Long Play Festival at Pioneer Works
Oneohtrix Point Never, Kali Malone, Stephen O'Malley, and more.
Pioneer Works, in collaboration with Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival and and Public Records, is excited to present three concerts: two nights with Oneohtrix Point Never to open this year’s Long Play festival, and an evening with composer Kali Malone with Stephen O'Malley and Lucy Railton.
On April 29 & 30, Oneohtrix Point Never peforms his only announced performances in the U.S. for this year. These New York shows are a rare opportunity to hear his widely celebrated album, Tranquilizer (2025). His set will be accompanied by multidisciplinary artist Freeka Tet’s singular live visual aesthetic. The opening show on Wednesday, April 29, will feature a performance by jazz keyboard player and composer John Medeski (of Medeski Martin & Wood), and on Thursday, April 30, the evening will kick off with a performance by composer and electronic musician, Tyondai Braxton.
On Friday, May 1, composer Kali Malone performs Does Spring Hide Its Joy with Stephen O'Malley and Lucy Railton with an opening set by acclaimed accordionist and multi-instrumentalist Walt McClements.
Kali Malone and Oneohtrix Point Never's Pioneer Works shows are included as part of Bang on a Can's Long Play festival. With a festival pass, you can get access to both the Oneohtrix Point Never and Does Spring Hide Its Joy concerts at Pioneer Works and all four days of Long Play festival, which takes place in downtown Brooklyn between April 30–May 3, 2026. Get those festival passes here. You can see the full Long Play festival lineup here.
About Long Play Festival
Long Play is a four-day destination music festival presented by Bang on a Can. This year’s festival marks the 5th year and is scheduled from Thursday, April 30 through Sunday, May 3, 2026. Featuring over 70 concerts, Long Play also showcases a dense network of inventive music venues in Brooklyn—and features other performances including the US premiere of Kali Malone’s Does Spring Hide Its Joy ft. Lucy Railton & Stephen O’Malley, as well as Bang on a Can All-Stars playing a brand new arrangement of the iconic Philip Glass album Glassworks in its entirety and Julia Wolfe’s Pulitzer prize-winning Anthracite Fields with Trinity Choir, Steve Reich’s classic Sextet plus Electric Counterpoint performed live by 13 electric guitarists, the legendary Billy Hart Quartet, and the esteemed and extraordinary Amina Claudine Myers, and much more. See the full lineup at longplayfestival.org. All 3 shows at Pioneer Works are presented in partnership with Bang on a Can and Public Records.