“As the son of Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti carries a torch for infectious grooves and political songwriting.” – NPR Leading his pioneering father Fela’s legendary band Egypt 80, Seun Kuti brings Afrobeat — the mix of West African genres and American funk and jazz that exploded out of Nigeria in the 60s and […]
For 23 of our 25 years, the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival has transformed MASS MoCA into a genre-bending musical utopia for innovative composers and performers. Over three weeks, every nook and cranny of the campus comes alive with performances, workshops, and seminars focused on adventurous new music–culminating in LOUD Weekend, when renowned […]
Two-time GRAMMY winners Roomful of Teeth return to MASS MoCA this summer for a week-long residency to workshop new music with some of today’s most visionary composers including Allison Loggins-Hull, Christopher Cerrone and Mingjia Chen. In celebration of Roomful of Teeth’s long-standing history of creation at MASS MoCA, the band will present a sensational retrospective […]
Set against the foothills of the beautiful Berkshire mountains FreshGrass is a family-friendly festival with the best in bluegrass and roots music filling the fields, courtyards, and galleries of MASS MoCA — the largest contemporary art museum in the country (gallery admission included with all tickets!). Along with world premieres, emerging artist competitions, farm-fresh food, […]
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