No Idea Festival 2026

20th annual
No Idea Festival 2026
November 20-22 • Austin
Various venues. Information + full program below.
Synopsis:
Celebrating our 20th edition, No Idea Festival 2026 curation spirals out from our opening night featuring artists from Detroit, Houston, and Norway. Work presented highlights novel intersections on the peripheries of free jazz, composition, free improvisation, and hip hop. To highlight artists' working methods, musicians move through No Idea’s format of established groups, emerging collaborations, and festival curated first-meetings.
Artist Lineup:
Spite of Darkness • Mike Khoury • Ben Hall • Indira Edwards • Ali Allan Colding • JAWWAAD's Myth & Logic (Houston/Norway) • Beth McDonald • Danny Kamins • Juan García • Alex Coke • Heloise Gold
ARTIST BIOS / PHOTOS, VENUE INFORMATION, TICKETING can be found at: noideafestival.com
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PROGRAM
Friday, November 20
KMFA Event Space (41 Navasota Street, Austin, TX 78702)
7:30pm doors; 8pm music
• in collaboration with Epistrophy Arts
Set 1: Spite of Darkness (Mike Khoury, Ben Hall, Indira Edwards, Ali Allan Colding — Detroit)
Set 2: Danny Kamins, solo (Houston)
Set 3: JAWWAAD's Myth & Logic (Houston/Norway)
Friday Night Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/no-idea-2026-friday-night-kmfa
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Saturday, November 21 (daytime)
Alienated Majesty Books (613 W 29th St. 78705)
2pm-4pm
Performance + Conversation
Detroit-based Palestinian American composer, performer, organizer Mike Khoury in conversation with Robin Williams (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at University of Michigan Museum of Art).
Saturday Afternoon Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/no-idea-2026-saturday-afternoon-alienated-majesty
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Saturday, November 21 (evening)
Alienated Majesty Books (613 W 29th St. 78705)
7:30pm doors; 8pm music
Set 1: Alex Coke / Ali Allan Colding / Matthew Frerck (festival-curated first-time meeting)
Set 2: Chicago tuba player Beth McDonald, solo
Set 3: Ben Hall / Indira Edwards / Juan García (emerging collaboration)
Saturday Night Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/no-idea-2026-saturday-night-alienated-majesty
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Sunday, November 22 (daytime)
Let's Meet for Coffee at Leon's
An afternoon of first-time collaborations
Leon & Stella's (1017-A West Milton Street, 78704)
1pm - 4pm
Sets 1-3: Groupings announced Monday, November 2
Sunday Afternoon Tickets:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/no-idea-2026-sunday-afternoon-coffee-at-leons
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Special thanks to our sponsors:
Barrett's Coffee, Tito's Vodka, Topo Chico
This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.