ew York City’s Merkin Concert Hall, in association with New Amsterdam Records, presents the 2011 Ecstatic Music Festival, a showcase of collaborative evenings between more than 150 genre-pushing composers, songwriters and performers who represent a new generation of artists combining diverse influences and techniques to explore the crossover of classical and pop music. All concerts will include premieres. The festival opens with a free seven-hour marathon on January 17th, 2011, featuring headliners Buke & Gass, and continues with 13 additional concerts until March 28, 2011.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Buke & Gass
- Clogs & Brooklyn Youth Chorus
- Judd Greenstein (The Yehudim) & Olga Bell (Bell)
- Nadia Sirota & Thomas Bartlett (Doveman) with Owen Pallett
- Roomful of Teeth & tUnE-yArDs: The Music of William Brittelle, Caleb Burhans & Merrill Garbus
- So Percussion & Bobby Previte with Zeena Parkins, John Medeski, DJ Olive & Jen Shyu
- So Percussion & Dan Deacon
- The Chiara String Quartet and the Music of Nico Muhly & Valgeir Sigurdsson
Festival News and Rumors

Austin City Limits' 2022 Livestream to Feature Paramore, Kacey Musgraves, The Chicks & More
You can also watch sets by Marcus Mumford, The War on Drugs, Billy Strings, Flume, and Goose.
Consequence Staff October 6, 2022

The What Podcast: Mat Kearney Talks Cover Songs, His Career Journey, and More at Moon River Festival
Barry and Lord Taco also touch on how the festival handled its Sunday rainout.
Ben Kaye September 14, 2022

First Pantera Reunion Shows Announced for Slipknot's South American Knotfests and Mexico's Hell & Heaven Fest
Jon Hadusek August 25, 2022

2022 Zona Music Festival: Beach House, Portugal. the Man, and Bleachers Lead Lineup
Carys Anderson August 24, 2022

Police Believe They Stopped Potential Mass Shooting at Bass Canyon EDM Festival
Abby Jones August 21, 2022