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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

All events are all ages unless otherwise noted, 21+ to drink with valid I.D.

The Body + TBD

May 28, 2025 8:00 PM

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The Body + TBD

Music Show
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
8:00 pm
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Cocktails

House 'Rita

$10

Daiquiri of the Moment

Rum, lime, piloncillo, makrut
$13

Tijuana Taxi

Mezcal, quinaquina, dry vermouth, banana, Avèze
$13

High Altitude Highball

Japanese whisky, Génépy, sparkling water, lemon twist
$13

Punch

Changes seasonally
$11

Death & Taxes

Reposado gin, blended scotch, Punt e Mes, Benedictine
$13

Calvados Old Fashioned

Brown butter washed Calvados, Pineau des Charentes, frankincense, verjus, Lapsang Souchong
$14

Milpa

Reposado tequila, ancestral corn whisky, pasilla chile, pepita orgeat, spiced orange cordial, lemon, chicory-pecan bitters
$14

Alternate World

Blanc vermouth, mezcal, sotol, Salers, mango, coconut, apricot salt
$14

Tropical Glitch

Pineapple infused rye, overproof rum, dry Curaçao, passion fruit, Thai dark soy sauce, lime
$14

Beer

Narragansett Lager

5%, NY
$5

Miller Lite

$5

Miller High Life

4.6%, WI
$5

Radeberger Pilsner

4.8%, GER
$8

Proclamation 'Derivative' Galaxy single-hopped pale ale

6%, RI
$12

Banded Brewing 'Norweald' North Woods stout

6.5%, ME
$12

Japas Matsurika Jasmine Pilsner

5%, BRZ
$12

Finback 'Rolling in Clouds' IPA

6.8%, NY
$12

Foam 'Alien Observer' dragonfruit gose

5%, VT
$12

Victoria Mexican Lager

4%, MEX
$7

Sacred Profane Dark Lager

4%, ME
$8

Lucky Dog Session IPA

5%, JPN
$10

Other Half Forever Ever IPA

4.7%, NY
$12

Eden Deep Cut Cider

6.2%, VT
$10

Wine, Etcetera

Piquette

Old Westminster, Maryland
$12

Prosecco

Caneva da Nani, Italy
$12

Sauvignon Blanc

Dorcha, Slovenia
$13

Rosato Piquette

Old Westminster, Maryland
$12

White Rioja

La Nevera, Spain
$10

White Burgundy

Talmard Macon-Uchizy, France
$13

Gamay Blend

Thorin, France
$10

Pinot Noir

Giapoza, California
$12

Sangiovese

Malpasso, Italy
$12

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Tourelles, Lebanon
$12

Pineau des Charentes

Brard-Blanchard, France
$8

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Machines with Magnets
400 Main Street
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

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Event Archive

Champagne Mirrors, Thorn, Apathy and Steel, Drekalo, PPG, DJ Shawn O'Sullivan
February 5, 2016
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Champagne Mirrors, Thorn, Apathy and Steel, Drekalo, PPG, DJ Shawn O'Sullivan

February 5, 2016
9:00 pm
Touring from Chicago -Champagne Mirrors: Alex Barnett - drum machine, synthesizer, tapes, vocal, c30 on the Scrapes label. Touring from NYC- P.P.G. Rose E. Kross + 51717 // Gynoid Exotica (members of further reductions, 51717). With local support: Apathy and Steel (Mark Cetilia), Drekalo (Kristin Hayter), Thorn (Tay la), and V Special Guest: Shawn O'Sullivan (DJ sets between acts).
1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: HOUSEBOY!
January 31, 2016
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1/4 Volume Noise Lounge: HOUSEBOY!

January 31, 2016
6:00 pm
The SECOND of the revived edition 1/4 Vol. Noise Lounge. A true class act, HOUSEBOY's Rebecca Mitchell (House Red, Whore Paint) and Dylan Going fashionably bring SWANK and ELEGANCE to the room while you sip ultra cool martinis and slowly fill your cheeks with sexy olives. We will be hosting GALLERY HOURS during the noise lounge, so you can check out the real artwork in there.
L.O.T.I.O.N (NYC), V Sinclair, Ligature, Savage Blind God
December 11, 2015
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L.O.T.I.O.N (NYC), V Sinclair, Ligature, Savage Blind God

