Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA

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Dates:	Thursday, July 30, 2026 - Saturday, August 1, 2026
Hours:	All day
Ages:	Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor, Outdoor
Cost:	$$$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

MASS MoCA and Bang on a Can announce the 2026 edition of their multi-day music festival LOUD Weekend, presented on Thursday, July 30 through Saturday, August 1, 2026, at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. 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 applicant pool.

LOUD Weekend 2026 Highlights (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.

MASS MoCA is a contemporary art museum that emphasizes bold creative exploration and fosters surprising connections between people every single day. It upholds artistic freedom and is an indispensable home for artists who stretch toward what has yet to be created

COST

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General Admission Advance 3-Day Pass $169 (week of: $199) Preferred 3-Day Pass $269 (Single Day-Passes Will Be Available When Schedule Is Finalized)

WEBSITE

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massmoca.org/mass-moca-and-bang-on-a-can-announce-loud-weekend-thursday-july-30-saturday-august-1-2026/

LOCATION

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1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, 01247 map

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