Passing its 15th year, The Gatherings Concert Series has grown in scope and stature, attracting enthusiastic and informed audiences to numerous compelling performances by the world's most innovative musicians. The 2008 season includes concerts by Jeffrey Koepper, Jason Sloan, Stars of the Lid, The Ministry of Inside Things, Dean De Benedictis + Vic Hennegan, Ashley Roedelius & Story and others. Events take place within the remarkable space of the church sanctuary at St. Mary's Hamilton Village, 3916 Locust Walk on the Penn campus in West Philadelphia, PA.

For more about The Gatherings Concert Series, access: http://www.thegatherings.org

Electro-Music 2007 is a three-day conference/music festival to be held at the Cheltenham Art Center in Philadelphia, 1-3 June 2007. The program will include lectures, demos, jam sessions, and concerts by Mahoney + Peck, Synthetic Block and others.

For more about Electro-Music 2007, access: http://event.electro-music.com

The Sellersville Theater is a home for arts and entertainment, and brings music, laughter and new vitality to the town of Sellersville and the region. Upcoming concerts include the California Guitar Trio w/The Ministry of Inside Things on 15 March 2008. The Sellersville Theater is located at Main & Temple Streets in Sellersville, PA. Tel: (215) 257-5808

For more about The Sellersville Theater, access: http://www.st94.com

Philadelphia's Tin Angel features a wide variety of top flight national and local attractions in an intimate candle lit cafe style setting. The Tin Angel is located at 20 S. 2nd Street in Philadelphia, PA. Tel: (215) 928-0770

For more about The Tin Angel, access: http://www.tinangel.com

Based in West Philadelphia on the Penn Campus and associated with the University of Pennsylvania through The Foundation and The Ambient Consortium, Gate to Moonbase Alpha is a monthly concert series presenting artists from the Ambient, Electronic, Techno, Experimental, Avant-Garde and Performance Art communities of Philadelphia and beyond. Events take place the third Friday of every month at The Rotunda, 4012 Walnut St. in Philadelphia and are free. Call: (215) 573-3234 or access the website for details.

For more about Gate to Moonbase Alpha, access: http://www.gatephilly.net

The Slought Foundation is a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization located at 4017 Walnut Street that broadly encourages new futures for contemporary life through public programs with internationally renowned artists and theorists, including the "Sound Field @ Slought" series and Carl Stone on 18 February 2006. Call: (215) 222-9050 or access the website for details.

For more about The Slought Foundation, access: http://www.slought.org

Founded in 1874 in Philadelphia The Mendelssohn Club is one of this country's oldest choruses. Their mission is to challenge, enrich, serve and fulfill its singing members and audiences through the distinctive beauty and power of its performances. Recent concerts include the Pulitzer Prize winning composition "On the Transmigration of Souls" by John Adams on 3 November 2007 at Girard College Chapel in Philadelphia. Call: (215) 735-9922 or access the website for details.

For more about The Mendelssohn Club, access: http://www.mcchorus.org

...serves as a collective home for artists bringing their work to audiences in every conceivable form - in traditional and untraditional venues using new artistic form and established ones, breaking rules or refining them. At various venues around the city in September 2007. Call: (215) 413-1318 or access the website for details.

For more about Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe, access: http://www.livearts-fringe.org

...serves as a center for scientific, artistic, cultural and educational activities. It is the first of its kind complex in the country to use science as an entry to the arts and to house science, the performing arts and IMAX cinema arts under one roof. Located at 222 Market Street in downtown Harrisburg, PA, recent events include a series of electronic spacemusic concerts with The Ministry of Inside Things, Mahoney + Peck, Orbital Decay and Jonn Serrie as part of the Science of Aliens exhibition opening 16 June 2007. Call: (717) 214-ARTS or access the website for details.

For more about The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, access: http://www.whitakercenter.org

Part of the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, The Walter K. Gordon Theater is a 650-seat proscenium theater with state-of-the-art lighting, sound and video/multimedia capability, and brand-new luxurious seating with no obstructed views. Located at 3rd & Pearl Streets in Camden, NJ, PA, recent shows include a solo piano concert with Philip Glass on Sunday 29 April 2007 at 8pm. Call: (856) 225-2700 or access the website for details.

