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Sonoran Desert showcase for ambient/drone/noise/experimental artists.

11/07/2025

Sine & Symbol is back in March 2026! The 4 day intermedia art and sound festival will take place in Tucson, AZ March 12th - 15th. We're warming up by hosting a fundraiser on December 6th at Wooden Tooth Records.

We're so pleased to have our friends (and 2025 S & S artists) MaiiuwaK, Raquel Denis, and Yellow Moon Temple play to help us raise preliminary funds for the festival. The show itself is $10 but you have the option to throw in an additional $20 to reserve a $30 early bird ticket for the festival, this option is only available at the December 6th show, after that the price goes up to $40 (+ online ticket fees) so make sure you come out! This is the easiest and cheapest way to support our independent DIY festival.

We hope to start announcing artists before the end of the year with many more artists to come along with venues and headliners.

11/03/2025

Another incredible Desert Drone at The Historic Y, this time in their beautiful courtyard. We're honored to be able to put on shows in such a cool atmosphere. Thank you to Jo and Kevin and the BCC Archives Commune for their help with these shows.

Dactyls and Compersion put on a great show and we're grateful to book bands and people like them. Our next show is November 18th at with and and we hope to see you there. A few more shows to come this year.

10/31/2025

Proud to once again present Tucson experimental chamber trio Compersion. An eclectic ensemble of marimba, upright bass, violin, and clarinet, this trio creates sublime grooves to help you hover just above the earth.

Sunday November 2nd The Historic Y Courtyard
300 E University Blvd.
With
All ages | $10 | notaflof
Presented with

10/29/2025

Sunday November 2nd Dactyls plays their first Desert Drone in The Historic Y Courtyard, they'll be joined by our friends Compersion to bring their experimental jazz sounds to University Ave.

Shoegaze with a jazz edge, a musical offering to the mathy stoner in us all. Tucson-based q***r indie jazz quartet Dactyls plays collaboratively written original compositions featuring electric guitar, tenor saxophone, electric bass and drums.

The Historic Y Courtyard 300 E. University Blvd

Doors 7:00pm Music 7:30pm
Dactyls
Compersion
All ages $10 no one turned away for lack of funds
Presented with

10/26/2025

We're still buzzing over here about the absolutely beautiful show at The Historic Y on October 22nd and we're gearing up to do it again on Sunday November 2nd. This time we have a 2 band bill featuring Dactyls and Compersion. If you missed out on the last show you definitely don't want to miss our first event in the Historic Y Courtyard.

The experimental Archives Commune is ongoing as well so feel free to check that out between now and then, they put together such a cool exhibit featuring Tucson's experimental past and present.

10/22/2025

Unfortunately, Dreamage has dropped off the bill for October 22nd at the Historic Y. We promise to bring them back in the new year when we can. We do have Karina Marcano opening the show now with a solo set and we're happy to have her performing. The show is now $10 as well. Still starting music at 7:30pm and we still have the experimental archives open from 6-7!

KarMar
The Listening Choir
Vulture Vault

Doors 7:00pm Music 7:30pm
$10 no one turned away for lack of funds
All ages

Historic Y Main Lobby
738 N 5th Ave

10/20/2025

DREAMAGE - October 22nd 2025

Historic Y Main Lobby
Enter at 738 N 5th Ave
Doors 7:00pm

Vulture Vault
The Listening Choir

This is a special show and we're honored to be working with Chris and Jess, better known for their legendary band This Will Destroy You, a band we've been listening to here for 19 years. Side note, Desert Drone affiliated band North (playing this Friday at Dragoon Brewing) played a show in downtown Tucson in 2006 with This Will Destroy You at long-defunct art gallery/space 36 Chambers.

10/19/2025

Tuesday, November 18th at Wave Archive we have CANTATI, Britt Warner, and Jeff Greinke performing at Desert Drone for a night of experimental ambient vibes.

CANTATI is an ethereal choral ocean bringing ancient trance vibes from the Bay Area. Artist builds waves that mutate over time, using her expansive voice to craft cavernous live-loop soundscapes and devised devotionals.

Doors 7:00pm Music 7:30pm
$12 NOTAFLOF all ages
Wave Archive | 197 E Toole Ave Tucson, AZ

10/17/2025

Dragoon's first annual HELLESFEST is upon us!

Join us for a night filled with some of Arizona's best metal bands as they celebrate the release of their newest brew: Dragoon Helles - German-style Pale Lager.

Daytripper
North
Old Animals
Manguera
With Skincage and Black Baptist doing drone interludes

Tickets available now at dragoonbrewing.com

Flier says 21+ but 18+ to enter! Doors 6pm show 7pm

10/15/2025

Proud to announce two shows of the "Happy Wife, Happy Life" Tour featuring Midwife and Amulets.

January 28th at The Rebel Lounge (co-presented with & )

February 5th at Solar Culture (co-presented with )

Locals TBA.

Tickets on sale this Friday at 10am and you can find links at desertdrone.org for both shows or through bestlifepresents.com and psykosteve.com

10/13/2025

Sunday, November 2nd, Desert Drone presents a special evening in The Historic Y Courtyard with Dactyls and Compersion. Celebrating two of our favorite local acts coming together to play music outside on a beautiful fall evening.

Dactyls - experimental jazz fusion
Compersion - experimental chamber trio

Sunday November 2nd Historic Y Courtyard 300 E University Blvd
Doors 7:00pm Music 7:30pm All Ages event

$10 entry but no one will be turned away for lack of funds

Presented in collaboration with the BCC Archives Commune, this will be an extension of the ongoing Tucson experimental archive project. For more information please visit

09/30/2025

We're thrilled for the first Desert Drone show of the new Wave Archive fall season. Friday October 3rd will be a special night with incredible touring artist Charmaine Lee, Logan Phillips making his Desert Drone debut, and Alluvium performing new material. A night of electronics, spoken word, drone, and more.

October 3rd Wave Archive 197 E Toole
Doors 7PM
$12 - 20 no one turned away from lack of funds
All ages

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