Mike Simonetti
Marfa, TexasFollowing the reception for Äppärät on Friday, September 25 we'll be hosting a DJ set from Mike Simonetti in the Ballroom Marfa courtyard.
Free
Ballroom Marfa
- 23 Nov
- 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Admission
- Free
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Music
Marfa Myths 2016
Marfa, TexasMarfa Myths is a four-day festival of music, cinema, and visual art in the high desert grasslands of Far West Texas. Presented by Ballroom Marfa and Mexican Summer, the festival enters its third year in 2016.
Lucky Dragons at MD/HOU
The Menil Collection Houston, TXAs part of Marfa Dialogues/Houston, Lucky Dragons, an experimental music group from Los Angeles, will perform a site-specific work that features a collaboration with Houston-based vocalists, arranged alongside an array of environmental field recordings and live electronics; a composition that lyrically speaks to biodiversity, human ecological impact and climate change as a loss of complexity in a moment of transition.
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Bitchin Bajas
Marfa, TexasBitchin Bajas returns to Marfa for an evening of kaleidoscopic psychedelia and collective good vibes in the Ballroom courtyard. Bitchin Bajas is the project of Cooper Crain, Dan Quinlivan and Rob Frye. Using a combination of synthesizers, guitars, flutes and saxophones, the trio conjures an otherworldly sound informed by the hypnotic rhythms of Krautrock, the scintillating guitar work of Robert Fripp, and the longform mysticism of classic New Age cassette tapes.
Free
DJ Camp 2016
Marfa, TexasDJ Camp is back! As part of Camp Summer Shakeup, Ballroom Marfa presents its popular week-long DJ Camp from June 27 – 30 with instructor DJ Bigface.
Free
The Marfa Triptych: Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance
The Crowley Theater Marfa, TXIn November 2016, Austin-based composer Graham Reynolds returns to Marfa for the final installment of The Marfa Triptych: the chamber opera Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance.
Marfa Myths 2017
Marfa, TexasMarfa Myths is an annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program founded in 2014 by Brooklyn-based music label Mexican Summer and the nonprofit contemporary arts foundation Ballroom Marfa.
DJ Camp 2017
Ballroom has once again joined forces with Summer Shake Up, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with other community partner organizations. The summer camp is free with breakfast, lunch, and transportation provided. Students grades five through eight are invited to participate.
Free
Maria Minerva
Marfa, TexasConcert Ballroom Marfa hosted Maria Minerva in the courtyard on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Her performance was preceded by a “sunset tent” set by W. Creeves, and the evening featured visual accompaniment by VJ Mellow Arms. Wienertown, the latest contender on the Marfa culinary scene, served hot dogs. This event was free and open to […]
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JD Samson & MEN
Marfa, TexasConcert MEN performed at the opening reception for Tierra. Sangre. Oro. MEN is a Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective led by Le Tigre’s JD Samson and Michael O’Neill. MEN believe in the radical potential of dance music and its power to demand liberties through invention and play. This was the group’s first performance in several […]
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San Cha — Tragame Tierra
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa is proud to present San Cha — Tragame Tierra Thursday, February 15. Join us for a evening of delicious and painful love songs from LA-based artist and musician.
Free
Marfa Myths 2018
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa and Mexican Summer bring their annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program back to Marfa for 2018.
DJ Camp 2018
Summer Shake Up DJ Bigface | Si Mon Cecilia Emmett Ballroom joined forces with Summer Shake Up, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with other community partner organizations for DJ Camp 2018. The summer camp was free with breakfast, lunch, and transportation to/from MISD provided. Students grades five through eight were invited to participate. For […]
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Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick
Marfa, TexasConcert Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick returned to Marfa to fill the Ballroom courtyard with their mysterious and cosmic tones at sunset on Tuesday, July 17. The show was free and open to the public. All proceeds from donations and poster sales benefited Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center.
Free
def.sound
Marfa, TexasConcert def.sound performed for the opening reception of The Way You Make Me Feel on November 16th at WRONG Marfa. def is a frequent collaborator of Jibade-Khalil Huffman and the concert included a specially selected set to accompany the thematic content of Khalil’s installation.
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Marfa Myths 2019
Marfa, TexasABOUT Marfa Myths is an annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program founded in 2014 by nonprofit contemporary arts foundation Ballroom Marfa and Brooklyn-based music label Mexican Summer. With Marfa Myths, the two organizations bring together a diversity of emerging and established artists and musicians to work creatively and collaboratively across music, film, and visual […]
DJ Camp 2019
Marfa, TexasSummer Shake Up DJ Dada For 2019 DJ Camp Ballroom joined forces with Summer Shake-Up, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with other community partner organizations. DJ Camp was free with breakfast, lunch, and transportation to/from MISD provided. Students, grades five through eight, were invited to participate. Students learned skills directly on DJ equipment and […]
Mdou Moctar
Marfa, Texasconcert Ballroom Marfa welcomed Mdou Moctar to the Marfa Visitor Center for a free performance on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, in support of his latest album Ilana: The Creator.
Free
UJI — Live DJ Set with Percussion
Lost Horse SaloonLive DJ Set with Percussion Following the opening reception of Ballroom’s fall exhibition, Longilonge, with Solange Pessoa on November 15, UJI will be performing a DJ set with live percussion at Lost Horse Saloon.
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Violin Phase by Steve Reich
Ballroom MarfaPerformance Ballroom presented Steve Reich’s 1967 composition Violin Phase, performed throughout the gallery by Jeanann Dara and Ben Russell during the opening reception of Ballroom Marfa’s 2019 fall exhibition, Longilonge, with Solange Pessoa. Violin Phase is a masterpiece of minimalist music, demonstrating Reich’s iconic phasing technique. The music itself is created from interactions between temporal […]
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