Sound & Gravity

Sound & Gravity Sound & Gravity is a new festival brought to you by Constellation. Sound & Gravity is a new week-long festival brought to you by Constellation.

The festival will take place across multiple venues in Chicago’s Bricktown neighborhood from September 3 to 6 and caters to adventurous, creative listeners. The festival will take place across multiple venues in Chicago’s Bricktown neighborhood from September 10 to 14 and caters to adventurous, creative listeners eager to support an organization founded and run by artists. Festival and day passes

are available exclusively, granting pass holders entry to all festival shows and experiences, subject to capacity. Join the universe and discover how far it extends.

Sound and Gravity is pleased to host the illustrious Hailu Mergia for a performance at the Rockwell Main Event Room, Fri...
06/05/2026

Sound and Gravity is pleased to host the illustrious Hailu Mergia for a performance at the Rockwell Main Event Room, Friday September 4th @ 10:30pm!!  
 
Born in Ethiopia and an active musician since the 50s, Mergia is a master of the accordion, keyboard and melodia. He’s been pushing his instruments and style of the Amharic Ethiopian tradition into the realms of jazz and funk improvisation, to resounding appreciation both in his home country and around the world for decades, leaving an indelible, beautiful mark all his own. 
 
His album 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘶𝘻𝘰 is considered an Ethiopian Jazz masterpiece, and has seen a resurgence of discovery and appreciation in the past decade.  
We love to see younger generations loving and finding inspiration in his music decades later, and we hope to see all you new fans there. What a treat, Chicago! See him close out Friday night, Rockwell Main Room at 10:30pm. 
 
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🌙Join us for a stacked opening night lineup at Rockwell on the River Main Room!We welcome current scene-leaders and chal...
06/01/2026

🌙Join us for a stacked opening night lineup at Rockwell on the River Main Room!

We welcome current scene-leaders and challengers of the current jazz and ambient world Kassa Overall, the trio of Uhlmann, Johnson, Wilkes, and Alabaster DePlume for an opening night. All known for their hypnotic and unpredictable live shows, we’re excited to see how these three acts compliment each other in succession

We’re incredible saddened to hear of the passing of Doug Shaw. We were honored he graced us with his music last year at ...
06/01/2026

We’re incredible saddened to hear of the passing of Doug Shaw. We were honored he graced us with his music last year at Sound & Gravity. He was an impeccable musician and a lovely person who we all enjoyed spending time with. We’re sending love out to his friends and family during this time. He will be missed.

Sound and Gravity is pleased to welcome LA-based composer Gregory Uhlmann to the stage, Saturday September 5th, closing ...
05/30/2026

Sound and Gravity is pleased to welcome LA-based composer Gregory Uhlmann to the stage, Saturday September 5th, closing out the night 10:30pm at Judson & Moore 🌀🐚✨

Extra Stars is a deeply beautiful expression of Gregory Uhlmann’s ever-evolving sound world, and comes at a pivotal juncture in the LA-based composer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist’s musical journey.

Following a long run of supporting work with artists like Perfume Genius, Resavoir, and Tasha, Uhlmann has spent the better part of the last couple years trotting out album after album of groundbreaking instrumental modern music.

From the sparse melodies and hushed ambient soundscapes of Small Day, to his much-lauded duo outing Doubles with Meg Duffy, to his perhaps lesser-known but no-less-brilliant duo record Water Map with Dustin Wong, to the lush chamber-jazz interplay of his trio recording with saxophonist Josh Johnson and bassist Sam Wilkes, Uhlmann has subtly established himself as an essential presence in some of the most progressive recordings of our time. (Adapted from Bandcamp)

🦅🪚🚣We’re lucky to be hosting Albuquerque-based folk duo A Hawk and A Hacksaw at this year’s festival.  Composed of fring...
05/29/2026

🦅🪚🚣We’re lucky to be hosting Albuquerque-based folk duo A Hawk and A Hacksaw at this year’s festival. 
 
Composed of fringe folk scene mainstays Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost, the duo draws from Balkan, Turkish and Eastern European traditional music, blending these with American folk stylings to create something completely new with a mythology all its own. Slide 2 is the duo playing in Poland last year. 
 
⭐️Catch them at Beat Kitchen, Friday September 4th at 8:45pm. See you there :)

✨🎃🍊Chicago!!! We’re pleased as punch to host the inimitable Otto Benson at our festival this year. His 2025 album 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘵...
05/29/2026

✨🎃🍊Chicago!!! We’re pleased as punch to host the inimitable Otto Benson at our festival this year. His 2025 album 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘵 has been on repeat for us since its release in late December.  
 
Drowsy, keenly melodious and gorgeously sparse guitar compositions wend and wave against Otto’s gentle vocal contemplations that we find perfect for morning waking hours and late night pensive walks. Simply the best.  
  
If you missed Otto at Sleeping Village last month, you can still catch the beautiful breeze here in Sunday, September 6th at .   
  
This is gonna be a real special one. Here’s a taste of Otto’s work as he plays his music for resting mushrooms

Legendary multi-instrumentalist and composter Tyondai Braxton will be making an appearance this year at Sound and Gravit...
05/26/2026

Legendary multi-instrumentalist and composter Tyondai Braxton will be making an appearance this year at Sound and Gravity - we’re feeling super grateful about it! 
 
Beyond his solo composition catalog, you may already be familiar with Braxton’s work in the legendary experimental rock project Battles.  
 
Tyondai’s composition work deals in stuttering rhythm, head-spinning time switches, hypnotic textures, and we’re so lucky we get to see it LIVE! 
 
Look out for his new record Splayed Werks due in August out on Erased Tapes.  
 
Catch Tyondai live at Sound and Gravity Fest, Sunday, Sept 6 @ 8:45 @ Beat Kitchen. See you there :) 🪄🪷⚡️🎸💡

⭐️Friday Sept 4th, 7pm⭐️Kick off the weekend right with Chicago’s very own folk singer-songwriter icon Official Claire a...
05/25/2026

⭐️Friday Sept 4th, 7pm⭐️

Kick off the weekend right with Chicago’s very own folk singer-songwriter icon Official Claire at our fav distillery, Judson & Moore!
Clip is from the music video for “This Monthly Affirmation” 🪄💄

Festival and day passes available now, link in bio✨🪷See you soon!

Chicago!!! We’re so grateful to have the legendary Son Lux headlining at this year amid a massive world tour they’ve pl...
05/23/2026

Chicago!!! We’re so grateful to have the legendary Son Lux headlining at this year amid a massive world tour they’ve planned!!! The band will be performing just a few weeks before their new record “Out Into” out on Sept 18th via City Slang. Catch them on Saturday, Sept 5th at the Athenaeum. We can’t wait!! See you there ⚡️💡💫

Ami Dang is a vocalist, sitarist, composer and DJ that blends elements of traditional North Indian classical music with ...
05/21/2026

Ami Dang is a vocalist, sitarist, composer and DJ that blends elements of traditional North Indian classical music with the heady fringes of electronic music.  
Dang creates rich sonic worlds to sink into, drawing from trance, drone, and sitar composition, melding her deeply moving vocal performances with elements of dance-pop and a palate of noise experimentation.  
With lyrics sung in Punjabi and English, Dang situates herself between cultures and time periods, bringing traditional raga and Indian composition into a contemporary context of both popular and experimental electronic music. 
 
Join us on Saturday September 5th, 7:30pm @ Guild Row. 
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