Set times announced! Sun Sep 14 2025 Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days across the entire conservatory fairgrounds.

My new album At Bay is out everywhere today! “At Bay” was originally commissioned by choreographer Jennifer Monson and Serouj Aprahamian for their dance work “At Bay”, and premiered in March 2025. Thanks for listening :)

Honored to present new work next month at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion! Saturday, August 9, 1-4pm Monday, August 18, 5-8pm Angel Bat Dawid & Eyeisha Sistrunk Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar David Bird Glenn Kotche Myles Emmons Paige Alice Naylor Saapato Zouning Anne Liao More info: ess.org/sonic-pavili...

Gosh, the Petrushka work in progress was good, but the new dance by Noelle Kayser—a young choreographic fellow at Ballet X—“Scales on the Wings of a Butterly,” to a score by Jeff Kolar, a was just breathtaking. We all gasped when the curtain opened, and it got a standing ovation.

Tonight in Chicago

✨🌱Poster for the 2025 Plantasia show at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago🌱✨

September 14–15, 2025 Garfield Park Conservatory Yes to all that is on the poster. All in the alt if interested for a clearer look outside of the art.

Plantasia Festival in Chicago, Sept. 14 Source: TicketWeb. Sun Sep 14 2025 - Mon Sep 15 2025 6:00 PM (Doors 5:30 PM) Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days at…

CHICAGO: Live performances by Jeff Kolar, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Tim Hecker and many more at Garfield Park Conservatory for Plantasia Festival, presented by Sacred Bones and The Empty Bottle www.ticketweb.com/event/empty-... @sacredbones.bsky.social @theemptybottle.bsky.social @jeffkolar.bsky.social

looking forward to Plantasia 2025 here in Chicago 🌺🌸🌻🌷

Just announced! Excited for this one. Join us at Plantasia at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago on Sept. 14 and 15. Presented by Sacred Bones, Empty Bottle Presents, and Garfield Park Conservatory. Early Bird Two Day Passes are on sale now. Tickets: www.ticketweb.com/event/empty-...

New single “Line” out now on.soundcloud.com/X4iqZVmknxLd...

Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’ www.cnn.com/2025/03/14/s...

Final performance tonight at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. “At Bay”  Dance - Serouj Aprahamian and Jennifer Monson Music - Jeff Kolar March 6, 2025 - March 8, 2025 7:30 PM CST Photos by Natalie Fiol Tickets: krannertcenter.com/events/studi...

Making this new work with dancers Jennifer Monson and Serouj Aprahamian has been an absolute pleasure. Come see the premiere tonight at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. March 6 - 8, 2025 7:30 PM CST Tickets: krannertcenter.com/events/studi...

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Radio, Radio, Radio: Rick Prelinger, Anna Friz, Jeff Kolar By Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social disquiet.com/2025/02/26/r...

Tonight in Santa Cruz. UCSC presents The Other Spectrum, including a lecture by @footage.bsky.social on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar. DARK Lab, Digital Arts Research Center University of California Santa Cruz Free admission 7:00 - 9:00 PM

Saturday in San Francisco at The Lab. The Lab present The Other Spectrum, including of a lecture by Rick Prelinger on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar. Tickets: link.dice.fm/f66a90feb387...

I’m incredibly honored to present The Other Spectrum, a new evening length performance featuring a lecture by Rick Prelinger on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz and Jeff Kolar. Please join! Feb 22 @ The Lab (San Fran) Feb 25 @ UCSC Digital Arts Research Center

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Tomorrow in Santa Cruz, California Repost Indexical Join us for an evening of improvised and composed music with LA-based ensemble Gneiss and Chicago sound artist Jeff Kolar. Gneiss + Jeff Kolar Sat., Feb. 8, 2025 Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm tickets via indexical.org

Jeff Kolar (b. Chicago) is a composer, sound artist, and curator. His work, described as “wonderfully strange” (John Corbett) and “characteristically curious” (Marc Weidenbaum), activates sound in unconventional, temporary, and ephemeral ways using appropriation and remix as a critical practice.

Join us for an evening of improvised and composed music with LA-based ensemble Gneiss and Chicago sound artist Jeff Kolar. Gneiss + Jeff Kolar Sat., Feb. 8, 2025 Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm www.indexical.org/events/2025-...

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Tonight in NYC movementresearch.org/events/1318/

❄️ WINTER 2025 ❄️ Jan 24. Gregg Kowalsky + RISA Feb 6. Mayuko Hino + Thomas Dimuzio Feb 8. Gneiss + Jeff Kolar Feb 15. John McCowen & Madison Greenstone Feb 19. Lia Kohl Tickets, updates, and more info: indexical.org

Next month at Indexical in Santa Cruz, California 🖤 Gneiss + Jeff Kolar Indexical welcomes LA-based ensemble Gneiss and sound artist Jeff Kolar. Sat., Feb. 8, 2025 Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm $16 General Photo by @_oliviawolf Tickets: www.indexical.org/events/2025-...