when: 08 October 2025 - 17 January 2026 | venue: BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) | cost: See event for details | address: 30 Lafayette Ave.,Brooklyn,11217,NY | website: https://www.bam.org/next-wave
published: 04 Aug 2025, 5 min read
Officially inaugurated in 1983, BAM's annual Next Wave Festival serves as New York City's most daring survey of avant-garde music, theater, opera and dance. This year's festival features 11 events including a recreation of a 1963 interview between noted choreographer Martha Graham and critic Walter Terry; a 50th anniversary celebration of the Pratt Institute's Franklin Furnace avant-garde art archive; and the post-rock opera
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Officially inaugurated in 1983, BAM's annual Next Wave Festival serves as New York City's most daring survey of avant-garde music, theater, opera and dance. This year's festival features 11 events including a recreation of a 1963 interview between noted choreographer Martha Graham and critic Walter Terry; a 50th anniversary celebration of the Pratt Institute's Franklin Furnace avant-garde art archive; and the post-rock opera
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BAM Next Wave Festival 2025 is on 08 October 2025 - 17 January 2026. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Brooklyn NY. Visit their website at https://www.bam.org/next-wave.
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