PERFORMANCES
2026
1/15 @ Roulette; Brooklyn, NY
2025
11/21 @ Partners & Son; Philadelphia, PA
10/15 @ Abyssinia; Philadelphia, PA
10/3 @ Verbatim Text & Sound Expo; Maplecrest, NY
9/29 @ Common Beat; Philadelpha, PA
8/30 @ Brothers Wash & Dry; Brooklyn, NY
8/29 @ Lost Bag; Providence, RI
8/28 @ Unnameable Books; Western MA
8/27 @ Avalon Lounge; Catskill, NY
6/23 @ Vox Populi; Philadelphia, PA
6/20 @ Mist Chalet; Holyoke, MA
5/4 @ Jerrys on Front; Philadelphia, PA
4/20 @ Brickbat Books;Philadelphia, PA
4/14 @ Forest Limit; Tokyo, JP
4/12 @ Permain; Tokyo, JP
4/8 @ Medaka Noise; Wakayama, JP
4/7 @ Environment 0g; Osaka, JP
4/5 @ Tobira Records; Kasai, JP
4/4 @ Tete Curry; Nagoya, JP
3/7 @ Church of Atonement; Philadelphia, PA
2024
10/19 @ Pageant Soloveev; Philadelphia, PA
8/27 @ Record Shop; Brooklyn, NY
6/15 @ Little Red Library; Philadelphia, PA
6/9 @ Brickbat Books; Philadelphia, PA
5/25 @ Abyssinia; Philadelphia, PA
5/5 @ Sisters; Brooklyn, NY
4/7 @ The Perch; Philadelphia, PA
3/27 @ Tarantula Ranch; Tuscon, AZ
3/26 @ Moone Records House Show; Phoenix, AZ
3/24 @ Stone Ridge Tavern; Accord, NY
3/23 @ Brooklyn Academy of Music; Brooklyn, NY
2/1 @ Conveyer Belt Books; Cincinatti, OH
1/31 @ Planet of the Tapes; Louisville, KY
1/30 @ Random Sample; Nashville, TN
1/28 @ Bolobolo; Athens, GA
1/27 @ Revolve; Asheville, NC
1/26 @ All Day Records; Chapel Hill, NC
1/25 @ Visible Records; Charlotsville, VA
1/24 @ Rhizome; Washington, DC
1/23 @ Normals; Baltimore, MD
1/22 @ The Rotunda; Philadelphia, PA
1/12 @ Brickbat Books; Philadelphia, PA
2023
8/27 @ Art OMI; Ghent, NY
8/20 @ Wavefarm; Acra, NY
8/12 @ House Show; NY, NY
7/27 @ Tubby’s; Kingston, NY
7/13 @ Sonder; Kingston, NY
4/2 @ Avalon Lounge; Catskill, NY
1/23 @ Sonder; Kingston, NY
1/3 @ Hart Bar; Brooklyn, NY
2022
12/2 @ Epsilon Spires; Brattleboro, VT
11/22 @ Brickback Books; Philadelphia, PA
11/21 @ Rhizome; Washington DC
11/20 @ Normal’s Books; Baltimore, MD
11/19 @ Bagatele Books; Asheville, NC
11/18 @ Cabin Floor Records; Greenville, SC
11/17 @ Duke Coffeehouse; Durham, NC
11/14 @ Grey Matter Books; New Haven, CT
11/11 @ The Root Cellar; Bard College
11/9 @ Autumn Records; Burlington, VT
9/24 @ Sweet 16; Philadelphia, PA
9/15 @ Avalon Lounge; Catskill, NY
7/17 @ Belltower Records; North Adams, MA
6/21 @ Lunch Nightly; Kingston, NY
6/18 @ 10 Forward; Greenfield, MA
5/12 @ Space Loft; Boston, MA
5/10 @ The Apohadian; Portland, ME
5/8 @ Brasserie Beaubien; Montreal QC
5/7 @ Cold Spring Hollow; Belchertown, MA
5/6 @ Brewster House; Kingston, NY
5/5 @ Never Ending Books; New Haven, CT
5/3 @ Windjammer; Ridgewood, NY
3/28 - 4/3 @ Elektronmusickstudion; Stockholm, Sweden
[composer-in-residence]
2020
3/6-8 @ XFest; Lowell, MA
3/4 @ Balboa; Brooklyn, NY
2/15 @ TRUCK; Philadelphia, PA
2/13 @ House Show; Washington, DC
1/26 @ Newtown Radio; Brooklyn, NY
1/23 @ Zambuca; Lima, Peru
2019
12/14 @ Moon Villain; Boston, MA
12/7 @ Synesthesia; Brooklyn, NY
11/4 @ Jones Beach; Brooklyn, NY
11/2 @ 10 Forward; Greenfield, MA
10/13 @ Arete; Brooklyn, NY
8/30 @ Rendezvous; Turners Falls, MA
8/25 @ Freestone or Ooze Fest; Amherst, MA
8/9 @ Windjammer; Ridgewood, NY
7/5 @ Outpost 186; Cambridge, MA
3/17 @ Truck; Philadelphia, PA
3/16 @ H0L0; Ridgewood, NY
3/8 @ Gallery 263; Cambridge, MA
2/22 @ The Firehouse; Worcester, MA
1/26 @ Moon Villain; Boston, MA
1/18 @ 10 Forward; Greenfield, MA
2018
12/18 @ 10 Forward; Greenfield, MA
8/4 @ Mystery Train; Amherst, MA
8/3 @ Dorchester Arts Project; Boston, MA
7/29 @ Wonders of Nature; Brooklyn, NY
7/27 @ Truck; Philadelphia, PA
7/25 @ EMP Collective; Baltimore, MD
7/24 @ Dwell; Washington DC
7/21 @ Twisted Tea Bazar; Charlottesville, VA
7/19 @ Neptune's; Raleigh, NC
7/18 @ Fleetwoods; Asheville, NC
7/17 @ World's Famous; Athens, GA
7/26 @ Bank Bar; New Orleans, LA
7/14 @ Las Cruxes; Austin, TX
7/11 @ Oxygen Bar; Santa Fe, NM
7/9 @ Subspace; Tucson, AZ
7/7 @ All Star Lanes; Los Angeles, CA
7/6 @ The Y, Los Angeles, CA
7/5 @ Lake Anza, Oakland, CA
7/1 @ House Show; Portland, OR
5/22 @ Fixin To; Portland, OR
5/12 @ Speck's Records; Portland, OR
3/28 @ Turn Turn Turn; Portland, OR
2017
8/13 @ Speck's Records; Portland, OR
7/13 @ Kenton Club; Portland, OR
3/9 @ Hobbit Hole; Olympia, WA
7/6 @ Bunk Bar; Portland, OR
6/1 @ Black Water; Portland, OR
5/1 @ Mississippi Studios; Portland, OR
3/28 @ Turn Turn Turn; Portland, OR
3/9 @ Spare Room; Portland, OR
2/19 @ Rontoms; Portland, OR
1/12 @ Turn Turn Turn; Portland, OR
2016
12/17 @ Waypost; Portland, OR
12/2 @ Reed College; Portland, OR
8/13 @ Turn Turn Turn; Portland, OR
4/29 @ Reed College; Portland, OR
3/12 @ Heavy Meadow; Olympia, WA
3/11 @ Grumble Dome; Seattle, WA
2/20 @ Turn Turn Turn; Portland, OR
2/12 @ Mother Foucault's; Portland, OR
2/5 @ The Know; Portland, OR
2015
12/17 @ Turn Turn Turn; Portland, OR
11/19 @ Anarres Infoshop; Portland, OR
10/18 @ Rontoms; Portland, OR
9/25 @ Turn Turn Turn; Portland, OR
8/19 @ Anarres Infoshop; Portland, OR
8/14 @ Mother Foucault's; Portland, OR
7/17 @ Alberta St Pub; Portland, OR
7/11 @ S1; Portland, OR
7/1 @ Guest House; Olympia, WA
1/15 @ Turn Turn Turn; Portland, OR
MIXES
NTS - November 2025NTS - May 2025
NTS - April 2022
NTS - August 2023
Noods Radio - December 2022
Noods Radio - November 2022
Radio.Syg.Ma - May 2021
WORK WITH ME
I’m available for any of the below services. Please reach out if you have any questions or interest. I love to work with people in all these capacities and offer sliding scale options for most everything.
sjwenc @ gmail.com
Recording Services
pedal steel
nylon guitar
12 string guitar
electric guitar
percussion
vibraphone
banjo
synthesizer / effects processing
+ ?
Examples
pedal steel
nylon guitar
12 string guitar
electric guitar
percussion
vibraphone
banjo
synthesizer / effects processing
+ ?
Examples
Lessons
guitar
pedal steel guitar
songwriting
composition
lyric writing
guitar
pedal steel guitar
songwriting
composition
lyric writing
BIO
Sam Wenc is a composer, improviser, and interdisciplinary artist working with sound, text, performance and installation. He has released music on Longform Editions, Where to Now, Moone Records, Noumenal Loom, Sweet Wreath, and Obsolete Staircases, amongst others. His work has been supported by Elektronmusikstudion (Stockholm, Sweden), Art OMI (Ghent, NY), Foundation for Contemporary Arts and has performed throughout the US, Canada, Peru, and Japan. He is one-half of Lobby Art Editions, a record label that highlights and releases works by artists exploring boundaries of genre and media.
He manages Mississippi Records, an independent archival record label that has been releasing music by overlooked artists for nearly 20 years.





