| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | "Outline: Spring" fest.: includes Arooj Aftab | Queens, NY - Knockdown ctr. | ?pm | knockdown.center |
| May 1 | Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Jazz Ensemble | NY, NY - Birdland | 5:30pm-7 | (212) 581-3080 |
| May 1 | "Yosemite Jazz Train": Keiko Matsui | Fish Camp, CA - Sierra Nat'l. Forrest, Lewis Creek amph. | 3pm | (559) 683-7273 |
| May 2 | "Show Yourself" benefit: Milck, Alex Wong, and Tonie | NY, NY - Rockwood (+ livestream) | 8:30pm | (212) 477-4155 |
| May 2 | Miki Yamanaka trio & jam session | NY, NY - Smalls | 10:30pm & 12 (jam) | smallslive.com |
| May 2 | The Hu | Fargo, ND - Sanctuary Events ctr. | ?pm | (701) 404-9006 |
| May 2 | Thao & band | Sacramento, CA - Harlow's | ?pm | (916) 441-4693 |
| May 3 | "Noguchi at Night" benefit: Michelle Zauner and Hisham Akira Bharoocha [sold out] | Long Island City, NY - Noguchi garden museum | 7pm-10 | noguchi.org |
| May 3 | The Hu | Lincoln, NE - Bourbon theatre | 8pm | bourbontheatre.com |
| May 4 | Son Lux | Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground | ?pm | (647) 351-9001 |
| May 4 | The Hu | Kansas City, MO - The Truman | ?pm | (816) 205-8560 |
| May 4 | Raveena | Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge | ?pm | (303) 291-1007 |
| May 4 | Thao & band | Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up | ?pm | (858) 481-8140 |
| May 5 | Japanese Breakfast | Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian theatre | ?pm | (412) 746-9988 |
| May 5 | Son Lux | Detroit, MI - Leland City club | ?pm | (313) 962-2300 |
| May 6 | "Friday Cheers": Japanese Breakfast [cancelled] | Richmond, VA - Brown's Island | ?pm | venturerichmond.com |
| May 6 | The Hu | Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot | ?pm | (248) 858-9333 |
| May 6 | Son Lux | Milwaukee, WI - Cactus club | ?pm | (414) 897-0663 |
| May 6 | Vijay Iyer & friends play works in dialogue with writings of Prof. Eve Ewing | Chicago, IL - UChicago, Logan ctr. | 7:30pm | (773) 702-2787 |
| May 6 | Thao | LA, CA - Teragram | ?pm | (213) 689-9019 |
| May 6 | Covet | San Diego, CA - House of Blues | ?pm | (619) 299-2583 |
| May 7 | Japanese Breakfast | Norfolk, VA - The Norva | ?pm | (757) 627-4547 |
| May 7 | Raveena [sold out] | Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall | ?pm | lh-st.com |
| May 7 | The Hu | Bloomington, IL - Castle Theatre | ?pm | (309) 820-0352 |
| May 7 | Great Wall Youth Orch. | Sacramento, CA - Calif. State RR museum | 1pm & 3 | purplesilk.org |
| May 7 | Thao | SF, CA - The Fillmore | ?pm | (415) 346-6000 |
| May 8 | The Hu | Columbus, OH - Newport Music hall | ?pm | (614) 461-5483 |
| May 8 | Raveena | Detroit, MI - El Club | ?pm | (313) 757-7942 |
| May 9 | "Show Yourself" benefit: Raye Zaragoza, Alex Wong, and Sarah Kang | NY, NY - Rockwood (+ livestream) | 8:30pm | rockwoodmusichall.com |
| May 9 | Covet | Austin, TX - Antoine's | ?pm | (512) 814-0361 |
| May 10 | Son Lux | Seattle, WA - Neptune theatre | ?pm | (206) 682-1414 |
| May 11 | Kikagaku Moyo [sold out] | Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace | 8pm | (416) 532-1598 |
| May 11 | The Hu | Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballrm. | ?pm | (502) 583-4555 |
| May 12 | Kikagaku Moyo | Montreal, QC - La Tulipe | 8pm | (514) 529-5000 |
| May 12 | Asia North fest.: Dong Xi (Chao Tian -yangchin; Tom Teasley -perc.) | Baltimore, MD - Stillpointe Theatre | 8pm | https://www.towson.edu/asianorth |
| May 12 | Thuy | Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground | 8pm | (647) 351-9001 |
| May 13 | Walking Windows fest.: Kikagaku Moyo | Winooski, VT - main stage | 7:20pm | walkingwindows.com |
| May 13 | John Chin trio | NY, NY - Mezzrow | 10:30pm & 12 (jam) | (646) 476-4346 |
| May 13 | The Hu | Portland, ME - State theater | ?pm | (207) 956-6000 |
| May 13 | Michael Seyer | Detroit, MI - DIME, The Underground | ?pm | (313) 223-1600 |
| May 13 | covet | Nashville, TN - Exit/In | ?pm | (615) 321-3340 |
| May 13 | Son Lux | SF, CA - August hall | ?pm | (415) 872-5745 |
| May 14 | Kikagaku Moyo | Boston, MA - Royale | pm | (617) 338-7699 |
| May 14 | Walking Windows fest.: Japanese Breakfast [sold out] | Winooski, VT - main stage | 8:50pm | walkingwindows.com |
| May 14 | The Hu | Albany, NY - Empire Live | ?pm | (518) 900-5900 |
| May 14 | Thuy | Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right | 7pm | (718) 599-5800 |
| May 14 | "Zero Cohesion" fest.: includes Amirtha Kidambi & Matteo Liberatore | Wash., DC - Rhizome DC | 7pm | rhizomedc.org |
| May 14 | covet | Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade, Hell | ?pm | (404) 577-8178 |
| May 14 | Hiroya Tsukamoto | Plymouth, IN - Wild Rose Moon | 4pm (radio show) & 8 | (574) 276-1185 |
| May 14 | Michael Seyer | Milwaukee, WI - Cactus club | ?pm | (414) 897-0663 |
| May 14 | Son Lux | Felton, CA - Felton music hall | ?pm | (831) 704-7113 |
| May 15 | Amirtha Kidambi & Matteo Liberatore | Philadelphia, PA - Rotunda | 8pm | (267) 934-3705 |
| May 15 | No-No Boy | Wash., DC - Songbyrd | 7pm | (202) 544-5500 |
| May 15 | Ravish Momin workshops (pt. 1: Abletron, looping stations & live perc. / pt. 2: production techniques) | Asheville, NC - Asheville Rhythm studio | 3pm (pt.1) & 5 (pt. 2) | ashevillepercussionfestival.com |
| May 15 | covet | Orlando, FL - HENAO cc | ?pm | (407) 272-0317 |
| May 15 | Michael Seyer | Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village | ?pm | (773) 654-3971 |
| May 15 | "Bloom Shaboom" fest.: Aireene Espiritu | SF, CA - Burrows Pocket Park | noon | (415) 715-6746 |
| May 15 | Son Lux | LA, CA - Fonda theatre | ?pm | (323) 464-6269 |
| May 15, 16 | "Show Yourself" benefit: Vienna Teng, Alex Wong, and Jasmine Jang [Mon. - live sold out] | NY, NY - Rockwood (+ livestream) | 9pm/Sun.; 8:30/Mon. | rockwoodmusichall.com |
| May 16 | Kikagaku Moyo [sold out] | Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere | ?pm | elsewherebrooklyn.com |
| May 16 | The Hu | Wash., DC - Warner theater | ?pm | (202) |
| May 16 | Sunken Cages (Ravish Momin) | Athens, GA - ATHICA | 7:30pm | (706) 389-5450 |
| May 17 | Kikagaku Moyo and Miho Hatori | Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere | ?pm | elsewherebrooklyn.com |
| May 17 | Michael Seyer | Denver, CO - Ophelia's Electric Soapbox | ?pm | (303) |
| May 18 | No-No Boy [7pm - sold out] | NY, NY - Rockwood | 7pm & 10:30 | (212) 477-4155 |
| May 18 | Kikagaku Moyo | Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer | pm | (215) |
| May 18 | Covet | Wash., DC - Union Stage | pm | unionstage.com |
| May 18 | Michael Seyer | Salt Lake City, UT - The Beehive | ?pm | ( |
| May 19 | No-No Boy (o/f M. Glaspy) | Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm studios | 7pm | (845) 679-2744 |
| May 19 | Jae Jin | NY, NY - midtown | 7:30pm | sofarsounds.com/events/39194 |
| May 19 | The Hu | Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore | ?pm | (980) 266-6460 |
| May 19 | Sunken Cages | Memphis, TN - Crosstown Arts | 7:30pm | (901) 507-8030 |
| May 19 | Michael Seyer | Boise, ID - The Shredder | ?pm | (208) 345-4355 |
| May 20 | beabadoobee | Jacksonville, FL - Underbelly | 7pm | (904) 699-8186 |
