through Renee Rosnes, Micah Thomas, Nicole Glover, and William Hill III.
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Gretchen’s Weekend Route Through UK Club Music, From Selector Sets to Jungle
From Friday, October 9 through early Sunday, Gretchen turns its anniversary into a compact study of club music’s many forms.
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Marula Café traces its groove language from Thursday’s jam to Saturday’s all-vinyl close
From October 8 to 10, Marula Café maps a compact route through funk, soul, house, disco and Latin-inflected club music.
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Four entries into Copenhagen’s electronic dark
Follow the thread from ALICE on Thursday, October 8, through three distinct Saturday rooms on October 10.
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Three fresh scores for old films at Viernulvier’s Videodroom
Across three consecutive nights, artists remake cinema in sound at Viernulvier’s Theaterzaal.
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Musicon’s Heavy Weekend Connects Stoner Groove to Grunge-Punk
A visiting pair of bands meets two Den Haag-rooted supports across a compact, loud weekend at Musicon.
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Jeremy Kahn links two Chicago jazz lineages at Winter’s Jazz Club, October 9–10
A vocalist, a vibraphonist, and a shared pianist shape a focused two-night jazz thread on October 9 and 10.
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Trois concerts où les voix déplacent l’orchestre, du 8 au 11 octobre
Du jeudi 8 au dimanche 11 octobre, trois programmes font passer la Grande Salle du lied au chœur, puis au requiem.
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Fleur Barron brings a Kabuki Winterreise to Wigmore Hall
A song cycle of solitary travel becomes an encounter between recital craft, movement and theatrical tradition.
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Four Lead Instruments Shape a Thursday Jazz Circuit
Start the October 8–11 weekend with four distinct instrumental voices on Thursday, October 8.
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Azymuth Brings Five Decades of Brazilian Groove to Lido
Alex Malheiros leads Azymuth through a new chapter when the Brazilian trio plays Lido on Thursday, October 8.
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One Friday, three pop catalogues inside the Palau
On Friday, October 9, Petit Palau and the Concert Hall offer three distinct routes through familiar pop material.
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Mojo’s three-night blues route runs from the jam to the roots
From October 8 to 10, Mojo Blues Bar offers a compact route through participation, pre-war blues language and touring acoustic tradition.
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Hilary Hahn brings Carlos Simon’s new double concerto to Liège
A new work for two singular string voices meets Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony on 8 and 9 October.
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Amsterdam’s High-Pressure Route, From Post-Hardcore to Harsh Noise
From Friday 9 October through Sunday 11 October, four rooms offer five distinct ways to pursue volume, velocity and feedback.
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Three compact Chicago indie bills where every slot carries weight
Dreamjacket, The Suckos with Bobby Conn, and Krill each offer a full-bill reason to arrive early.
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Three rooms, one queer communal pulse for London’s first October weekend
Three October nights connect pop, country disco and guitar music through queer community, participation and collective release.
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Ilya Kaler’s Carnegie Hall Concert Reclaims the Bridgetower Sonata
A Saturday chamber concert gives George Bridgetower’s story a full musical frame in Weill Recital Hall.
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Three Ensemble Sizes Set Berlin Jazz in Motion, October 1–2
For the opening nights of October 1–4, Berlin offers three useful perspectives on how an ensemble can shape a jazz set.
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Albert Guinovart’s choral music gets a rare close-up at the Petit Palau
A Mass, two Catalan poetry cycles and a composer at the piano make this a finely focused opening to Barcelona’s October concert week.
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Seinabo Sey begins her Nordic homecoming in DR Koncerthuset’s Studie 2
A Swedish-language fourth album, a tour-opening Copenhagen date and a close-scale room make this Thursday’s concert the week’s essential trip.
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Brussels jazz moves from living archive to elastic free play, 1–3 October
From Flagey’s anniversary double bill to two Jazz Station experiments, this is a compact Brussels jazz route for 1–3 October.
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Holland Baroque’s Dialogos Turns the Concertgebouw Into a Room for Exchange
A Saturday afternoon at the Concertgebouw gives Dialogos the space and focus its musical conversation needs.
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Emanuel Ax, du concerto au quatuor : un week-end à deux échelles à Radio France
Du jeudi 1er au dimanche 4 octobre, le pianiste Emanuel Ax fait entendre deux visages de sa résidence à Radio France.
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Vieux Farka Touré opens Chicago’s October music weekend with roots in motion
Make Thursday, October 1, a night for Vieux Farka Touré’s electric, roots-conscious guitar at Old Town School of Folk Music.
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Pierre Bleuse dirige un « Kaddish » à l’échelle du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Une création d’Elise Arancio, Bernstein et Dvořák composent la grande soirée classique du jeudi 1er octobre.
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Fretwork’s 40th birthday brings its past and present back to Wigmore Hall
A Thursday night anniversary concert makes the case for hearing the viol consort as a living, social instrument.
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Voices Unbound Brings Nine New Chamber Works to Carnegie Hall
On October 2, Voices Unbound makes a strong case for hearing new work in Weill Recital Hall.
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Víkingur Ólafsson’s Brahms Turn Gives Berlin a Three-Night Classical Pivot
A change of soloist places Brahms’s First Piano Concerto at the charged centre of a major Philharmonie Berlin programme.
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Mount Kimbie’s Kai Campos brings the project back to the club at Razzmatazz
A club-facing Mount Kimbie set, plus ALVVA and Jhort, gives Friday night at Razzmatazz a precise sense of occasion.
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Leila Bordreuil turns ALICE into a laboratory for the cello
This October 1–4 guide centres on one Friday night where the cello becomes noise, drone and live architecture.
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At STUK, Songs of Erosion lets medieval song fray into the present
Rhodri Davies’s bray harp opens a Leuven evening built around resonance, wear and musical memory.
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Klaus Mäkelä and Mahler’s Ninth make Symphony Center the week’s destination
An all-Mahler program gives Chicago’s October 1–4 concert weekend a focused, consequential center.