For more about The Gordon Theater, access: http://www.gordontheater.com

The Baltimore Progressive Rock Showcase Series features the best in Progressive music from the mid-Atlantic region and from around the world. Along with what is more traditionally regarded as "progressive rock", the series also features Fusion, Space Rock, Ambient and other underground/indie genres including Present on 2 July 2005. The performances are presented in the Showcase Room, an intimate space which is part of Orion Sound Studios, 2903 Whittington Ave in Baltimore, MD. Call :(410) 646-7334 or access the website for details.

For more about Orion Sound Studios, access: http://www.orionsound.com

Based in Philadelphia since 1979, The Relache Ensemble is dedicated to the development and performance of music from the late 20th century. Recognized for its interpretive and technical skills, the Relache Ensemble performs works by composers from throughout the world, integrating state-of-the-art electronic and computer technologies with recent and avant-garde compositional techniques. Working directly with composers, Relache has created an extensive repertoire of works.

Unsilent Night: Phil Kline's boombox sensation and audience participation holiday performance begins at 7pm on Monday 18 December 2006 at The Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, PA

For more about Relache, access: http://www.relache.org

The Cosmic Coffeehouse is a Bi-Monthly First Saturday event taking place downstairs at the Crosswicks Community House on Main Street in Crosswicks, NJ showcasing area New Age and Space musicians and their otherworldly musical visions.

For more about Cosmic Coffeehouse, access: http://www.brainstatik.com/coffeehouse.html

The Philadelphia Orchestra performs various works of modern and classical music throughout their season in Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Broad & Spruce in Philadelphia

For more on The Philadelphia Orchestra, access: http://www.philorch.org

The Community Education Center is a non-profit, community based arts and education center whose mission is to strengthen the sense of shared community and culture among peoples of differing backgrounds and cultures through the arts. Dance and theater classes, special workshops and performance events are held at 3500 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, PA. Tel: (215) 387-1911

For more on The Community Education Center, access: http://www.cecarts.org

Gaian Mind Summer Festival is four-days of open air spiritual dancing, tribal drumming, lectures and workshops, yoga, sweat lodge, swimming, feasting, relaxation, all in the sylvan sanctuary of Four Quarters in Artemas, Pennsylvania.

For more about Gaian Mind Summer Festival, access: http://www.gaian-mind.com

R5 Productions is a "Do It Yourself" show promotions agency whose main goal is to provide the Philadelphia area with inexpensive, friendly, all ages shows in an intimate setting (often the First Unitarian Church at 2125 Chestnut Street). Shows are done in various small to medium sized unconventional locations: churches, galleries, halls, warehouses, basements, colleges and universities.

For more about R5 Productions, access: http://www.r5productions.com

Yoga On Main is a holistic center, that provides educational opportunities, services and products which support a healthy and spiritual lifestyle. Located at 4363 Main St. in Manayunk, PA, the center occassionally hosts live concerts of World-Fusion, International and Contemporary Instrumental music including Life in Balance on 11 Sept 2004. Call: (215) 482-7877 for details on events.

For more about Yoga on Main, access: http://www.yogaonmain.com

World Cafe Live opened in October 2004. Two concert stages make up the venue, the main stage, "Downstairs Live", holds up to 700 people for ticket-only concerts while "Upstairs Live", offering dinner and drinks, can handle about 100 people and presents almost daily free performances. WCL licenses the name of WXPN's nationally syndicated "World Cafe" program for the venue, and though it shares building space with the radio station, located at 3025 Walnut St. in Philadelphia, they operate independently. Call: (215) 222-1400 for info.

For more about World Cafe Live, access: http://www.worldcafelive.com

An intimate theater with an open floor plan, the Theater of the Living Arts hosts a range of touring national acts, including Lisa Gerrard on 5 May 2007. Located at 334 South Street in Philadelphia, PA Tel: (215) 922-1011

For more on the Theater of the Living Arts, access: http://www.TheaterOfLivingArts.net

Presenting innovative works in cinema, theater, performance art and music, including Slow Fire by Paul Dresher in May 2005. Located at 1412 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, PA.

