New Music & Performative Lecture Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes by Rob Frye Ballroom Marfa is excited to announce the release of Chihuahuan Desert Birdscapes, a new album from musician and birder Rob Frye (Bitchin Bajas, CAVE, Flux Bikes). Inspired by the diverse avian populations of West Texas, Frye's album features the sounds of his handmade instruments […]
Free Form Radio Program In anticipation of International Dawn Chorus Day, the worldwide celebration of nature’s greatest avian symphony, Ballroom Marfa is presenting Birdscapes Radio. This freeform program will center on Frye’s ever-evolving collaborative, sonic exploration into the world of birds. Listeners can expect to hear down-tempo dawn chorus, historical recordings, rare sounds, and seabird […]
Ballroom has once again joined forces with Summer Shake Up, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with other community partner organizations. The summer camp is free with breakfast, lunch, and transportation provided. Students grades five through eight are invited to participate.
Kite Symphony is a multimedia collaboration between musician Roberto Carlos Lange, also known as Helado Negro, and visual artist Kristi Sword. The artists are creating a new, non-linear, and impressionistic style film and live score, as well as a new body of sculptural work that explore the landscape of West Texas
concert Newman Taylor Baker / Jace Clayton / Li(sa E.) Harris / Roberto Carlos Lange / Lori Scacco / Jamire Williams Performance Schedule 6pm Doors | Ballroom Marfa Courtyard Performances by Roberto Carlos Lange, Li(sa E.) Harris, and Jamire Williams 🌎 🌏 🌍 9pm Doors | Marfa Visitor Center Live Scores of Star Scores by […]
Ballroom has once again joined forces with Summer Shake Up, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with other community partner organizations. The summer camp is free with breakfast, lunch, and transportation provided. Students grades five through eight are invited to participate.
In November 2016, Austin-based composer Graham Reynolds returns to Marfa for the final installment of The Marfa Triptych: the chamber opera Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance.
EXHIBITION Li(sa E.) Harris Ballroom Marfa presents unlit: sof landin, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist, musician, and filmmaker Li(sa E.) Harris. Through an intuitive and experimental process, the artist explores sound as a medium for liberation and resistance. The artist creates an immersive dream space with newly commissioned works: a nine-hour composition, a non-linear […]
Summer Shake Up DJ Camp with the Chulita Vinyl Club 🪩 🪩 🪩 🪩 Ballroom joined forces with Summer Shake Up for DJ Camp 2023, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with several community partner organizations. The 2023 DJ Camp was a vinyl-only workshop led by members of the Chulita Vinyl Club ATX for Marfa […]
Performance Saturday, September 2 at Wrong Marfa’s Do Right Hall, 110 Dallas St. Doors: 7:30pm Join us for a special musical performance by Li(sa E.) Harris and bass player Burniss Earl Travis II on Saturday, September 2, 2023 at Wrong Marfa’s Do Right Hall (110 W Dallas). Li and Travis will perform an improvised set […]
concert Friday, October 6 in the Ballroom Marfa Courtyard Doors: 8:30pm Ballroom Marfa welcomes Dos Santos to Marfa for a performance in the Ballroom Marfa courtyard on Friday, October 6, 2023, in celebration of Ballroom's 20th year anniversary and the opening of Perhaps the Truth. Doors open at 8:30 and the show is free and […]
Residency Ballroom Sessions—The Farther Place supports artists and musicians to create new work. Past artists-in-residence included: Roberto Carlos Lange & Kristi Sword, EJ Hill, Elle Pérez, Johanna Unzueta, Morgan Bassichis, Jesse Chun, Li(sa E.) Harris, and Guadalupe Maravilla. Through in-depth site visits, residencies, research, studio space, or production, artists can explore nascent ideas in their […]
Summer Shake Up DJ Camp with the Chulita Vinyl Club 🪩 🪩 🪩 🪩 Calling all future DJs! Get ready to spin, scratch, and mix like the pros at DJ Camp 2024. Led by the super cool members of The Chulita Vinyl Club ATX, this week-long camp is your ticket to becoming a master of the turntables. The […]
Calder Allen August 29 The Capri Marfa 8PM Ballroom is pleased to present a Fall 2024 music series full of romance, nostalgia, and invention. This series featuring four musical acts, from across the Americas and spanning genres, will illuminate each of these artists’ unique ways of connecting with Marfa and its particular geographical, social, and […]
LA LOM September 15, 2024 The Capri Marfa 8PM Ballroom is pleased to present a Fall 2024 music series full of romance, nostalgia, and invention. This series featuring four musical acts, from across the Americas and spanning genres, will illuminate each of these artists’ unique ways of connecting with Marfa and its particular geographical, social, […]
Tim Bernardes September 28, 2024 The Capri Marfa 8PM Ballroom is pleased to present a Fall 2024 music series full of romance, nostalgia, and invention. This series featuring four musical acts, from across the Americas and spanning genres, will illuminate each of these artists’ unique ways of connecting with Marfa and its particular geographical, social, […]
