KA BAIRD
SPRING BEARINGS DATES US/EU
03/12/24 - Minneapolis, MN @Ice House *
03/13/24 - Chicago, IL @Empty Bottle *
03/14/24 - Cleveland, OH @The Grog Shop *
03/15/24 - Toronto, ON @The Baby G *
03/16/24 - Montreal, PQ @La Sala Rossa *
03/17/24 - Peterborough, NH @Nova Arts *
03/18/24- Kingston, NY @Tubby"s *
03/19/24- Brooklyn, NY @Market Hotel *
03/21/24 - Baltimore, MD @Otto Bar *
03/22-03/24 - Knoxville, TN @Big Ears Festival
* with Horse Lords
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04/07/24 - The Hague, NL @Rewire Festival
04/09/24 - Cologne, GER @Hobby Keller
04/12/24- Ljubljana, SI
04/13/24 - Bratislava, SK @A4
04/15/24 - Vienna, AU @liccht.at
04/16/24- Bologna, IT @Grabinski Point
04/18/24 - Milano, IT @Iscian
04/19/24 - Lausanne, CH @Salopard
04/20/24- Stockholm, SE @Fasching
04/23/24- Hjorring, DE @Under Kniven
04/24/24- Gothenburg, SE @Ocean
04/25/24 - Malmö, SE @Intonal Festival
04/27/24- London, UK @Courtyard Theatre
04/29/24- Liverpool, UK @Blue Coat
05/03/24 - Berlin, GER @Kiezsalon
05/04/24 - Ghent, BE @De Koer
05/05/24 - Glasgow, UK @Tectonics Festival
05/08/24 - Lisboa, PT @ZDB
05/10/24 - Porto, PT @Sonoscopia
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Summer/Fall 2023
8/26/23- NYC, NY @Bryant Park Picnic Performance w/ 75 Dollar Bill, Immanuel Wilkins
9/16/23- Queens, NY w Shelley Hirsch @Forest Park Bandshell with Oneida
9/24/23- Philadelphia, PA @Making Time Festival Fort Mifflin
10/1/23- Brooklyn, NY @iBeam for Creative Music Studio Workshop & Performance
12/4/23 Queens, NY w Laura Cocks @Striped Light
12/12/23- Queens, NY w Levi Lu @sundownstairs for Serious Music
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Winter/Spring 2023
1/26/23- Brooklyn, NY @Issue Project Room
2/20/23- Brooklyn, NY w C Spencer Yeh & Ryan Sawyer @Sisters
2/27/23- Brooklyn, NY w Shelley Hirsch @Sisters
3/12/23- NYC, NY w Shelley Hirsch @Ear Up
3/18/23- Queens, NY w Chris Williams @Sundown
3/31/23- Queens, NY w Henry Fraser @Trans Pecos
5/2/23- Brooklyn, NY @Union Pool
5/4/23- Brattleboro, VT @Epsilom Spires
5/5/23- Philadelphia, PA @Solar Myth
8/23- Washington, DC @Rhizome
Spring 2022
3/11-3/12 - Lampo (Chicago, IL) presents "Ka Baird: Bearings"
Europe Autumn 2021
11/13/21 - Sveabiografen, Arvika
11/14/21 - Not Quite, Fengersfors
11/15/21 - Dramalogen, Halmstad
11/16/21 - Elementstudion, Gothenburg
11/17/21 - Skeppet, Gothenburg
11/18/21 - Världshuset, Uddebo
11/19/21 - Les Atelier Claus, Brussels
11/20/21 - Mayhem, Copenhagen
West Coast Autumn 2021
10/15/21 Santa Cruz, CA @ Indexical
10/16/21 San Francisco, CA @ The Lab
10/17/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
10/18/21 Joshua Tree, CA @ Furstworld
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Summer 2021
6/21/21 Roulette Intermedium presents "Ka Baird: Proximity Exercises"
7/6/21-9/6/21 Sonoscopia (Porto, Portugal) Residency
7/23/21 Sonoscopia and Cultura em Expansão present "Ka Baird & Angelica Salvi"
8/07/21 Porto, Portugal No Noise Festival #6
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CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
3/8/20 Printed Matter/Swiss Institute NYC Record Release "Kinematics" 7 inch duo w Chris Corsano
4/3 & 4/4/20 The Kitchen (NYC) presents "Ka Baird w Max Eilbacher: Vivification Exercises"
4/6/20 Smithsonian Folkways/Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, DC) presents "Aaron Dilloway & Ka Baird"
SPRING 2020
4/9/20 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ De Player
4/13/20 Hamburg, Germany @ Dasarchipel
4/16/20 Ghent, Belgium @ Vooruit
4/17/20 Aachen, Germany @ Musikbunker
4/18/20 Wupertal, Germany @ The Loch
4/19 Geneva, Switzerland @ Cave 12
4/23/20 Montreal, Quebec @ Vitrolo
4/25/20 Halifax, Nova Scotia OBEY presents Ka Baird