December 11, 2015
8:00 pm
The NEW SHIT with The Quahogs and Convergence
December 10, 2015
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The NEW SHIT with The Quahogs and Convergence

December 10, 2015
8:00 pm
THEY'VE GONE ELECTRIC. THE NEW SHIT. That's right, The Sugar Honey Iced Tea returns to us in a new, electrified form. Playing along are our swamp-yank rock heroes The Quahogs and Convergence (Florence+James Falzone duo!) A truly magnificent event.
TIGUE, JPA Falzone, Martim Galvão + Todd Anderson
December 2, 2015
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TIGUE, JPA Falzone, Martim Galvão + Todd Anderson

December 2, 2015
8:00 pm
!!¡¡!¡¡¡¡!¡ TIGUE !¡¡!¡¡¡!!¡!¡¡¡ EXPERIMENTAL POWERHOUSE PERCUSSION TRIO TIGUE, FROM BROOKLYN, READY TO MASSAGE YOUR MIND. THEIR NEW ALBUM, PEAKS, DEBUTED NOV 13 ON NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS. CHECK OUT THEIR SINGLE "MOUTH" FEATURING Ira Kaplan and James McNew OF Yo La Tengo. The "bubbling and hovering" track is featured on stereogum. With local spectacles JPA Falzone + Martim Galvão & Todd Anderson https://martimgalvao.wordpress.com/ 8pm, $8
John Faraone, INFJ, Haunt the House, and Ian Fitzgerald
November 20, 2015
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John Faraone, INFJ, Haunt the House, and Ian Fitzgerald

November 20, 2015
7:00 pm
This is an early(ish) show! Doors are at 7pm, music starts at 8pm SHARP!!
PechaKucha Night Providence #80: Canned Presentations
November 18, 2015
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PechaKucha Night Providence #80: Canned Presentations

November 18, 2015
7:20 pm
Announcing the 80th consecutive PechaKucha Providence (er... the Greater Providence area)! This month we return to Machines With Magnets, the cool performance space/recording studio/art gallery in downtown Pawtucket. During this month of giving thanks and eating too much, we will be doing a special canned goods drive for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Please bring a canned good or other nonperishable food item to donate. In keeping with that spirit, our theme will be "canned." Presenters should feel free to interpret the theme literally, loosely, or not at all. If you haven't heard of this global yet unpronounceable phenomenon, PechaKucha is a monthly format for sharing ideas in which presenters are allotted 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide. Simply put: it's 6 minutes and 40 seconds of show and tell for grown-ups. It began in Tokyo in 2003, has since spread to over 780 cities worldwide, and first landed in Providence in March of 2009.
Coke Weed . Pixels . String Builder
November 6, 2015
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Coke Weed . Pixels . String Builder

November 6, 2015
8:00 pm
Wash yourself away in the November surf. We're turning the heat up for this one, so don your suits and shades. Coke Weed: Uncontrolled substances swelling out of Bar Harbor, ME. Pixels: Providence home-schooled garage rock. String Builder: The ever-resonant and uplifting Thibodeau Brothers.
Cloud Becomes Your Hand /// Omnivore /// Minibeast /// Host
November 5, 2015
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Cloud Becomes Your Hand /// Omnivore /// Minibeast /// Host

November 5, 2015
8:00 pm
Coming in for landing: //// Cloud Becomes Your Hand Coming in from Brooklyn, psych-rock quintet Cloud Becomes Your Hand's magical sound will take you safely over the crests of the sea's most impressive swells. //// Minibeast Minibeast is the musical creation of Peter Prescott (Mission Of Burma, Volcano Suns, Kustomized, Peer Group). Minibeast combines surf, psych, punk, easy listening, 60's children's music, and soundtrack influences to create instrumental soundscapes. Providence homies: //// OMNIVORE Providence's own Glenna Van Nostrand eats all. Riding a border between experimental electronic music and vocal performance, Omivore has been known to repurpose corded phones and electronic bits to piece together an ethereal and overwhelming sound. //// HOST Recent Providence transplant from Savannah, GA, Host, (Alex Maddalena) creates melodic, repeating compositions that build tick, wet astmospheres using a guitar and table of electronics.
All Boy / All Girl ~ Secret Lover ~ Silverteeth ~ Leiko
October 29, 2015
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All Boy / All Girl ~ Secret Lover ~ Silverteeth ~ Leiko

