🎶 What — or who — will you discover?
Here Be Monsters returns for its 3rd year this Memorial Day Weekend, with 20 genre-bending ensembles, 10 new commissioned works, and a full two nights of bold, indie-classical sounds.
Not your average music fest—HBM is a 2-night journey into the wild edges of Austin’s contemporary classical scene featuring sets from some of the city’s most innovative musical artists. Expect sonic surprises, eclectic shifts, and moments of deep connection.
Named one of KMFA’s Top 12 Events of 2023 & 2024, HBM is back at Radio/East — with drinks, food trucks, coffee, and a community of curious music lovers.
🗓️ Date & Time:
Saturday, May 24 – Sunday, May 25, 2025
Doors at 6:00 PM
Music starts at 6:30 PM
🎟️ Tickets & Passes:
1-day and 2-day festival passes available now
https://www.tetractysnewmusic.com/hbm25
🎵 Festival Lineup & Performance Times
Saturday, May 24
6:50 - Here Be Monsters Festival Kick-off, Day 1
7:00 - Maru Haru
7:25 - Jessy Eubanks
8:00 - Density 512
8:25 - LOLA - Local Opera Local Artists
8:45 - Amorsima Trio
9:05 - One Ounce Opera
9:35 - Anuj Bhutani
10:00 - Tetractys New Music & Zed
10:20 - The Kraken Quartet
Sunday, May 25
6:15 - Studio A
6:35 - Here Be Monsters Festival Kick-off, Day 2
6:45 - Austin Unconducted
7:05 - VAMP
7:25 - Golden Hornet
8:00 - line upon line percussion
8:25 - Man, Woman, Friend, Computer
8:45 - Invoke
9:20 - Tatsulok Trio
9:55 - Goliath Was Bigfoot
10:20 - Panoramic Voices
Join us as we explore the wild edges of Austin indie-classical music.
https://www.tetractysnewmusic.com/
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