Michigan Travel · Ann Arbor
U-M’s free Spaceout festival surrounds listeners with 360-degree sound Oct. 22–23 at Ann Arbor’s Moore Building on North Campus
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Music that comes at listeners from every direction fills a University of Michigan studio this week as the third Spaceout International Ambisonics Festival returns to North Campus on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 22–23.
All three concerts are in the Brehm Technology Suite of the Earl V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Drive, according to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. They are free, and no tickets are required, but seating is limited and first come, first served.
The schedule. Concert 1 is Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. Concerts 2 and 3 are Friday, Oct. 23, at 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. From noon to 6 p.m. Friday, an Inviso session in the building’s edit rooms and Music Technology Library offers interactive works and virtual reality experiences designed with Inviso.
What ambisonics is. Ambisonics is an immersive audio technology that surrounds listeners with sound from all directions, the school says. The festival, presented by U-M’s Department of Performing Arts Technology, mixes fixed-media pieces with live performances and interactive works.
Know before you go. The school notes that event details may change and asks visitors to check the listing before they go. For more around town this weekend, see things to do in Ann Arbor Oct. 23–25.
Sources:
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, “3rd Spaceout International Ambisonics Festival,” Oct. 22, 2026, listing, https://smtd.umich.edu/event/22-october-2026-4/
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, “3rd Spaceout International Ambisonics Festival,” Oct. 23, 2026, listing, https://smtd.umich.edu/event/23-october-2026-5/
Happening @ Michigan, “3rd Spaceout International Ambisonics Festival,” https://events.umich.edu/event/153040
Photo: Dwight Burdette, “Earl V. Moore building University of Michigan School of Music Theatre and Dance.JPG,” April 21, 2011, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0, cropped and color-adjusted, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earl_V._Moore_building_University_of_Michigan_School_of_Music_Theatre_and_Dance.JPG
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