upcoming events.

Ink Battle Finals
Dec
16
to Dec 17

Ink Battle Finals

Get ready, because our InkBattle Finale is crashing right into our weekly meetup and our annual holiday party on the 16th—yeah, we like to multitask in style. The night kicks off with a clash for 3rd place between SuperKay and Mario “DoItDoIt” League, two artists who refuse to go quietly. Then the main event drops: Nick “Turbo” Benson vs. Hellaleah, an all-out showdown for pure Ink Supremacy. Expect energy, trash talk, wild lines, and a crowd that’s very ready to lose its mind.

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High Contrast Drawing Meetup + Ink Battle Atlanta Finals - Nick “Turbo” Benson vs. Hellaleah
Dec
16

High Contrast Drawing Meetup + Ink Battle Atlanta Finals - Nick “Turbo” Benson vs. Hellaleah

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 ib Tuesday, exclusively at EYEDRUM and starts at 7 and ends at 12. Good vibes only!

Get ready, because our InkBattle Finale is crashing right into our weekly meetup and our annual holiday party on the 16th—yeah, we like to multitask in style. The night kicks off with a clash for 3rd place between SuperKay and Mario “DoItDoIt” League, two artists who refuse to go quietly. Then the main event drops: Nick “Turbo” Benson vs. Hellaleah, an all-out showdown for pure Ink Supremacy. Expect energy, trash talk, wild lines, and a crowd that’s very ready to lose its mind. This one’s going to be legendary!

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Respite 2025
Dec
19

Respite 2025

Bellwether - Improvisational modern classical duo of Patrick Dover and Cole Hankins, drones, bells, and plucks generated from acoustic instruments

Emory Gamelan Orchestra - Emory University's microtonal Indonesian percussion tradition in a small group formation.

Nebulous Orchestra - local electro team accustomed to live scoring brings an electroacoustical meditational for vibraphone, piano, singing saw and electronics

Night Heron - long time atlanta musical oddity David Norbery returns with a set of quiet contemplation with keys and electronics.

North Scenic Route Arkestra - local sound wrangler Chris Cook and company bring a contemplative whirl of turnables, bass, and mallet instrumention 

Masha Kouznetzova - Detroit based artist Masha Kouznetzova returns home for the holidays with a sound installation using found sounds and cassettesRespite 2025

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Monday Night Creative Music Series: Ipek Eginli, Alexandria Smith, and Chris Childs; plus Brett Carson
Dec
22

Monday Night Creative Music Series: Ipek Eginli, Alexandria Smith, and Chris Childs; plus Brett Carson

Set 1: Brett Carson

Set 2: Ipek Eginli, Alexandria Smith, and Chris Childs

Brett Carson is a composer, pianist, improviser, poet, and theater artist based in Berkeley CA. His compositional work, which has been described as "fascinatingly intense" (Stephen Smoliar, SF Classical Voice), explores the juxtaposition of a gleefully chaotic plurality of musical approaches. This is combined with a penchant for surreal world-building and an exploration of the bizarre and uncanny, along with a commitment to writing for the voice and the stage.

Ipek Eginli, Alexandria Smith, and Chris Childs are each busy members of the Atlanta improvised music scene, and this new trio is an exciting meeting of these musical personalities.

Monday Night Creative Music Series at eyedrum

Committed to being an open and welcoming space for Atlanta’s creative musicians and curious audiences, MNCM’s weekly programming will support our city’s diverse musical communities and build momentum for improvised, experimental, avant garde jazz, contemporary classical, electronic, and other musical practices in the Southeast by presenting local, regional, and international touring artists.

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High Contrast Drawing Group
Dec
23

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 ib Tuesday, exclusively at EYEDRUM and starts at 7 and ends at 12. Good vibes only!

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Monday Night Creative Music Series: Ryan Siegel & MNCM Holiday Party
Dec
29

Monday Night Creative Music Series: Ryan Siegel & MNCM Holiday Party

Set 1: Ryan Siegel - solo saxophone

Set 2: MNCM Holiday party

Monday Night Creative Music Series at eyedrum

Committed to being an open and welcoming space for Atlanta’s creative musicians and curious audiences, MNCM’s weekly programming will support our city’s diverse musical communities and build momentum for improvised, experimental, avant garde jazz, contemporary classical, electronic, and other musical practices in the Southeast by presenting local, regional, and international touring artists.

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High Contrast Drawing Group
Dec
30

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 ib Tuesday, exclusively at EYEDRUM and starts at 7 and ends at 12. Good vibes only!

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West End Motel presents: West End Fest — Celebrating Brent Hinds’ Birthday
Jan
16

West End Motel presents: West End Fest — Celebrating Brent Hinds’ Birthday

Join friends, family, and the Atlanta music community to celebrate Brent Hinds — guitarist, songwriter, and creative spark behind Mastodon and West End Motel. We kick things off at 4 pm with toasts and eulogies, then roll into an evening of live sets starting at 6 pm, wrapping by 11 pm. Expect special guests, stories, and a loose, joyful hang in the West End.

