Quiet Pterodactyl Anniversary Party

Quiet Pterodactyl is a Chicago-based nonprofit that supports the music and arts communities through events, fundraising, and educational resources. To celebrate, we are throwing a concert and fundraiser. Live performances include internationally renowned composer, educator, and recording artist Angel Bat Dawid, plus JOBS, 4Dgirlz, DJ All the Way Kay, and more surprises to be added.

Angel Bat Dawid - Angel Bat Dawid is a Black American Composer, Improviser, Clarinetist, Pianist, Vocalist, Educator and DJ. She has been listed on NPR Music’s “Best Albums of 2020” list and Pitchfork’s ‘Best New Music’. In 2021 she was named The Chicago Tribune’s “Chicagoan of the Year”, and has scored original music for season 2 of the critically acclaimed HBO series ‘Random Acts of Flyness’. These are only small examples of Dawid’s many accolades, accomplishments, and international touring.

JOBS - "JOBS has an uncanny knack for combining moments of conventional beauty with an almost indescribable level of musical madness" - Popmatters

"delightful and confounding in the best possible way" - Pitchfork

4Dgirlz - a project of local musicians/artists Paige Naylor and Corey Smith
DJ All the Way Kay - KayKay has been the reigning queer female DJ of the Chicago scene for more than 10 years and has held residency at numerous Chicago bars and nightclubs. While her first love is House, she is an open format DJ with an extensive collection of music that represents the best of Disco, Hip-Hop, R&B, Slow Jams, Dancehall, Baltimore Club, Vogue, Blog, Rock & Roll, Trap, Twerk and Chicago’s homebred sounds Drill and Juke. Designer by trade and DJ by craft, Kay produces experiences that seduce the audience and lures them into her meticulously cultivated audiovisual realm.

Host or Publisher Color Club