🎷 Fearless musical innovators Hypercube at Rhoneymeade Fest 2025! 🎸 ✨
🔥 Experience “jarring, compelling” (Washington Post) performances as NYC’s @hypercube_music brings their boundary-breaking chamber music to Central PA June 5-8! 🎵
⚡️ This extraordinary saxophone/guitar/piano/percussion quartet delivers “fearless and flawless” (Sequenza 21) performances that span electric and acoustic worlds with technical brilliance! 🎹 🥁
🎶 From The Kennedy Center to Mexico City, Hypercube has dazzled audiences with cutting-edge works and bold commissions that redefine chamber music possibilities! 🌎
Don’t miss this sonic adventure that will challenge, inspire, and exhilarate! 🚀 ✨ 🎻
🎙️ Rhoneymeade Fest 2025 – Free Family-Friendly Friday Block Party & Performances
🗓️ Friday, June 6th |
Outside / Inside Manny’s Live Performance Space & Downtown State College
💥 FREE & Open to All
As part of Rhoneymeade Fest 2025, Friday features a full day of free programming spanning thought-provoking workshops, cutting-edge performances, and a full-blown Block Party in downtown State College. Join us at Manny’s Live Performance Space during the day, then hit the street in the evening for live music and local vendors!
For full lineup info visit www.RhoneymeadeFest.com
This year’s theme:
Preservation of folkloric traditions through recording, archiving, live broadcasting, and performance arts
—generously supported by the Borough of State College.
🎤 Daytime Talks & Workshops @ Manny’s:
Eléonore Biezunski – Violinist, vocalist, and sound archivist shares rare material from the YIVO Institute, exploring how archives have fueled the revival of klezmer and Yiddish musical traditions.
Paul Youngquist on Sun Ra – Afrofuturism scholar dives into the Sun Ra Arkive Project and the lasting impact of one of music’s most visionary minds.
🎶 Indoor Daytime Performances @ Manny’s:
Hypercube – Bold electro-acoustic quartet bridging contemporary classical and experimental sound.
Video Punks – A/V duo fusing analog video art and modular synths for an immersive glitch-drenched experience.
🌆 Evening Block Party(Main Stage) ON THE 1OO BLOCK OF HIESTER:
6:15PM
The Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis – A searing blend of post-punk and free jazz featuring Fugazi’s Joe Lally and Brendan Canty with powerhouse saxophonist James Brandon Lewis.
7:30PM
Combo Chimbita – Afro-Caribbean futurist rockers channeling cumbia, psychedelia, and spiritual resistance into electrifying performances.
8:45PM
Mourning [A] BLKstar – Soulful, experimental, and deeply rooted in Black liberation, this Cleveland-based collective merges gospel, hip-hop, and cinematic electronics.
🌒 Late Night @ Manny’s:
10:00PM
PROBLEMS (Darren Keen) – This festival veteran has rocked stages across Europe, New Zealand, and the U.S., sharing bills with legends like Peaches, Dan Deacon, Lightning Bolt, and Wolf Eyes. From Meow Wolf Denver to Camp A Low Hum, PROBLEMS brings a blast of glitchy Casio tones, robotic vocals, and wild energy you won’t forget. 💫
11:00PM
Terror/Cactus – Shadowy electro-cumbia from the Pacific Northwest blending Latin rhythms and haunting electronics in a hypnotic swirl.
Very special guest DJs – Global grooves and deep cuts to keep the dance floor buzzing into the night.
🛸 Whether you’re diving into archives, moving to future sounds, or just soaking in the street vibes—this is a day to celebrate sound, culture, and community. If you’ve been to our past downtown editions, you already know: don’t miss this.
📍 All Friday programming is FREE and open to the public.
🎟️ Full Rhoneymeade Fest schedule and weekend passes at:
👉 www.rhoneymeadefest.com See less
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