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
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
giraws and hard rubber (duo performance) giraws and hard rubber perform as a duo at Fungus Books. Concert Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM Fungus Books All Ages Fungus Books Experimental Improv
Unmade Place / Sound Text Experiments Experimental sound and text performances at The Black Lace Club. House Show Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM The Black Lace Club All Ages Presale: $5 Door: $15 The Black Lace Club frogonbough Pomegranate Grove +2 more Electronic Experimental Improv Noise
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
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
Daniel Maseda: "BE GOOD!" WITH PAULETTE ***NEW DATE FEB 7TH*** 60 minutes of small talk madness with the mildest man imaginable. Comedy Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Glitter Box Theater (Homestead) All Ages Presale: $15 Door: $20 Glitter Box Theater (Homestead) Clown Comedy Improv Theater Weird
UCB Presents: Play by Play Upright Citizens Brigade brings Play by Play to Bottlerocket. Comedy Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM Bottlerocket Social Hall 21+ Bottlerocket Social Hall Comedy Improv
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
Tough Pill #54: Ethereal Semantics, Shame Doula, Jeff Sigfried + Colter Harper Tough Pill #54 with Ethereal Semantics, Shame Doula, and more at Government Center. Concert Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM The Government Center All Ages Presale: $10 Door: $10 The Government Center Experimental Improv
Leo Paterniti with BitCrush, Echohead and Belcher/Bendel/Farkas/Weidman/Zeh Quintet Chicago songwriter/producer Leo Paterniti, with Bitcrush and local acts Echohead and Belcher/Bendel/Farkas/Weidman/Zeh Quintet Concert Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Roboto Project All Ages Door: $15 Roboto Project Ephem-Aural Dub Edm Electronic Experimental Improv
Tough Pill #56 - Shame Hole / Dull Dirty Dangerous / Lavender Lilt Concert Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM The Government Center All Ages The Government Center Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Experimental Improv Part of Tough Pill
Pittsburgh Free Music Co: Giraws, Anthony Levin-Decanini, Plates + Caleb Gamble Experimental sets by Giraws, Anthony Levin-Decanini, Plates + group improv with Caleb Gamble. Concert Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM Telephone All Ages Telephone Experimental Improv
Martin Freeman & TJ Borden (NY) / Patrick Breiner / Lucite Spine / Co-reg Trio Electroacoustic improvised music and noise Concert Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Door: $10 Bantha Tea Bar Crucible Sound Electronic Experimental Improv
Pittsburgh Sound Preserve: Litha (NYC) Experimental music night with Litha (NYC) at Telephone. Concert Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Telephone All Ages Door: $5 Telephone Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Experimental Improv
Charmaine Lee + Local Trios Charmaine Lee solo performance with local trios Belcher/Davide/Ryan and Mangold/Storch/Weston. Concert Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM Bantha Tea Bar All Ages Presale: $10 Door: $20 Bantha Tea Bar Experimental Electronic Improv
Pittsburgh Sound Preserve: First Friday Experimental and improvised music showcase with Dr. Harrison Apple, Olivia Devorah + Slime Duo, and London Williams. Concert Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Telephone Presale: $5 Door: $10 Telephone Improv Improvised Music
Zoh Amba with No Parts and Giraws TCRPS presents Zoh Amba (NYC) with No Parts and Giraws at Telephone. Concert Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM Telephone All Ages Presale: $15 Door: $20 Telephone Experimental Folk Guitar Improv
Palestine Solidarity Benefit w/ Will Hicks, Ollie Becker, 7D, Felt Compulsion Quartet the next Palestine solidarity show, experimental version Benefit Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM Spirit 21+ Presale: $10 Door: $20 Spirit Electronic Experimental Improv
JAZZ & IMPROV at ORMSBY AVE CAFE Jazz and free improvisation upstairs at the Ormsby Ave Cafe, My Oliver Concert Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM - 11:10 PM Ormsby Cafe 18+ Presale: $10 Door: $10 Ormsby Cafe Acoustic Free-jazz Improv Improvised Music Jazz
Reggie Watts formidable voice, looping pedals, and his vast imagination Concert Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM Spirit 21+ Door: $35 Spirit Comedy Electronic Funk Improv
GREEN GROWS art opening and live music Art Opening Friday, March 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM 707 Gallery All Ages Door: $0 707 Gallery Art Electronic Experimental Improv
Blues Machine & PSP Friends Solidarity Show for Darren Moore Recovery Fund Concert Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM Stage MK All Ages Stage MK Improv Jazz
Tough Pill #44 - Drew Collins, Dot McCrosky, Breiner / Croes / Namay / Shead Third Thursday at Government Center. Improvised, experimental, and everything else. Concert Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM The Government Center All Ages The Government Center Bass Experimental Free-jazz Improv Improvised Music +2 more Part of Tough Pill
Lorenzo Abattoir (Italy), Guillermo Pizarro, Black Leather Jesus ft. Slowdanger, How Things Are Made, F*ck Telecorps sound artist based in Torino, Italy Concert Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM Seafoam All Ages Presale: $10 Door: $15 Cleaner Tapes Edgar Um How Things Are Made +2 more Electronic Experimental Improv Noise
