Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Upcoming shows


Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]: [Mari Kimura (violin & electronics), Pamela Z (voice & electronics), and Thea Farhadian (violin and electronics) will perform solo works and trio improvisations for violins, voice, live electronics, and gesture-controlled instruments.] More..
Brick a Brac [178 Leland Ave, SF]: [gathering of sounds. Locals and traveling music from LA and SEA] More..
Cybersentics Book Club at Gray Area [2665 Mission St. SF]: [Join us at Gray Area for a discussion of how present-day neurotechnology offers unmatched benefits to our human well-being at the cost of depriving us of our fundamental right to think freely. . . . unless we do something about it?] More..
Prelinger Library [301 8th Street SF]: [Resonant Margin (K. Atchley, Thom Blum, Kattt Atchley)] More..
SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]: [Lisa Mezzacappa Five(ish)] More..
West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]: [NOEL KENNON GROUP (Seattle) / GACHAPON] More..

Recently added shows


Prelinger Library [301 8th Street SF]: [Resonant Margin (K. Atchley, Thom Blum, Kattt Atchley)] More...
SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]: [Lisa Mezzacappa Five(ish)] More...
Montalvo Arts Center [15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, CA 95070]: [Don't miss an intimate early glimpse of Mirrored Variation, a captivating work-in-progress from Montalvo artists-in-residence Brendan Glasson and Sally Decker, featuring an immersive four-channel sound experience for grand piano, electric organs, and synthesizers inside the historic Villa Main Hall.] More...
Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall [Northeastern University (formerly Mills College) 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA 94613]: [An evening of new music and free improvisation featuring Sally Decker & Brendan Glasson, Chris Brown & Ben Davis, and Robert Lopez, Aaron Oppenheim & Shanna Sordahl. Free; in-person & livestream.] More...
Brick a Brac [178 Leland Ave, SF]: [gathering of sounds. Locals and traveling music from LA and SEA] More...

Recent albums


othrwrldly - Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish)
Release Date: 02/20/2026
Live At Celeste - Jon Raskin
Release Date: 02/14/2026
Diatribe, Parts 1-6 - Steve Adams
Release Date: 02/07/2026
Incomplete, Open - duo B
Release Date: 01/30/2026

About Bay Improviser

Bay Area Improviser's Network was created to provide a forum for Experimental, Improvised, Noise, Electronic, Free-Jazz, Avant Garde, Modern Composition, and Other Forms of Contemporary Sound in the San Francisco Bay Area. At this site, you can find musician's biographical information, upcoming concert info, reviews, links to other sites, and more.

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