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Wet @ National Sawdust
Wet performs an intimate indie/dream-pop live show at National Sawdust in New York on Mar 6, 2026, featuring lush, emotional songs and atmospheric arrangements.
Wet 3 7 2026
Indie-pop singer-songwriter Wet (Kelly Zutrau) brings songs from her fourth album Two Lives to an intimate live show at National Sawdust, featuring collaborations with producer Buddy Ross and deeply personal new material.
Christian McBride @ National Sawdust
World-renowned jazz bassist Christian McBride performs live at National Sawdust in New York, promising virtuosic improvisation and a sophisticated evening of modern jazz.
Michela Marino Lerman, Savannah Harris & Phoenix Collective ft. special guest Christian McBride
Boundary-expanding Phoenix Collective, led by tap artist Michela Marino Lerman with drummer Savannah Harris and special guest Christian McBride, fuses rhythm, movement and improvisation in a live performance at National Sawdust.
March Community Happy Hour
March Community Happy Hour at National Sawdust on March 10 offers a relaxed evening with drink specials, team meet-and-greets, and a sneak peek of Paola Prestini’s new playlist 'The Drop'.
Refugee Orchestra Project presents Imaginary Peace: Sounds of Migration
Refugee Orchestra Project's Imaginary Peace at National Sawdust presents music and stories by refugee composers on displacement and the American dream in a powerful orchestral program.
Marilina Bertoldi Alok
Del Maguey’s Single Village Music Series brings Argentine rocker Marilina Bertoldi for an intimate performance and conversation with poet/actor ALOK at National Sawdust on March 18, 2026 — live music, artisanal mezcal, and cultural dialogue.
An Evening with Madame Gandhi: Spring Equinox Meditation and Album Launch
Madame Gandhi leads a guided musical meditation for the Spring Equinox and follows with a live album-release set for “Love Letters from Brooklyn” at National Sawdust in partnership with Gender Amplified.
Mai Khôi & the Dissidents: "Bad Activist" and "Five Years in Exile" Album Release
Mai Khôi & the Dissidents present a multimedia album-release concert 'Bad Activist' combining original music, projections and archival footage to explore censorship, imperialism and human-rights struggles in Vietnam.
Rite of the Demon: Spring
Eternal Research’s Rite of the Demon: Spring at National Sawdust is a multimedia performance blending contemporary artists, sound research and ritual-inspired transmedia—featuring Fierra Ex Machina and Ivana Dama—in an experimental exploration of oracular vision.
VAGABON & FRIENDS
Vagabon presents an intimate night of works-in-progress and fan favorites with surprise musical and comedy guests in a living-room style experimental performance.
“Division of Time” (World Premiere) Eric Nathan | Gandini Juggling | Jeffrey Zeigler
World-premiere evening-length collaboration blending Eric Nathan's music, Jeffrey Zeigler's cello, Yamaha Disklavier piano and Gandini Juggling choreography in a tech-infused, poetic exploration of time and numbers at National Sawdust.
Infinitesimal Opera
Infinitesimal at National Sawdust is an experimental chamber opera that blends research on near-death experiences with memoir, theater and music to amplify queer and female voices through an expansive singer-pianist sonic landscape.
Eunbi Kim: it feels like a dream
Pianist Eunbi Kim presents "it feels like a dream," an immersive multimedia recital at National Sawdust blending contemporary classical works with indie-pop sensibilities and hypnotic visuals that explore family and identity.
Sofía Rei "Antónima” Album Release Concert
Sofía Rei celebrates the release of Antónima at National Sawdust on April 2, 2026, blending Latin American folk traditions with futuristic sonic experimentation in a vocal-led, genre-bending concert.
Okonski
Experience Okonski’s highly communicative, economical playing in an intimate live jazz performance at National Sawdust.
Ella Reese, Halle Burnett, and Remi Baker: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
NYU Clive Davis students Ella Reese, Halle Burnett and Remi Baker deliver an intimate, soul-tinged singer-songwriter evening at National Sawdust celebrating heartfelt modern songs and female voices.
Deerlady (Mali Obomsawin)
Mali Obomsawin's Deerlady presents genre-defying, bass-forward experimental rock and Indigenous-rooted compositions in a dynamic live set at National Sawdust.
Arturo O'Farrill with Akua Dixon's Quartette Indigo
Eight-time GRAMMY winner Arturo O'Farrill joins cellist Akua Dixon and Quartette Indigo for a genre-blurring, intimate evening of chamber-jazz and composition at the acoustically superb National Sawdust.
TIME TO ACT: A Live Opera Recording with Audience & Composer Laura Kaminsky
Attend a rare live recording of Laura Kaminsky's new opera Time to Act at National Sawdust, confronting gun violence through the voices of high school students and being captured for national release on the Bright Shining Things label.
Parker Quartet & Fleur Barron: Ecopoetics, Nature, Heritage
Parker Quartet and mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron premiere a new Anthony Cheung work exploring ecopoetics, nature, and heritage inspired by poets Arthur Sze and Victoria Chang at National Sawdust.
Sessa with support from Kolumbo
Sessa (Sergio Sayeg) brings material from his third album Pequena Vertigem de Amor to National Sawdust with support from Kolumbo, presenting an experimental electronic live set that explores intimacy, desire and relationships.
New York Youth Symphony: Composition Date 2026
New York Youth Symphony presents an evening of world-premieres by NYYS composers across orchestra, chamber and jazz, performed and conducted by apprentice conductors at National Sawdust on May 19, 2026.
Opera Montana presents A River Runs Through It: Page to Stage
A page-to-stage preview at National Sawdust pairing readings by John Maclean from Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It with selections from a newly commissioned opera by Opera Montana ahead of its Bozeman premiere.
Felipe Lara / Talea Ensemble / Conrad Tao: Mazes and Portals (NY Premiere)
Contemporary-classical concert at National Sawdust presenting the NY premiere of Felipe Lara’s works performed by Talea Ensemble and Conrad Tao, exploring fractal-inspired, electronics-influenced instrumental writing.
The Next Festival 2026 Featuring Andrea Casarrubios
The Next Festival at National Sawdust spotlights women immigrant composers with evocative world premieres and a guest appearance by GRAMMY®-nominated cellist-composer Andrea Casarrubios, celebrating diverse voices in contemporary classical music.
Gracie and Rachel
Brooklyn duo Gracie and Rachel bring their elevated indie-pop with baroque strings and spare songcraft to National Sawdust for an intimate concert showcasing material from If We Could, Would We.
Sonido Gallo Negro
Sonido Gallo Negro brings psychedelic tropical grooves from Mexico City with guitars, eccentric organs, analog synths and theremin plus hypnotic visuals by Dr. Alderete for a dance-driven, genre-bending live show at National Sawdust.
Derya Yildirim and Grup Şimşek, co-presented by World Music Institute
Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek blend Anatolian folk with psychedelia, pop and soul in a vibrant live set co-presented by World Music Institute at National Sawdust.
Eli Fola Presents The Healing Scapes
Eli Fola’s The Healing Scapes is an immersive audio-visual performance blending electronic, ambient, jazz, techno and West African instrumentation into evolving sonic environments paired with abstract visuals.