ADVANCE TICKETS HERE

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High Contrast Drawing Group
Dec
9

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 ib Tuesday, exclusively at EYEDRUM and starts at 7 and ends at 12. Good vibes only!

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Monday Night Creative Music Series: Jeff Albert Electric Trio
Dec
8

Monday Night Creative Music Series: Jeff Albert Electric Trio

Jeff Albert brings in a new electric trio featuring Anthony Cammarota on guitar and Cameron Wilson on drums. The trio plays original compositions, discombobulated jazz standards, and freely improvised music.

Monday Night Creative Music Series at eyedrum

Committed to being an open and welcoming space for Atlanta’s creative musicians and curious audiences, MNCM’s weekly programming will support our city’s diverse musical communities and build momentum for improvised, experimental, avant garde jazz, contemporary classical, electronic, and other musical practices in the Southeast by presenting local, regional, and international touring artists.


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KIRKWOOD BALLERS CLUB | NOVEMBER 2025 (the final KBC of the year)
Nov
20

KIRKWOOD BALLERS CLUB | NOVEMBER 2025 (the final KBC of the year)

November ushers in the final KBC of 2025 with warped techno and ambient music, sliding into guitar-synth psychedelia, percussive minimalism, ethereal songs haunted by apocalyptic nightmare and noise, free improvisation, and a meditative movement piece with sound bowls and fluid motion. Join us for this one-night-only season finale.

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Ak’chamel
Nov
13

Ak’chamel

“Ak’chamel are one of the most consistently fascinating and creative bands in the psych scene right now.” - Brainwashed

For 15 years the trio of Ak’chamel has built a solid reputation as a compelling stage project. Wearing nightmarish costumes and engaging in hallucinatory “rituals”, their singular sound comprising desert-scorched psychedelia, post-apocalyptic shamanism, and lo-fi ritual-folk is as unique as the physical theater of their live performances.

Advance tickets available HERE

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SOLD OUT - KIMYA DAWSON w/ Lee Johnson and Aimée Okotie
Nov
7

SOLD OUT - KIMYA DAWSON w/ Lee Johnson and Aimée Okotie

Beloved anti-folk icon Kimya Dawson known for her work in The Moldy Peaches and her deeply personal solo albums featured in Juno—brings her tender, witty storytelling to eyedrum art & music gallery. Joined by Lee Johnson and Aimée Okotie, this all-ages evening promises heartfelt songs and raw honesty in an intimate setting.

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Monday Night Creative Music Series: Simone Baron & Arco Belo
Nov
3

Monday Night Creative Music Series: Simone Baron & Arco Belo

high energy circus adjacent diasporic genre fluid chamber jazz avant group Arco Belo, described as "ego-less, genre-agnostic and without expectations" (JazzTimes) will present a concert of original compositions and arrangements with projections at eyedrum, opening up their south arts Jazz Roads tour !

This performance is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Monday Night Creative Music Series:  Iriamu & Nathan Chamberlain (NY)
Oct
20

Monday Night Creative Music Series: Iriamu & Nathan Chamberlain (NY)

Iriamu is the multi-disciplined art project of Will Hamilton. In his music, Iriamu uses found sounds, everyday noises, synths, percussion, guitars, and the bass. He melds the “noises” creating sonic soundscapes to express emotions, and tell his story. A modern day Griot. Iriamu is the founder of the community driven, socio-political party, the Freak Flag Freedom Party. He is also a partner in the instrumental music festival, NoWordsATL.

NATHAN CHAMBERLAIN (he/him) is a Chicanx/Indigenous guitarist, curator, and composer who is based out of Brooklyn, NY. Chamberlain’s work actively engages the decolonization of jazz and improvised music, joining a tradition rooted in resistance towards white supremacy. Ken Waxman of jazzword.com has described Chamberlain’s playing as a “break through the commonplace for a memorable experience.”

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Tall Juan w/ Lungwing
Oct
17

Tall Juan w/ Lungwing

In San Antonio de Padua, Buenos Aires, Argentina, a six-year-old boy picks up an electric guitar for the first time. He feels the sharp steel strings and smells the wood while playing his first chords. This moment sparks a lifelong passion for music.

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KIRKWOOD BALLERS CLUB | OCTOBER 2025 featuring B|_ank
Oct
16

KIRKWOOD BALLERS CLUB | OCTOBER 2025 featuring B|_ank

This month we welcome special guest B|_ank

ADVANCE TICKETS HERE

B|_ank
is the solo project of electro-acoustic percussionist Will Hicks, merging furious drumming with analog synths, electronic percussion, and live visuals. His sets swing from harsh, pulsating intensity to ambient beauty. At Big Ears Festival, Rolling Stone named his show one of the festival’s best, calling him the “best solo drummer.”

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