No Idea
Festival 2026
- Austin • November 20-22
Celebrating our 20th edition, No Idea Festival 2026 curation spirals out from our opening night which features artists from Detroit, Houston, and Norway. Work presented highlights novel intersections from the peripheries of free jazz, composition, and hip hop.
Program
Music: 8pm
- Set 1 - Spite of Darkness (Mike Khoury, Indira Edwards, Ben Hall, Ali Allan Colding)
- Set 2 - Danny Kamins (solo)
- Set 3 - JAWWAAD presents Myth & Logic
Music: 2pm
ARTIST TALK + PERFORMANCE
Palestinian American violinist Mike Khoury discusses Egyptian composer Halim El-Dabh and the Arab Avant-Garde. Khoury’s discussion will be bookended by solo improvisations.
Music: 8pm
- Set 1 - Ali Allan Colding, Alex Coke, Matthew Frerck
- Set 2 - Beth McDonald (solo)
- Set 3 - Indira Edwards, Ben Hall, Juan García
- * Mucha buena música por Mutarrancho
1017-A West Milton Street, 78704 (map)
Let’s Meet for Coffee at Leon’s
An afternoon of first-time collaborations featuring festival artists including: Beth McDonald, Danny Kamins, Juan García, Mike Khoury, Ben Hall, Heloise Gold, Chris Cogburn.
* Lighting design for No Idea Festival 2026 provided by Tim Brown and Sean O’Neill
This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.