
Music at Next Wave
Part of Next Wave 2025 and Fall 2025
Music is a fundamental part of the BAM mission—it’s right there in our name—and Next Wave 2025 offers a perfect illustration of just how wide and inclusive our view of the world of music actually is. You’ll find a career-redefining tour by a Mexican pop icon, contemporary classical chamber music mixed with hard-hitting social reporting, an opera designed by a legendary downtown iconoclast, and more. And beyond Next Wave, Les Arts Florissants will make this a holiday to remember. Come hear what you’ve been missing this Fall at BAM.
Music is a fundamental part of the BAM mission—it’s right there in our name—and Next Wave 2025 offers a perfect illustration of just how wide and inclusive our view of the world of music actually is. You’ll find a career-redefining tour by a Mexican pop icon, contemporary classical chamber music mixed with hard-hitting social reporting, an opera designed by a legendary downtown iconoclast, and more. And beyond Next Wave, Les Arts Florissants will make this a holiday to remember. Come hear what you’ve been missing this Fall at BAM.
ON SALE DATES
Thu, May 15 at 1pm ET
BAM Members and Patrons
Thu, May 22 at 1pm ET
General Public
BAM Members and Patrons get first access and save 20% on tickets through July 31, 2025
Thu, May 15 at 1pm ET
BAM Members and Patrons
Thu, May 22 at 1pm ET
General Public
BAM Members and Patrons get first access and save 20% on tickets through July 31, 2025
Leadership support for
BAM’s strategic initiatives provided by:
Leadership support for
BAM Access Programs provided by
the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for
BAM programming provided by:
Leadership support for
Next Wave 2025 provided by
National Endowment for the Arts
EXPLORE THE SEASON
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Music
Natalia Lafourcade
Apr 10—Apr 11, 2026
Natalia Lafourcade
Apr 10—Apr 11, 2026Next WaveCelebrated Mexican singer-songwriter, composer, producer, and activist Natalia Lafourcade fuses beloved traditional Latin idioms with a modern sensibility for her stripped-down, intimate Cancionera tour. -
Theater | Music
FOR REAL
Nov 19—Nov 23, 2025
FOR REAL
Nov 19—Nov 23, 2025NEXT WAVEPart theatrical radio show, part live podcast, and part collective reckoning, FOR REAL blends original live music, storytelling, and unscripted conversation in a raw, resonant act of collective listening. -
Poetry | Music | Film
I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long
Nov 18—Nov 21, 2025
I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long
Nov 18—Nov 21, 2025Next WaveCurated by Hanif Abdurraqib, a constellation of artists, writers, and performers activate BAM’s spaces, illuminating the truths of our moment via poetic imagination. -
Music | Holiday
Les Arts Florissants
Dec 5—Dec 7, 2025
Les Arts Florissants
Dec 5—Dec 7, 2025William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, one of the world’s most renowned early-music groups, return to BAM with a holiday program featuring works by French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. -
Theater | Music | Opera
What to wear
Jan 15—Jan 17, 2026
What to wear
Jan 15—Jan 17, 2026Next WaveRichard Foreman and Michael Gordon’s raucous post-rock opera is remounted for the first time in two decades, with creative direction by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar.