Established in 2006, Machines with Magnets hosts experimental music performances, sound and art exhibitions and installations, performance art, film and video screenings, cultural and community events, private events, and fundraisers. Past performances include The Body, Dan Deacon, Mirah, Etran de l'Aïr, Braveyoung, Lydia Lunch, Lightning Bolt, Brown Bird, Container, and Mdou Moctar.

Upcoming Events + Tickets

All ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ with valid ID to drink

A Side Joint

Thursday, August 27, 2026

7:00 pm

to

12:00 am

Free

By way of Barrio Saint Malo. Come together, break bread. Everybody gotta eat.

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A Side Joint

Special Event
Thursday, August 27, 2026
7:00 pm
12:00 am
Free
By way of Barrio Saint Malo. Come together, break bread. Everybody gotta eat.
More Info + RSVP

A Side Joint

Friday, August 28, 2026

7:00 pm

to

12:00 am

Free

By way of Barrio Saint Malo. Come together, break bread. Everybody gotta eat.

Barrio Saint MaloTickets
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A Side Joint

Special Event
Friday, August 28, 2026
7:00 pm
12:00 am
Free
By way of Barrio Saint Malo. Come together, break bread. Everybody gotta eat.
More Info + RSVP

Ora Cogan with Bong Wish and Luci Dead Limb

Friday, September 25, 2026

8:00 pm

to

$15 adv / $18 day of

Ora Cogan’s music is alchemical: part instinct, part ritual, and always conjured from the edges where life feels sharpest. With Hard Hearted Woman, she mixes haunted folk, psych rock, and a shadowy strain of country, building a realm where catharsis feels lush, mysterious and vital. Shaken by the tenor of modern life, Cogan pulled in a circle of kindred musicians and made a record shaped by someone who has looked into the abyss and decided, again and again, to choose curiosity.

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Ora Cogan with Bong Wish and Luci Dead Limb

Music Show
Friday, September 25, 2026
8:00 pm
$15 adv / $18 day of
Ora Cogan’s music is alchemical: part instinct, part ritual, and always conjured from the edges where life feels sharpest. With Hard Hearted Woman, she mixes haunted folk, psych rock, and a shadowy strain of country, building a realm where catharsis feels lush, mysterious and vital. Shaken by the tenor of modern life, Cogan pulled in a circle of kindred musicians and made a record shaped by someone who has looked into the abyss and decided, again and again, to choose curiosity.
More Info + RSVP

LITURGY with House Red, Bicentennial Memorial Accordion Choir + Harry Gould Harvey IV

Saturday, September 26, 2026

8:00 pm

to

$18 adv / $25 day of

Join us for a special night with LITURGY, the devotional and transcendent black metal of artist Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, distilled into an intimate solo performance. Countering the genre’s nihilistic leanings, Liturgy seeks truth, affirmation, and beauty through searing, intricate guitar work, blissful shrieks, choral vocals, acoustic passages, and meditative drone.

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LITURGY with House Red, Bicentennial Memorial Accordion Choir + Harry Gould Harvey IV

Music Show
Saturday, September 26, 2026
8:00 pm
$18 adv / $25 day of
Join us for a special night with LITURGY, the devotional and transcendent black metal of artist Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, distilled into an intimate solo performance. Countering the genre’s nihilistic leanings, Liturgy seeks truth, affirmation, and beauty through searing, intricate guitar work, blissful shrieks, choral vocals, acoustic passages, and meditative drone.
More Info + RSVP

Leila Abdul-Rauf with Vaelastrasz, RECTRIX and The Oracle

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

8:00 pm

to

$15 adv / $18 day of

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Leila Abdul-Rauf enters a world all of her own weaving brass, piano and various othertextures into filmic soundscapes that echo the sounds of memories faded through time. Songs are not so much composed as captured from dreams. Time and space are distilled down to the remains of distant memories and hidden emotions, melded into a symphony of ethereal melancholy.

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Leila Abdul-Rauf with Vaelastrasz, RECTRIX and The Oracle

Music Show
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
8:00 pm
$15 adv / $18 day of
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Leila Abdul-Rauf enters a world all of her own weaving brass, piano and various othertextures into filmic soundscapes that echo the sounds of memories faded through time. Songs are not so much composed as captured from dreams. Time and space are distilled down to the remains of distant memories and hidden emotions, melded into a symphony of ethereal melancholy.
More Info + RSVP

DITZ

Sunday, November 8, 2026

8:00 pm

to

$15 adv / $18 day of

‘Never Exhale’ is the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath. DITZ have toured relentlessly since the release of their first album ‘The Great Regression’ and even before that, travelling at least 100 days a year since COVID. The songs that form their newest offering were written across Europe, often on off days and in borrowed rehearsal rooms just to break up the long drives.

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DITZ

Music Show
Sunday, November 8, 2026
8:00 pm
$15 adv / $18 day of
‘Never Exhale’ is the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath. DITZ have toured relentlessly since the release of their first album ‘The Great Regression’ and even before that, travelling at least 100 days a year since COVID. The songs that form their newest offering were written across Europe, often on off days and in borrowed rehearsal rooms just to break up the long drives.
More Info + RSVP

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Event Archive

Cloud Nothings with Black Pus and Staubitz and Waterhouse
August 21, 2026
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Cloud Nothings with Black Pus and Staubitz and Waterhouse