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Du chapiteau à l’aube : cinq façons d’entrer dans la nuit, du 1er au 4 octobre
Le Cirque Électrique, le Badaboum et Le Nouveau Casino dessinent un parcours nocturne aux vitesses contrastées.
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Three ways London jazz is built in public, from Camden’s big band to Soho after-hours
These shows put the emphasis on bandleading, alumni networks, changing line-ups and the live exchange between musicians.
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From Original Post-Punk to Indie-Night Memory at Bi Nuu and Lido
And Also The Trees bring an original-era perspective to Bi Nuu before Lido revisits the indie canon that followed.
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La Terrrazza closes its open-air stretch with three distinct Montjuïc sessions
Three La Terrrazza dates from Thursday, October 1 through Saturday, October 3, move between live-minded selectors, house and local club energy.
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Three nights of fuzz, friction and local grit at Råhuset
From Thursday, October 1 through Saturday, October 3, Råhuset puts three sharply different strains of loud guitar music in one room.
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Three acoustic passports at Art Base: jazz-classical, tango and rebetiko
Brussels listeners can spend 1–3 October inside three distinct acoustic traditions at Art Base.
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Three Amsterdam Concerts Put the Human Voice at Vastly Different Scales
A Saturday-to-Sunday guide to three upcoming Amsterdam concerts where choirs shape the sound, scale and atmosphere.
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Three Electronic-Edged Bills Along the Bushwick–Ridgewood Border
From October 1–4, follow a compact edge-of-Bushwick circuit from an early rooftop club set to a mixed local bill.
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Freedom Riders gives Chicago’s October 1–4 music weekend a jazz program with historical weight
A Friday concert at Symphony Center connects a current jazz ensemble to the legacy of the 1961 Freedom Rides.
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Au Cabaret Sauvage, deux nuits pour faire circuler les rythmes
Les 2 et 3 octobre, trois rendez-vous dessinent au Cabaret Sauvage un trajet dansant entre répertoires latins, house et reggaeton.
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Two bass-system routes into October: DJ Fucci and IMANU
Two distinct rooms, two late-night line-ups, and a focused route through London’s electronic week.
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A Horn-Led Thursday Route Opens the October 1–4 Jazz Weekend
Three quartets put tenor, trumpet, and alto saxophone at the center of a downtown-to-Uptown jazz night.
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Gretchen Opens Its 15th Year With Three Distinct Live Routes
Three concerts from Thursday, October 1 through Sunday, October 4 set the tone for Gretchen’s anniversary month.
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A late-weekend techno line: Function with Akua, then Flug at Moog Club
Two late-night bookings, October 3 and 4, trace techno through long-form exchange and local club continuity.
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Pumpehuset’s first October weekend travels from Bogotá rock to Nordic club pop
From Thursday 1 October through Sunday 4 October, Pumpehuset offers three sharply different ways into live pop and club music.
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A three-day celebration ritual takes over deSingel
From 2 to 4 October, deSingel hosts a music-theatre dance marathon built around La Folia, ritual and collective motion.
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PHIL Haarlem’s Vinyl Festival Weekend Moves From Chef’Special to Mula
Across Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October, PHIL Haarlem gives Haarlem Vinyl Festival a live, local centre of gravity.
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AfroFuturist Weekend 11 maps three nights of sound, performance, and exchange across Chicago
Three connected offsite events turn the first half of Chicago’s October 1–4 music weekend into a citywide route.
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À La Scala Paris, trois récitals pour déplacer l’écoute du piano
Un parcours en trois étapes, de l’improvisation à Schubert, pour le week-end du 1er au 4 octobre 2026.
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The George Tavern’s three-date East End bill
From C’est Qui? on Thursday to Oscar Browne on Saturday and TGT: Daffodils on Sunday, Commercial Road offers a tightly drawn weekend plan.
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TV Eye Brackets Its First October Weekend With Three Heavy-Tilted Bills
Three shows at TV Eye trace a compact October weekend from black-metal billing through theatrical rock to Powerplant’s tour-closing set.
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Three Nights of European Jazz at Kunstfabrik Schlot
A focused Thursday-to-Saturday route through contemporary European jazz in Berlin-Mitte.
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Zoco’s rotating DJ pair gives Sala Salamandra two late-night readings of open-format pop
A recurring pair, two supporting-room guests and a tightly focused late-night plan for October’s first weekend.
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Richter’s first October weekend runs from Afskum to Belphegor
From Thursday, October 1 through Sunday, October 4, Richter’s Thursday-to-Saturday run gives heavy music three distinct frames.
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De Roma’s three-night pop corridor: ISE, The Magic Numbers and Telenova
A focused Borgerhout run connects Belgian songwriting, British vocal pop and Melbourne’s shadowy electronic detail.
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Jalen Ngonda’s Three-Night Dutch Soul Route Begins at Paradiso
A concise Dutch run places Jalen Ngonda’s new soul record in rooms built for close listening and full-band lift.
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Subterranean moves through three shades of guitar music, September 24–26
Plan a Wicker Park run from Brother Bird on Thursday through The Appleseed Cast and DUSTY on Saturday.
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Du calypso à la roda : trois rendez-vous pour suivre les musiques brésiliennes et caribéennes
De La Bellevilloise à Point Éphémère, une fin de semaine guidée par les circulations du chant, des rythmes et de la danse.
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Ronnie Scott’s late-week route: R&B songs, soul-jazz and JD3’s Dilla-informed grooves
A concise route through Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club after-hours programme, from contemporary R&B to instrumental jazz-funk and hip-hop rhythm.
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House of Yes Builds a Three-Night Arc From Midnight Agony to Felix Cartal
A concise route through House of Yes’s stage-minded Thursday and two different approaches to Friday and Saturday club programming.
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Kantine am Berghain Sets a Three-Night Course From Beats to Latin Rhythm
Three consecutive nights make Kantine am Berghain a focused destination for live, beat-driven music next weekend.