5/2/20 Joshua Tree, California @ FurstWorld
5/6/20 Los Angeles, California @ Zebulon
5/7/20 KFJC Radio
5/8/20 Santa Cruz, California @ Wind River
5/9/20 San Franscico, California @ The Lab
5/21/20 Frankfurt, Germany @ Mousonturm
5/22/20 Nuremberg, Germany @ It Isn't Happening Festival
5/27/20 Rome, Italy @ Fanfulla
5/28/20 Foligno, Italy
5/29/20 Milan, Italy @ Standards
5/30/20 Nantes, France Wine Nat White Heat Festival
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SUMMER 2020
6/13/20 Berlin, Germany Torstrassen Festival
6/27/20 Toulouse, France Les Siestes Electronique Festival
7/4/20 Antwerp, Belgium @ De Nor
7/17/20 Birmingham, UK SuperSonic Festival
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LIVESTREAMS/VIDEOS 2020-21
4/218/20 The Kitchen (NYC) Broadcast "Inarticulation Exercises"
5/12/20 Experimental Sound Studios Quarantine Concerts "Florian Exercises"
10/01/20 UnSound Festival presents "Weavings"
10/18/20 The Kitchen (NYC) presents "Ka Baird with Max Eilbacher: The Brooding Exercises"
12/15/20 Experimental Intermedia presents "Ictum Exercises (Polyrhythmic Studies" w Camilla Padgitt-Coles
3/5/21-3/7/21 ODA Weekend transmission of Ka Baird
4/2/21 Oberlin College Modern Music Guild LiveStream
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Europe/UK Fall 2019
10/5 Papiripar Festival Hamburg, DEU
10/8 Unsound Festival Krakow, Poland
10/9 LOM Bratislava, Slovakia
10/10 Punctum Prague, Czech Republic
10/12 TUSK Festival Newcastle UK
10/13 St. Paul's Crypt Bristol, UK
10/16 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium
10/17 WORM Rotterdam, Netherlands
10/19 Manuala-Tala Helsinki, Finland
10/20 Kafe Haeverk Oslo, Norway
10/23 Kunstraum Walcheturm Zurich, Switzerland
10/28 Musicbox Lisbon, Portugal
10/30 Cafe OTO London, UK
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Summer 2019
6/8 @ H0L0 Brooklyn, NY w IE, Matt Mehlan, Oneida
6/15 @ Social Norms series Brooklyn, NY (duo w Sandy Ewen)
6/23 @ Joe’s Pub (late) NYC, NY w Barbez (solo piano set)
6/30 @ Alphaville Brooklyn, NY w Saajtak, Ava Mendoza
7/17 @ Public Records Brooklyn, NY duo w/ C Spencer Yeh, Zeena Parkins/Ryan Sawyer
STITSR Spring 2019
5/27 Milwaukee @ Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts
5/29 Detroit @ Trinosophes
5/30 Toledo @ Robinwood Concert House
5/31 Pittsburgh @ Collision w Anna Azizzy + more
6/1 Washington DC Astral Spirits Fest @ Rhizome
6/2 Philadelphia @ House Gallery w Erik Ruin
6/3 Baltimore @ 2640 Space
6/4 NYC @ Max Fish w Talibam! + John McCowen
6/5 Greenfield, MA @ Root Cellar w Andrea Pensado
6/6 Brooklyn @ The Glove w Michael Foster/Jacob Wick/Claire Rousay, Brandon Lopez, Richard Kamerman
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Spring 2019
4/2 Chicago, IL @ Elastic w Spires That In The Sunset Rise
4/4 Brooklyn, NY @ Ende Tymes Festival duo with MV Carbon
4/12 Malmo, Sweden @Inkonst with Colin Stetson
4/14 Gnesta, Sweden @ Var Lokal
4/15 Oslo, Norway @ Kafe Haeverk
4/16 Kristiansand, Norway @ Kunsthall
4/18 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Koloni/Skjulet
4/20 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Mayhem
5/1 Philadelphia, PA @ ICA in conjunction with Tony Conrad exhibit
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Winter 2018/2019
11/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere w Thurston Moore
11/8-18 Utrecht, NE @ Le Guess Who Festival (duo with Pekka Airaksinen FRKWYS)
11/24 Brooklyn, NY @ Pineapple Reality w Susan Alcorn, Steve Dalachinsky, Andrew Bernstein, Ka Baird & MV Carbon
12/5-12/8 NYC, NY @ The Kitchen Moriah Evans' "Configure"
2/11 NYC, NY @ Abasement 46 duo with C Spencer Yeh, Robert McNeill, Franke Vogl & Chuck Bettis, Ghosts of the Holy Ghost Spermic Brotherhood
2/20 NYC, NY @ Terry Riley's "In C" at LPR in NYC
