Music in the Atrium: Celebrate Mother Earth with Johnny Fireseed
April 27, 2025
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April 25, 2025
11:30 am
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1:30 pm
Know before you go
In-person event
Location: Atrium
Included with admission
Salem residents and workers always get free admission.
This program will contribute to the sound in the Atrium. If you would like to borrow noise canceling headphones, please pick up a KultureCity bag at the coatroom.
ABOVE IMAGE: Illustrations by Chris Cyr.
This month, our Music in the Atrium series celebrates Planet Earth with live performances by Johnny Fireseed. A project of Framingham-based Fireseed Arts Studios, lead by artist and musician Patiño Vázquez in collaboration with local musicians and craftspeople, Johnny Fireseed uses instruments made entirely from upcycled trash and repurposed items to perform original music with an upbeat eco message. The band’s inspiring sound aims to spread a message of joy, fun and new ways of thinking about consumption and waste far and wide.
Vázquez will be showcasing instruments made from locally harvested trash and live looping to create ambient soundscapes. Come hear high-end electric guitars made from old kitchen countertops and drums fashioned from ventilation ducts and popcorn tins in an aesthetic that’s “part Victorian Steampunk with elements of mystic meditations in heart-opening layers of rhythms and harmonies.” Building loops and then improvising over the loops gives the listener a feel for the looks and sound characteristics of each instrument. Audience members are often invited to join in the fun!
Music in the Atrium is PEM’s live concert series that features local and visiting performers from a variety of musical traditions and styles. Concerts take place on select Sundays. Explore upcoming shows at pem.org/events.
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- Date:
- April 27
- Time:
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11:30 am - 1:30 pm
- Series:
- Music in the Atrium: Celebrate Mother Earth with Johnny Fireseed
- Event Categories:
- Arts, Music
- Event Tags:
- art, museum
- Website:
- https://www.pem.org/events/music-in-the-atrium-celebrate-mother-earth-with-johnny-fireseed
Organizer
Venue
- Peabody Essex Museum
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East India Square, 161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970 United States + Google Map - View Venue Website
Event Takes Place
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Fri
Apr 18Music in the Atrium: Celebrate Mother Earth with Johnny Fireseed
11:30 AMEast India Square, 161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970 United States -
Sun
Apr 20Music in the Atrium: Celebrate Mother Earth with Johnny Fireseed
11:30 AMEast India Square, 161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970 United States -
Fri
Apr 25Music in the Atrium: Celebrate Mother Earth with Johnny Fireseed
11:30 AMEast India Square, 161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970 United States