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Constellation is a performing arts presenter with an emphasis on forward-thinking practices particularly in the areas of jazz, improvised, experimental, and contemporary classical music.

09/14/2026

🌟 THIS WEEK 🌟

9/14: Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years Book Release Celebration
9/17: Dutch Interior w/ Racecourse
9/18: L’Rain w/ AKAI SOLO
9/19: Hana Stretton w/ Austin Cash
9/20: Frequency Series Presents: Katinka Kleijn World Premiere + Works by Formosa Quartert

Full calendar and tickets through the link in our bio ✨

09/10/2026

✨ SUPPORT ADDED ✨

9/18: NYC trailblazer AKAI SOLO (@) has been known for his relentless output since 2018. Notable releases include but are not limited to Black Sand with Pink Siifu, Mad Space with fellow Tase Grip member iblss, and True Sky with Navy Blue. The Brooklyn native has also released two projects on backwoodz studios, Body Feeling and Spirit Roaming. With such a refreshing and interesting approach to the artform it is easy to see why fellow heavy hitters such as Madlib, Alchemist, Earl Sweatshirt, and billy woods champion for him so strongly. After his second EU tour, first solo US tour and four incredible albums in the last two years (Verticality///Singularity, Only The Strong Remain, DREAMDROPDRAGON, and the critically acclaimed No Control, No Glory) on his own label, Break All Records. AKAI has a consistency with expanding that has no intention of letting up.

Tickets and full calendar in bio 💫

09/08/2026

🌟 THIS WEEK 🌟

Phew, thanks y'all for such a fun . We're still glowing. After a nice couple days off, we're right back at it with 5 consecutive shows that'll take us into next week.

Contemporary classical, motion picture film, Odissi dance, local rock'n'roll, experimental electro-jazz, and a musical celebration to 20 years of Chicago programming history. We've got it all, check it out:

9/9: Lara Somogyi "a [time] patterned
9/10: Chicago Film Society presents Caligari's Cure
9/11: Comrade hosts the Mandala Makers Festival featuring a dance performance by Arushi Mudgal
9/12: Peter Cunningham & The Bread and Butter Band
9/13: Chávez/Ismaily/Saunier
9/14: Hamza Walker "The Renaissance Society Years" Book Release

Plenty of jam packed programming this month! Be sure to check out the full calendar (and buy some tickets) through the link in our bio 💖

09/07/2026

🌟 SUPPORT ADDED 🌟

9/19: Austin Cash () is a guitarist/composer in Chicago, IL. His forthcoming LP 'River Season' (Worried Songs/Scissor Tail) explores the variegated history of steel string guitar while pursuing the boundaries of the instrument in a duet setting.

Cash will be supporting Hana Stretton who is on tour for her gorgeous new album, tiarn, which is out now!

This one is not to be missed! We'll see you there 🫡

08/31/2026

🌟 THIS WEEK - S&G 2026 🌟

Happy Sound & Gravity! The time has arrived. Are you ready?

9/3: Mick Turner & Heart Trio (William Parker, Hamid Drake, Cooper Moore)
9/4: Eliana Glass, Capatosta (Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Gregg Belisle-Chi) & Ana Roxanne
9/5: Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer, Contre Jour, Josh Johnson & Marc Ribot
9/6: David Moore, Otto Benson & Joan Shelley

Fest Passes are running low. Many Venue Tickets are sold out. Don't wait until it's too late! Catch us on the river beginning Thursday 😎

08/26/2026

f r i d a y ~

8/28: Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother - ) creates soundscapes using field sounds and archival sound collage in order to create sonic maps that allow us to journey to our buried histories and futures. She is an artist who, through writing, music, film, visual art, socially engaged art, and creative research, explores personal, cultural, familial, and communal cycles of experience, and solutions for transforming oppressive linear temporalities into empowering, alternative temporalities. Her work seeks to inspire practical techniques of vision and agency against a forever expanding re -conquering of land, housing, and health in Black communities.

Check out this clip from "All The Money (feat. Alya Al-sultani)" for a taste of what's coming up.

Moor Mother will be joined by Blacks' Myths & Lily Finnegan for a night of unforgettable music.

If you've been asleep on this stacked bill, there are tickets linked in our bio. Move quick or miss out!

08/24/2026

🌟 THIS WEEK 🌟

8/26: Michael Columbia Record Release Show w/ Null Mutants
8/28: Moor Mother w/ Blacks' Myths & Lily Finnegan

Full calendar and ticket link in bio ✨

08/17/2026

🌟THIS WEEK🌟

Jazz fans, look alive! We've got some inspiring performances happening this week.

8/20: Chamber Music America () hosts a Night at Constellation featuring performances by Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble (), Huu Bac Quintet (), & Andy Milne & Unison (.milne.music )
8/21: Arman Sangalang Quartet () Record Release show. Presented with help from our lovely friends over at WDCB Jazz ()

Ticket link and full calendar in bio ✨

08/12/2026

✨SUPPORT ADDED✨

9/28: Paige Alice Naylor () is a Chicago-based experimental vocalist, sound artist, technologist and educator. Through sound-making and performance, she investigates the dissolution of time and the breakdown of language with electronically processed voice, tape loops, handmade electronics, field recordings, text scores, multichannel sound, poetry, and repetitive, layered production. Her direct and interpersonal approach creates live sonic environments which feel vulnerable and intimate.

9/29: Hausu Mountain co-founder Max Allison () records under the name Mukqs. He twists elements of ambient, dance music, noise, and free-for-all sample collage into rapidly shifting productions united under the banner of his strictly live, hardware-focused practice which foregrounds improvisation and chance operation. Mukqs music has appeared on labels such as Orange Milk, Umor Rex, Jacktone, Doom Trip, & Husky Pants. His most recent album Juckport was released on Hausu Mountain in June 2026.

Ticket link and full calendar in bio 🌟

08/10/2026

🌟 THIS WEEK 🌟

8/14: Chicago’s longest running puppet slam, Nasty, Brutish & Short, is an evening of contemporary short-form puppet and object-based theater for adult audiences.

Hosts:
Noah Ginex Puppet Company ()

Curators:
Caitlin McLeod ()
Myra Su (.y.su)

Featured Artists:
Honglan Huang
Theatre Nobody ()
Sion Silva () & Rachel Hartmann ()
Misa Sourour ()
Flora & Fauna ( , , , , )
Val deGroot ()
Lily Cox
Claire Saxe ()

Tickets and full calendar in our bio ✨

Address

3111 N Western Avenue
Chicago, IL
60618

Website

http://constellation-chicago.com/, https://soundandgravity.org/

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