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Kishi Bashi – the genre-defying singer, songwriter, violinist, and filmmaker – will join the festival’s Saturday Night music lineup. His addition deepens a slate built around artists who turn a live set into something unforgettable. The festival runs June 18–21, 2026, across the theaters, venues, and streets of the City of Frederick.
About Kishi Bashi
There is no one quite like Kishi Bashi. The Emmy-nominated singer, songwriter, violinist, and filmmaker, born Kaoru Ishibashi in Seattle and trained at Berklee College of Music, has spent over a decade building a body of work that defies easy description and rewards close listening for a lifetime. Armed with a violin, loop pedals, beatboxing, keyboards, and an orchestral imagination that answers to no genre, his live performances are events that build entire sonic worlds in real time, layer by layer, from a single instrument, until the room is lost inside something it didn’t even know it needed.
From the lush chamber pop of his breakthrough 151a (2012) to the socially urgent Omoiyari (2019), a meditation on the Japanese American internment that became a documentary acquired by MTV and Paramount+, to his 2024 release Kantos – a kaleidoscopic journey through sci-fi, philosophy, ancient ruins, Brazilian jazz, and ’70s funk – his five studio albums span a mix of genres and influences without equal. He has toured with Regina Spektor, performed alongside Of Montreal, and soundtracked the award-winning Apple TV+ original series Stillwater.
If you have never seen Kishi Bashi perform live, prepare to be changed. If you have, you already know why this is the one you don’t want to skip.
Saturday Night Music is currently available as part of the VIP Silver Pass, Saturday Day Pass or Ticket.