upcoming events.
Twisted Teens w/ Small and Sir&Sol
Hailing from New Orleans, Twisted Teens bring their self-described "dusty punk" to Atlanta for an essential night at eyedrum art & music gallery.
Buy advance tickets HERE
Life, Monterey, Flowers for Emily, Expiration Date, Tunnels
Stacked lineup of DIY heavy hitters coming to us from the raw intensity of the DC straight-edge scene to the atmospheric noise of Atlanta's own streets, this show covers the full spectrum of modern screamo and metalcore.
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Matt Booth plus Vice & Ripper
Set 1: Vice and Ripper
Set 2: Matt Booth with Isaac Bishop, Jeff Albert, & Cameron Wilson
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
A.M.P.S. / ATLANTA MONTHLY PLAYERS SESSION
Bring your instrument and make some sweet improvised music with us!
HOUSE BAND 8:30ish followed by IMPROVISERS SESSION until 11:30p.m.
EVERY 1ST WEDNESDAY.
Musicians & Movers: Workshop Session I
Musicians & Movers is a community-based performance platform that brings together musicians and dancers for collaborative, live performances. This first workshop session is held in a master class setting that integrates music theory concepts, butoh poem imagery, somatic practices, and improvisational exercises. Guided by movement artist Luciana Arias, we will examine the intersections of improvisation and composition between sound and movement. Both trained and untrained musicians and movers are welcome.
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Shane Parish
Shane Parish is a guitarist, composer, improviser, and interpreter whose work focuses on the translation of music across traditions, canons, and technologies. Known for his precise and expressive fingerstyle technique and his nuanced approach to transcription, Parish treats interpretation as a compositional practice, using existing works as material for structural and sonic transformation.
His recent solo recordings center on recontextualizing music not originally written for guitar. Autechre Guitar (2026, Palilalia Records) presents acoustic fingerstyle arrangements of music by the English electronic duo Autechre. REPERTOIRE (2024) applies the same methodology to works by composers and artists including Alice Coltrane, John Cage, Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, Ornette Coleman, and Charles Mingus. Solo at Café OTO (2025, Red Eft Records) documents a live electric guitar performance of English and American folk ballads.
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Klimchak & JD Walsh Quartet
Set 1: Klimchak solo & duo with Ada Mirza
Set 2: JD Walsh Quartet
JD Walsh (Anagrams, Shy Layers, Natural Palace) is a multimedia artist and musician based in Atlanta, GA. He will perform new compositions on the pedal steel guitar with a quartet featuring Colin Bragg on bass and guitar, John Arthur Brown on percussion and drums, and Blake Helton on electronics and drums.
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Musicians & Movers: Workshop Session II
The series continues at Eyedrum with our second workshop session. This program is meant to facilitate, explore, and refine live performance collaborations between musicians and dancers. Participants will practice deep listening and explore interdisciplinary exchange in real time. This workshop is cumulative, but participants are welcome to drop in for this individual session.
Grocery Bag, Moon Owl's Mages, Shock Tea and Possums
Grocery Bag, Moon Owl's Mages, Shock Tea and Possums
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Luke Schneider & Chris Childs
Set 1: Luke Schneider
ambient pedal steel soundscapes that are calming in the New Age tradition, and dynamic with innovative techniques. RIYL Fripp/Eno, Steve Roach, Laraaji, Julianna Barwick, William Tyler
Set 2: Chris Childs & Ipek Eginli
Spontaneous music created through keen and empathetic listening
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Almost Music plus Williams/Albert/Pritchard/Murray
Set 1: Almost Music (Jack Wright - Evan Lipson - Jonah Gelbart)
Set 2: Kebbi Williams, Jeff Albert, Bill Pritchard, & Kenito Murray
Musicians & Movers: Workshop Session III
This is the final workshop session of the Musicians & Movers series before our live performance. This master class provides a space for artists to work together to explore and refine the relationships between movement and sound. We invite both musicians and dancers to join this community-based platform for a final evening of improvisational exercises and collaborative study.
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Jeff Crompton
Set 1: Jeff Crompton and Ben Shirley
Set 2: Jeff Crompton, Ben Shirley, John Arthur Brown, and Majid Araim
Musicians & Movers: Live Performance
Join us for the final Musicians & Movers performance, a showcase that incorporates program participants as well as a curated ensemble. This performance highlights the results of our workshop series, focusing on the real-time exploration of sound and movement.
