| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2 | Dance with the Dead | Houston, TX - White Oak music hall | ?pm | (713) 237-0370 |
| Dec 2 | Ginalina | Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Science World | 11am-11:45 | (604) 443-7440 |
| Dec 2 | "BMI acoustic lounge": includes Nyah | LA, CA - Hotel Cafe | 6:45pm | (323) 461-2040 |
| Dec 4 | Wonho | Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Midtown | 8pm | (832) 767-0513 |
| Dec 4 | Yde | LA, CA - Hotel Cafe | 10:30pm | (323) 461-2040 |
| Dec 5, 6 | Erena Terakubo quartet | NY, NY - Dizzy's club | 11pm | (212) 258-9595 |
| Dec 5 | Yukimi | Santa Ana, CA - Observatory, Constellation rm. | 7:30pm | (714) 957-0600 |
| Dec 6, 7 | Grace Kelly | Natick, MA - tcan | 8pm | (508) 647-0097 |
| Dec 6 | Hiroya Tsukamoto | Santa Monica, CA - McCabes | 8pm | (310) 828-4497 |
| Dec 7 | Erena Terakubo big band | NY, NY - Dizzy's club | 11pm | (212) 258-9595 |
| Dec 7 | "No Rest" fest.: Patrick Shiroishi | Detroit, MI - El Club | 8pm-8:15 | (313) 757-7942 |
| Dec 7 | gabby fluke-mogul (violin) & Nava Dunkelman (perc.) | St. Louis, MO - Pulitzer Arts Foundation | 7pm-9 | (314) 754-1850 |
| Dec 7 | "Songs at Summerstead": Alex Wong | Lakewood, CO - 891 Garrison, Big Barn | 7pm | eventbrite.com |
| Dec 7 | Sabai | LA, CA - Hollywood Palladium | ?pm | (323) 962-7600 |
| Dec 7 | Hiroya Tsukamoto | Santa Ana, CA - Organic Sounds | 7pm | (949) 829-1001 |
| Dec 7 | Dance with the Dead | Santa Ana, CA - Observatory, Constellation rm. | 7pm | (713) 957-0600 |
| Dec 8 | Keiko Matsui Christmas with Jeff Kashiwa, Nicole Henry, Ilya Serov, and others | Altamonte Springs, FL - Hilton Orlando - Alta. Spr. | 7pm | (386) 681-7007 |
| Dec 8, 9 | Yukimi | LA, CA - Troubadour | ?pm | troubadour.com |
| Dec 9 | Ginalina | Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Science World | 11am-11:45 | (604) 443-7440 |
| Dec 10 | Dance with the Dead | LA, CA - Echoplex | ?pm | (213) 413-8200 |
| Dec 11 | Ikue Mori (laptop), Zeena Parkins (harp), Charmaine Lee (voice), & Lotte Anker (sax) | NY, NY - New School, Glass Box theatre | 8:30pm | thestonenyc.com |
| Dec 12 | C&M Becker (piano), J. Curtis (violin), Mario Gotoh (viola), Michael Nicolas (cello), & Nava Dunkelman (perc.) play works by Pauchi Sasaki | NY, NY - Lincoln Ctr., Rubinstein atrium | 7:30pm | (212) 875-5456 |
| Dec 13 | Maita | Portland, OR - Mississippi studios | ?pm | (503) 288-3895 |
| Dec 13 | Sabai | San Diego, CA - Bloom | ?pm | (619) 800-0991 |
| Dec 14 | "Reduction": Tsukasa Taiko + Hyakkyu Fukuhara, Nicole Mitchell, Hamid Drake, and others | Chicago, IL - MCA, Neeson theater | 7pm-8:30 | airmw.org |
| Dec 14 | Sabai | Tempe, AZ - Sunbar | ?pm | (480) 687-8409 |
| Dec 14 | Dance with the Dead | Vancouver, BC - The Pearl | ?pm | thepearlvancouver.com |
| Dec 14 | Maita | Trout Lake, WA - Trout Lake hall | ?pm | (509) 637-3120 |
| Dec 14 | Aki Kumar | Oakland, CA - The Sound Rm. | 7:30pm-10 | (510) 708-9691 |
| Dec 14 | Parol Lantern Fest.: Kulintaiko | SF, CA - Yerba Buena arts ctr. | 6:45pm-7:05 | parollanternfestival.com |
| Dec 15 | "Have bow will travel": includes Lan Tung (erhu, vocals), Sutrisno Hartana (rebab, suling, vocals) and others | Vancouver, BC - Annex | 4pm | soundofdragon.com |
| Dec 15 | Maita | Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern | ?pm | (206) 784-4880 |
| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16 | Ginalina | Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Science World | 11am-11:45 | (604) 443-7440 |
| Dec 17 | Yuma Abe | Portland, OR - Polaris hall | ?pm | (503) 240-6088 |
| Dec 18 | Yuma Abe | Vancouver, BC - The Pearl | ?pm | thepearlvancouver.com |
| Dec 19 | Ashley Hamel | Hartford, CT - Arch Street Tavern | ?pm | (860) 246-7610 |