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Sala Apolo’s Friday split: Villano Antillano, Stef Mendesidis and a POLYGLOT coda
Three rooms and three club perspectives shape Sala Apolo’s September 25–26 programme.
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Two Islands Brygge nights trace Danish hip-hop from new voices to the beat desk
September 24 and 25 bring two connected ways into Copenhagen’s Danish hip-hop culture.
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Flagey frames a September weekend from electric texture to Verdi’s vast Requiem
At Flagey, 25–26 September brings a compact route through improvisation, musical context and monumental vocal writing.
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Pip Blom’s Skatecafé Anniversary Brings the Early Songs Back Home
A four-song anniversary release gives Pip Blom’s Amsterdam celebration a sharp route through ten years of work.
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Thalia Hall’s September 24–25 pairing puts close-harmony folk beside Paula Cole’s THIS FIRE: 30
A Thursday-to-Friday Pilsen route joins The Secret Sisters’ current country-folk with Paula Cole’s 30-year look at This Fire.
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Au Point Éphémère, deux soirs pour entendre le punk changer de grain
Du streetpunk parisien au grunge indie venu de Los Angeles, deux concerts à suivre sur le quai de Valmy.
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Razzmatazz’s two-night route from Badsista to Mala, Nørbak and Dj2d2
Friday’s Badsista bill opens into a Saturday of bass weight, techno and a parallel Dj2d2 room.
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Three routes from punk melody to levitating sound
Guitar Gangsters, Falderebet and Yawning Portal bring three distinct ideas of momentum to Copenhagen, September 24–27.
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A Mechelen weekend of space, bodies and rupture at Kunstencentrum nona
Three nights at Kunstencentrum nona connect close listening, intergenerational dance and expansive improvised music.
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Arnhem’s Two-Night Route From Sibelius to Canto Ostinato
On September 25 and 26, Musis and the Eusebiuskerk offer two sharply different ways into sustained musical listening.
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KOKO’s late-September run moves from London jazz to gothic pop and 70s soul
KOKO’s Thursday-to-Sunday schedule offers a focused route through new jazz, alternative pop and a singer-led soul programme.
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Our Wicked Lady Gives Three Local Rock Bills Their Own Nights, September 24–26
Ghosts of Hope, Maiden, and Mars Ray & The Raptures anchor a compact Thursday-to-Saturday Brooklyn route.
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Ohm’s Two-Track Weekend: La Casita Opens Out, VERSION Turns to Bass
Two upcoming nights at Ohm trace a compact route from live opera and installations to a resident-led club session.
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Lincoln Hall’s September 24–25 pair turns new releases into two sharply different listening rooms
Lincoln Hall offers string-band detail on Thursday, then Nick Hakim’s current tour on Friday.
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Au Cirque Électrique, trois soirs pour passer du théâtre aux machines
Une même adresse, deux scènes et trois formats pour organiser ses sorties musicales de la fin septembre.
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Windmill Brixton’s late-September run: three bills, three scenes
Three distinct bills make a useful Brixton route from Thursday, September 24 through Sunday, September 27.
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Walter Smith III Brings a New Jazz Works Premiere to Smoke Jazz Club
For September 24–27, a commissioned premiere turns three Smoke Jazz Club dates into a concise Uptown jazz destination.
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Crack Bellmer’s Three-Day Route From Late Thursday to Saturday Afternoon
Three distinct crews make Crack Bellmer a concise Friedrichshain destination from Thursday night through Saturday afternoon.
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23 Robadors gives Coltrane’s music two changing Barcelona ensembles
From Irene Ribas’s flamenco quartet to two late Coltrane tributes, 23 Robadors gives September 24 and 25 a clear local focus.
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One Operaen weekend, from Shostakovich’s scale to a 40-minute Mozart story
A Friday symphonic programme and Saturday morning Mozart miniatures make a focused Operaen route for September 25–26.
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Trix shifts from hip-hop to symphonic metal and East LA soul
A Thursday-to-Sunday guide to NEXT, Beyond The Black and Thee Sinseers at Trix.
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OT301’s Saturday Splits Between Digital Hardcore and Artistic Research
Kronkel brings Deli Girls to the Studios while 4bid Gallery hosts three artists-in-residence on the same Saturday afternoon.
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Four Chicago rooms for a roots-minded run from Glenn Jones to Sera Cahoone
Glenn Jones, S. Carey, Two Runner, and Sera Cahoone make a compact late-September path for close listening.
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Bull’s Head Barnes maps a long weekend from new-songwriters to Sunday jazz voices
A Thursday-to-Sunday guide to the three contrasting concerts at Bull’s Head Barnes, September 24–27.
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Flying Lotus Heads a One-Day Map of Dance and Experimental Music at Knockdown Center
A focused guide to the expansive OUTLINE bill arriving in Queens on Saturday, September 26.
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Haus der Sinne Frames Two Intimate Berlin Music Worlds
Two upcoming nights, on Thursday, September 24 and Saturday, September 26, place adventurous solo work beside a four-act Berlin showcase.
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Espai Salvadiscos sets a three-night electronic route, from deep house to melodic techno
House, dark disco and progressive melodic techno shape a focused three-night run at Espai Salvadiscos.
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Friday splits open at ALICE and Loppen
On September 25, ALICE and Loppen offer two sharply different routes through international underground music.
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One Thursday, three listening rooms at BOZAR
On the opening night of 24–27 September, BOZAR offers three sharply different routes through sound under one roof.
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Two Ends of Metal Meet at Doornroosje Next Week
Beyond the Black and Fluisteraars give Nijmegen two distinct routes into heavy music from 24 to 27 September.
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À l’Auditorium de Radio France, deux récits pour ouvrir le week-end
Jeudi 24 et dimanche 27 septembre, l’Auditorium de Radio France fait dialoguer imaginaire orchestral, orgue, cantate, jazz et création.
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Windy Pop Weekender gives Subterranean two days of carefully linked indie-pop history
Windy Pop Weekender pairs durable melodic touchstones with a deep regional undercard in Wicker Park.
