2023 Ashuelot NH

August 18 – 20, 2023

32M Center for Creative Work

Organizer: Dei Xhrist

Assist: Tara Toms, Craig Douglas

Our second outdoor/indoor camp event! 32M is a former boarding house, and had setups indoors and outdoors. It was a wonderful weekend of listening and community, with many old and new friends. And bats.

XFest is an annual weekend of deep listening and observation, with performers assigned to unfamiliar ensembles. Each performance is an opportunity for improvisation, experimentation, adaptation and shenanigans; players range from formally trained to self-taught, jazz to noise, rock to avant-garde.

Workshops: Circuit Bending with Alexander Bernhardt, Improvisation with Ophra Wolf, Live Coding with Sara Adkins

Video by Steve Rat Albert – Youtube playlist

Friday 08/18/23 Performances:

Alexander Bernhardt, Conor Perreault, Craig Douglas, Rachel Devorah

Julia Ferrari, John Moore, Sam Hadge, Sara Adkins

Ash Farrand, Bonnie Kane, David Russell, John Loggia

Angela Sawyer, Doug Van Nort, Katie Down, Tamalyn Miller

Anthony Bearse, Craig Chin, Dei Xhrist, Tom Law

Saturday 08/19/23 Performances:

Angela Sawyer, Dei Xhrist, Katie Down, Ophra Wolf, Tamalyn Miller

Anthony Bearse, Brittany Martin, John Moore, Kristina Warren

Ash Farrand, Craig Chin, David Russell, Elise Knudson, Mike Fun

Bonnie Kane, Doug Van Nort, Sam Hadge, Will Middlemass; in the kitchen, Julia Ferrari, Paul Kafka-Gibbons, Tara Toms

Conor Perreault, Sara Adkins, Scott Prato, Tom Law

Craig Douglas, Elise Knudson, John Loggia, Julia Ferrari, Tara Toms; joined by Dei Xhrist, John Moore

Sunday 08/20/23 Open Jams:

Ash Farrand, David Russell, Dei Xhrist, Kristina Warren, John Moore, Julia Ferrari, Katie Down, Ophra Wolf, Paul Kafka-Gibbons, Sara Adkins

Ash Farrand, Bonnie Kane, John Loggia, John Moore, Scott Prato