CrowdMateChicago’s first full September weekend brings a concentrated listening itinerary to Constellation. From Friday, September 4 through Sunday, September 6, the Roscoe Village room hosts three consecutive 7 p.m. Sound & Gravity 2026 programs: Ana Roxanne with Capatosta-Berne/Rainey/Belise-Chi and Eliana Glass; Marc Ribot with Josh Johnson and Ranaldo & Singer: Contre Jour; then Joan Shelley with Otto Benson and David Moore. The sequence is unusually coherent without flattening its artists into one genre. It places voices, acoustic instruments, electronic texture and open-ended guitar language in the same intimate three-night frame.[1]
That makes Constellation a strong destination for listeners who prefer to choose a room and follow its programming logic. Each headliner arrives with a separate vocabulary, yet all three bills invite attention to detail: how a vocal line hangs inside an arrangement, how a guitar can change the temperature of a piece, how a spare song can carry its own atmosphere. The weekend’s value lies in that progression. Friday begins in suspended, interior sound; Saturday opens into a long record of stylistic crossings; Sunday settles into songwriterly focus.[1][2][3][4]
Friday, September 4: Ana Roxanne’s spacious opening
Ana Roxanne starts the run at Constellation on Friday at 7 p.m., with Capatosta-Berne/Rainey/Belise-Chi and Eliana Glass also on the bill. Her work has been described as a meeting place for electric meditation, dream pop and ambient songcraft, drawing from both 1980s and ’90s R&B vocal influence and the Catholic choral traditions of her upbringing. That combination gives the opening night a useful point of entry: music centered on timbre, breath and a voice treated as part of a larger field of sound.[1][2]
For an audience approaching the full weekend, Roxanne supplies the widest aperture. Her full-length debut, Because of a Flower, followed an earlier EP reissued by Leaving Records and arrived through Kranky, a path that places her within contemporary ambient and experimental music while retaining the emotional directness of song. Friday’s supporting lineup gives the program several points of contact before Roxanne’s headlining set, making this the night to arrive early and let the bill establish its own pace.[2]
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Saturday, September 5: Marc Ribot’s many guitar histories
Saturday’s 7 p.m. program brings Marc Ribot to Constellation with saxophonist Josh Johnson and Ranaldo & Singer: Contre Jour. Ribot’s latest album, 2025’s Map of a Blue City, was assembled from sessions and home recordings made across decades. Its material brings roots music, bossa nova, no wave, noise and free jazz into contact, a concise outline of the range that has marked his career. His appearance gives the weekend its most overtly expansive musical history.[1][3]
The bill matters as a chance to hear Ribot within a setting built for concentration. His official album notes describe Map of a Blue City as his first release to place his singing so prominently at the center, alongside his guitar work. That detail suggests a useful way into Saturday: follow the friction and exchange between voice, string sound and the surrounding players, with Johnson and the Ranaldo & Singer project extending the evening beyond a conventional guitar-headliner format.[1][3]
Sunday, September 6: Joan Shelley closes in song
Joan Shelley closes the series Sunday at 7 p.m., joined by Otto Benson and David Moore. Shelley’s 2025 album Real Warmth was recorded in Toronto with producer Ben Whiteley after a period of work that has repeatedly tied her records to specific places. Her 2017 self-titled album was recorded in Chicago at the Loft with Jeff Tweedy, giving this return an understated local connection. Sunday’s program completes the weekend by bringing the focus back to the shape and detail of a song.[1][4]
The practical route is simple: all three concerts take place at Constellation, Friday through Sunday, September 4–6, and each is listed for 7 p.m. Pick Ana Roxanne for ambient vocal textures, Marc Ribot for a career that moves across musical languages, or Joan Shelley for the closing night’s songwriterly clarity; the three-show pass through the weekend offers the fullest arc. Recheck Constellation’s official calendar and each artist’s official page before leaving, since lineups, door times and ticket availability can change.[1][2][3][4]
These concerts happened on 4–6 September 2026
The next dates at these venues: Constellation
Sources
- Calendar — Constellation Chicago
- Ana Roxanne Biography — Resident Advisor
- Map of a Blue City — Marc Ribot
- About — Joan Shelley