Poster by James Vinciguerra
Open Melody is a new independently-produced annual festival based in Los Angeles featuring artists from around the globe with a focus on adventurous sounds from across genres.
Tickets
Open Melody 2026 weekend passes are available via WithFriends, a community-minded ticketing platform founded by artists and musicians. You will receive a festival wristband when you arrive at 2220 Arts + Archives.
A pay-over-time installment plan option is available at checkout. Single day passes are not available.
To ensure the festival is a pleasant experience for both artist and audience, there will be 400 total weekend passes available.
Lineup
Artificial Go US
Ben LaMar Gay Quartet US LA debut
Container UK
Cyrus Pireh + Mike Watt US LA debut
Deerhoof US
Dummy US
France FR LA DEBUT
Growing US/CA
Human Error Club US
Kassie Krut US
Lubomyr Melnyk EU LA DEBUT
OOIOO JP FIRST LA PERFORMANCE IN ELEVEN YEARS
Paul de Jong US LA DEBUT
Supercollider US FIRST PERFORMANCE IN TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS
Tara Clerkin Trio UK LA DEBUT
Tussle US FIRST PERFORMANCE IN THIRTEEN YEARS
Valentina Magaletti + RP Boo UK/US IN DUO FOR THE FIRST TIME
Water Damage US LA DEBUT
& A Guided Tour of the Ocean Soundscape CA
Venue
2220 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
2220 Arts + Archives is an intimate, arts-minded and community-operated music venue and theater in Historic Filipinotown. Open Melody 2026 will take place between the venue’s Theater and Archives stages.
The venue has a full bar. Please note that the venue (and therefore the festival) is 21+. Please do not bring in any outside food or drink. Local food and coffee vendors will be on premises.
The venue is ADA accessible and features 3 accessible restrooms. Additional restrooms will be present in the venue’s rear lot.
Once you have your festival wristband you are welcome to leave and re-enter the venue as you wish.
About
The festival is named for a 2009 song by Lucky Dragons.
In addition to the annual festival, Open Melody will present other events in and around LA throughout the year. We plan to reincorporate as a nonprofit organization before our second annual festival in 2027.
Open Melody 2026 is a fiscally-sponsored project of LA arts entity dublab, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are able to accept donations and aligned sponsorship oppurtunities to support Open Melody in 2026 and beyond. Please contact us here if relevant.
Additional support for Open Melody 2026 graciously provided by Fanfare Projects, Fender, and KCRW.
OM26 Team
Sam Farzin, founder & curator
Pauline Lay, co-producer
Brooke Leinen, operations director
Jo Hirabayashi, technical director
Spencer vonHershman, fundraising coordinator
Open Melody is founded on a desire to further human connection through music and engender unity, empathy and collective joy. We have deep and equal respect for those who play and those who listen.
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