Jeff Kolar

Set times announced!

Sun Sep 14 2025
Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N. Central Park Ave.
Chicago, IL 60608

The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days across the entire conservatory fairgrounds.

My new album At Bay is out everywhere today!

“At Bay” was originally commissioned by choreographer Jennifer Monson and Serouj Aprahamian for their dance work “At Bay”, and premiered in March 2025.

Thanks for listening :)

Honored to present new work next month at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion!

Saturday, August 9, 1-4pm
Monday, August 18, 5-8pm

Angel Bat Dawid & Eyeisha Sistrunk
Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar
David Bird
Glenn Kotche
Myles Emmons
Paige Alice Naylor
Saapato
Zouning Anne Liao

More info: ess.org/sonic-pavili...

Gosh, the Petrushka work in progress was good, but the new dance by Noelle Kayser—a young choreographic fellow at Ballet X—“Scales on the Wings of a Butterly,” to a score by Jeff Kolar, a was just breathtaking. We all gasped when the curtain opened, and it got a standing ovation.

Tonight in Chicago

✨🌱Poster for the 2025 Plantasia show at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago🌱✨

This image is a vibrant, psychedelic-style promotional poster for an event called Plantasia, organized by Sacred Bones and Garfield Park Conservatory. The background is a bright grassy green, with a surreal, fantasy-like illustration in the center: a large, blooming flower with pink, red, and magenta petals. Instead of a natural center, the flower sprouts an ornate, futuristic golden structure with green gem-like orbs—giving the sense of a mix between organic life and a sci-fi device. Above the flower, the word “PLANTASIA” is written in large, bold, warped yellow lettering in a retro, 1970s-style font. Encircling it is small text reading: “Sacred Bones & Garfield Park Conservatory Present” in a delicate typeface. Below the flower, the poster lists featured performers in white, capitalized text. These include: • Suzanne Ciani • Arooj Aftab • Tim Hecker • Windy & Carl • John Carroll Kirby • Kara Lis Coverdale • Voice Actor • Don Slepian • African-American Sound Recordings • Jill Fraser • Nosedrip • Romeo Poirier • Jeff Kolar • Zander Raymond At the bottom, the event’s date and location are given in yellow and white lettering: September 14–15, 2025 Garfield Park Conservatory The visual tone is dreamy, otherworldly, and distinctly “ambient” in aesthetic—matching the ambientmusic theme from the Reddit community where it was shared.

September 14–15, 2025
Garfield Park Conservatory

Yes to all that is on the poster. All in the alt if interested for a clearer look outside of the art.

Plantasia Festival in Chicago, Sept. 14 Source: TicketWeb. Sun Sep 14 2025 - Mon Sep 15 2025 6:00 PM (Doors 5:30 PM) Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days at the end of summer across the entire conservatory fairgrounds, including a new expanded outdoor stage. Brought to you by Sacred Bones, Empty Bottle Presents and Garfield Park Conservatory.

Plantasia Festival in Chicago, Sept. 14

Source: TicketWeb. Sun Sep 14 2025 - Mon Sep 15 2025 6:00 PM (Doors 5:30 PM) Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days at…

CHICAGO: Live performances by Jeff Kolar, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Tim Hecker and many more at Garfield Park Conservatory for Plantasia Festival, presented by Sacred Bones and The Empty Bottle
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Poster for Music Event; The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days at the end of summer across the entire conservatory fairgrounds, including a new expanded outdoor stage. Brought to you by Sacred Bones, Empty Bottle Presents and Garfield Park Conservatory. Featuring: Suzanne Ciani Arooj Aftab Tim Hecker Windy and Carl John Carrol Kirby Kara Lis Coverdale Voice Actor Don Slepian African American Sound-Recordings Jill Fraser Nosedrip Romeo Poirier Jeff Kolar Zander Raymond

looking forward to Plantasia 2025 here in Chicago 🌺🌸🌻🌷

Just announced! Excited for this one.

Join us at Plantasia at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago on Sept. 14 and 15. Presented by Sacred Bones, Empty Bottle Presents, and Garfield Park Conservatory.

Early Bird Two Day Passes are on sale now.

Tickets: www.ticketweb.com/event/empty-...

Line “At Bay” was originally commissioned by choreographer Jennifer Monson and Serouj Aprahamian for their work “At Bay”, and premiered live at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of

New single “Line” out now

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Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’ | CNN Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance with another star.

Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’

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Final performance tonight at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

“At Bay” 
Dance - Serouj Aprahamian and Jennifer Monson
Music - Jeff Kolar

March 6, 2025 - March 8, 2025
7:30 PM CST

Photos by Natalie Fiol

Tickets: krannertcenter.com/events/studi...

Making this new work with dancers Jennifer Monson and Serouj Aprahamian has been an absolute pleasure. Come see the premiere tonight at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

March 6 - 8, 2025
7:30 PM CST

Tickets: krannertcenter.com/events/studi...

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Radio, Radio, Radio:
Rick Prelinger, Anna Friz, Jeff Kolar

By Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social

disquiet.com/2025/02/26/r...

Tonight in Santa Cruz.

UCSC presents The Other Spectrum, including a lecture by @footage.bsky.social on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar.

DARK Lab, Digital Arts Research Center
University of California Santa Cruz
Free admission
7:00 - 9:00 PM

Saturday in San Francisco at The Lab.

The Lab present The Other Spectrum, including of a lecture by Rick Prelinger on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar.

Tickets: link.dice.fm/f66a90feb387...

I’m incredibly honored to present The Other Spectrum, a new evening length performance featuring a lecture by Rick Prelinger on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz and Jeff Kolar. Please join!

Feb 22 @ The Lab (San Fran)

Feb 25 @ UCSC Digital Arts Research Center

Rehearsal

Thanks for having me @anindexof.bsky.social 🖤

Tomorrow in Santa Cruz, California

Repost Indexical

Join us for an evening of improvised and composed music with LA-based ensemble Gneiss and Chicago sound artist Jeff Kolar.

Gneiss + Jeff Kolar
Sat., Feb. 8, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
tickets via indexical.org

Jeff Kolar (b. Chicago) is a composer, sound artist, and curator. His work, described as “wonderfully strange” (John Corbett) and “characteristically curious” (Marc Weidenbaum), activates sound in unconventional, temporary, and ephemeral ways using appropriation and remix as a critical practice.

Join us for an evening of improvised and composed music with LA-based ensemble Gneiss and Chicago sound artist Jeff Kolar.

Gneiss + Jeff Kolar
Sat., Feb. 8, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
www.indexical.org/events/2025-...

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Tonight in NYC

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❄️ WINTER 2025 ❄️
Jan 24. Gregg Kowalsky + RISA
Feb 6. Mayuko Hino + Thomas Dimuzio
Feb 8. Gneiss + Jeff Kolar
Feb 15. John McCowen & Madison Greenstone
Feb 19. Lia Kohl
Tickets, updates, and more info: indexical.org