Asian Improv Arts Midwest

Directions Website Contact the organization

Asian Improv Arts Midwest Asian Improv aRts Midwest's mission is to build a vital, self-empowered Asian American community

AIRMW is at opening day of the Chicago Jazz Festival with the Toyoaki Ensemble! Featuring Tatsu Aoki, Kioto Aoki, Mai Su...
09/02/2026

AIRMW is at opening day of the Chicago Jazz Festival with the Toyoaki Ensemble! Featuring Tatsu Aoki, Kioto Aoki, Mai Sugimoto, Lori Ashikawa, and Koichi Hiraishi.

See you at 2:15 at the Claudia Cassidy Theater!

Join us for the third Toyoakimoto Recital on June 27! Led by the 4th and 5th generation of the Toyoakimoto house, come s...
06/09/2026

Join us for the third Toyoakimoto Recital on June 27! Led by the 4th and 5th generation of the Toyoakimoto house, come support our current members who are working to carry on the traditions of ozashiki shamisen in Chicago.

At the AIRMW Hub
4875 N Elston Ave. Chicago
Saturday, June 27 @ 1pm

airmw.org/calendar

Saturday, April 25 8:30pm startJoin us this Saturday for our monthly series at Elastic Arts with Miminari Trio (Kioto Ao...
04/19/2026

Saturday, April 25
8:30pm start

Join us this Saturday for our monthly series at Elastic Arts with Miminari Trio (Kioto Aoki, Haruhi Kobayashi and Mai Sugimoto), following their Japan tour early this year.
Their backgrounds in traditional folk, jazz, and electronic sounds coalesce into a unique dialogue grounded in experimental improvisation.

Elastic Arts (3429 W Diversey Ave #208)
Tickets available at the door. $20/ $10 with Student ID

Next weekend! Kioto Aoki presents a concert length taiko performance, playing a continuous solo set over two evenings. ...
04/11/2026

Next weekend! Kioto Aoki presents a concert length taiko performance, playing a continuous solo set over two evenings. Kioto Aoki

Friday, April 17 @ 7pm
Saturday, April 18 @ 7pm

The Edge Theater (5451 N Broadway)
For more info visit: airmw.org/calendar

Our last performances of the year are our annual Taiko Legacy and Reduction presentations on December 19 and 20th! This ...
11/27/2025

Our last performances of the year are our annual Taiko Legacy and Reduction presentations on December 19 and 20th!

This year, Reduction 11 is co-presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, as a program for Yoko Ono's exhibition. We present the music of Yoko Ono from Tatsu Aoki's 2016 SKYLANDING commission album from 2016 that accompanied Ono's sculpture unveiling in Jackson Park.

We hope to see there!

For tickets and more info visit the link in bio or
airmw.org/taikolegacy

The 30th Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival closes with Tatsu Aoki's The MIYUMI Project! Elastic Arts | 8:30pmTickets ...
11/06/2025

The 30th Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival closes with Tatsu Aoki's The MIYUMI Project!

Elastic Arts | 8:30pm
Tickets at the door

Day 3 (Sunday) of the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival is an evening of newer voices with three sets. Opening is ar...
11/06/2025

Day 3 (Sunday) of the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival is an evening of newer voices with three sets. Opening is artist Takashi Shallow followed by Chien-An Yuan, who brings together artists from Ann Arbor and Chicago. Kioto Aoki x Haruhi Kobayashi x Mai Sugimoto close out the night with an album release set for their new trio album "miminari," out from Asian Improv Records.

Elastic Arts | 7:30pm start
Tickets at the door

Day 2 of Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival starts with a panel discussion at our AIRMW hub, sharing the history of th...
11/06/2025

Day 2 of Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival starts with a panel discussion at our AIRMW hub, sharing the history of the festival over the last three decades. The evening shows feature sets by Yoko Noge, and Ester Hana

AIRMW (4875 N Elston) | 1pm
Elastic Arts | 8:30pm [Tickets at the door]

Our 30th Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival opens this Friday with West Coast histories. The Bay Area activities inspi...
11/06/2025

Our 30th Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival opens this Friday with West Coast histories. The Bay Area activities inspired the founding of Asian Improv aRts Midwest here in Chicago three decades ago.
Join us for sets by Bay Area transplant Jeff Chan and San Francisco's Francis Wong!

Elastic Arts | 8:30pm
Tickets at the door

AIRMW celebrates the 30th Anniversary of our Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival with the main programming from Novembe...
11/01/2025

AIRMW celebrates the 30th Anniversary of our Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival with the main programming from November 7 - 10! The main program of our fall celebrations feature guests and collaborators from the Bay Area, Midwest region and Chicago.

Join us at Elastic Arts for performances and a panel at our AIRMW space to recognize and celebrate the contributions of Asian and Asian American voices in music.

Visit airmw.org/caajf for more information

Address

Chicago, IL

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Asian Improv Arts Midwest posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to Asian Improv Arts Midwest:

Shortcuts

Share

Category