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Date	Artists	Admission	Venue (website)
April 13, 2026 6pm	Songs From the Poetry Box Interview with Steve Swell & Ellen Christi Jazz Alternatives, WKCR Rachel Smith, host		WKCR WKCR NEW YORK LISTEN!
April 25, 2026 2-4pm	Bodily Press CD/Poetry Book Release of Steve Swell's "Songs From the Poetry Box" also 2 short sets with myself & vocalist/sound designer for the CD Ellen Christi		Block Hill Station 718 5th Avenue Park Slope, Brooklyn
May 1, 2026 8:30	Michael Wimberly Group Steve Swell/Alexis Marcello/Adam Lane		The Stone 55 West 13th St., NYC Connie Crothers 85th Birthday Celebration http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.php
May, 15 & 16 2026	Causa Efeito Duo with Tracy Lisk Duo with Wilbert de Joode		Causa Efeito Festival at Universidade Nova de Lisboa Causa Efeito Festival
May, 2026	European Tour Michael Foster, Steve Swell, Christain Weber, Michael Griener		May 21--Villach, AT May 22--Landshut, DE May 23--St. Johann, AT May 28--Baden, CH May 29--Geneva, CH May 30--Zurich, CH
June 14, 2026 6:30pm	Steve Swell 4tet Rob Brown, William Parker, Jeremy Carlstedt		Property is Theft 411 South 5th Street Los Sures, Williamsburg Broolyn https://www.propertyistheft.org/events
June 28, 2026 2pm	Steve Swell's Poetics of Improvisation Rob Brown, William Parker, Jeremy Carlstedt, Ellen Christi		Vision Festival 30 at The Abrams Center, 466 Grand St., NYC https://www.artsforart.org
July 30, 2026 2pm	Steve Swell's Poetics of Improvisation Rob Brown, William Parker, Jeremy Carlstedt		Jazz Foundtation's Jazz Museum in Harlem Series https://jmih.org
August 10, 2026 7:30pm	Evan Palmer, Nick Neuberg, Steve Swell		Close Up 154 Orchard St., NYC https://www.closeupnyc.com
October 2026	Europeamn Tour Joe McPhee, Steve Swell, Mark Tokar, Klaus Kugel		October 19--Cafe Oto, London, England October 20--Cafe Oto, London, England October 24--Festival Jazz Jantar, Gdansk, Poland October 25--Neue Sachische  Galeroe imTietz,Chemnitz, DE October 26--Porgy and Bess, Vienna, AT October 28--Opus Club, Budapest, Hungary October 29--Mocvara, Zagreb, Croatia November 3--Pardon Tu Tu, Warsaw, Poland November 5--Cafe Wagner, Jena, DE
November 2026	Europeamn Tour Jan Klare, Steve Swell, Michael Vatcher		November 17--Munster, DE November 18--Hamburg, DE November 19--Westerstede, DE November 21--Stuttgart, DE November 22--Dortmund, DE
March 9-13, 2020 LAST GIGS BEFORE COVID	Kende Dreams--US Tour     This tour is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. https://jazzroad.southarts.org		March 9--Rhizome, Washington, DC March 10--Keystone Korner, Baltimore, MD March 12--BopShop, Rochester, NY March 13--Jazz Shares, Northampton, MA LAST GIGS BEFORE COVID
March 20 & 21, 2020 POSTPONED	Stone Residency Kende Dreams Steve Swell, Rob Brown, William Parker, TA Thompson		The Stone  Series Happy Lucky No. 1 - Brooklyn http://www.happyluckyno1.com/
March 27, 2020 8pm POSTPONED	Dave Sewelson's Music For a Free World with Steve Swell, William Parker, Marvin "Bugalu" Smith		Nublu Classic (original Nublu) 62 Avenue C Manhattan
March 30, 2020 POSTPONED	Dave Sewelson's Music For a Free World with Steve Swell, William Parker, Marvin "Bugalu" Smith		Bar LunÀtico 486 Halsey St, Brooklyn, NY
May 2, 2020 8pm POSTPONED	Reggie Nicholson's Brass Concept		Eric's House of Improv 244 West 54 St., NYC
May 19-25, 2020 POSTPONED	Vision Festival 25		Roulette Performance Space
May 29-31, 2020 POSTPONED	MIA Festival		Atouguia da Baleia, Portugal
August 26-September 6 POSTPONED (AUGUST 2021?)	Jan Klare Group with Wilbert de Joode, Michael Vatcher, Steve Swell		Europe TBD
September 17-20, 2020 POSTPONED	NotTwo Festival with Joelle Leandre, Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mats Gustaffson, many more		Wlen, Poland
October 14-17, 2020 POSTPONED	Edgefest Ann Arbor, MI		Edgefest Ann Arbor, MI