Open Melody 2026
April 3 to 5 2026
2220 Arts + Archives

A new independently-produced annual festival based in Los Angeles featuring artists from around the globe with a focus on adventurous sounds from across genres.

Graciously supported by Fanfare Projects, Fender, and dublab, KCRW, and Fire Talk Records.

There is a pay-over-time option available at checkout.
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2026 Lineup
Agriculture (Los Angeles)
Artificial Go (Cincinnati)
Ben Lamar Gay Quartet (Chicago) / Los Angeles debut
Container (UK)
Cyrus Pireh (Detroit) with Mike Watt / Los Angeles debut
Deerhoof (US)
Dummy (Los Angeles)
France (FR) / USA debut
Growing (US/CA)
Human Error Club (Los Angeles)
Kassie Krut (New York)
Lay/Haug (Los Angeles)
Lightning Bolt (Providence)
Lubomyr Melnyk (UA) / Los Angeles debut
Maral (Los Angeles)
Mason Lindahl (New York) / First Los Angeles show in 10 years
OOIOO (JP) / First USA show in 11 years
Paul de Jong (Massachusetts) / Los Angeles debut
Supercollider (Los Angeles) / First performance in nearly 30 years
Tara Clerkin Trio (UK) / Los Angeles debut
Tussle (San Francisco) / First performance in 13 years
Valentina Magaletti (UK) + RP Boo (US) / Debut duo set
Water Damage (Austin) / Los Angeles debut

& “A Guided Tour of the Ocean Soundscape”
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Festival Schedule

Friday April 3
6 PM doors
7 PM Lay/Haug (Archives)
8 PM Mason Lindahl (Theater)
9 PM Supercollider (Archives)
10 PM Growing (Theater)
11 PM Valentina Magaletti + RP Boo (Archives)

Saturday April 4
2 PM doors
3 PM Maral (Archives)
4 PM Dummy (Theater)
5 PM Artificial Go (Archives)
6 PM Kassie Krut (Theater)
7 PM Tara Clerkin Trio (Archives)
8 PM Lubomyr Melnyk (Theater)
9 PM Ben LaMar Gay Quartet (Archives)
10 PM OOIOO (Theater)
11 PM France (Archives)
12 AM Container (Archives)

Sunday April 5
2 PM doors
3 PM “A Guided Tour…” (Theater)
4 PM Human Error Club (Theater)
5 PM Cyrus Pireh + Mike Watt (Archives)
6 PM Paul de Jong (Theater)
7 PM Tussle (Archives)
8 PM Deerhoof (Theater)
9 PM Water Damage (Archives)
10 PM Agriculture (Theater)
11 PM Lightning Bolt (Archives)

2 stages, no overlapping sets.

TBA food and coffee vendors on premises.

All ticket sales final. To transfer tickets purchased via WithFriends, please email info@openmelody.la with your transfer request.

Festival poster by James Vinciguerra
@studiovinciguerra

Website: https://openmelody.la
Instagram: @open.melody