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Established in 2006, Machines with Magnets hosts experimental music performances, sound and art exhibitions and installations, performance art, film and video screenings, cultural and community events, private events, and fundraisers. Past performances include The Body, Dan Deacon, Mirah, Etran de l'Aïr, Braveyoung, Lydia Lunch, Lightning Bolt, Brown Bird, Container, and Mdou Moctar.

Upcoming Events + Tickets

All ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ with valid ID to drink

Bittersweet, Cryptwarbler, Tayla R. + Barbienoise

Thursday, June 26, 2025

8:00 pm

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Bittersweet, Cryptwarbler, Tayla R. + Barbienoise

Music Show
Thursday, June 26, 2025
8:00 pm
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Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp with DakouDakou

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

8:00 pm

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Founded in 2006 in Geneva, 90 years after Dada, by Vincent Bertholet (Hyperculte), the 12- piece Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp has released 5 albums on the highly influential Bongo Joe Records and played the European festival circuit for years. This will be their second attempt to conquer America – following the release of the latest album, Ventre Unique. The band’s name is an homage to some of the classic Congolese groups (Orchestre Tout Puissant Konono n°1, Orchestre Tout Puissant Polyrytmo, TPOK Jazz etc...) and to one of the greatest provocateurs of 20th century art. Their music mixes echoes of The Ex, Moondog, kraut rock, minimalism, high life, symphonic touches and punk outbursts - and yet, none of it is terribly relevant: OTPMD has managed to invent its own reality – or, if you prefer, a simulation. Their live performances are mesmerizing affairs with an almost ritualistic slant and arrangements so tight they seem to re-organize chaos itself.

$15 adv / $20 day of

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Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp with DakouDakou

Music Show
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
8:00 pm
$15 adv / $20 day of
Founded in 2006 in Geneva, 90 years after Dada, by Vincent Bertholet (Hyperculte), the 12- piece Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp has released 5 albums on the highly influential Bongo Joe Records and played the European festival circuit for years. This will be their second attempt to conquer America – following the release of the latest album, Ventre Unique. The band’s name is an homage to some of the classic Congolese groups (Orchestre Tout Puissant Konono n°1, Orchestre Tout Puissant Polyrytmo, TPOK Jazz etc...) and to one of the greatest provocateurs of 20th century art. Their music mixes echoes of The Ex, Moondog, kraut rock, minimalism, high life, symphonic touches and punk outbursts - and yet, none of it is terribly relevant: OTPMD has managed to invent its own reality – or, if you prefer, a simulation. Their live performances are mesmerizing affairs with an almost ritualistic slant and arrangements so tight they seem to re-organize chaos itself.
More Info + RSVP

Otherworld

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

6:00 pm

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9:00 pm

This exhibition is a love letter to the ways we create ourselves and each other, again and again, across thresholds both visible and unseen. Eli Kauffman and J Rowen O’Dwyer bring together vivid, psychologically charged paintings that explore the threshold between the physical and the mythic, the home and the holy. Their work charts the sacred rituals of queer life — from moments of pleasure to acts of care, devotion, and transformation. The home becomes a site of alchemy, the body a threshold, and queer experiences a mirror and a myth in constant renewal. The outside world serves as a mirror, a set on which to explore new versions of ourselves, and fill unexpected roles. Images drawn from play, intimacy, domesticity, and community shift between documentation and dream, honoring both the rawness and the magic of trans and queer existence. Otherworld refers to myths and realms in legends, but also to the term “Otherworldly” describing the uncanny nature of otherness, leaving the door open to new realms, for those considered outcast.

Free

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Otherworld

Wednesday, July 9, 2025
6:00 pm
9:00 pm
Free
This exhibition is a love letter to the ways we create ourselves and each other, again and again, across thresholds both visible and unseen. Eli Kauffman and J Rowen O’Dwyer bring together vivid, psychologically charged paintings that explore the threshold between the physical and the mythic, the home and the holy. Their work charts the sacred rituals of queer life — from moments of pleasure to acts of care, devotion, and transformation. The home becomes a site of alchemy, the body a threshold, and queer experiences a mirror and a myth in constant renewal. The outside world serves as a mirror, a set on which to explore new versions of ourselves, and fill unexpected roles. Images drawn from play, intimacy, domesticity, and community shift between documentation and dream, honoring both the rawness and the magic of trans and queer existence. Otherworld refers to myths and realms in legends, but also to the term “Otherworldly” describing the uncanny nature of otherness, leaving the door open to new realms, for those considered outcast.
More Info + RSVP

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Event Archive

Golden Pelicans / Sticker Shock / Funeral Cone / Song Birds
April 21, 2019
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Golden Pelicans / Sticker Shock / Funeral Cone / Song Birds

April 21, 2019
9:00 pm
Space Camp / Mar / Towanda / Wolf's Milk
April 18, 2019
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Space Camp / Mar / Towanda / Wolf's Milk

April 18, 2019
9:00 pm
Luv U Better / April 2019
April 12, 2019
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Luv U Better / April 2019

April 12, 2019
9:00 pm
Tongue Depressor/Damon Smith / Brittany Karlson
April 7, 2019
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Tongue Depressor/Damon Smith / Brittany Karlson

April 7, 2019
9:00 pm
Hamilton-Levin / Retribution Body / Laurie Amat / n0izmkr
April 6, 2019
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Hamilton-Levin / Retribution Body / Laurie Amat / n0izmkr

April 6, 2019
9:00 pm
Child Abuse / Psychic Graveyard
March 30, 2019
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Child Abuse / Psychic Graveyard

March 30, 2019
9:00 pm
Churchburn / Haxen / Hell Bent / Shabti / Fed Ash
March 29, 2019
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Churchburn / Haxen / Hell Bent / Shabti / Fed Ash

March 29, 2019
8:30 pm
Derek Holzer / Victoria Shen / Andrea Pensado / Cetilia/Greenlee
March 21, 2019
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Derek Holzer / Victoria Shen / Andrea Pensado / Cetilia/Greenlee

March 21, 2019
9:00 pm
FreakBag / Mean Siders / So Over It / FINE.
March 17, 2019
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FreakBag / Mean Siders / So Over It / FINE.

March 17, 2019
8:30 pm
Gay Old Time: A Queer Cabaret
March 16, 2019
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Gay Old Time: A Queer Cabaret

March 16, 2019
9:00 pm
Sapphogeist / Baby;Baby / UV Rapture / Early Shinada / DJ Gooby
February 2, 2019
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Sapphogeist / Baby;Baby / UV Rapture / Early Shinada / DJ Gooby

February 2, 2019
9:00 pm
The Callouts/ Weakened Friends/ Well Wisher/ HeatherRoseInClover
January 26, 2019
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The Callouts/ Weakened Friends/ Well Wisher/ HeatherRoseInClover

January 26, 2019
9:00 pm
¡ACTIVO! January 2018
January 18, 2019
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¡ACTIVO! January 2018

January 18, 2019
9:00 pm
Harsh Armadillo & Northeast Traffic
January 12, 2019
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Harsh Armadillo & Northeast Traffic

January 12, 2019
8:00 pm
Boring / Dark Tones / Drug Bug / Blossom Friend
January 10, 2019
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Boring / Dark Tones / Drug Bug / Blossom Friend

January 10, 2019
8:00 pm
The Viennagram / Quahogs / Ravi Shavi
November 17, 2018
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The Viennagram / Quahogs / Ravi Shavi

November 17, 2018
8:00 pm
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