October 29, 2015
8:30 pm
All Boy / All Girl [[NEWYORKCITY]], Secret Lover [[WORCESTER]], Silverteeth [[NEWYORKCITY]], & Leiko [[PROVIDENCEHOMIES]]
The Quahogs . Tapestries . Pyramid . Ian O'neil and Dennis Ryan
October 24, 2015
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The Quahogs . Tapestries . Pyramid . Ian O'neil and Dennis Ryan

October 24, 2015
8:00 pm
Tour Come Back Show!! The Quahogs, Tapestries, Pyramid, & Ian O'neil and Dennis Ryan (of Deer Tick). We wish Rafay Rashid continued superhuman strength in his beastly recovery.
Ctrl + Alt + Repeat: experimental music series featuring: KONUS QUARTETT, JÜRG FREY, TOMAS KORBER
October 22, 2015
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Ctrl + Alt + Repeat: experimental music series featuring: KONUS QUARTETT, JÜRG FREY, TOMAS KORBER

October 22, 2015
8:00 pm
CTRL+ALT+REPEAT is an experimental music series that was founded in 2004 by Mark + Laura Cetilia out of an interest in exploring the intersections of electronic music, improvisation, contemporary classical music, and sound art. KONUS QUARTETT: As a chamber music ensemble whose instrumentation changes frequently, the Konus Quartet engages its audience with highly expressive and idiosyncratic sounds. Contemporary original compositions are interpreted predominantly by the quartet, but these are also contrasted with pieces from past centuries and arrangements for saxophone instrumentation. TOMAS KORBER: Born in 1979 in Zurich, Swiss-Spanish composer/improviser Tomas Korber has written numerous compositions and played improvised music since the early 90’s. He has worked solo and collaboratively. and composes music for theater- and film-productions.
Cosmic Optimism || Nadia // My Body // Crystal Ghost // TBD j
October 17, 2015
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Cosmic Optimism || Nadia // My Body // Crystal Ghost // TBD j

October 17, 2015
9:00 pm
BLACK PUS X TIMEGHOST X TIGER HATCHERY X JOEY MOLINARO X SHAMBLING MOUND
October 17, 2015
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BLACK PUS X TIMEGHOST X TIGER HATCHERY X JOEY MOLINARO X SHAMBLING MOUND

October 17, 2015
9:00 pm
An evening of cybernetic constitution. Touring Creatures: X Tiger Hatchery X welcome to the feline aviary. Free-rage-jazz birthing beasts. Accompanied by Mr Paul Flaherty. X Joey Molinaro X Bow wielding, note shaker. This guy really tears. with Local Behemoths: X Black Pus X ooozing, dripping, rattling, vibrational heartquake machine. X Timeghost X android protoplasm brewing wave motion interference. signature socket grid. bulb shock. X ...Shambling mound... X A mass of tangled vines and dripping slime rises on two trunk-like legs, reeking of rot and freshly turned earth.
GOING BOLDLY. A Star Trek Party.
October 8, 2015
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GOING BOLDLY. A Star Trek Party.

October 8, 2015
7:00 pm
Come to mankind's final frontier, Pawtucket! Where we will playing choice episodes of one of the most recognizable sci-fi franchises of all time...STAR TREK! Enjoy some special star trek cocktails, such as bloodwine, and sit back and get ready to go boldly, where no one has gone before!!!
Courtney's Birthday Partay! feat. Westeryear ☀ April Fish ☀ Courtney Swain ☀ Jaggery
October 5, 2015
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Courtney's Birthday Partay! feat. Westeryear ☀ April Fish ☀ Courtney Swain ☀ Jaggery

October 5, 2015
7:30 pm
There will be cake. There will be great music. There will be much fun. Please come and enjoy this evening with us. It will be a beautiful birthday memory for Courtney. Also, this will be an awesome chance for you to meet a fantastic musician from New Zealand, and to support local/regional music. Please PM Courtney, Mali, Emily, or Katie if you need further justifications for attending this shindig. Doors @ 7:30 Show @ 8:00 SHARP (Don't be late!) // All Ages Westeryear - Beautiful layers and harmonies of tender music that feel a warm hug. April Fish - Mysterious voices-in-your-head-esque 'proto-punk' from New Zealand. Courtney Swain - Dreamy and sorta progressive singer-songwriter sounds. Jaggery - Haunting and somewhat demented chamber-pop from Boston MA.
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