| May 20 | Sunken Cages | St. Louis, MO - LEMP Arts | 4pm | (314) 771-1096 |
| May 20 | Vijay Iyer Trio | Santa Fe, NM - Lensic CPA | 7:30pm | (505) 988-1234 |
| May 21 | Hangout music fest.: beabadoobee [sold out] | Gulf Shores, AL - The Hangout, Mermaid stage | 8:30pm | hangoutmusicfest.com |
| May 21 | Vijay Iyer Trio | Scottsdale, AZ - Scottsdale PAC | 8pm | (480) 499-8587 |
| May 22 | Sarah Kang | NY, NY - Rockwood | 8:30pm | (212) 477-4155 |
| May 22 | "AAPI Jazz Fest.": Victor Lin, Julius Tolentino, Ace Wms., Kevin Sun, Austin Zhang, Helen Sung, Lisa Liu, Tyler Kaneshiro, and Birsa Chatterjee | Newark, NJ - Rutgers-Newark, Great Hall & Clement's Pl. (+ livestreams) | 1:30pm-9:30 | yardbirdent.com |
| May 22 | Eri Yamamoto (piano) & Ikuo Takeuchi (drums) | Baltimore, MD - An die Musik (+ livestream) | 2pm | andiemusiklive.com |
| May 22 | Covet | Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground | co?pm | (647) 351-9001 |
| May 23 | KAYE, Alex Wong, and Dylan Adler | NY, NY - Rockwood (+ livestream) | 8:30pm | (212) 477-4155 |
| May 23 | Beabadoobee | Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel | ?pm | (828) 398-1837 |
| May 24 | Covet | Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB | ?pm | (438) 289-9994 |
| May 24 | Owen Chen quintet | NY, NY - Rockwood | 9pm | (212) 477-4155 |
| May 24 | Michael Seyer | Sacramento, CA - Harlow's, Starlet rm. | ?pm | (916) 441-4693 |
| May 25 | Covet | Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground | ?pm | (647) 351-9001 |
| May 25 | Kikagaku Moyo | Detroit, MI - El Club | ?pm | (313) 757-7942 |
| May 25 | The Hu | Little Rock, AR - The Hall | ?pm | (501) 406-1364 |
| May 26 | Erika Matsuo | NY, NY - Rockwood | 7pm | (212) 477-4155 |
| May 26 | "AAPI Celebration": Keigo Hirakawa trio and Mark Joshua | Dayton, OH - Dayton Art Inst., Shaw Gothic Cloister | 5:30pm | (937) 223-4278 |
| May 27 | Son Lux | New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa | ?pm | (504) 571-5522 |
| May 27 | The Hu | Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theatre | ?pm | (405) 708-6937 |
| May 27 | BottleRock fest.: Madame Gandhi and Kikagaku Moyo | Napa, CA - Napa Valley Expo, Allianz stage | 2:30pm/MG & 5:15/KM | bottlerocknapavalley.com |
| May 27 | Grex | Oakland, CA - Oakland.Secret | 11pm | fb: events/594788204902205 |
| May 28 | "Wilco's Solid Sound fest.": Japanese Breakfast | No. Adams, MA - Mass MoCA | 7:30pm | solidsoundfestival.com |
| May 28 | Son Lux | Atlanta, GA - King Plow arts ctr., Terminal West | ?pm | (404) 876-5566 |
| May 28 | Buzzfest: The Hu | The Woodlands, TX - CWM Pavilion | ?pm | (281) 364-3010 |
| May 28 | Kikagaku Moyo [sold out] | SF, CA - August hall | 8pm | (415) 872-5745 | M
| May 30 | Francis Wong Special Quartet | SF, CA - Bird and Beckett (+ livestream) | 5pm-7 | |
| May | Ensemble 4 These Times plays works by 9 living women composers, including: Weiwei Miao, Chen Yi, and Vivian Fung (previously recorded) | SF, CA - YouTube and Facebook | 7pm | https://centerfornewmusic.com |
| May | "Biophilia Records fest.": Rajna Swaminathan | NY, NY - livestream | 6:15pm-6:45 | https://biophiliarecords.com |
| May | "Identity: Project Blue Marble": includes Phum Viphurit, Miyavi, Yuna, and others | LA, CA - livestream | 2pm-10 | twitch.tv/amazonmusic |
| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Che Chen (recorder/voice/organ) | Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool | 2pm | (718) 609-0484 |
| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Guitar Wolf | Lancaster, PA - Tellus360 | ?pm | (717) 393-1660 |
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