An Evening of Shorts: Silent films of the early 20th century with live experimental scores by The Nebulous Orchestra
eyedrum and The Nebulous Orchestra present An Evening of Shorts. Silent films of the early 20th century with live experimental scores.
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Kris Gruda & Cook/Shirley/Rouss
Kris Gruda & Kenito Murray w/ Emily Hay
Kris Gruda and Kenito Murray will play duo whilst utilizing electric guitar, drumset, and other things. KG and KM have collaborated, but this is a 1st time duet! Emily Hay (flutes, vocals, effects) will join them as amidst the set. Therefore, the duo will morph into a trio midstream. Ahoy there!
Chris Cook, Ben Shirley, Taylor Rouss
Hambear (final show), Closeface (FL), Trust (FL), Campaign, Driver
Hambear (final show), Closeface (FL), Trust (FL), Campaign, Driver
7pm
$15
Feardorian, Motha Mayi?, Nitsirt, 3rthzded, Tokidokihoe
New Orleans UG and ATL UG collide for For Dummies
Hosted by New Orleans artist 3rthzded, this showcase brings a raw cross-city energy to the heart of Atlanta. Experience live sets from ATL natives Feardorian and Nitsirt, delivering the high-octane, experimental sounds that define the city’s concrete underground.
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Austin Englehardt & be not afraid plus Andrew Loveless and Kyle Smith (Blotten)
be not afraid
Be Not Afraid is the moniker of Corey A. Curtis’ decentralizing folk art practice. Relying heavily on handmade “noise boxes” built of salvaged materials and open source circuits designed by artist such as Peter Blasser, Ida Hiršenfelder, Martin Freeman, Travis Johns, etc., Be Not Afraid utilizes simple transistor oscillators and CMOS logic chips to explore “the letting go of control, anxiety, and perfection.” Dabbling in spatial sound and crowd participation he also likes to blur the lines between audience and performer. But really, it is just about having fun and being surprised because as he admits, “I really don’t know what I am doing.” And that is okay.
Andrew Loveless
Kyle Smith (Blotten)
Austin Englehardt
HIRS, Commitment, Cheerleader, B.I.M.B.O.S
Philadelphia’s finest are descending on Atlanta for a night of unrelenting sound and queer resistance. Join us at eyedrum art & music gallery for a high-intensity double header with special guest tba
Melissa Harshman “A Delicate Balance” Closing Artist Talk
Melissa Harshman’s, Lifetime Teaching Award Exhibition, A Delicate Balance, presented by EYEDRUM Gallery will be on view March 22- April 19. A Delicate Balance will Open with a reception on Sunday March 22, 3-6 PM and close with an Artist Talk on Sunday April 19, 3-6 PM.
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: BASrelief plus Cameron Wilson & Friends
BASrelief
BASrelief is a creative music group featuring mandolinist Majid Araim and cellist Benjamin Shirley, with Julian Scott Bryan on percussion. The group seeks to fashion a space for the traditions of jazz, mountain music, and experimental improvisation to interact, with a focus on deep listening, dynamic energy, and collaborative composition.
Cameron Wilson & Friends
Cameron’s music functions as a living ecosystem, organically weaving ambient textures with propulsive beats. His compositions draw from the intricate rhythms of the natural world—from the microscopic pulse of a cell to the grand cycles of the seasons.
Straddling the intersection of spiritual jazz, electronic music, and contemporary-classical, this performance features a preview of Cameron’s upcoming album 'Walking in Place in Circles'.
Come forth and be immersed!
Dysmorphia, Decedent, Selfish Act, Drill, and Glimpse of Life
Dysmorphia, Decedent, Selfish Act, Drill, and Glimpse of Life
7PM
$10-12
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Music and Movers
An evening of improvised music and movement.
SOLD OUT - Dead Butterflies, Porcelain Stars, Open Carry State, Hambear, Current Vision
NO TICKETS AVAILABLE>>THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT
Wrektacular Pre-Show w/ Caughy, Big Yellow, Evil Beezus, Secret Set
Wrektacular Pre-Show w/ Caughy, Big Yellow, Evil Beezus, Secret Set
7pm
$10
Discontent, Fragmentation, Seasons End, Arkestra, Drawn To Blood
Hailing from the heart of the New York hardcore scene, Discontent has quickly built a reputation for delivering a visceral, "hardcore to the bone" experience that bridges the gap between classic heavy hardcore and the dark intensity of death metal. Often associated with the Streets of Hate roster, the band is known for a sonic profile defined by filthy, muddled guitar tones and pummeling, 90s-inspired production that hits, as fans describe it, "like a truck."
