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Next Wave 2026

Every day from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31

At Brooklyn Academy of Music

Fort Greene

🏛️"opera house is gorgeous and great intimate place for a show"
💺Seats are cozy, leg room tight upstairs
🎭Lineup spans theater, dance, music, opera

BAM's fall festival is where performance gets weird and wonderful: daring new works from boundary-pushing veterans alongside artists making their debut on these storied stages.

Avant-garde performances
World premieres
Experimental theater
Historic venue

Tuesday, November 3

What are you into?

  • Avant-garde performances
  • World premieres
  • Experimental theater
  • Historic venue
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music
  • Fort Greene

Coming up at Brooklyn Academy of Music

  • Hope

    Hope

    Tue Nov 3

    Korean creature feature

  • Brooklyn Interns for Arts and Culture

    Brooklyn Interns for Arts and Culture

    Tue Nov 3

    Post-high school prep program

  • Word. Sound. Power in the Classroom

    Word. Sound. Power in the Classroom

    Tue Nov 3

    Teen poetry intensive

  • All events at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Upcoming nearby

  • Too Fat for China

    Too Fat for China

    Tue, Nov 3 · 6:30 PM

    Dumbo

    Solo adoption comedy

  • Tristan & Yseult

    Tristan & Yseult

    Tue, Nov 3 · 7:30 PM

    Dumbo

    Tragicomic musical love story

  • Delirium

    Delirium

    Tue, Nov 3 · 8:00 PM

    Fort Greene

    Absurdist dramatic play

  • Comedy Tonight: BYOB Stand-up Showcase Every Mon - Thurs

    Comedy Tonight: BYOB Stand-up Showcase Every Mon - Thurs

    Tue, Nov 3 · 8:00 PM

    Bushwick

    BYOB weeknight stand-up

  • Reel Sisters + BRIC Present An Evening of Staged Script Readings 2026

    Reel Sisters + BRIC Present An Evening of Staged Script Readings 2026

    Wed, Nov 4 · 6:30 PM

    Fort Greene

    Staged readings by women writers

  • Live Jazz at The Red Pavilion Neo-Noir Nightclub

    Live Jazz at The Red Pavilion Neo-Noir Nightclub

    Wed, Nov 4 · 6:30 PM

    Bushwick

    Neo-noir jazz cabaret

  • Prakash Puru // Mysteries, Et Cetera

    Prakash Puru // Mysteries, Et Cetera

    Wed, Nov 4 · 7:15 PM

    Brooklyn Heights

    Secret magic theater

  • Cold Plunge with Kurt Braunohler

    Cold Plunge with Kurt Braunohler

    Wed, Nov 4 · 7:30 PM

    Park Slope

    Stand-up comedy show

  • +16 events in the next days

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Eat & drink nearby

All · Restaurants · Bars · Cafés

  • Friday, November 6 - Chef Colby Basford

    Friday, November 6 - Chef Colby Basford

    748 m away

    Downtown Brooklyn

    Guest chef counter dinner

  • Just Jiaba Dinner by Carrie Hsu

    Just Jiaba Dinner by Carrie Hsu

    853 m away

    Downtown Brooklyn

    Communal Indonesian dinner party

  • Happy Hour at Wild

    Happy Hour at Wild

    922 m away

    Park Slope

    Gluten-free happy hour bites