Bang on a Can presents the 4th year of Long Play, a three-day destination music festival, presented from Friday, May 2 through Sunday, May 4, 2025. Featuring 50+ concerts, Long Play also showcases a dense network of inventive music venues in Brooklyn – with performances at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Roulette, Pioneer Works, Public Records, BRIC, The Space at Irondale, the Church of St Luke and St Matthew, ISSUE Project Room, Fort Greene Park, and more!
The festival includes a 90th birthday spotlight-celebration of Terry Riley with guitar legend Pete Townshend performing the original ‘free fall solo version’ of his signature tribute Baba O’Riley, the Bang on a Can All-Stars premiering a new version of Riley’s iconic and inspirational A Rainbow in Curved Air, arranged by Gyan Riley, plus Riley’s minimalist classic In C performed by an All-Star cast including Pete Townshend and special guests.
Some featured concerts in the 2025 lineup include the world premiere of Henry Threadgill’s Listen Ship; Kim Gordon, Tim Hecker; Ensemble Signal playing David Lang and Julia Wolfe; Tomeka Reid Quartet; Nico Muhly’s The Street; Valentina Magaletti; Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan aka Ringdown; Mary Halvorson + Bill Frisell duo; Australia’s Ensemble Offspring playing a world premiere by composer Kate Moore; and much more.