Outside The Spotlight
@outsidethespotlight.org
Outside The Spotlight is a series of jazz and improvised music events in Lexington, KY. We give a home to artists making music that doesn't fit with commercial sensibilities and build an environment where artists and audience can interact more directly.
Please join Outside the Spotlight as we present FRIEND LESS (Jon Mueller) and Zeus, Again on Wednesday, Sep 30th at artfarm in Lexington! The show is at 7pm and is all-ages / pay-what-you-can. Bring a friend! #freejazz #improvisationalmusic #percussion #community
September 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Please join Outside the Spotlight as we present FRIEND LESS (Jon Mueller) and Zeus, Again on Wednesday, Sep 30th at artfarm in Lexington! The show is at 7pm and is all-ages / pay-what-you-can. Bring a friend! #freejazz #improvisationalmusic #percussion #community
Please join Outside the Spotlight as Bark Culture returns for a free ($10 suggested donation) show this Friday, August 14 at Lexington Scottish Rite. This will be a show you can bring your less-musically-adventurous friends to, and they will have a good time. Please come, and bring a friend! #vibes
August 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Please join Outside the Spotlight as Bark Culture returns for a free ($10 suggested donation) show this Friday, August 14 at Lexington Scottish Rite. This will be a show you can bring your less-musically-adventurous friends to, and they will have a good time. Please come, and bring a friend! #vibes
Monday July 13th at 7pm, Outside The Spotlight is proud to present the Tim Daisy (percussion), Ken Vandermark (reeds), Allen Moore (turntables), and Ishmael Ali (cello) quartet at 21C Museum Hotel Lexington (KY). The show is free, awesome, and all ages. Donations are appreciated. See you there!
July 11, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Monday July 13th at 7pm, Outside The Spotlight is proud to present the Tim Daisy (percussion), Ken Vandermark (reeds), Allen Moore (turntables), and Ishmael Ali (cello) quartet at 21C Museum Hotel Lexington (KY). The show is free, awesome, and all ages. Donations are appreciated. See you there!
What a great night with Jane is Not Acoustic and Luke Schneider! Thanks to all who came out!
April 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
What a great night with Jane is Not Acoustic and Luke Schneider! Thanks to all who came out!
Friends, Neighbors,
Outside the Spotlight presents Friends & Neighbors on Monday, Dec 1 at 7pm in The Cat's Den (Gatton Student Ctr). The show is all-ages and free to attend. This is event #241 for OTS, and it's the last show of the year.
Friends & Neighbors is an acclaimed Norwegian jazz quintet.
Outside the Spotlight presents Friends & Neighbors on Monday, Dec 1 at 7pm in The Cat's Den (Gatton Student Ctr). The show is all-ages and free to attend. This is event #241 for OTS, and it's the last show of the year.
Friends & Neighbors is an acclaimed Norwegian jazz quintet.
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Friends, Neighbors,
Outside the Spotlight presents Friends & Neighbors on Monday, Dec 1 at 7pm in The Cat's Den (Gatton Student Ctr). The show is all-ages and free to attend. This is event #241 for OTS, and it's the last show of the year.
Friends & Neighbors is an acclaimed Norwegian jazz quintet.
Outside the Spotlight presents Friends & Neighbors on Monday, Dec 1 at 7pm in The Cat's Den (Gatton Student Ctr). The show is all-ages and free to attend. This is event #241 for OTS, and it's the last show of the year.
Friends & Neighbors is an acclaimed Norwegian jazz quintet.
Friends, Outside the Spotlight is celebrating 23 Years (!!!) of bringing free and improvised music to Lexington, KY. Please come out and celebrate with us this Thursday 🎉
#ListeningParty #saxophone #freejazz #anniversary #party #free #allages #lexington #lexingtonky
#ListeningParty #saxophone #freejazz #anniversary #party #free #allages #lexington #lexingtonky
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Friends, Outside the Spotlight is celebrating 23 Years (!!!) of bringing free and improvised music to Lexington, KY. Please come out and celebrate with us this Thursday 🎉
#ListeningParty #saxophone #freejazz #anniversary #party #free #allages #lexington #lexingtonky
#ListeningParty #saxophone #freejazz #anniversary #party #free #allages #lexington #lexingtonky
OTS #236
microplastique w/ Pointless TriangleFriday June 13, 2025
7:00pm
Lexington Art League at the Loudoun House
microplastique w/ Pointless TriangleFriday June 13, 2025
7:00pm
Lexington Art League at the Loudoun House
June 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
OTS #236
microplastique w/ Pointless TriangleFriday June 13, 2025
7:00pm
Lexington Art League at the Loudoun House
microplastique w/ Pointless TriangleFriday June 13, 2025
7:00pm
Lexington Art League at the Loudoun House
Outside the Spotlight Jazz and Improvised Music Series #234:
Ballister w/ Sparks Color Time
This show is FREE and ALL AGES. Donations to support the ongoing work of the series are greatly appreciated.
