King Tides: An evening of musical performances & video

Soundwave NEXT is thrilled to present King Tides, an evening of musical performances and video by artists who live and work near coasts. This year we present an international dialogue between Italy and the Bay Area- two regions  that owe much of their culture to...
Call for Proposals: TRANSLOCALITY

Call for Proposals: TRANSLOCALITY

Soundwave NEXT explores space and time through TRANSLOCALITY The unfolding global pandemic has triggered an existential reckoning over our conceptions of place and human encounter. The escalating political, economic, environmental, and public health crisis has...
Soundwave Announces the 2020 Buzz Awardees

Soundwave Announces the 2020 Buzz Awardees

The Soundwave board of directors are honored to award this season’s Buzz Award recipient(s) to Wizard Apprentice, Alexandrea Achuleta  and Takiaya Reed (of Divide and Dissolve). Wizard Apprentice is a producer, performer, and 2017 Soundwave artist, is a self-described...
Introducing the 2020 Productions for Soundwave NEXT

Call for Proposals: Soundwave NEXT

Soundwave NEXT is a new program to explore the future of sound. Soundwave NEXT is a partnership between two veteran San Francisco arts organizations, Soundwave and Gray Area, that invites curators, artists, producers, collectives, and other parties to propose new...
Announcing Soundwave 9: Time

Announcing Soundwave 9: Time

Soundwave is proud to announce it’s 9th season focused on the theme of Time and featuring art parties, performance, dance, video, and music for our boldest, most interdisciplinary festival to date. Artists explore a range of subjects: intergenerational history,...