Soundwave is a Bay Area non-profit organization promoting innovative voices in sound with the most captivating sound art and performance experiences.

Soundwave NEXT PresentsKing Tides Evening

Join us for an evening of musical performances and video by artists who live and work near coasts. This year we present an international dialogue between Italy and the Bay Area- two regions  that owe much of their culture to oceans. Like the king tides which occur when the orbits and alignment of the earth, moon, and sun combine to produce the greatest tidal effects of the year, artists and creatives often preview how our cultural landscapes will change and evolve.   As sea levels continue to rise across the globe, artists across borders must strengthen our networks and deepen solidarity in order to address the climate issues of our time.  


Soundwave NEXT PresentsNew Art City Translocality Virtual Gallery 

A collaboration between Soundwave SF, Echoes App, New Art City, and Gray Area live & virtual events ongoing through 2022.


Soundwave NEXT Announces: TRANSLOCALITY, ongoing through December 2022 

Soundwave NEXT is a partnership between two veteran San Francisco arts organizations, Soundwave and Gray Area, that invites curators, artists, producers, collectives, and other parties to propose new performance-based productions with a foundation in sound. Events are ongoing through 2022.


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Soundwave NEXT is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Grants for the Arts, The Wattis Foundation and donors and viewers like you.

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