3/4 Los Angeles, CA @ Human Resources
3/9 Brooklyn, NY @ Pineapple Reality performing in trio with Chris Corsano & Daniel Carter, Peter Zummo, Victoris Keddie
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Fall 2018
8/28 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool w Tom Carter, Mark Morgan
8/30 Brooklyn, NY @ Commend w Mike Nigro & Andy Osterhoudt
9/6 Cologne, DE @ Stadtgarten w/ WaqWaq Kingdom, Hey-O-Hansen
9/7 Eupen, BE @ Meakusma Festival
9/11 Brussels, BE @ Les Ateliers de la Generale
9/12 Bamberg, DE @ Jugendzcentrum
9/13 Nürnberg, DE @ Blok
9/14 Stuttgart, DE @ Neue Schachtel
9/15 Mechelen, BE @ Grambacht w Quanta Qualia
9/20 NYC, NY @ Fridman Gallery
9/27 NYC, NY @ The Drawing Center
9/28 New Haven, CT @ State House w Tongue Depressor
10/10 Brooklyn, NY @ H0L0 w Humanbeast, Wizard Apprentice
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7/20 Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust with Forma (Record Release)
8/2 Brooklyn , NY @ Wonders of Nature w (duo with Brandon Lopez) Anna RG and Zach Rowden, Daniel Fishkin
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Spires That In The Sunset Rise Summer Tour 2018
6/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Freak Flag Fest @ Brooklyn Kitchen
7/7 Lisbon, Portugal @ Damas
7/8 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal @ Ceu de Vidro
7/13 Porto, Portugal @ Sonoscopia
7/14 Barreiro, Portugal (solo shows) @ ADAO
Ka Baird/Louise Bock Tour Summer 2018
5/30 Madison, WI @ Communication w/ Louise Bock, Cult House Sound
5/31 Chicago, IL @ The Owl (duo with Michael Zerang), Lousie Bock, Andy Ortmann
6/1 Columbus, OH @ Fuse Factory w/ Tashi Dorji, Witches of Malibu
6/2 Cleveland, OH @ R & D w/ Lousie Bock, Lisa Miralia, Zach Rowden, Serrated Slump
6/9 Baltimore, MD @ Floristree w/ Andrew Bernstein, Lousie Bock
6/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Pineapple Reality (duo w C Spencer Yeh), Loren Connors, Aki Onda, Louise Bock
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Spring 2018
Mar 20 Brooklyn, NY @ H0L0 w Muyassar Kurdi, Leila Bordreuil, MV Carbon
Mar 23 Brooklyn, NY @ Wonders of Nature w Che Chen/Barry Weisblat
April 22 Brooklyn, NY @ Outpost w Brandon Lopez, Paul Metzger
May 13 Brooklyn, NY @ Roulette Intermedium "centers: 4 channels"
Winter 2018 Europe
Feb 14 @Galeria Zé Dos Bois Lisbon, Portugal w Josephine Foster
Feb 15 @Salão Brazil Coimbra, Portugal w Josephine Foster
Feb 16. @Centro Cultural Vila Flor Guimaraes, Portugal w Josephine Foster
Feb 17 @Casa da Cultura Setubal, Portugal w Josephine Foster
Feb 18 @Teatro da Vista Alegre Ilhavo, Portugal w Josephine Foster
Feb 27 @ALICE Copenhagen, DK w Josephine Foster
Feb 28 @Radar Aarhus, DK w Josephine Foster
Mar 1 @OT301 Amsterdam, NL
Mar 2-4 @KRAAK Festival Brussels, BE
Mar 6 @Lexington London, UK
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Fall/Winter 2017
1/26-1/27/18 Minneapolis, MN Drone Not Drones Festival
12/16/17 Brooklyn, NY AMBIENT CHURCH w Laraaji & Bill Laswell
12/09/17 Brooklyn, NY @Park Church Co-Op AdHoc presents w Bitchin Bajas, Sikk Laffter
12/02/17 Brooklyn, NY @Union Pool LPR presents Philip Hearne & Ted White, Tigue
11/28/17 Brooklyn, NY @H0L0 with Alice Cohen & Channel 14 Weather Team, Galaxy Express 555, Aviary
11/26/17 Brooklyn, NY @Pineapple Reality w Alan Licht, Bill Nace & Leila Bordreuil, mmm
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w/ Circuit des Yeux 2017
11/18/17 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/16/17 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
11/15/17 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
11/14/17 Providence, RI @ AS220
11/13/17 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
11/12/17 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz P.B.D.