Sign up for our direct email list at www.outsidethespotlight.org
Ballister w/ Sparks Color Time
This show is FREE and ALL AGES. Donations to support the ongoing work of the series are greatly appreciated.
Sign up for our direct email list at www.outsidethespotlight.org
April 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Outside the Spotlight Jazz and Improvised Music Series #234:
Ballister w/ Sparks Color Time
This show is FREE and ALL AGES. Donations to support the ongoing work of the series are greatly appreciated.
Sign up for our direct email list at www.outsidethespotlight.org
Ballister w/ Sparks Color Time
This show is FREE and ALL AGES. Donations to support the ongoing work of the series are greatly appreciated.
Sign up for our direct email list at www.outsidethespotlight.org
SPARKS COLOR TIME responds to preoccupations with Possibility as 'grateful' rather than 'avant garde' or gymnastic. Color Time features Nicholaus Diedrichsen, Kirby Davis, Zach Brock, and Kevin Sparks. A suite of five tunes respectively in 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will be exposed and developed. #OTS234
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
SPARKS COLOR TIME responds to preoccupations with Possibility as 'grateful' rather than 'avant garde' or gymnastic. Color Time features Nicholaus Diedrichsen, Kirby Davis, Zach Brock, and Kevin Sparks. A suite of five tunes respectively in 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will be exposed and developed. #OTS234
OTS action tonight! Percussionist Jon Mueller is back to delight and hypnotize with his curiously compelling methods of minimalist percussion. Anyone who has witnessed his last couple of trips to town knows that Mueller’s magic is hard to describe but also hard to deny.
@jonmueller.bsky.social
@jonmueller.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
OTS action tonight! Percussionist Jon Mueller is back to delight and hypnotize with his curiously compelling methods of minimalist percussion. Anyone who has witnessed his last couple of trips to town knows that Mueller’s magic is hard to describe but also hard to deny.
@jonmueller.bsky.social
@jonmueller.bsky.social
Composer and performer Jon Mueller returns to Outside the Spotlight for a night of improvisational percussion w/ accompaniment by video artist Tom Lecky.
OTS #233 Jon Mueller
March 4, 2025
7pm, All Ages, Free (Donations appreciated)
Institute 193, 215 North Limestone
#OTS233 #freejazz #lexington
OTS #233 Jon Mueller
March 4, 2025
7pm, All Ages, Free (Donations appreciated)
Institute 193, 215 North Limestone
#OTS233 #freejazz #lexington
February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Composer and performer Jon Mueller returns to Outside the Spotlight for a night of improvisational percussion w/ accompaniment by video artist Tom Lecky.
OTS #233 Jon Mueller
March 4, 2025
7pm, All Ages, Free (Donations appreciated)
Institute 193, 215 North Limestone
#OTS233 #freejazz #lexington
OTS #233 Jon Mueller
March 4, 2025
7pm, All Ages, Free (Donations appreciated)
Institute 193, 215 North Limestone
#OTS233 #freejazz #lexington
Outside the Spotlight and Institute 193 present @jonmueller.bsky.social with visual accompaniment by @tomlecky.bsky.social on March 4, 2025. Please join us for an evening of hypnotic percussion at Institute 193 in downtown Lexington for this free, all-ages show! #OTS233 #freejazz #lexington #ky
February 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Outside the Spotlight and Institute 193 present @jonmueller.bsky.social with visual accompaniment by @tomlecky.bsky.social on March 4, 2025. Please join us for an evening of hypnotic percussion at Institute 193 in downtown Lexington for this free, all-ages show! #OTS233 #freejazz #lexington #ky
The Chris Comer Trio tonight for Outside the Spotlight #232 in Lexington, KY.
January 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Chris Comer Trio tonight for Outside the Spotlight #232 in Lexington, KY.