Current shows and events! (click here!) - updated 5/14/25

Rest in Peace Mars Williams (1955 - 2023) Saturday May 17: Erez Dessel / Aaron Kaufman-Levine + Jane Buttars / Rick Ollman / Eli Smith, 7pm, Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts. Tuesday May 27th: Shilpa Ray w/ Red Stuff at the Sugar Maple!! (not freejazz, but frick'n incredible!) SOLD OUT Thursday May 29th: WAYFARING – Katie Ernst, bass/vox and James Falzone, clarinet @ Bar Centro, 8 pm Sunday June 22nd: microplastique @ The Sugar Maple (Front Room) @ 4 pm. microplastique is is an innovative quartet based in Chicago, featuring multi-instrumentalists Ben Zucker, Molly Jones, Josh Harlow, and Adam Shead. Sunday July 6th: Folk Music @ The Sugar Maple featuring Nate Wooley (trumpet, amplifier), Chris Corsano (drums, clarinet, feedback), and Ches Smith (drums, sampler, electronics, percussion), 4 pm. Saturday August 9th: Jakob Heinemann (bass), Dave Rempis (sax), Russ Johnson (trumpet), and Jeremy Cunningham (drums) at The Sugar Maple, 7:30 pm. Sunday August 24th...