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Au Duc des Lombards, trois soirs pour entendre le jazz changer de langage
Trois soirs, trois formats et une même écoute attentive au Duc des Lombards, du jeudi 24 au samedi 26 septembre 2026.
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A Guy Called Gerald and 808 State make a two-night electronic history lesson
Follow a compact route from Black Secret Technology at Jazz Cafe to 808 State and The Grid outdoors in Lewisham.
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Jamboree’s Friday moves from hard bop to the late-night floor
A two-set hard-bop quartet and a midnight DJ session give Plaça Reial a sharply defined Friday route.
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A VEGA weekend from hardcore compression to expansive songcraft
From Ideal Bar’s rapid-fire punk to parallel Saturday options in Store VEGA and Lille VEGA, this is a compact route through the building.
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Coltrane’s Brussels afterlife: Shabaka, MiXMONK and Raphael Rogiński at AB
On 25 and 26 September, Ancienne Belgique gives John Coltrane’s legacy two sharply different contemporary voices.
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Daryll-Ann Takes Weeps From Groningen to Amsterdam
A 1996 Dutch indie landmark receives its first full-album live reading on September 24 and 25.
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Fifty Years of Punk Gets a Berlin Archive Room at Columbia Theater
A Saturday conversation joins Manchester memories, West Berlin connections and material from Archiv B.
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A Two-Stop Heavy Route for September 24–27
Start with Mastodon, Deafheaven, and Alcest on Thursday, then close at TV Eye with an international-minded Sunday bill.
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Constellation frames Chicago’s September 17–20 weekend with Dutch Interior and Hana Stretton
Constellation’s Thursday and Saturday bills offer a compact route through Dutch Interior’s expansive rock and Hana Stretton’s 2026 songs.
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À la Cité de la musique, l’Ensemble intercontemporain fête ses 50 ans en mouvement
Deux rendez-vous à la Cité de la Musique (Salle des concerts) pour entendre la création contemporaine circuler autrement.
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Tia Cousins brings the long-way-round selector’s ear to The Glove That Fits
A small-room Saturday set built for listeners who enjoy a DJ treating unexpected connections as the point.
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Public Records Moves From an Upstairs Hybrid Set to Two Full-Campus Club Nights
Peter Matson, upsammy, and Bradley Zero anchor three sharply different entries on the Gowanus venue’s calendar.
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Three Rooms, Three Scales at Konzerthaus Berlin
From September 17 to 19, Konzerthaus Berlin shifts focus with three sharply scaled classical programmes.
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Espai Salvadiscos opens its weekend with disco-funk, then settles into house
A vinyl-focused Poble-sec room gives Thursday and Saturday distinct tempos on September 17 and 19.
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Two returns, two rooms: Madou and Voxtrot in Antwerp
A daytime Belpop recital and an evening Austin indie-pop set make a compact, unusually rich Thursday route.
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Chicago’s hard-music weekend begins with Crown Magnetar and lands on Cheerleader Roadkill
Crown Magnetar, The Barbarians of California, and Cheerleader Roadkill give September 17–20 a concentrated hard-music arc.
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Au Nouveau Casino, trois nuits pour traverser les vitesses de la rave
Trois nuits électroniques à suivre au Nouveau Casino, du jeudi 17 au samedi 19 septembre 2026.
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Crazy Coqs’ two-night route through voice, Soho songs and unruly cabaret
Spend Thursday and Friday, September 17–18, with three sharply different approaches to songs at Crazy Coqs.
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Scores in motion: three dramatic concert routes for 17–20 September
From Thursday 17 through Sunday 20 September, follow music that brings orchestras, dancers and singers into the same frame.
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Pieter van Loenen’s Festival Route, From Sextet to Brahms Quartet
Two September concerts turn a shared violinist into a clear route through chamber music in The Hague.
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The Salt Shed’s September 17–18 run joins Liz Phair and Sleater-Kinney’s guitars with Tucker Wetmore’s country ascent
Two September nights at The Salt Shed put a veteran guitar bill beside a current country headliner.
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À l’Église de la Madeleine, trois soirs pour entendre le répertoire changer d’échelle
Chanson, cordes et chœur-orchestre : trois rendez-vous successifs pour écouter autrement un même monument.
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Guzzo’s Born run moves from bossa nova dinner to Sunday funk
From Thursday, September 17 through Sunday, September 20, Guzzo makes a compact case for listening across the dinner table.
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Two rooms, two nights: DR Koncerthuset opens next week with Wagner and Familien
On September 17 and 18, DR Koncerthuset presents a repeatable Wagner evening and a sharply different local-band date.
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KulturA. maps a Liège weekend from release party to all-night ascent
A release show, an off-centre selector session and ELEVATE #2 make Rue Roture a focused weekend destination.
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Melkweg’s Weekend of Three Nightlife Languages
A Venezuelan band, a carefully built jungle bill and a throwback pop party shape Melkweg’s upcoming weekend.
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Jazz Cafe’s weekend of soul archives, played live
Two early-evening shows give Camden a route through jazz-funk, Brazilian soul and the musicians who keep those catalogues moving.
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Barbès Moves From Deep Songbook Swing to Sunday Choro
Three upcoming Barbès bookings trace a small-room musical map from vintage swing to Brazilian choro on September 17 and 20.
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Three Evenings Give Schokoladen a Sharp Guitar-Pop Spine
From Thursday, September 17 through Sunday, September 20, Schokoladen maps a compact route through independent guitar music.
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Au Bizz'art, trois soirs pour suivre le groove de la soul au R&B
Du jeudi 17 au dimanche 20 septembre, cap sur trois concerts au Bizz'art, du format afterwork à la scène soul-funk.
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Three small-room routes for London’s post-punk and alternative week
Christine Plays Viola, FRACAS and CULT{URE} give September 17–20 a focused grassroots guitar-music thread.
