Non-Event

About Non-Event

Non-Event is a Boston-based concert series presenting experimental, abstract, improvised and new music from New England and around the world. The organization supports and promotes the experimental music scene in the greater Boston area by introducing emerging artists as well as established but under-recognized musicians in appropriate contexts and by building connections between different artistic scenes and audiences. Since its founding in 2001, more than 500 concerts and programs have been held with local, national and international artists — in cafés, record stores, galleries, loft spaces, parks, lecture halls, museums, nightclubs, 19th-century ballrooms, a Victorian pumping station and Boston City Hall. Non-Event collaborates with numerous partners, including the Goethe-Institut Boston, the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture. The organization is tax-exempt as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.

Site

Boston, MA 02210-1113

Processes

Concert promotion (experimental, abstract, improvised and new music), Promotion of the experimental music scene in Greater Boston, Video documentation/archive of the concerts, Card to Culture: free admission for EBT/WIC/ConnectorCare cardholders

Founded

2001

Industries

Experimental/New Music, Cultural Events

1. 01

   Programming and artist selection

2. 02

   Staging of the concerts

3. 03

   Video documentation and archiving

Address

Inside the production

History

1. 2001

   Founded; since then more than 500 concerts and programs with local, national and international artists at diverse and unconventional venues.

2. 2020

   Launch of the online format 'Non-Event At Home' (YouTube) during the pandemic.

3. 2026

   Programming supported by the Oedipus Foundation; collaborations including with the Goethe-Institut Boston, the MIT List Visual Arts Center, SMFA at Tufts and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.