| Dec 19 | "Contemporary East I": Do Yeon Kim quartet and Leo Chang's Yong Mong project | Brooklyn, NY - Roulette | 8pm | (917) 267-0363 |
| Dec 19 | Ginalina | Vancouver, BC - Harbour Green Pk., Geodesic dome | ?pm | destinationdowntown.co |
| Dec 19 | Yuma Abe | Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's | ?pm | (206) 441-4618 |
| Dec 20 | Hiroya Tsukamoto | Bath, ME - Annex | 7:30pm | CCAC: (207) 442-8455 |
| Dec 20 | "Contemporary East II": Lesley Mok's The Living Collection band and Yuko Fujiyama duos (with M. Orihara -dance; L. Mok -perc.; R. Dick -flute) | Brooklyn, NY - Roulette | 8pm | (917) 267-0363 |
| Dec 20 | Pauline Lay & Lina Tullgren and Chris Corsano / Dylan Fujioka / Carlos Giffoni / Patrick Shiroishi | LA, CA - 2220 arts + archives | 8pm | (213) 277-1987 |
| Dec 21 | Hiroya Tsukamoto | Portsmouth, NH - Button Factory stage | 7pm | (603) 430-9722 |
| Dec 21 | Owen Chan & friends play Studio Ghilbli + anime jazz | Brooklyn, NY - Red Pavilion | 6pm-7:40 | theredpavilion.com |
| Dec 21 | LiNG | NY, NY - Silvana | 7:30pm-8:05 | (646) 692-4935 |
| Dec 21 | Akiko Tsuruga quartet | NY, NY - Roxy hotel bar | 8pm-10 | (212) 519-6661 |
| Dec 21 | Tashi Dorji & Min Xiao-Fen (o/f Mary Lattimore) | Asheville, NC - AyurPrana listening rm. | 8pm | (828) 785-5228 |
| Dec 21 | Yuma Abe | Austin, TX - The 13th floor | ?pm | (512) 917-8848 |
| Dec 21 | No Sweet Carolines | Vancouver, BC - Harbour Green Pk., Geodesic dome | ?pm | destinationdowntown.co |
| Dec 22 | Ashley Hamel | Brooklyn, NY - Gold Sounds bar | 7:30pm | (646) 272-8977 |
| Dec 22 | Daniel Lew | Vancouver, BC - Harbour Green Pk., Geodesic dome | ?pm | destinationdowntown.co |
| Dec 26 | BettySoo | Austin, TX - Continental Gallery | ?pm | (512) 441-2444 |
| Dec 27 | Akiko Tsuruga quartet | Brewster, NY - Uncle Cheef | 7:30pm-10 | (845) 793-2717 |
| Dec 27, 28 | Vienna Teng and Alex Wong | Berkeley, CA - Freight & Salvage (livestream - Sat.) | 8pm | (510) 644-2020 |
| Dec 27 | Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee (reeds), N. Reeves (cello), M. E.A. (gtr.), & S. Lefebvre (drums) | Berkeley, CA - The Back Rm. | 8pm-9:30 | (510) 381-1997 |
| Dec 28 | Dengue Fever | Long Beach, CA - Alex's bar | ?pm | (562) 434-8292 |
| Dec 30, 31 | Dengue Fever | SF, CA - The Chapel | ?pm | (415) 551-5157 |
| Dec 31 | Grace Kelly | Indianapolis, IA - Jazz Kitchen | 7:30pm & 10:30 | (317) 253-4900 |
| Dec 31 | Manisha Eerabathini, Karthik Malyala, Sunny Jain, and others | Frisco, TX - Frisco Flyers event ctr. | 8pm | (270) 695-7550 |
| Dec 31 | Aki Kumar & Kirk Fletcher + Sam Rudin | Berkeley, CA - The Back Rm. | 8:30pm | (510) 381-1997 |
| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | Dheepa and Mingko | NY, NY - Rockwood music hall | 7pm/D; 10:30/M | (212) 477-4155 |
| Dec | "Catalytic Sound Fest.": includes Otay::Onii, Thom Nyugen & Alex Zhang Hungtai, MANAS + Che Chen, Alex Zhang Hungtai & Patrick Shiroishi, and Beam Splitter | Asheville, NC - Static Age records | 7pm | (828) 254-3232 |
| Dec | Motoko Honda (piano) / Danny Kamins (sax) / Jordan Glenn (drums) and Naomi Ho / Tasneem Khan / Skyler Lee Baysa | Oakland, CA - Mosswood Chapel | 2pm | sfsound.org |
| Dec | Baek Yerin | LA, CA - Belasco | 7pm | (213) 531-0580 |
| Dec | Che Chen, Patrick Shiroishi, & Alex Zhang Hungtai | Philadelphia, PA - Asian Arts Initiative | 7pm | (215) 557-0455 |
| Dec | Che Chen, Patrick Shiroishi, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Barry Weisblat, & Talice Lee | Kingston, NY - Tubby's | ?pm | tubbyskingston.com |
| Dec | Tomi, Hokago, and Ayumi Ishito group | NY, NY - Rockwood music hall | 6pm/T, 10/H, 11/AI | (212) 477-4155 |
| Dec | Akiko Tsuruga trio | NY, NY - Cellar Dog | 7pm-11 | (212) 675-6056 |