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K-INDIE ON Brings a Two-Night Korean Indie Bill to Holzmarkt 25
Catch The Young, Bongjeingan, kimseungjoo and Chang Kiha shape a concise weekend festival at Säälchen.
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Two nights of sharp-edged song at Sala VOL
A Thursday-to-Saturday route through new singles, noisy textures and compact club bills in Poblenou.
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At Mojo Blues Bar, Thomas Crawfurd’s new chapter runs into the Thursday jam
Follow a drummer-songwriter from his first solo album launch into a Thursday tradition and Friday’s roots-blues set.
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Beursschouwburg opens autumn from rooftop bubbling to a street-side Susonidos party
A focused Brussels route for Friday 18 September and Sunday 20 September, with dance music rooted in diaspora, rhythm and public space.
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Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ’s September Pairing: Caroline Shaw to Loraine James
From Caroline Shaw’s string-led programme to Loraine James’s late electronic bill, this is a focused Amsterdam weekend route.
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Epiphany Center for the Arts builds a Friday–Saturday path from Golden Hour DJs to Nina Simone
Start with Café Bar DJs on September 18 and 19, then move into Epiphany Hall for Harmony Grace’s Nina Simone program.
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Au Badaboum, deux nuits pour suivre trois lignes de la musique club
Bass music, grooves brésiliens et dub techno : un parcours dense au Badaboum, les vendredi 18 et samedi 19 septembre.
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Café OTO’s three-night map of new and improvised music
Spend Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with a compact sequence of adventurous live music at Café OTO.
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Two September nights of song at Palau de la Musica Catalana
A debut-album anniversary and a flamenco ensemble make a focused Thursday-Friday route through the Palau’s Concert Hall.
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Shelby J. brings a three-night Prince chapter to Epicurus
From Thursday 17 September through Saturday 19 September, Epicurus gives Shelby J.’s voice the centre of a tightly framed music-and-dining event.
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Het Bos opens a September weekend through images, live sound and experimental song
At Het Bos, the first stretch of the 17–20 September weekend favours attentive listening and projects that cross rooms, forms and tempos.
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Massada’s Arnhem–Amsterdam Weekend Has a Wider Moluccan Frame
Two appearances give Massada’s long-running rhythmic language two very different rooms and contexts.
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Elastic Arts turns September 11–12 into a Chicago listening-and-reading circuit
Three events across September 11–12 trace Elastic Arts’ links among electronic music, community programming and literary culture.
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Au Sunset / Sunside, trois écritures de jazz pour ouvrir le week-end
Trois concerts, deux salles et une même adresse des Lombards pour entrer dans le week-end par les chemins du jazz.
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Two Showcase Bills Take Over Klunkerkranich’s Rooftop Floors
Spend Friday and Saturday with two crews shaping separate all-evening routes across Klunkerkranich’s Wohnzimmer and Hinter den Alpen.
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Sina Bathaie brings santur and electronic pulse to Sala Luz de Gas
For the September 10–13 week, an early concert of santur, oud and electronic rhythm offers a focused Thursday opening.
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Mayhem’s weekend moves from black metal pressure to KoreGalore!’s daytime-to-night shift
Two September nights show how Mayhem makes room for heavy amplification, collective programming and long-form club energy.
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Three Ways to Make a Concert Occupy Its Space
A Saturday-to-Sunday route through grand opera, four Arnhem organs and contemporary voices, September 12–13.
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MOTH Club’s two-night route from White Denim to maya ongaku
Hackney’s MOTH Club pairs a high-motion American rock band with a Japanese trio pursuing attentive, open-ended sound.
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Three nights of close-focus pop at Cirque Royal
From Thursday 10 through Saturday 12 September, Cirque Royal concentrates three evenings around voice, piano, and strings.
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Reggies Rock Club gives Chicago heavy music two focused nights: Volumes, then All Shall Perish
A current Volumes set and All Shall Perish’s Price of Existence anniversary bill shape a direct two-night route.
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De Vivaldi à Beethoven, trois étapes classiques du 10 au 13 septembre
Un jeudi de saisons, puis un week-end Beethoven conduit par Thomas Hengelbrock : une trajectoire classique en trois temps.
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Trans-Pecos Sets a Three-Night Route Through Rap, R&B, and Electronic Music
H31R and Tony Seltzer anchor Thursday, followed by deep Friday and Saturday lineups at Trans-Pecos.
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Two Nights, Two Registers at Berghain / Panorama Bar
From disco archives to industrial-tinged techno, one address carries two sharply drawn electronic programmes on September 11 and 12.
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La Terrrazza moves from a Summer Heroes closing to COEO’s disco-house Saturday
La Terrrazza’s September 10–12 programme pairs a local techno project with a Toy Tonics house fixture.
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A Thursday route through songs carried across borders and generations
Start outdoors at Den Gule Plads, then move to Amager Bio for Kaya Brüel’s return to the Jomfru Ane Band songbook.
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Three Nights, Three Temperatures at Luxor Live
Arnhem gets a compact, three-night route through punk, disco and techno from Thursday, September 10, to Saturday, September 12.
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Chicago’s September 10 guitar route runs from Green Mill swing to Kingston Mines blues
On September 10, Green Mill and Kingston Mines offer four sharply different settings for guitar-led Chicago music.
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Au Supersonic, un week-end pour suivre le fil post-punk
Trois rendez-vous au Supersonic et à Supersonic Records pour traverser les nerfs du post-punk, vendredi et samedi.
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Waterworks Extended brings a whole festival inside The Cause
For Saturday, September 12, Waterworks turns The Cause into a seven-space route through club music’s many dialects.
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Webster Hall Moves From Synth Shadows to Full-Pop Scale, September 10–12
A Thursday-to-Saturday run at Webster Hall brings three sharply different approaches to the pop song into one East Village room.
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A Two-Night Garage-Punk Route: Designer, Then Billy Childish & CTMF
Berlin’s September 10–11 garage-punk pairing moves from a touring double bill to CTMF’s long-running DIY catalogue.
