SHOWS
Upcoming
Past
Friday, February 9, 8:30PM
Mai Sugimoto with Joshua Abrams and Isaiah Spencer (Album Release Show)
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
Thursday, February 1, 8:30PM
The Brunt/Sugimoto + Ernst
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
Friday, December 16, 7:30PM
Mai Sugimoto (Solo)
Presented by Goodyear Arts
Goodyear Arts (301 Camp Rd, Charlotte, NC)
Sunday, December 11, 7PM
Mai Sugimoto Quartet Live Recording at Midnight Tea
Fine Arts Building
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Wednesday, December 7, 8PM
with Whisker (Ben Baker Billington/Andrew Scott Young)
Cafe Mustache
2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Saturday, December 3, 8:30PM
2x4 (duo with Erik Sowa)
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
Friday, November 18 & 19, 8:30PM
ChicagObihiro Album Debut Series feat. Mehata
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Thursday, November 10, 7PM
Heavy Hour Happy Hour with Andrew Scott Young/Mai Sugimoto/Scott Taylor
Cafe Mustache
2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Saturday, October 29, 2PM
Mai Sugimoto Quartet
CU Jazz Fest
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign-Urbana
Thursday, October 27, 8:30PM
Shiroishi/Sugimoto/Kohl/Ra
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
October 2 - 20, 2022
The Bridge #2.2: Don't Tell
France Tour
(various cities, FR)
Saturday, September 17
Natural Information Society (Community Ensemble feat. Ari Brown)
Guelph Jazz Festival
Market Square Stage (62-2 Carden St, Guelph, ON)
Friday, September 16
Natural Information Society (Community Ensemble feat. Ari Brown)
Guelph Jazz Festival
Royal City Mission (50 Quebec St, Guelph, ON)
Sunday, September 11, 12PM
Roger Reeves (poetry reading with music)
Printers Row Lit Fest 2022
Saturday, September 10, 8:30PM
IKZ Album Release with Mai Sugimoto (solo set)
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
Thursday, September 1, 8:00PM
MAI SUGIMOTO (solo)
ESQUINA
4602 N Western Ave, Chicago
Thursday, September 1, 2:00-3:00PM
MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET (with Fred Jackson, Ethan Philion and Isaiah Spencer)
PRESENTED BY ELASTIC ARTS
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago
Thursday, September 1, 12:15-1:15PM
with Toyoaki Jazz Ensemble
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago
Saturday, August 27, 7:00PM
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Friday, July 29, 6:30PM
MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET (with Fred Jackson, Anton Hatwich and Bill Harris)
https://navypier.org/listings/listing/water-colors
Navy Pier (Lake Stage)
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago
Monday, July 25, 8:00PM
MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET (with Fred Jackson, Anton Hatwich and Bill Harris)
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Saturday, July 23, 4:00PM
with FRED JACKSON QUINTET (with Joshua Abrams, Coco Elysses and Avreeayl Ra)
HotHouse 35th Anniversary "Pocket Festival" of Jazz and Art
3947 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Sunday, July 10, 6:00PM
MAI SUGIMOTO TRIO (with Joshua Abrams and Isaiah Spencer)
Fred Anderson Park
1629 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Thursday, June 23, 7:00PM
The Legacy Project with Chico Freeman Orchestra
Logan Center for the Arts
E 60th St, Chicago
Saturday, June 18, 8:00PM
ASIAN IMPROV ARTS PRESENTS: MAI SUGIMOTO / FRED JACKSON / ISAIAH SPENCER
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Saturday, May 7, 6:00PM
Retreat at Currency Exchange
305 East Garfield Blvd
Sunday, April 24, 5:00PM
MAI SUGIMOTO DUO (with Isaiah Spencer)
Arts + Literature Laboratory
111 S Livingston St, Madison, WI
Saturday, April 23, 7:00PM
MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET (with Fred Jackson, Anton Hatwich and Tommaso Moretti)
Compound Yellow's Side Yard Sounds
Thursday, April 7, 8:30PM
MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET (with Fred Jackson, Anton Hatwich and Bill Harris)
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Wednesday, February 9, 8:30PM
3 on 3 Series
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
CANCELLED
Thursday, February 17, 8:30PM
Mai Sugimoto Quartet
(with Fred Jackson Jr., Anton Hatwich, Bill Harris)
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
8PM
31st Annnual Winter Solstice Evening Concerts - Night 2
FRESH PALETTE ENSEMBLE
(Joshua Abrams, Jason Adasiewicz, Kioto Aoki, Tatsu Aoki , Zahra Glenda Baker, Angel Bat Dawid, Hamid Drake, Jason Stein,
Mai Sugimoto, Michael Zerang)
Sunday, January 9, 2022
7PM
Sudden Impact Series Presents:
ED WILKERSON JR/MWATA BOWDEN/MAI SUGIMOTO
Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago
Friday, November 19, 2021
7PM
MAI SUGIMOTO TRIO
26th Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival
Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago
Saturday, September 25, 2021
2:30-3:15PM
MAI SUGIMOTO TRIO
Augustana Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Friday, September 3, 2021
8:30PM (CST)
ALEX MASSA'S WATER MUSIC
Record release show
Constellation, Chicago
Monday, August 23, 2021
6PM (CST)
with NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY
Jay Pritzker Pavillion, Chicago
Thursday, August 5, 2021
6PM (CST)
Birdhouse and AIRMW Presents: MIYUMI PROJECT FEAT. FRED JACKSON, MAI SUGIMOTO, KIOTO AOKI
Night Out in the Parks
Fred Anderson Park
South Loop, Chicago
Saturday, March 20, 2021
7PM (CST)
AIRMW Presents: DA WEI WANG, MAI SUGIMOTO, KIOTO AOKI
(Joint solo album release livestreamed show )
www.twitch.tv/elasticartschicago
Saturday, October 3, 2020
ALEX MASSA'S WATER MUSIC march for Water Music on the beach
Edgewater, Chicago
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Sudden Impact presents MAI SUGIMOTO SOLO (Livestream)
Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago
Sunday, September 20, 2020
SUGIMOTO/MASSA/BARTON
outdoor live recording
2071 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Birdhouse Presents MAI SUGIMOTO with JOSHUA ABRAMS AND ISAIAH SPENCER
for Millennium Park at Home: Chicago Jazz
(online)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnK7CV5xXRs
Saturday, April 18, 2020
MAI SUGIMOTO SOLO
Hothouse Global featuring Asian Improv Arts Midwest (Livestream)
Saturday, February 22, 2020
SUGIMOTO/AOKI/RA
Live recording session
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
SUGIMOTO/GIALLORENZO/SPENCER
Elastic Arts, Chicago
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
MORAINE VALLEY CC COMBO CONCERT
7PM
Saturday, November 23, 2019
MORAINE VALLEY CC JAZZ CONCERT
7:30PM
Monday, November 18, 2019
SUGIMOTO/JONES
Myopic Books, Chicago
11/14 – Jazz at Holmes Series @ 560 Music Center, Saint-Louis, MO
THE BRIDGE with Paul Steinbeck
11/12 – The Hideout, 9PM
THE BRIDGE
11/10 – Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI
THE BRIDGE
11/09 – Logan Center for the Arts, 7PM
concert followed by a public discussion and Q&A
THE BRIDGE
11/09 – Experimental Sound Studio, 2PM
live public recording
THE BRIDGE
11/08 – Doug Fogelson Studio, 9PM
THE BRIDGE
11/07 – Sudden Sound Series @ Krannert Art Museum, Urbana, IL
THE BRIDGE
11/06 – The Promontory, 8.30PM
THE BRIDGE
11/04 – Blue Stem Jazz @ Café Coda, Madison, WI, 9PM
THE BRIDGE
11/03 – ProMusica Studio, 6PM
live public recording
THE BRIDGE
11/02 – Constellation, 8.30PM
THE BRIDGE
11/01 – The Stony Island Arts Bank, 6PM
THE BRIDGE
Monday, October 28, 2019
Alex Massa's Strange Winds - Night of The Living Dead!
at The Charleston
2076 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
MAI SUGIMOTO TRIO
at The California Clipper
1002 N California Ave, Chicago
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Jazz Faculty Showcase
at Moraine Valley Community College
9000 W College Pkwy, Palos Hills
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Samson Young World's Fair 1933
at Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Carmine Caruso Jazz Trumpet Competition Big Band (Feat. Tim Hagans and Charles Tolliver)
at DePaul University, Chicago
Monday, September 9, 2019
Alex Massa's Strange Winds
at The Charleston
2076 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago
Friday, September 6, 2019
Jeff Albert's Unanimous Sources
at Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
Thursday, August 29, 2019
8PM
MAI SUGIMOTO TRIO
at Dorian's
1939 W North Ave, Chicago
Thursday, August 29, 2019
1:45PM
MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET (with Russ Johnson)
for 41st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival
at Claudia Cassidy Theater
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
9PM
MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET (with Russ Johnson)
at Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
9PM
SUGIMOTO/ROEBKE/ZERANG
at Cafe Mustache
2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Monday, July 22, 2019
7PM
SUGIMOTO/MÖSCHING/SPENCER
at Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Friday, July 19, 2019
9PM
Tatsu Aoki's New Japan Ensemble
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Thursday, July 18, 2019
8PM
SUGIMOTO/MÖSCHING/SPENCER
at Dorian's
1939 W North Ave, Chicago
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
9PM
HANAMI
at Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago
Sunday, June 30, 2019
5:30PM
Heritage Jazz Orchestra
at Winter's Jazz Club
465 N McClurg Court, Chicago
Sunday, June 16, 2019
5:30PM
Heritage Jazz Orchestra
at Winter's Jazz Club
465 N McClurg Court, Chicago
Saturday, June 8, 2019
8PM
MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET
at Isthmus Jazz Festival
The Winnebago
2262 Winnebago St, Madison, WI