In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents a special conversation and listening session with Angel Bat-Dawid and Naima Nefertari, at the Fabric Workshop & Museum on Sunday, March 8.

Join us for another evening with centenarian powerhouse Marshall Allen as he reconvenes his ever-changing Ghost Horizons ensemble at Solar Myth on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. This special incarnation features percussionist Mikel Patrick Avery and cellist Tomeka Reid.

Ars Nova Workshop brings Danish drummer Kresten Osgood to Solar Myth for a summit of Philly jazz giants featuring Bobby Zankel, Dave Burrell and Marshall Allen on Wednesday, March 18.

Please join Ars Nova Workshop for the return of drummer/composer John Hollenbeck and his eclectic, category-defying quartet GEORGE at Solar Myth on Thursday, March 19, 2026.

Ars Nova Workshop welcomes the explosive power trio Orcutt Shelley Miller to Solar Myth on March 23, 2026.

Ars Nova Workshop welcomes the extraordinary British multi-instrumentalist Shabaka to Solar Myth, for two shows on Wednesday, March 25.

Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to welcome back the Philadelphia-born free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, celebrating the release of their bracing new album at Solar Myth on Friday, March 27, 2026.

In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents a special conversation and listening session with the Philadelphia-born free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, at the Fabric Workshop & Museum on Saturday, March 28.

In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents the Philadelphia-born free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, exploring the ecstatic  music of Don Cherry’s groundbreaking Organic Music Society at Solar Myth on Saturday, March 28, 2026.

Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a performance by the visionary producer, percussionist, composer and cosmic facilitator Carlos Niño for two nights at Solar Myth April 1-2.

Ars Nova Workshop partners with Lightbox Film Center to present the Philadelphia premiere of a new documentary about the early years of Sun Ra at Bok Auditorium on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Ars Nova Workshop is excited to welcome back Chris Speed’s Yeah No, with Cuong Vu, Skúli Sverrisson, and Jim Black, to Solar Myth on Saturday, April 11, 2026.

Ars Nova Workshop presents the boundary-crossing trumpeter, santurist, vocalist and composer Amir ElSaffar with his New Quartet at Solar Myth on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

Please join Ars Nova Workshop to celebrate the release of Epilogue, the new release from Anthony Tidd’s groundbreaking ensemble Quite Sane, at Solar Myth on Thursday, April 16.

Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a special performance by two modern masters - pipa player Min Xiao-Fen and bandura player Julian Kytasty - at Solar Myth on Sunday, April 19, 2026.

Ars Nova Workshop presents experimental composer and sound artist Olivia Block, at Solar Myth on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.

Ars Nova Workshop presents Japanese-born jazz fusion trumpeter Takuya Kuroda at Solar Myth on Wednesday, April 22.

Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to present Chicago-based composer and sound artist Sam Prekop at Solar Myth on Friday, May 1, 2026.

Ars Nova Workshop presents punk-jazz power trio The Messthetics, joined by fire-breathing saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, at Solar Myth on Friday, May 8, 2026.

Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to present Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun and his Mali project at Solar Myth on Thursday, May 14, 2026.