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Marula Cafe’s three-night groove map, from Holy Ray to Sound-Ay
Holy Ray, Kusuri and Sound-Ay make a concise case for following the selectors through the Gothic Quarter.
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Three nights at Råhuset, each built around a different kind of live exchange
From Thursday, September 10 through Saturday, September 12, Råhuset offers three sharply different ways to hear a room come alive.
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The Hideout’s September 10–11 route from cosmic ensemble music to Container’s noise-techno pressure
At The Hideout, Spiral Galaxy’s release show and Container’s Friday bill map two intense approaches to experimental sound.
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An Early-to-Late Jazz Route for September 10–13
September 10–13 offers a compact path through vocal jazz, a Sonny Rollins tribute, and solo guitar.
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Three Consecutive Nights Put PrivatClub’s Guitars in Focus
Spend Thursday through Saturday in Kreuzberg with she’s green, AUGER, and JEANLUC at PrivatClub.
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Three nights, three club languages at INPUT
A compact Poble Espanyol run offers three sharply drawn electronic propositions before Barcelona’s September weekend fills out.
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Three ways of making an electronic room at ALICE
From glass rods to hazy trip hop and amplified harp, ALICE offers a tactile electronic route through the coming weekend.
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Three opening nights set the Marni Jazz Festival in motion
Start the weekend of 10–13 September with a focused Brussels run built around voice, saxophone, songs and ensemble scale.
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Fear Factory Brings a Four-Part Metal Bill to Nijmegen
A single Nijmegen bill gathers four sharply different strains of heavy music at the close of next week.
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The Salt Shed’s September 11–13 run moves from soft-rock theater to country songs and juke motion
A concise route through Yacht Rock Revue, Sam Barber and Amberobics at The Salt Shed’s outdoor and indoor spaces.
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Tyshawn Sorey ouvre le Palais Garnier à une Joséphine Baker intérieure
Trois dates pour entendre une partition souple, entre écriture et musique spontanée, consacrée à Joséphine Baker.
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Friday, September 11: two routes into London’s left-field electronic night
A close-listening trio in Dalston and a wide-ranging DJ pairing in Lewisham sharpen the week of September 10–13.
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Brooklyn Paramount Packs Three Hard-Edged Nights Into One September Weekend
A Thursday-to-Saturday guide to a concentrated Brooklyn Paramount run, September 10–12, 2026.
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A Four-Day Philharmonie Berlin Arc: Brett Dean Returns, Jurowski Rings the Bells
From Thursday 10 September through Sunday 13 September, Philharmonie Berlin hosts two sharply drawn orchestral propositions.
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Sala Apolo’s weekend of machines, Maghreb club sound and flamenco memory
Three events make Sala Apolo a focused stop during Barcelona’s upcoming September 10–13 concert weekend.
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Three nights, three guitar languages at Hotel Cecil
A concise Thursday-to-Saturday route through three sharply different band worlds at Hotel Cecil.
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Recyclart opens its September season from workshop floor to dancefloor
Three dates at Recyclart give Brussels a practical, social and sonically adventurous way into the new season.
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Amsterdam’s Thursday of Fuzz, Friction and Crosswired Punk
Paradiso splits its rooms between Ty Segall and Golomb while Ecca Vandal brings a genre-splicing new album to Melkweg.
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PRYSM’s ARC After Dark run gives Chicago three late-night dance worlds in three nights
From hard techno to melodic house and tech-house, PRYSM turns three upcoming nights into a focused club route.
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À La Java, trois nuits pour saisir les reliefs du club parisien
Trois collectifs, trois tempos et une même cave de Belleville pour ouvrir le week-end électronique.
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A live-to-club house route: Kings of Tomorrow and Barbara Tucker
For 3–6 September, follow Sandy Rivera’s live-band house set into Barbara Tucker’s Ministry of Sound night.
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Two scales of Copenhagen club music, from Âme live to Demi Riquísimo
For September 3–6, start in Refshaleøen’s open former hangar, then take Saturday’s extended club programme in the centre.
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Muziekgebouw Eindhoven’s Weekend of Jazz With a Memory
From Black Sabbath riffs to Sinatra and Armstrong standards, this is a concise weekend guide to jazz’s gift for recasting a songbook.
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A voice-led weekend at Ancienne Belgique: Bedouine and Yebba
Two singers with distinct scales of songwriting shape a concentrated Brussels stop across the first weekend of September.
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A late-night jazz route for Chicago, from Mario Abney’s Thursday sets to Dorian’s Sunday crates
Begin with Mario Abney’s Thursday doubleheader, stay for Brian Citro, then carry the weekend through Marquis Hill and DJ Zipgun Boogie.
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Emma-Jean Thackray relit Miles Davis à la Cité de la Musique
Un concert en deux volets, de Steve Reid à Miles Davis, pour ouvrir le week-end du 3 au 6 septembre.
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The Fox and Firkin’s weekend shifts from pop memory to sound-system history
A south-east London weekend of British pop, UK garage and reggae sound-system lineage, all before nightfall.
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Bar Freda Books Two Very Different Ridgewood Bills for September’s First Weekend
A two-show look at Bar Freda’s heavy Friday and open-ended Sunday during September 3–6.
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Three Nights, Three Scales of Jazz at Kunstfabrik Schlot
A compact Mitte run offers three sharply different reasons to spend next week in the jazz cellar.
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23 Robadors’ three-show passage from jazz to flamenco
Jazz on Thursday gives way to two flamenco sittings on Saturday at the small live-music room in the Raval.
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A daylight route into Kill-Town Death Fest at Pumpehuset
Shrieking Demons, Death Pulsation, Filth, Perishing and Dead Void shape an open-air entry into Copenhagen’s death-metal weekend.
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Three speeds at Kavka Oudaan: jev., Béton Armé and pop in daylight
A compact venue guide to jev., Béton Armé and Meet Us Backstage’s seasonal send-off.
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A Roots Route Through SPOT De Oosterpoort’s First September Weekend
Three Groningen shows map a compact route through the many textures of contemporary roots music.