| Dec | Golden Child | Monterrey, NL - Teatro de la Anda | 8pm | boletopolis.com |
| Dec | SF9 | Denver, CO - Fillmore aud. | ?pm | (303) 837-0360 |
| Dec | Ken Kobayashi quartet | NY, NY - Silvana | 7pm-9 | (646) 692-4935 |
| Dec | Golden Child | Guadalajara, Jal - Bugambilias show ctr. | 7pm | boletopolis.com |
| Dec | Rahul Shah jazz band | NY, NY - Silvana | 10pm-12 | (646) 692-4935 |
| Dec | Golden Child | CDMX - Fronto'n | 7pm | boletopolis.com |
| Dec | Rahul Shah band | NY, NY - Silvana | 10pm | (646) 692-4935 |
| Dec | Listeso string quartet plays anime' works by Joe Hisaishi | Toronto, ON - Metropolitan com'y. church | 6:30pm | listeso.com |
| Dec | Listeso string quartet plays anime' works by Joe Hisaishi | Toronto, ON - Metropolitan com'y. church | 6:30pm | listeso.com |
| Dec | Hiroya Tsukamoto - fingerstyle guitar workshop and show | Pine Plains, NY - Sissing ctr. | 3pm/w; 7pm/show | (518) 771-3339 |
| Dec | Bryan Wang | NY, NY - Rockwood | 3pm | rockwoodmusichall.com |
| Dec | Karl Evangelista (gtr.) & Ben Goldberg (clrnt.) | SF, CA - Make-Out Rm. | 7pm | makeoutroom.com |
| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | Rahul Shah and Lang Xie | NY, NY - Silvana | 7pm/RS; 9/LX | (646) 692-4935 |
| Dec | Listeso string quartet plays anime' works by Joe Hisaishi | Wash., DC - Miracle theatre | 6:30pm & 9 | (202) 400-3210 |
| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
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| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
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| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
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| Dec | Tsuyoshi Niwa trio and Kihong Jang duo | NY, NY - Tomi | 8pm-11/TN; 11-12:30/KJ | (646) 497-1254 |
| Dec | Ryoju Fukushiro trio | NY, NY - Tomi | 11pm-12:30 | (646) 497-1254 |
| Dec | Takenori Nishiuchi quintet | NY, NY - Tomi | 10:30pm-1 | (646) 497-1254 |
| Dec | Ken Kobayashi trio | NY, NY - Tomi | 6pm-7:30 | (646) 497-1254 |
| Dec | Steve Hung | Baltimore, MD - Christmas Village | 5pm | baltimore-christmas.com |
| Dec | Glades | LA, CA - The Echo | 7pm | (213) 413-8200 |
| Dec | Tsuyoshi Yamamoto trio | NY, NY - Tomi | 9pm-11:30 | (646) 497-1254 |
| Dec | "Merry Mart": Steve Hung | Baltimore, MD - Creative Alliance, Marquee lounge | noon-2 | (410) 276-1651 |
| Dec | Surabhi Ensemble | Chicago, IL - Temple gallery | 4pm | surabhiensemble.org |
| Date | Artist(s)/Event | Place | Time | Info./Tix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | Miki Yokoyama trio | NY, NY - Kitano jazz lounge | 8pm-11 | (212) 885-7119 |
| Dec | Ryoju Fukushiro trio | NY, NY - Tomi | 8pm-11 | (646) 497-1254 |
| Dec | Concert for Peace: Fulcrum Pt. Ensemble and guests play works by Reena Esmail, Shirish Korde, and Vijay Iyer (where Iyer plays his film score) | Chicago, IL - DePaul, Holtschneider Perf. Ctr., Gannon hall | 7pm | (773) 325-5200 |
| Dec | Tomoaki Baba trio and Paul JB Lee trio | NY, NY - Tomi | 8pm-11/TB; 11-12:30/PL | (646) 497-1254 |
| Dec | Emi Makabe trio | Brooklyn, NY - Ibeam | 8:30pm-10 | (646) 456-6532 |
| Dec | Jasper Dutz and AfuriKo | NY, NY - Tomi | 7pm-9:30/JD; 10-12:30/AK | (646) 497-1254 |
| Dec | Satoko Fujii & Kappa Maki | Brooklyn, NY - Ibeam | 8:30pm-10:30 | (646) 456-6532 |
| Dec | Ikue Mori (laptop), Will Bernard (gtr.), Brian Chase (drums), & Yuka Honda (kybd.) | NY, NY - New School, Glass Box theater | 8:30pm | thestonenyc.com |
| Dec | "Festival Nites with Guelphites": includes Preetam Sengupta | Guelpph, ON - Guelph Black Heritage Society | 7:30pm | fb: preetamsengupta |
| Dec | Kengo Yamada quintet | NY, NY - Tomi | 9pm-11:30 | (646) 497-1254 |
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