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HIgh Zero Festival’s 12th Year Anniversary September 23 – 26

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What is High Zero?
High Zero is the premier festival of Improvised, Experimental music on the East Coast, being fully devoted to new collaborations between the most inspired improvisors from around the world.

Lasting two weeks in total, the festival brings together 28 core musicians each year, but also involves a much larger subculture of musicians in Baltimore and on the East Coast. Unlike many related festivals, High Zero is not narrow in terms of sensibility or subculture, but rather widely inclusive of all the different types of experimental music-making in the moment. The fact that half of the festival’s core participants are from Baltimore speaks to the depth of Baltimore’s experimental music subculture, which in recent years has grown to be one of the richest cities in the country for experimental art.

Main Concerts @ Baltimore Theatre Project: September 23 – 26
Electric Petting Zoo Sound Installations at Gallery Four: September 21 – 26
Ghost Dancers Pre-Festival Concert at 2640: Septem,ber 22
For more information, go to http://www.highzero.org/

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