11/11/17 Toronto, ON @ Drake Hotel
11/10/17 Detroit, MI @ Trinosophes
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Summer 2017
8/11/2017 MILLION TONGUES FESTIVAL (Chicago, IL) STITSR w Narita of High Rise, Ono, Itasca
6/3/2017 Brooklyn, NY @ St. Ann & The Holy Trinity w Michael Zerang, Josephine Foster, Nick Hallett
6/10/2017 Brooklyn, NY Rooftop Films @ Industry City Sunset City w Tropical Rock
6/15/2017 Brooklyn. NY Fire Over Heaven at Outpost
6/16/2017 NYC, NY Planeta
6/17/2017 Brooklyn, NY Tropical Rock at Park Church Co-Op w Raw Silk, Dylan Marcheschi
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MICHAEL ZERANG & SPIRES THAT IN THE SUNSET RISE "ILLINOIS GLOSSOLALIA" TOUR
5/18/2017 Chicago, IL @ Constellation STITSR w Michael Zerang, Matchess
5/20/2017 Milwaukee, WI @ Bayview Methodist Church w Jon Mueller, Tontine Ensemble​
5/21/2017 Madison, Wi @ Arts & Literature Laboratory w Brandon Lopez
5/22/2017 Minneapolis, MN @ Kitty Cat Klub w Paul Metzger, Mar Harbrine
5/23/2017 Iowa City, IA @ Trumpet Blossom Cafe
Spring 2017
4/26/2017 Brooklyn, NY @ Sunview Luncheonette Tropical Rock w Tom Carter, Jantar
5/11/2017 Brooklyn, NY @ ISSUE Project Room "Ka Baird: Esplylacopa A Reversal In Three Acts
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Winter 2017
1/18/2017 Brooklyn, NY @ Roulette performing Sapropelicisms at Roulette with Marcia Bassett and Camilla Padgitt-Coles
3/18/2017 Brooklyn, NY @ Pineapple Reality Perfect Wave Vol 4 Release Celebration
4/06/2017 NYC, NY @ Commend Store (RVNG Int) w Ivy Meadows
4/13/2017 Brooklyn, NY @The Woods Cooperative w STITSR
4/15/2017 E.S.P. TV LIVE from BRIC Gallery (Manhattan) Tropical Rock (Ka Baird and Camilla Padgitt-Coles) with Taralie Peterson
4/22/2017 Brooklyn, NY at Park Church Co-Op with Don Slepian, Dylan Marcheschi, Nick Podgurski
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Fall 2016 See Sun Think Shadow Tour
10/2/16 London, UK @ Café OTO w Tom Carter, Jon Collin
10/4/16 Paris, Fr @ Espace en Cours
10/5/16 Brussels, BE @ Rue de Neufchatel, 25-1060
10/6/16 Antwerp, BE @ De Studio w Mars Williams & Ab Baars, Momentum
10/8/16 Vienna, AU @ UngarGrill w Eric Arn, Bosna
10/12/16 Copenhagen, DK @ Christianshavns Beboerhus w Marisa Anderson
10/14/16 Copenhagen, DK @ Mayhem w Jenny Graf, Tom Carter
10/16/16 Berlin, DE @ Acud w Takeshi Nishimoto, Christoph Berg
10/17/16 Berlin, DE @ Schokoladen w Ziemba, Kaia
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