A.M.P.S. / ATLANTA MONTHLY PLAYERS SESSION
Bring your instrument and make some sweet improvised music with us!
HOUSE BAND 8:30ish followed by IMPROVISERS SESSION until 11:30p.m.
EVERY 1ST WEDNESDAY. APRIL HOSTED BY JARRED PEPPER
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Tatsuya Nakatani
Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percussionist, composer, and artist of sound. Active internationally since the 1990s, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively, performing over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and his large ensemble project, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He teaches master classes and lectures at universities and music conservatories around the world. Originally from Japan, he makes his home in the desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. With his activity in new music, improvisation, and experimental music, Nakatani has a long history of collaboration.
Nakatani's distinctive music centered around his adapted bowed gong, supported by an array of drums, cymbals, and singing bowls. In consort with his personally hand-carved Kobo Bows, he has spent decades refining and developing his sound as an arrangement of formations of vibrations, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within this contemporary work, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing, formal elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music.
In Memories, Stress Spells (NJ), .22LR, Sects (CHI), Mail (CHI), How to Set a Fire and Why
Eyedrum hosts an explosive six-band bill that surveys the landscape of modern screamo and hardcore. The night moves from the chaotic, mathy precision of New Jersey’s Stress Spells and the high-velocity grind of How To Set A Fire And Why to the expansive post-hardcore textures of Chicago’s Mail and Sects. Balanced by the visceral weight of In Memories and the sharp, abrasive aggression of .22LR
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Solomon Kim/AIO Chorus/Aaron Wolff
Set 1: Aaron Wolff
Set 2: AIO Chorus
Set 3: Solomon Kim
Destroy All! Humans, Don’t Fear the End, Tower of Pines, Salems Kin, Daimora
Destroy All! Humans (Texas): These guys are high-octane Slam/Deathcore. They lean heavily into the "whitebelt" aesthetic—think chaotic, ironic, and very aggressive. They recently put out The Grotesque & Arabesque (late 2025), and they are known for tracks with "scenecore" titles and crushing breakdowns.
Melissa Harshman “A Delicate Balance”
Melissa Harshman’s, Lifetime Teaching Award Exhibition, A Delicate Balance, presented by EYEDRUM Gallery will be on view March 22- April 19. A Delicate Balance will Open with a reception on Sunday March 22, 3-6 PM and close with an Artist Talk on Sunday April 19, 3-6 PM.
Hostage Pit, Powerwasher, Penny Loafer, Split Silk
Hostage Pit, Powerwasher, Penny Loafer, and Split Silk hit eyedrum on March 20 for a stacked night of noisy, sharp-edged, underground rock sounds. With doors at 8 PM and music starting at 8:30 PM, this one brings together a strong mix of Atlanta-area bands alongside a killer Baltimore band for an affordable S10 show.
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!
Monday Night Creative Music Series: Wizard Digest & Clara Latham with Katie Young and Friends
Set 1: Clara Latham, Katie Young & Cameron Wilson
Set 2: Wizard Digest
Sesame w/ Emily Grimm, Tower of Pines, Tunnels
Straight out of Raleigh/Durham, Sesame has been making waves in the DIY circuit with their visceral brand of screamo and emoviolence. Known for intense performances, the trio consisting of Zeo Benedetti, Ashton Lundi, and Aiden Sheehan delivers a sound that balances beautiful, melodic tension with chaotic outbursts.
Void of Winter: Spring Emergence
As we near the closing of winter, spring beckons beneath the surface to bring things alive and renewed into existence. This guided meditation and sound bath is an invitation to come together and ground our energies once more. Let us sink into the rhythm of mother earth as we grieve out old man winder in preparation of springing forth with renewed intention and revitalized energy. Love, Erv and Rob.
High Contrast Drawing Group
Every week, our drawing night turns into a low-key creative magnet—five bucks at the door or toss something into the potluck pile (snacks and drinks always welcomed like royalty). For two years straight, this meet-up has pulled in everyone from heavy-hitter artists to folks just picking up a pencil for the first time. No pressure, no assignments, no ego—just a chance to draw, hang out, swap ideas, and be around people who actually get why you’re obsessed with making things. Happens every week on, exclusively at EYEDRUM. Good vibes only!


