This event is in the past.It took place on August 28, 2026 at Thunderbird Café & Music Hall.

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Fermented Beats

August 28 at 7pm

At Thunderbird Café & Music Hall

Central Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh

📧Email [email protected] for accessible seating accommodations
🎟️All ticket sales are final
🚶Plan for a walk if parking is limited

Celebrate the end of a chapter for Fermented Beats' current lineup with a night of progressive jazz fusion, neo-classical, avant-rock, and funk featuring support from blott and the Alfomega.

Local music showcase
Progressive jazz fusion
Art rock
Experimental prog

Fermented Beats

Pittsburgh genre-bending instrumental collective blending psych rock, jazz, experimental prog and neo‑classical

Headliner


Fermented Beats creates bass‑driven instrumental music with engaging horns, clarinet, saxophone and effects, drawing on psych rock, jazz, experimental prog and neo‑classical influences. The collective is rooted in Pittsburgh and explores abstract, gritty, and experimental themes.

blott

blott

Highland Park‑based five‑piece art rock/neo‑fusion band with synthesizer‑heavy, prog‑funk improvisations


blott, formed in 2025, is a five‑piece art rock/neo‑fusion group led by keyboardist and composer Henry Schultz. Their live shows feature bombastic, synthesizer‑heavy originals with chaotic improvisation, ambient soundscapes, and glimmers of prog and funk.

the Alfomega

the Alfomega

Pittsburgh progressive improvisational ensemble blending avant‑rock and experimental jazz


the Alfomega is a Pittsburgh‑based group founded by Cecily McGowan and Chris Wood, combining ascendant musicianship, unique soundscapes, and progressive songcraft with exploratory improvisation.