Over 70 pioneering musicians from around the world come together to give shape to new sounds during this three-day, super-mix of experimental music.
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General Admission Advance 3-Day Pass $169 (week of: $199)
Preferred Seating 3-Day Pass $269
Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend features three days of immersive music experiences set within the context of MASS MoCA’s vast galleries, performing arts stages and outdoor spaces nestled among the Berkshires mountains. LOUD Weekend is the culminating event of the twenty-fourth annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, a three-week artist residency for innovative composers and performers selected from an international roster of artists.
LOUD Weekend 2026 includes: (additional artists and more details to be announced)
- Bang on a Can All-Stars perform a brand new arrangement of the iconic Philip Glass album Glassworks, in its entirety, PLUS a new live arrangement of Terry Riley’s inspirational A Rainbow in Curved Air, a piece that significantly impacted the development of minimalism, ambient music, jazz fusion, progressive rock, and more.
- Ever-inventive and virtuosic guitarist Yasmin Williams.
- Powerhouse pianist Conrad Tao performing Frederic Rzewski and more.
- Eliza Bagg and Mantra Percussion premiere Annie Gosfield’s one-act chamber opera Emma – exploring the radical vision, ideals, and enduring legacy of Emma Goldman, one of the most legendary and influential social activists in US history.
- Morton Feldman’s mind-altering, meditative Piano and String Quartet.
- The US premiere of Michael Gordon’s 8, performed by an all-star cast of eight festival cellists with special guests.
- Composer/Alto Saxophonist Darius Jones conducts his large ensemble work WAR, exploring the sonic palette of sustained intensity.
- The inimitable poetic jazz combination of Brandon López & Fred Moten.
- Experimental Percussion/Synth duo NOMON (sisters Shayna and Nava Dunkelman) – an endless blend of percussion, drum machine, and synthesizers, touching on fragments of memories from their lives in Tokyo, Oakland and now New York, where they both currently reside.
- Art-pop songstress Lisel (Eliza Bagg).
- Longtime Bang on a Can collaborator Karl Larson plays the world premiere of Scott Wollschleger‘s Ghost Song, for solo piano.
- Concert celebrations of music by Martin Bresnick, Raven Chacon, David Lang, Ken Thomson, Shelley Washington, Julia Wolfe, and more.
- Steve Martland Band Tribute! – we are resurrecting the iconoclastic Martland Big Band in a unique tribute to the ground-breaking British composer.
- WORLD PREMIERES by the 2026 summer festival composition fellows.
- Performances by David Byrd-Marrow, Vicky Chow, David Cossin, Arlen Hlusko, Riley Palmer, Nick Photinos, Todd Reynolds, Maya Stone, Ken Thomson, plus fellows from the 2026 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA.
About Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival
The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA is a three-week artist residency running July 12 – August 1, 2026. This joyful, collaborative program includes daily rehearsals and seminars, performances in the museum galleries, world music and improvisation workshops, technology and music entrepreneurship seminars, and concerts and events in the community. The Bang on a Can Summer Festival has been described as “utterly transformative” and “life-changing,” and it’s a place where musicians generate powerful connections with new life-long collaborators, friends, and colleagues. Over these three weeks, every corner of MASS MoCA’s galleries and outdoor spaces come alive with performances, workshops, and seminars focused on adventurous new music — culminating in LOUD Weekend July 30 – August 1, 2026. Learn more.
Residency performances in the galleries are included with museum admission. Separate tickets required for LOUD Weekend.
Make a Plan
- All seating is general admission. All festival passes include museum admission.
- LOUD Weekend programming is fluid and subject to change. Final schedules with location will be available closer to the performance dates. Events are limited capacity and first-come, first-served for Advance ticket holders/tickets do not guarantee admission to gallery or B-10 concerts.
- All events at MASS MoCA aim to be accessible to all audiences. Please contact boxoffice@massmoca.org if you would like to inquire about accessibility needs and services.
- By purchasing a ticket to join MASS MoCA’s visitors, staff, and artists on the museum campus, you agree to follow a Courtesy Code, detailed here.
- Performers subject to change.
- All sales are final; no refunds or exchanges.
