What is Kickstarter? We’re the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Learn more!

  • Don't want to forget? Click the star to add this project to your profile.

Update #4: We're Almost There and Thank You!

Backer_white For backers only, Posted on January 13
Backer-only-post
Backer-only-post-text If you're a backer of this project, please log in to read this post.


Update #3: 2011 Year-In-Review Podcast #4

Posted on January 11

It's the final of our special four-part year-end podcast series, featuring artists who performed at Non-Events in 2011. 

Artists on this episode include Felix Kubin, Michael Haleta, Robert Hampson, Arnold Dreyblatt, Hubble, Bill Nace, High Aura'd, Stephan Mathieu, Ricochet (Steve Norton + Noell Dorsey), Jooklo Duo, Driphouse, Benjamin Nelson, and Keith Fullerton Whitman.

Enjoy and please share and spread the good word...

Update #2: 2011 Year-In-Review Podcast #3

Posted on January 3

To give you more of a sense of what Non-Event is all about -- and to celebrate getting halfway to our Kickstarter goal (yay!) -- here is the third in our series of 2011 year-in-review podcasts, featuring live, unreleased, and forthcoming tracks by artists who played Non-Events in 2011.

Artists on this podcast include Keith Rowe, Florian Hecker, Brendan Murray, Jay Sullivan, Michael Bullock, Annette Krebs + Ernst Karel, Mandelbrot + Skyy, Tumble (Andrea Belfi + Attila Faravelli), Animal Hospital, and Ricardo Donoso.

Enjoy and please share and otherwise spread the word!

 

Update #1: 2011 Year-In-Review Podcast #2

Posted on December 27

Here is the second in our series of 2011 year-in-review podcasts, featuring live, unreleased, and archival tracks by artists who played Non-Events in the past year. 

Artists include Frank Bretschneider, Carl Calm, Daily Life, Zerfallt, John Butcher + Thomas Lehn, Ghost Grass, Caroline Park, Vic Rawlings, Sharif Sehnaoui, Geoff Mullen, Mark Cetilia, Jed Speare, Jason Kahn + Bryan Eubanks, and Marcus Schmickler.

Enjoy!

120
Backers
$5,767
pledged of $5,000 goal
0
seconds to go

Funding Successful

This project successfully raised its funding goal on January 18.

Pledge $5 or more Pledge $5 or more

13 Backers

A nifty Non-Event button (International donors, please add $2 to cover additional shipping costs)

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $15 or more Pledge $15 or more

15 Backers

Admission for you plus a guest to a 2012 Experimental Coffee House at Café Fixe

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $25 or more Pledge $25 or more

32 Backers

Non-Event 2012 artist edition t-shirt, designed by sound artist Jason Kahn (International donors, please add $7 to cover additional shipping costs)

Estimated Delivery: Feb 2012

Pledge $40 or more Pledge $40 or more

11 Backers

Admission for you plus a guest to a Non-Event concert of your choice

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $50 or more Pledge $50 or more

5 Backers SOLD OUT (0 of 5 remaining)

Special limited-edition, signed Non-Event artist mixtape made specially for the series, including unreleased and unusual material. Artist TBD - check Kickstarter updates for more information (International donors add $5 for additional shipping)

Estimated Delivery: Mar 2012

Pledge $50 or more Pledge $50 or more

5 Backers SOLD OUT (0 of 5 remaining)

Pre-concert dinner with the performer in the green room before -- and free admission to -- any (one) Goethe-Institut concert

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $80 or more Pledge $80 or more

2 Backers

Admission to ALL 2012 monthly experimental coffee houses at Café Fixe

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $90 or more Pledge $90 or more

6 Backers • Limited Reward (4 of 10 remaining)

One copy of each Non-Event concert poster for 2012, signed by the performer

Estimated Delivery: Dec 2012

Pledge $175 or more Pledge $175 or more

0 Backers

Complimentary admission for one to ALL regular 2012 Non-Event concerts (excluding experimental coffee houses)

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $235 or more Pledge $235 or more

5 Backers

Complimentary admission for one to ALL 2012 Non-Event concerts and experimental coffee houses

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $340 or more Pledge $340 or more

0 Backers

Complimentary admission for you plus a guest to ALL regular 2012 Non-Event concerts (excluding experimental coffee houses)

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $440 or more Pledge $440 or more

1 Backer SOLD OUT (0 of 1 remaining)

Complimentary admission for you plus a guest to ALL 2012 and 2013 Non-Event concerts and experimental coffee houses

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $440 or more Pledge $440 or more

0 Backers

Complimentary admission for you plus a guest to ALL 2012 Non-Event concerts and experimental coffee houses

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Pledge $1,000 or more Pledge $1,000 or more

0 Backers

A Golden Ticket: Complimentary admission for one to ALL Non-Event concerts for five years.

Estimated Delivery: Jan 2012

Project By

1287410009_675b00c718.large

Has not connected their Facebook account.

I have been one of the organizers of the Non-Event experimental music series in Boston, Massachusetts since 2003. In addition to Non-Event, I have also worked as a freelance multimedia and music journalist (covering experimental and electronic music) and am the longtime host of the weekly Rare Frequency radio program on WZBC 90.3 FM in Newton, MA.

  1. nonevent.org
  2. rarefrequency.com