Garden of Memory | a columbarium walk-through event at the Chapel of the Chimes

Join us to celebrate the solstice again, June 21, 2023 from 5pm-9pm at Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes! Details will be revealed in the coming months!

Visit our mobile-friendly beta site for information about this year’s event and how to purchase tickets.

This year’s concert will continue to take into account concerns about covid and safety. Ticket sales will be capped at 2500 and all sold in advance- slightly more than last year, but thousands less than the last pre-covid concert in 2019. Fewer audience goers, but also fewer performers spaced throughout the building focused in the large, more ventilated spaces.

Online sales only. No sales at the door. A link for sales will be posted on EventBrite.

The program will feature simultaneous performances in different parts of the building by Bay Area composers, musicians, sound artists, and other performers presenting a variety of acoustic and electronic music, installations, and interactive events; the audience is free to move throughout the building during the performances.

If you’re interested in performing at the event, a call for proposals will be issued likely in March. Contact newmusicbayarea@gmail.com to get notified.

We have put together some previously unseen video footage from Garden of Memory 2006 and 2008. This is video that was shot for a documentary which was never finished.

photo by Michael Zelner, June 21, 2011 Laura Inserra