Ten hours of nonstop music at the World Café Live.

Buy one ticket and come and go all day long to this glorious collision of musical styles by today's most adventurous players and composers—from around the globe and around the corner. As artistically inclusive as it is audience-friendly, the Marathon is a wild gathering of genres, styles, innovation, and radically new sounds, delivered as one open mega-concert.

Music composed by Louis Andriessen, Björk, Goran Bregovic, David Byrne and Annie Clark, Uri Caine, Michael Gordon, Annie Gosfield, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Kamran Ince, David Lang, Paul Lansky, Thomas Mapfumo, Meshuggah, Charles Mingus, Thurston Moore, Yoko Ono, Tarik O’Regan, Steve Reich, Kaija Saariaho, Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Julia Wolfe, Frank Zappa, Evan Ziporyn, and more.

Performances by Asphalt Orchestra, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Uri Caine, The Crossing, Keepers Of The Chaos (Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Calvin Weston), Kyaw Kyaw Naing, Matmos, Normal Love, Signal, So Percussion, Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra, Sun Ra Arkestra, and more.

"There are other places to hear new contemporary music, but it is seldom offered with such a potent blend of intensity, authority, and abandon."
Vanity Fair

In short: nonstop sound, eclectic super-mix, sonic nirvana, provocative creators, orchestral frenzy, all things new.

Composers Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julie Wolfe created the first Bang on a Can Marathon concert in 1987 in order to break down the barriers that separate musical communities. In the past 20 years, the Marathon has moved all over New York City, as well as internationally. This marks the first time it has taken place in Philadelphia.

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(Set Times Are Approximate)

2pm-4pm

01 So Percussion - Drumming Part 1, composed by Steve Reich
02 Signal, Brad Lubman Conductor - Shelter with film by Bill Morrison & projections by Laurie Olinder, composed by Michael Gordon/David Lang/Julia Wolfe
03 Asphalt Orchestra - Carlton, composed by STEW & Heidi Rodewald
04 Asphalt Orchestra - The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers, composed by Charles Mingus

4pm-6pm

05 Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra - TBC, composed by Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra
06 Todd Reynolds, violin - Lost Signals and Drifting Satellites, composed by Annie Gosfield
07 Bang on a Can All-Stars - Music from Shadowbang, composed by Evan Ziporyn
08 Bang on a Can All-Stars - Stroking Piece #1, composed by Thurston Moore
09 The Crossing - Epic Text & Statements, composed by Pelle Gudmunsen-Holmgreen
10 The Crossing - Villarosa Sarialdi, composed by Thomas Jennefelt

6pm-8pm

11 Asphalt Orchestra - Electric Red, composed by Meshuggah
12 Asphalt Orchestra - Hyper Ballad, composed by Bjork
13 Uri Caine with Ralph Alessi & Jim Black - TBC, composed by Uri Caine
14 Normal Love - I Heard You Can See Baltimore from up there / Electrolytes in the Brine, composed by Normal Love
15 So Percussion - Threads, composed by Paul Lansky
16 The Crossing - Gloria (Everywhere), composed by Kamran Ince

8pm-10pm

17 Sun Ra Arkestra - TBC, composed by Sun Ra
18 Bang on a Can All-Stars - Workers Union, composed by Louis Andriessen
19 Asphalt Orchestra - Two Ships, composed by David Byrne/Annie Clark
20 Asphalt Orchestra - Zomby Woof, composed by Frank Zappa
21 Asphalt Orchestra - Champagne, composed by Goran Bregovic

10pm-midnight

22 KEEPERS OF THE CHAOS - TBC, composed by Jamaaldeen Tacuma/G. Calvin Weston
23 Matmos - TBC, composed by Matmos
24 Matmos & So Percussion - Selections from Treasure State, composed by Matmos & So Percussion
25 BOAC All-Stars & Kyaw Kyaw Naing - Selections from Bang on a Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing, composed by Kyaw Kyaw Naing