August 21, 2026
7:00 pm
Some bands never miss. This rare breed consistently puts out great records every couple years, avoiding the lengthy hiatuses or egregious sonic missteps that often come with achieving longevity. It’s an often unsung reliability, as few realize how truly remarkable it is to put art into the world at this rate without letting the quality slip. For nearly 15 years, Cloud Nothings have continued to hit the target, steadily becoming a part of the fabric of modern indie rock as we know it with a run of fantastic albums. This streak continues unabated with their latest full-length, Final Summer–an album that’s so assured, so instantly satisfying, that it forces you to pause and realize you’re listening to one of the great American rock bands in their prime.
Afterlife Opening Reception
July 16, 2026
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Afterlife Opening Reception

July 16, 2026
6:00 pm
Maya Stern is a Rhode Island based printmaking and fiber artist whose work considers the slippage and distortion of ancestral memories. 'Through my practice, I explore the relationship between myself and my ancestors, seeking to reanimate lived experiences of wartime trauma. I challenge the mutability of memory as it's handed down through generations.' Megan Bent is a chronically ill and neurodivergent artist drawn to processes that reflect her disabled experience: interdependence, impermanence, and care. With photography, installation, printmaking, advocacy, and protest, she celebrates disability culture and interrogates the hierarchies that support ableism.
Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Closing Reception
June 25, 2026
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Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Closing Reception

June 25, 2026
6:00 pm
“Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” asks whether you are the invisible onlooker or an active participant. Eli Kauffman and Michael Gunn harness painting’s voyeuristic nature to complicate interpersonal relationships. The paintings exist at a threshold where our internal world is acted upon, through collaboration and intimacy. Tangled foliage, Twisting cables, A cast shadow—Reach, hold, repair, tend. How do we balance relying on one another while channeling the power of that which goes unseen? This exhibition shares its title with a game played by children at slumber parties. A levitation trick that evokes the unknown, a tension with the truth of its physics.The events that unfold are recalled, heightened and eventually brought back down to earth. The disillusion of our accounts is a natural conclusion. Through melodramatic lighting and intangible ghostly presence, tension between physicality and spirituality charges moments with desire—an attempt towards harmony.
Drinks with Artists
May 21, 2026
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Drinks with Artists

May 21, 2026
6:00 pm
Drinks with Artists is Michael Rose's monthly series of gatherings for creative people. Fun and casual, these evenings are a great way to meet fellow artists and build community - especially for younger and emerging artists. Featuring painters Eli Kauffman and Michael Gunn, whose works are on display in the gallery.
Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Opening Reception
April 30, 2026
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Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Opening Reception

April 30, 2026
6:00 pm
“Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” asks whether you are the invisible onlooker or an active participant. Eli Kauffman and Michael Gunn harness painting’s voyeuristic nature to complicate interpersonal relationships. The paintings exist at a threshold where our internal world is acted upon, through collaboration and intimacy. Tangled foliage, Twisting cables, A cast shadow—Reach, hold, repair, tend. How do we balance relying on one another while channeling the power of that which goes unseen? This exhibition shares its title with a game played by children at slumber parties. A levitation trick that evokes the unknown, a tension with the truth of its physics.The events that unfold are recalled, heightened and eventually brought back down to earth. The disillusion of our accounts is a natural conclusion. Through melodramatic lighting and intangible ghostly presence, tension between physicality and spirituality charges moments with desire—an attempt towards harmony.
theadoore (NYC), babybaby_explores, + Or Best Offer (NYC)
April 10, 2026
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theadoore (NYC), babybaby_explores, + Or Best Offer (NYC)

April 10, 2026
8:00 pm
a la orilla Opening Reception
April 9, 2026
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a la orilla Opening Reception

April 9, 2026
6:00 pm
A la orilla gathers works by Maite Sosa Methol, an exploration of how textiles can tell stories through material investigation and knitting as a medium capable of holding memories, tensions, contradictions, and cultural codes, both personal and collective. Taking inspiration from Uruguay — a country named after a river — and its diverse landscapes and heritage, the work centers on her homeland's deep relationship to water. In her practice, water becomes material and metaphor: how it moves, erodes, reflects, and overflows. The knitted lace structures open into transparency, dyed silks ripple like tide, glass tears suspend gravity. Unlike typical textile exhibitions that highlight finished garments, a la orilla overturns the expectation of finality and refocuses on the process stage. Her creative process begins by extracting colors and forms from photographs of Uruguay's native flora, the Ceibo flower, the surface of the water, the beach as a place of relaxation and spirituality, including Iemanjá; and the protest-driven collective energy that comes from Uruguayan Carnival, Montevideo’s vivid celebrations, rituals, and traditions. These elements inform a series of color and pattern studies that are not illustrations of culture but atmospheres translated into structure, color, and rhythm. The resulting samples come together as a collection of “little universes.”
Velvet (NYC), Porcelain, Moss Boy + Minikin
April 4, 2026
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Velvet (NYC), Porcelain, Moss Boy + Minikin

April 4, 2026
8:00 pm
Aftermath Closing Reception
March 28, 2026
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Aftermath Closing Reception

March 28, 2026
8:00 pm
Plus DJ sets and cocktails. Come for the gallery, stay for the party.
Beware the Ides of March! The Hammer Party (classic American plastic record release show) with Microwaves, Mirror Men + People Eating Plastic
March 13, 2026
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Beware the Ides of March! The Hammer Party (classic American plastic record release show) with Microwaves, Mirror Men + People Eating Plastic

March 13, 2026
7:30 pm
Slow Bloom Industry Night Dinner + Clay Class
February 10, 2026
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Slow Bloom Industry Night Dinner + Clay Class

February 10, 2026
6:00 pm
Valentine’s Day special for service industry folks - beginners welcome! Make one of the following: salt cellar/bowl, amuse-bouche dish/tasting bowl, spoon rest, oil dip dish, etc. With edible art by Paula's and drinks by MWM.
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