The Outside Presents
The Outside Presents is a free quarterly concert series of experimental music in Yellow Springs, OH. Presented by WYSO's experimental music show, The Outside, the series aims to connect local audiences with artists and composers from around southwest Ohio, the Midwest, and beyond.
Our season three closer, "Ecstatic Pastoral", is Monday, June 22, 2026, at 7 PM at the performance space at the Foundry Theater at Antioch College, and presents an evening of electric/acoustic rhythms and drones from the coast to Appalachia, featuring:
Setting
North Carolina Appalachian jazz-folk-kosmiche, blending tape loops, strings, percussion and electronics into an engrossing propulsive and drone-filled sound // featuring members of Pelt, Califone, Mind Over Mirrors, Black Twig Pickers, and more
a&h / Big Bend
NYC & Mansfield, OH winds, keys, and strings, new collaboration w/ debut album forthcoming on Dead Currencies
and psychedelic liquid light visuals from Dayton's SOS Lightshow
The Outside Presents is a free, open to the public concert series thanks to support from Yellow Springs Community Foundation, Yellow Springs Brewery, Omega Music, Lucky Bunny Tattoo, Tweedle D's, Three Ten Bed and Breakfast, and HydeOut Skates.
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Previous shows include:
The Outside Presents, 25/6 Season:
12/6/25 - Rock and Roll's The Gateway: Dana / Swisher / Elite Terrorism Modulus
8/30/25 - Midwestern Ambience: Landon Caldwell / Nick Keeling / visuals by SOS Lightshow
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The Outside Presents, 24/25 Season:
6/12/25 - Strings As A Surface: Sandy Ewen / Pete Fosco / visuals by SOS Lightshow
3/3/25 - We've Got Songs To (Sing): Hour / Adelyn Strei / Kate Wakefield / visuals by Yesteronics
12/7/24 - Drone In December: Powers/Rolin Duo / Dead Winds of Summer / visuals by SOS Lightshow
9/13/24 - An Evening With Orange Milk: Seth Graham/More Eaze Duo / Giant Claw
24/25 season support comes from:
Yellow Springs Community Foundation, Yellow Springs Brewery, The Barrel House, and Omega Music.
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The Outside Presents, 23/24 Season:
6/10/24 - Tongue Depressor / Wasteland Jazz Unit / visuals by SOS Lightshow
4/14/24 - Mike Collino / Stravaig
2/10/24 - Equipment Pointed Ankh / Fritz Pape / visuals by SOS Lightshow
12/10/23 - Rob Funkhouser / Alex York
23/24 season support comes from:
Ohio Arts Council, Stephanie & Rex Dickey, Yellow Springs Brewery, The Barrel House, and Omega Music.
