6:00 pm  Free

WILLIAM HOOKER
Half a century ago, free jazz liberated William Hooker; he has never gone back, only forward into wide-open improvisation, into music that feels every time like a new explosion of the spirit. From records with Thurston Moore and Christian Marclay to Ava Mendoza and James Brandon Lewis, Hooker has built a massive catalogue of these testaments to freedom. Hooker has also built dozens of ever-changing ensembles over the decades, from an orchestra to intimate duos. In them all, he combines restless drumming that speaks to the revelatory early works of Milford Graves with the spoken-word poetry Hooker began writing in California. His work is informed by mysticism and American history, by deep spirituality and family bonds.

MAL DEVISA
Mal Devisa is the songwriting, liberation, and poetry project of multifarious artist Deja Carr. Starting in 2014 and breaking through with 2016's Kiid, Mal Devisa's work spans a self-made spectrum of sound from gravitic, soulful rock to soliloquy to unabashed hip hop. Although known for her unmistakable, smoldering voice and loop-based, bass-forward compositions, Carr's talents also extend to reaches of spoken word and production, paralleled by aspirations to start both a youth foundation and Afrobeat orchestra. Such boundless inspiration is a central facet of Mal Devisa's work, whose sonically and narratively unrestrained passages teem with empathy and liberatory visions for a better world.

Join us on the Forbes lawn for another fantastic Flywheel-Forbes collab. "Doors" are at 5:30, the show starts at 6 sharp. Rain date is Sept. 17th - any postponement will be announced here by 2 pm day of the show, so check here before coming down. Lots of space on the lawn for picnicking and playing!

6:30pm  $15

MIRAH

Mirah first emerged from the flourishing late 90’s Pacific Northwest music scene with the release her debut LP You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This. Co-produced by Phil Elverum — on whose early Microphones records Mirah was regularly featured — the album immediately established her as a generational songwriting talent and her passion for recording and producing, initially sparked by her collaborations with Phil, continues to glow to this day. This first album's influence has echoed down to the present day, "shaping the aesthetic of bedroom pop" (NPR), and impacting the output of two generations of indie musicians, as evidenced by the expanded reissue of the album released by Double Double Whammy in 2020.

Mirah has remained a beloved and idiosyncratic voice through indie rock's many permutations. Now — six full length solo records and a half-dozen collaborative albums, EP’s and funny side-projects in — Mirah is releasing her latest record, Dedication, in February 2026. This album is a co-release between her own Absolute Magnitude imprint and Double Double Whammy, with a limited edition plant-based vinyl edition being released by PIAPTK.

EVAN GREER

Radical historian Howard Zinn once called Evan Greer “an eloquent and energetic writer” reminiscent of “Phil Ochs”. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello called Greer “a heck of a guitar player.” Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace called her “a mentally ill man in a dress” just before having her thrown out of an event in Washington, DC.

Evan Greer is a trans and queer activist, writer, and musician based in Boston. When she’s not playing queer anarcho-indie-punk music, she's the director of digital rights group Fight for the Future and writes regularly about the intersection of tech policy and human rights for the Washington Post, Time, NBC News, Wired, and CNN. Her last album Spotify is Surveillance was released by Don Giovanni Records and Get Better Records and featured by NPR, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. Her pre-streaming era debut album, Never Surrender, was beloved in the early 2000s folk-punk scene with underground “hits” like the “Picket Line Song” and “I Want Something.” Over the years she's shared stages and collaborated with Pete Seeger, Dead Prez, Against Me!, Talib Kweli, Ted Leo, Speedy Ortiz, Anjimile, The Blow, Eve 6, Chumbawamba, Ezra Furman, Immortal Technique, Mirah, Oi Polloi, Mischief Brew, and Billy Bragg.

ALL FEELS

All Feels makes melancholic indie rock, combining a lo-fi pop aesthetic with nostalgic melodies. Their lush songs are fueled by longing, introspection and somewhat sarcastic assessments on modern life.

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