For more on the Prince Music Theater, access: http://www.princemusictheater.org

The Allens Lane Art Center brings together the residents of the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia to participate in and enjoy the arts. Residing in a former carriage house on seven acres in beautiful Fairmount Park, the center offers a variety of programs including alternative plays, visual and performing arts classes, local artist exhibitions and more, including the dark progressive ensemble Present on 7 July 2005. Located at Allens Lane & McCallum Street in Philadelphia, PA. Tel: (215) 248-0546

For more on The Allens Lane Art Center, access: http://www.allenslane.org

The North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest, is an annual two-day event presenting art and progressive rock. The 2006 event is being held 24 & 25 June in Bethlehem, PA and will include performances by Keith Emerson, Ozric Tenticles, FM and Michael Manring among others. Founded in the spring of 1998, NEARfest has grown to become the most prestigious progressive music festival in the world.

For more on NEARfest, access: http://www.nearfest.com

A series of electronic, ambient, experimental and space musics presenting artists exploring the boundaries of organic chaos, ordered electronics, and uniquely structured electronic ambience at the Worcester Artist Group, 38 Harlow Street in Worcester, MA

For more on the Ambitention, access: http://www.toadware.net/ambitention.html

A unique yearly event held in exotic places that allows electronic music fans to co-mingle and collaborate with musicians. The event title references concert, song and/or album titles of EM pioneers Tangerine Dream and allows fans and musicians to live in a communal setting for a few days to create and enjoy electronic music! Past get-togethers have been held in the Okefonokee Swamp, the Mojave Desert and, 5 - 11 September 2004 in Poland.

For more on Ricochet Dream, access: http://www.ricochetdream.com

A concert series held in the intimate setting of overtone singer Jim Cole's home in Glastonbury, CT, The Gathering Room presents artists in the Ambient, Space and World-Fusion genres. 2005 performers include James Johnson on 25 June, Jeff Pearce on 24 September and others. Reservations required.

For more on The Gathering Room, access: http://www.spectralvoices.com/gatheringroom.htm

The annual E-Live one-day festival of electronic music will be held on 14 October 2006 at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Performers include: Code Indigo, Rouge Element, Nostalgia and WintherStormer.

For more on E-Live, access: http://www.groove.nl/elive.html

The continuing Hampshire Jam one-day festival of electronic music will be held on 21 October 2006 at Millenium Hall in Liphook, England. Performers include: Redshift, Mario Schonwalder and others.

For more on Hampshire Jam, access: http://www.hampshirejam.co.uk

Awakenings is a series of live events showcasing new and established acts in the fields of ambient and electronic music. Concerts in 2005 are currently planned in Leeds and Nottingham in the UK and will feature Radio Massacre Int'l on 10 June, The Glimmer Room on 12 August, AirSculpture on 2 December and others.

For more on Awakenings, access: http://www.ambientlive.com/awakenings

The Ambient Ping is a weekly series featuring live performances by artists in the genre of chillout, ambient, space and experimental drift. Events are held every Tuesday evening in the intimat eatmosphere of club nia/C'est What in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada.

For more on The Ambient Ping, access: http://www.theambientping.com

Different Skies is an electronic Spacemusic festival as well as a workshop for artists in these and related experimental music genres. Held annually in Arcosanti, Arizona, this year's event will be held 12-17 September 2005. Participants include: John Duval, Dave Fulton, Tony Gerber, Paul Nagle, Giles Reaves, Paul Vnuk Jr and others.

For more on the annual Different Skies Festival, access: http://www.differentskies.com

The 10th Annual Alfa Centauri Festival of Electronic Music was held on 2 April 2005 at Theater de Graaf Wichman in Huizen, Holland. Performances included: Waveworld, Off the Sky, Jonn Serrie, Dom F Scab, The Glimmer Room and Lingua Lustra.

For more on the annual Alfa Centauri Festival, access: http://www.alfacentauri.nl

The Visual Music Festival of Lanzarote is an annual international new music event. Every Autumn, two spectacular volcanic lava "bubbles" are converted into performance spaces. The Festival, the only one of its kind in Europe, will hold its 14th edition in October 2004.

For more on the Visual Music Festival of Lanzarote, access:
http://www.lanzarote.com/musica_visual/index-in.html

Located in an actual church just north of San Francisco, Grove Garden offers a safe, secure, alchohol and drug free environment creating a haven for dance as a celebration of self, spirit and community. Groove Garden also presents a substantial Chillroom as a refuge from the beats of The Dance Sanctuary and is a worthwhile destination in and of itself. This "ambient room" often hosts an hour of live music featuring the exotic idioms of the near and far east.

For more on Groove Garden, access: http://www.thegroovegarden.com