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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.
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
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Leadership support for
BAM’s strategic initiatives provided by:

Mellon Foundation

Leadership support for
BAM Access Programs provided by
the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

JL Greene

Leadership support for
BAM programming provided by:

Howard Gilman

Leadership support for
Next Wave 2025 provided by
National Endowment for the Arts

EXPLORE THE SEASON

  • Music

    Natalia Lafourcade

    Apr 10 & 11, 2026

    Natalia Lafourcade

    Apr 10 & 11, 2026
    Next Wave
    Celebrated 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.
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    Music

    Natalia Lafourcade

    Apr 10 & 11, 2026
    Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade gets back to basics on an intimate new tour.
  • Theater | Music

    FOR REAL

    Nov 19—23, 2025

    FOR REAL

    Nov 19—23, 2025
    NEXT WAVE
    Part 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.
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    Theater | Music

    FOR REAL

    Nov 19—23, 2025
    Original live music, storytelling, and audience participation meld in a theatrical radio show.
  • Poetry | Music | Film

    I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long

    Nov 18—21, 2025

    I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long

    Nov 18—21, 2025
    Next Wave
    Curated by Hanif Abdurraqib, a constellation of artists, writers, and performers activate BAM’s spaces, illuminating the truths of our moment via poetic imagination.
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    Poetry | Music | Film

    I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long

    Nov 18—21, 2025
    A constellation of artists, poets, and performers activate BAM’s spaces.
  • Music | Holiday

    Les Arts Florissants

    Dec 5—7, 2025

    Les Arts Florissants

    Dec 5—7, 2025
    William 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.
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    Music | Holiday

    Les Arts Florissants

    Dec 5—7, 2025
    The renowned French early-music ensemble returns to BAM with a special holiday program.
  • Theater | Music | Opera

    What to wear

    Jan 15—18, 2026

    What to wear

    Jan 15—18, 2026
    Next Wave
    Richard 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.
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    Theater | Music | Opera

    What to wear

    Jan 15—18, 2026
    Richard Foreman and Michael Gordon’s post-rock opera skewers our fixation on appearance.

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