Upcoming
Thursday, April 30, 2026
8:00 PM
inkBoat (featuring Jon Raskin)
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days
Z Space
450 Florida St.
San Francisco
https://www.sfiaf.org/sfiaf2026_inkboat
Description:
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days breathes in the spaces of time between human incarnations. Broken yet boundless bodies enter the waiting room of the afterlife. As they re-enact their corporeal memories, consciousness folds in upon itself. 496 moons rise and fall. The band plays “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
Early bird tix available through March 31.
Friday, May 1, 2026
8:00 PM
inkBoat featuring Jon Raskin
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days
Z Space
450 Florida St.
San Francisco
https://www.sfiaf.org/sfiaf2026_inkboat
Description:
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days breathes in the spaces of time between human incarnations. Broken yet boundless bodies enter the waiting room of the afterlife. As they re-enact their corporeal memories, consciousness folds in upon itself. 496 moons rise and fall. The band plays “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
Early bird tix available through March 31.
Saturday, May 2, 2026
8:00 PM
inkBoat featuring Jon Raskin
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days
Z Space
450 Florida St.
San Francisco
https://www.sfiaf.org/sfiaf2026_inkboat
Description:
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days breathes in the spaces of time between human incarnations. Broken yet boundless bodies enter the waiting room of the afterlife. As they re-enact their corporeal memories, consciousness folds in upon itself. 496 moons rise and fall. The band plays “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
Early bird tix available through March 31.
Sunday, May 3, 2026
3:00 PM
inkBoat featuring Jon Raskin
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days
Z Space
450 Florida St.
San Francisco
https://www.sfiaf.org/sfiaf2026_inkboat
Description:
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days breathes in the spaces of time between human incarnations. Broken yet boundless bodies enter the waiting room of the afterlife. As they re-enact their corporeal memories, consciousness folds in upon itself. 496 moons rise and fall. The band plays “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
Early bird tix available through March 31.
Friday, May 8, 2026
7:00 PM
DYMAXION / Ackley-James-Huegel-Glenn
(featuring Bruce Ackley)
Medicine for Nightmares Books
3036 24th St. and Treat St.
San Francisco
https://medicinefornightmares.com/
Description:
Ackley-James-Huegel-Glenn
Ackley with David James, guitar; Warren Huegel and Jordan Glenn, drums
DYMAXION:
Bruce Ackley (soprano sax and Bb clarinet); Pete Schmitt (bass); Dave Brandt (percussion)
Sunday, May 10, 2026
2:00 PM
Ackley/Mezzacappa Duo
Ackley (soprano sax and Bb clarinet); Lisa Mezzacappa (bass)
Muddy Waters Coffee & Lounge
521 Valencia St.
San Francisco
Description:
San Francisco Arts International Festival Presents.
Early bird tix available through March 31.
https://www.sfiaf.org/calendar_2026
Sunday, May 24, 2026
2:00 PM
Robinson/Ackley/Hunt
Music and Poetry Celebration
Jack Kerouac Alley next
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco
Description:
Donald Robinson – drums; Ackley – soprano saxophone; Eric Hunt - bass
Sunday, June 7, 2026
7:15 PM
Rova + Gongwoman
West Oakland Sound Series
2201 Poplar Street
Oakland 94607
Description:
SET 1: Rova presents new quartet works and recently recorded commissions
SET 2: Rova + Karen Stackpole (gongs) in quartet works arranged especially for this collaboration.
Saturday, June 13, 2026
7:30 AM
Rova Quartet: New Works
Bird & Beckett Books
653 Chenery Street
San Francisco
https://birdbeckett.com/events/
Description:
In our first concert in nearly two years the quartet will present two sets of new and recent works.
Sunday, June 21, 2026
5:00 PM
Rova Plays "The Garden of Memory"
Chapel of the Chimes
4499 Piedmont Ave, Oakland 94611
https://gardenofmemory.com/
Description:
Rova will alternate sets with another group, TBD, from 5:00-9:00 PM.