2025 Haverhill

August 15 – 17, 2025 – private location

Organizers: Dei Xhrist and Paul Kafka-Gibbons

Our fourth outdoor/indoor camp event with the best floors, climate control, and view. On Saturday, there will be a screening of Skizz Cyzyk‘s documentary feature film Sound Mechanic.

Videos by RatBas/Steve Albert; full playlist here

Friday, August 15

Anthony Bearse, Jabe Ledoux

Craig Chin, Kat Dobbins, Robyn Bernhardt

Ed Brandon Jr., Paul Kafka-Gibbons, Randy Winchester

CillaVee, Ryan Tomb, Walter Wright

Dei Xhrist, Ethan Fletcher, Erik Clark

Souther Cistern, Drew Krasner, Tara Toms

Irman Peck, Richard Tarantino

Al Margolis, Bonnie Kane, Conor Perreault

Ed Brandon Jr., Scott Prato

Saturday, August 16

Conor Perreault, Kat Dobbins, John Skydancer

Joe Burgio, Randy Winchester, Spark Purcell

Anthony Bearse, Cilla Vie, Scott Prato

Al Margolis, Katerin, Matt Samolis

Bonnie Kane, Craig Chin, Walter Wright, Joe Burgio, Katerin, Cilla Vie, Paul Kafka-Gibbons, Ophra Wolf

Dei Xhrist, Irman Peck, Jabe Ledoux

Ophra Wolf, Tara Toms, Drew Krasner, Paul Kafka-Gibbons

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.