Underground Sounds: Les Cenelles
2025-09-13 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-09-14 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Tickets are now SOLD OUT for this Underground Sounds performance. An in-person, first-come, first-served waiting list will begin exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This year, the series features national and international artists presenting compositions inspired by the vast, unique architecture of the Cistern and arranged especially for its extraordinary natural acoustics.

About This Program
Echo Chamber: Resistance and Reverb is a spatialized sound performance exploring the theme of water rights and activism, inspired by movements from Flint and the Water Protectors in the North to the Gulf South’s water infrastructure in New Orleans and Houston. Utilizing a multi-channel sound installation, the performance immerses audiences in a soundscape that resonates within the historic Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. Complemented by liner notes detailing the performance’s thematic connections and sounds, Echo Chamber connects Houston’s unique water narrative to global cities like Istanbul, Rome, and New York, offering a powerful reflection on water as both a resource and a politicized force.

Cost: $25
Performance Times:

September 11 at 6:30pm and 7:30pm SOLD OUT
September 12 at 6:30pm and 7:30pm SOLD OUT
September 13 at 5:30pm and 6:30pm SOLD OUT
September 14 at 5:30pm and 6:30pm SOLD OUT

About the Artist
Les Cenelles is an ensemble exploring the Creole diaspora through all findable forms of melody and memory to honor their cultural ancestors and preserve the plurality of their experiences through a prismatic and contemporary lens.

Tickets & Availability
Ticket release dates for this set of performances are listed above. For release dates for future performances, please check the Underground Sounds page. We recommend marking the ticket release dates and times on your calendar as tickets will sell out quickly.
Waitlist
For any additional guests wishing to attend a sold-out performance, we will be taking an in-person first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes before each performance time.
Ticket Refunds
All ticket purchases are final and non-refundable. Your purchase supports the work of Buffalo Bayou Partnership.

Generous support for this program provided by

Buffalo Bayou Partnership is

Underground Sounds: Kurt Stallmann
2025-11-13 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-11-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-11-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-11-16 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This year, the series features national and international artists presenting compositions inspired by the vast, unique architecture of the Cistern and arranged especially for its extraordinary natural acoustics.

About This Program

For millennia, Buffalo Bayou has nurtured a vibrant tapestry of wildlife and human history in the heart of Houston. Throughout this time, the bayou has been listening. Stallmann’s composition, Listening Bayou, beautifully weaves these rich auditory memories together, leading the audience on a captivating journey through sound, history, nature, and culture. The enchanting echoes of the bayou resonate within the sacred space of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, creating a unique reservoir of its timeless stories.
PURCHASE TICKETS

Cost: $25
Performance Times:

November 13 at 6:30pm and 7:30pm
November 14 at 6:30pm and 7:30pm
November 15 at 5:30pm and 6:30pm SOLD OUT
November 16 at 5:30pm and 6:30pm

About the Artist
Kurt Stallmann is a composer and sound artist whose work spans a diverse array of sound sources, including acoustic instruments, electroacoustic combinations, environmental sounds, and synthetic sounds. His artistic practice includes both free improvisation and highly structured forms. In addition to his collaborations with musicians, Stallmann frequently engages with artists from various disciplines, including choreographers, filmmakers, poets, and architects.

Tickets & Availability
Ticket release dates for this set of performances are listed above. For release dates for future performances, please check the Underground Sounds page. We recommend marking the ticket release dates and times on your calendar as tickets will sell out quickly.
Waitlist
For any additional guests wishing to attend a sold-out performance, we will be taking an in-person first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes before each performance time.
Ticket Refunds
All ticket purchases are final and non-refundable. Your purchase supports the work of Buffalo Bayou Partnership.

Generous support for this program provided by

Buffalo Bayou Partnership is

NIGHT LIGHT 2026
2026-03-28 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
Aurora Picture Show and Buffalo Bayou Partnership co-present this free annual event featuring video activations on structures along the Buffalo Bayou waterfront.

More information to come!
