Announcing the 23rd Annual Outsound New Music Summit July 31 - Aug 2, 2026
Rent Romus Outsound Presents
Announcing the 23rd Annual Outsound New Music Summit
July 31 - Aug 2 at the Berkeley Finnish Hall
Co-Presented by KFJC 89.7FM
New music, experimental, improvised, jazz, art rock, electronic, noise, adventure!
Sam Morrison's Cosmic Trip, Gino Robair's Radical Divination,
Inner Ear Brigade, Vinny Golia's Octacontagon Orchestra,
Mommy Mommy, Sung Kim, Josh Allen, Farallon, Hook & Wire, normalways w/Fred Frith, Brian Kenney Fresno, greensatan project
Schedule: https://outsound.org/summit/schedule/
Tickets: https://outsoundsummit2026.eventbrite.com
Berkeley, California; Outsound Presents announces its lineup for the 23rd Annual Outsound New Music Summit taking place from July 31 - August 2, at the iconic Berkeley Finnish Hall located at 1970 Chestnut Street in Berkeley California. Advance tickets are now on sale at Eventbrite, and is co-presented by the Wave of the West, KFJC 89.7FM.
This year the festival kicks off on Friday July 31 with a night of modern jazz fusion with the Farallon Trio featuring bassist Keith Waters followed by the debut of Sam Morrison's Cosmic Trip quintet lead by legendary saxophonist Sam Morrison (Miles Davis) with zen drum master E. Doctor Smith (Madonna). On Saturday August 1st Outsound will present a daytime matinee of exciting experimental sounds featuring Gino Robair's Radical Divination of onsite paper making, painting, and spontaneous musical composition. Preceding will be Dana Jessen's Hook & Wire, normalways with Fred Frith, and performing between sets, Bay Area iconoclast instrument inventor Sung Kim. Then that evening the Summit continues with a night of art rock featuring Inner Ear Brigade, Mommy Mommy, and Brian Kenney Fresno seamlessly tied together by experimental electronics pioneer Kenneth Atchley greensatan project! On the closing night Sunday August 2, Outsound will present Vinny Golia's Octacontagon Orchestra celebrating his 80th year with a special 80 piece large ensemble (Octacontagon) made up of some of the most adventurous musicians from the Bay Area and beyond. Directed by award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia, he will debut a new piece created especially for this event. Tenor saxophonist Josh Allen will open with a special solo set opening for the orchestra.
About the Outsound New Music Summit
Since 2002, the Outsound New Music Summit, presented by Outsound Presents, has been held every July showcasing a broad range of local and national artists, world premieres and first-time collaborations. The Summit features everything from experimental pop to free improvisation to microtonal composition to experimental electronics to harsh noise, covering the broadest range of musical exploration and sonic creativity.
The mission of Outsound Presents is to raise public awareness of music not usually supported by the mainstream. Our events and projects focus on the creation of experimental music, avant-garde and original composition, found sound, free improvisation, free jazz, creative music, noise, musique concrète, minimalism, invented instruments, genre-bending music, and sculptural/textural sound Outsound events also include film, dance, and intermedia works.
Outsound’s Board of Directors is drawn from the Bay Area music community. It runs on the tireless professional efforts of this all-volunteer board, who are involved in all aspects of administration, fundraising, curating, and presenting our concerts and projects. In addition to the Outsound New Music Summit, Outsound hosts two year-round concert series. www.outsound.org
About KFJC 89.7FM
KFJC 89.7FM was founded in 1959, and is and operated as a teaching laboratory for the Fine Arts and Communications Department of Foothill College, located in Los Altos Hills, Calif. KFJC’s commitment to current music is “to be a conduit for new and interesting audio art and information, especially the sorts that are unavailable elsewhere.” www.kfjc.org
For event details including the list of performers, biographies and information about the Outsound New Music Summit, visit www.outsound.org/summit. Artists and schedules subject to change.
Who: Outsound Presents, a nonprofit arts organization & KFJC Co-present
What: 2026 Annual Outsound New Music Summit
When: July 31 – Aug 2, 2026
July 31 Evening Doors 7:00 PM, Music 8:00 PM
August 1 Matinee Doors* 1:30 PM, Music 2:00 PM (Preset by Sung Kim)*
August 1 Evening Doors 7:00 PM, Music 7:30 PM (Preset by greensatan project)
August 2 Evening Doors 7:00 PM, Music 8:00 PM
Where: Berkeley Finnish Hall 1970 Chestnut Street Berkeley, CA, 94702 All Ages
Tickets: $25 General, $16 Senior 62+/Youth under 27, Festival Pass $85,
August 1 Matinee/Night Pass $40 https://outsoundsummit2026.eventbrite.com
Schedule:
July 31 - Fusion vs Fission (Finnish Hall Auditorium)
Farallon 8:00 PM
Sam Morrison's Cosmic Trip featuring E. Doctor Smith 9:00 PM
August 1 - Ski Lodge: Avant Matinee (Ski Lodge Room)
Sung Kim (plays at doors open and between each set) 1:30 PM
Hook & Wire 2:00 PM
normalways 3:00 PM
Gino Robair's Radical Divination 4:00 PM
August 1 - Auditorium: The Art of Rocks II (Finnish Hall Auditorium)
greensatan project (plays at doors open and between sets) 7:00 PM
Brian Kenny Fresno 7:30 PM
Mommy Mommy 8:15 PM
Inner Ear Brigade 9:15 PM
August 2 - Schedule: Mountains of Sound (Finnish Hall Auditorium)
Josh Allen 8:00 PM
Vinny Golia's Octacontagon Orchestra 8:30 PM
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For more information, high-resolution pictures, and bios, please visit www.outsound.org/summit
For interview opportunities please contact:
Rent Romus rent...@gmail.com
Rent Romus, Executive Director, Outsound Presents 510.282.0145 outso...@yahoo.com, www.outsound.org