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Schubas Tavern opens September with Discus’s local bill and Black Milk’s Ceremonial tour
A compact two-night route at Schubas Tavern offers Chicago heavy music and Detroit rap on September 3 and 4.
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Du chant aux textures : trois visages du jazz parisien, du 3 au 5 septembre
Du jeudi 3 au samedi 5 septembre, Étienne Mbappé, Wajdi Riahi Trio et Mammal Hands dessinent trois échelles d’écoute.
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Jill McCarron Takes Mezzrow Past Midnight Twice
Two 11:55 p.m. solo-piano sets give the first September weekend a quietly precise jazz destination.
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Two piano trios make a five-date jazz route through Copenhagen
A three-night run at Epicurus meets two intimate afternoon sets at Jazzcup from September 3 to 5, 2026.
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Three nights, three musical routes at Art Base
From September 3 to 5, Art Base offers a close-range musical trip through jazz manouche, sitar-led collaboration and bossa nova.
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OT301’s Two-Night Map of Underground Dance Music
A focused Amsterdam route through breakbeats, record-label history and an open-ended club night at OT301.
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Sound-Bar maps a three-night North Coast route, from Mersiv’s pre-party to ARMNHMR’s Passport
A downtown club run gives North Coast weekend a Thursday entry point and two late-night continuations.
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À La Station - Gare des Mines, deux nuits pour saluer un lieu en mouvement
La Créole, Tara Clerkin Trio et erreur de jeunesse x with us dessinent un week-end chargé d’adieux et de circulation musicale.
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A Friday bass route from Playaz at Phonox to Koven at Fabric
Playaz’s anniversary programme and FABRICLIVE x UKF give Friday a clear two-stop shape.
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Mercury Lounge Opens September With Three Compact Bills
DECOSTER UNIVERSE starts Thursday, then Outer Shapes and Nudey divide Friday into early and late rooms.
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Hess Is More turns VEGA’s birthday into a two-night room-sized concert
A long table, guest soloists and a circular concert format shape the strongest single event in Copenhagen’s coming weekend.
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A Double Jorja Smith Bill Sets Lido’s Early-September Pace
From a double Jorja Smith bill to ACTORS’ Berlin tour launch, Lido offers a focused start to the September 3–6 concert week.
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A De Roma weekend in three tempos: Pitou, Dire Straits and Barbara Dex
Three consecutive shows give Borgerhout listeners an intimate foyer set, a standing guitar night and a seated Sunday afternoon.
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Bibelot’s Three-Night Route Through Gloom, Guitars and Memory
A compact Dordrecht run brings three distinct guitar-music worlds into focus across one weekend.
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Razzmatazz’s three-night route from perreo to Héctor Oaks
Perreo, trance, Brazilian club pressure, techno, and Rosa Pistola make a focused weekend inside one Barcelona complex.
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Constellation’s Sound & Gravity weekend moves from Ana Roxanne’s ambient songs to Marc Ribot and Joan Shelley
Ana Roxanne, Marc Ribot and Joan Shelley lead consecutive 7 p.m. programs in Roscoe Village, with bills that reward a different kind of attention each night.
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Au Studio de l’Ermitage, trois soirs pour faire voyager la chanson
Du jeudi 3 au samedi 5 septembre, le Studio de l’Ermitage fait se succéder jazz de chambre, chanson brésilienne et cumbia orchestrale.
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Brassworks turns Woolwich Works into a full-day brass route
On Saturday 5 September, Woolwich Works hosts a free all-day route through brass music, with a parade, workshops and ensembles from London and beyond.
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Bowery Ballroom Starts September With a Folk Opener and a Gothic Weekend
For September 3–5, Bowery Ballroom moves from a sold-out BIIRD date into two nights of A Murder of Crows 2026.
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Casa Montjuïc’s two-night return to close listening
A Friday 99CHANTS presentation and Saturday’s Lux Lisbon, Jemina and Mecánica Clásica bill make Casa Montjuïc a focused stop in Barcelona’s 3–6 September concert week.
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Au 38 Riv’, un jeudi de jazz entre carte blanche et scène ouverte
Jeudi 27 août, le 38 Riv’ Jazz Club enchaîne un quartet mené par Hermon Mehari et Nelson Veras, puis une jam session conduite par Solène Cairoli.
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Freight Brixton’s weekend route: hip-hop brunch, Tiffany Calver and salsa on the rooftop
Three events across Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August turn Freight Brixton into a daylight-to-midnight route through classic rap, contemporary Black dance music and salsa.
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Three Late-August Entries Into Silo Brooklyn
A focused guide to three nights at Silo Brooklyn, August 27–29, where the weekend’s club options arrive with three very different points of entry.
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Wild Hare turns August 27–29 into a three-night route through house, R&B and poetry
From Thursday, August 27, through Saturday, August 29, Wild Hare offers three distinct club-level programs, with Friday’s Deep City House Rave at the center.
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Au Cirque Électrique, trois manières de faire monter la tension
Trois rendez-vous, deux espaces et des écritures sans terrain commun : le Château Tigre et l’Anti-Club dessinent une fin de semaine volontairement hétérogène.
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Three nights of dance-music memory at Jazz Cafe
A rediscovered Ghanaian cassette, a London-born Ghanaian selector and a foundational New York house duo make a compact Camden route for the final full weekend of August.
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Elsewhere’s Rooftop Has Three Early Starts for the Last August Weekend
Three club events, three different social frames, and one open-air Bushwick room before summer’s final full weekend turns busy.
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Hungry Brain’s three-night late-August run moves from expanded jazz to Arab blues
From August 27–29, Hungry Brain moves from Quin Kirchner’s six-piece residency set to The Arab Blues’ oud-and-percussion duo and an early Paul Asaro quartet.
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Diljit Dosanjh à l’Adidas Arena : la pop pendjabie prend l’échelle d’une tournée européenne
Vendredi 28 août, Diljit Dosanjh porte l’Aura World Tour à l’Adidas Arena, entre pop pendjabie, héritage musical et format de grande salle.
