Foundation Improv Series 28 A night of long form improv from the OIL community Concert Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Bantha Tea Bar Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Improv Improvised Music Part of Open Improvisation Lab
Ether.net live at Poetry Lounge Ether.net’s For Cyber Sake Tour makes a stop in Pittsburgh at Poetry Lounge with support from Bella Figlia, The Alfomega, and Print Concert Friday, June 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Buy Tickets Bella Figlia Art Improvised Music Live Music Music Buy Tickets
Music with Friends Vol. 1: Theme - Purple Eggplant (Petrea Volubis) An evening of improvised music with Buscrates, Chris Coleman, Daïa, and Trē at Incurably Optimistic. Concert Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 9:00 PM Incurably Optimistic All Ages Buscrates Incurably Optimistic Trē Experimental Funk Improvised Music Live Music
Tough Pill #58 Tough Pill #58 brings four acts to Government Center in Pittsburgh for a night of live improved music. Concert Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM The Government Center All Ages Door: $10 The Government Center Experimental Improvised Music Part of Tough Pill
Foundation Improv Series 27 A night of long form improv from the OIL community Concert Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Bantha Tea Bar Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Improv Improvised Music Weird Part of Open Improvisation Lab
Unmade Place: Sound/Text Experiments An experimental sound and text performance night at Telephone in Pittsburgh featuring multiple avant-garde artists. Concert Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM Telephone All Ages Door: $10 Telephone Experimental Improvised Music Noise
Drift Terrain: Multi-Movement Soundscape Performance Immersive experimental soundscape performance at PearlArts Concert Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM PearlArts Movement & Sound All Ages Buy Tickets PearlArts Movement & Sound Soy sos Trē Experimental Ambient Electronic Improvised Music Buy Tickets
Foundation Series 26 Long form improv at Bantha Concert Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Door: $10 Bantha Tea Bar Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Improv Improvised Music Part of Open Improvisation Lab
Tropos (NYC), How Things Are, TAYLOR GRIESHOBER Tropos (NYC), How Things Are, TAYLOR GRIESHOBER at Bantha Concert Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Door: $10 Bantha Tea Bar How Things Are Made Experimental Improvised Music
An evening of bent folk country noise egg hunt The Loadstones from SF, astral folk/rock and local experimenters Leg Day, songs from Hymns for New Country Concert Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Telephone All Ages Door: $10 Telephone Country Experimental Folk Improvised Music
This Time's Quartet w/ Caprice + Dittocrush/Gamble Experimental quartet + improv dance collaboration at Telephone Concert Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM Telephone All Ages Telephone Dance Experimental Improvised Music
Caroline Davis and Two of Anything at Stage MK Caroline (NYC) solo to celebrate her new record and experimental 2 piano band Two of Anything Concert Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM Stage MK All Ages Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Stage MK Experimental Free-jazz Improvised Music Jazz
Bill Harris Opens for Open Improvisation Lab Concert Monday, March 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM All Ages Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Experimental Free-jazz Improvised Music
Ostara Festival A Multimedia Festival Celebrating The Spring Equinox Concert Friday, March 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Ben Dumbauld Bantha Tea Bar Ephem-Aural Experimental Improvised Music
Tough Pill #56 creative music and performance series at The Government Center Concert Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM The Government Center All Ages The Government Center Experimental Folk Free-jazz Improvised Music Indie +2 more Part of Tough Pill
Zach Good & Lia Khol open for Open Improv Lab Concert Monday, March 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Bantha Tea Bar Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Experimental Improvised Music
Foundation Improv Series #25 Small group improv from Pittsburgh Sound Preserve’s Open Improvisation Lab Concert Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Presale: $10 Door: $10 Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Bantha Tea Bar Experimental Improv Improvised Music Part of Open Improvisation Lab
First Friday at Telephone Open improvisation night. Bring an instrument or sound source. Open Mic Friday, March 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Telephone All Ages Telephone Experimental Improvised Music
Open Improvisation Lab A series of improvised performances by members of the public Concert Monday, February 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Bantha Tea Bar Experimental Improv Improvised Music Free-jazz Jazz Part of Open Improvisation Lab
Tough Pill 57 : Sarah Ann Clausen (Chicago), Sam Hank (VA), Witches Mark, Brassica and the Wild Sprouts Concert Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM The Government Center All Ages The Government Center Experimental Free-jazz Improvised Music Part of Tough Pill
Foundation Series #24 Foundation long form improv night! Concert Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Door: $10 Bantha Tea Bar Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Experimental Improv Improvised Music Part of Open Improvisation Lab
PGH Sound Preserve at Telephone Open improvisation night hosted by PGH Sound Preserve at Telephone Concert Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM Telephone All Ages Telephone Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Experimental Improvised Music
Mother Mushroom & Reid, FELT at Pierogi Palace Improvised acoustic night with Mother Mushroom & Reid, FELT, and more. Rave Friday, January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM Pierogi Palace Presale: $5 Door: $20 Pierogi Palace Improv Improvised Music
Friends & Neighbors feat. Fredrik Ljungkvist Norwegian jazz ensemble brings improvisational fire to Brillobox Concert Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM Brillobox 21+ Brillobox Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Improvised Music Experimental Free-jazz
OIL: Jonas Van den Bossche & Ana Gamboa open for Open Improv Lab Concert Monday, December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Bantha Tea Bar Experimental Free-jazz Improvised Music Part of Open Improvisation Lab