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KOKO’s three-night turn: Eartheater, Paco Osuna and Mustard
A compact Camden run gives three very different readings of electronic music, beginning with Eartheater’s live set and closing with Mustard’s late-night session.
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Three Nights of OWL PRESENTS! at Our Wicked Lady
From August 27–29, OWL PRESENTS! supplies three distinct reasons to make Our Wicked Lady a weekend destination.
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Sludgeworth gives Cobra Lounge a two-day Chicago punk homecoming
Across August 29–30, Sludgeworth turns Cobra Lounge into a two-show survey of Chicago melodic punk, pairing a new record with different supporting sets.
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Au Bizz'art, Sheesha Rose ouvre la voie à une nuit soul, funk et hip-hop
Une soirée en deux mouvements, du groupe sur scène aux sélections qui traversent soul, RnB, funk, disco et hip-hop.
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Fabric’s Bank Holiday weekend: amapiano, Skream and the Appetite after-hours route
The Clerkenwell club’s upcoming Bank Holiday run draws a firm line through three different dance-floor communities: Piano People on Friday, then two Appetite afterparties across a.
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Three Club Nights, One Public Records Weekend
Heavee opens the run, Elisa Batti takes Friday, and Hieroglyphic Being closes Saturday with a deep Chicago-rooted perspective.
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Du baile à la roda : quatre pistes afro-latines pour finir août
Bizz'art, L'Alimentation Générale et le Studio de l'Ermitage proposent chacun leur cadence : club, baile et samba jouée au plus près des musiciens.
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Garcia’s gives Chicago groove music two different frames: Liquid Soul, then Peach Jam
From acid-jazz dance-floor propulsion to Southern-rock ensemble playing, Garcia’s shapes August 28–29 around bands that treat repertoire as a live, communal language.
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The club prelude to Carnival: Supa D and the London house continuum
Soca, bashment, R&B and hip-hop open Friday; a returning cast of UK funky, house and Afro-influenced selectors carries the thread into Sunday.
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Two nights of listening at Elastic Arts, from Ken Ueno’s voice to Suzanne Thorpe’s oyster soundscape
On August 13 and 14, Elastic Arts pairs Ken Ueno and BananaAcid with Suzanne Thorpe, Bonnie Jones, Stephan Moore and Binary Stitches.
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Gold Sounds Keeps the Weekend Heavy
Three late-night shows at 44 Wilson Avenue create a focused August 13–15 stop for people who want stacked local bills in one room.
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A late-summer route through the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and Dalston Superstore
From Vauxhall’s historic stage to Dalston’s upstairs-bar-and-basement rhythm, these documented dates offer a focused way into two key queer venues.
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Free-improvisation lineages meet at Cafe OTO in August 2026
Two established circles of improvisers bring deep collaborative histories, changing combinations and a rare consecutive-night format to Dalston.
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Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn return to MOTH Club for three September nights
A 200-capacity former servicemen’s club on Valette Street sets the scale for a close-range run by two of British pop’s most enduring songwriters.
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Union Chapel in late summer: Roger Eno, John Scofield and Devin Townsend in a room built to be heard
A quiet piano-led evening, a jazz quartet and a solo heavy-music figure arrive at Islington’s working Grade I listed chapel, where the room remains an active part of every show.
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Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy bring R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant to KOKO
A Camden date for an album-show project shaped by Chicago pop-ups, anniversary tours and R.E.M.’s own attention.
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Patricia Barber brings a lifetime of Chicago club music to Winter’s Jazz Club
A locally rooted quartet, two intimate sets, and a Chicago room where close listening is the point.
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MAMAMOO returns to Wintrust Arena as a seven-city U.S. tour reaches Chicago
The 2026 date revisits the site of the quartet’s 2023 Chicago stop, with Solar, Moon Byul, Whee In and Hwa Sa scheduled to perform together.
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Nitzer Ebb anchors Metro’s late-August run of punk, psych and post-punk history
Six dates on Clark Street connect industrial music, punk, psych rock and the Joy Division–New Order catalog.
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A Chicago blues itinerary for August 12–19, from River North to Legends
Two established clubs and a run of local bookings offer a clear route through the city’s active blues calendar.
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AfriClassical Futures brings Julius Eastman’s ten-cello work to Epiphany’s Sanctuary
The Chicago series places Eastman’s 1981 score in a Sunday afternoon program shaped by performance, discussion and an RSVP-based door policy.
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Michael Cera Palin au Supersonic : l’emo d’Atlanta de passage à Paris
Entre héritage indie-punk, écriture emo et retour discographique, Michael Cera Palin arrive au Supersonic pour une soirée gratuite avec deux groupes parisiens.
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Greg Freeman, Twine et JOBIE : trois façons de faire tenir l’indie en tension
Le 27 août 2026, Greg Freeman, Twine et JOBIE composent au Supersonic un programme de contrastes sans forcer l’idée d’une famille esthétique.
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Au Supersonic, la rentrée se joue sur deux scènes les 4 et 5 septembre
Deux soirées de découvertes rock gratuites au Club et un concert de Satsang côté Records donnent un aperçu concret du lieu et de sa programmation.
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Quatre soirs d’indie international au Supersonic, du 7 au 12 septembre 2026
Un parcours en quatre étapes sur six jours, de Jaguar Sun et Sean Nicholas Savage à Wild Pink, The Orchestra (For Now) et Jeremy Jay.
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untitled (halo), Lal Tuna et Tom Hufnagel : trois écritures en regard au Supersonic
Des formats courts de untitled (halo) aux chansons enregistrées à domicile de Lal Tuna et à la pop française annoncée de Tom Hufnagel, trois approches se succèdent.Make your next gig happen
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Going to concerts alone in London: a practical first-gig guide
Your friends cannot make it. You still want to hear the band. Here is how to make that first solo gig a straightforward evening out.Guide pratique