Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes, June 21, 2026 | Chapel Of The Chimes Oakland Funeral Home & Crematory
Concerts
The annual Walk-Through Concert - Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes returns again to celebrate the summer solstice.
ONLINE SALES ONLY. NO SALES AT THE DOOR. TICKETS WILL BE CAPPED AT 3000. TICKETS WILL SELL OUT.
The program will feature simultaneous performances in different parts of the building by Bay Area composers, musicians, sound artists, and other performers presenting a variety of acoustic and electronic music, installations, and interactive events; the audience is free to move throughout the building during the performances.
The artists, many of whom are well-known to Bay Area audiences, to be featured at the 2026 event include
John Benson
Blevin Blectum
Joseph Bohigian
George Brooks and Utsav Lal
Sidney Chen
Majel Connery and Felix Fan
The Cornelius Cardew Choir
The Dennis Aman / Andy Meyerson Problem
Sally Decker and Brendan Glasson
Dresher Davel Invented Instrument Duo
christopher robin Duncan
duo B.
Esotérica Tropical
Euphotic - Cheryl Leonard, Bryan Day, Tom Djll
Agnes Evon
Gautam Tejas Ganeshan
Philip Gelb
Gliss Glass & Gongs: Krys Bobrowski & Karen Stackpole
Harmonic Drift
Anne Hege, Barbara Nerness, and Celeste Betancur Gutierrez
Liam Herb
Karlton Hester and Valerie Mih
Brenda Hutchinson and the dailybell Ensemble
Silvie Jensen and Sarah Cahill
Joel St. Julien
Kitka
Dylan Mattingly
Matt McBane and Ian Dicke
MoToR/dance
The Mycos Project
Orchestra Nostalgico Reboot
Robin Petrie/Shira Kammen/Peter Maund/Shelley Phillips
Plonsey Scheme
Randy Porter
Rova Sax Quartet
Sruti Sarathy
Sentimental Vvore made up of Xxhe and friends
SoRIAH with Thomas Dimuzio
Thingamajigs Performance Group
Trance Mission Duo: Beth Custer & Stephen Kent
William Winant/Chris Brown/Robert Lopez
Theresa Wong & Roco Córdova
Melike Yersiz
Pamela Z
Evan Ziporyn and Christine Southworth
This year all children under 12 are free and do not need a ticket.
Check our website - https://www.gardenofmemory.com for helpful hints, and updated information on the event. A map will be posted identifying the location of the ensembles.
There is no schedule for most of the performances, although there will be a map.
Event goers are invited to wander the multilevel building which is built onto a hillside between Piedmont Avenue and Howe Street as the performers play simultaneously. Getting lost is part of the experience as guests climb up and down the three floors through a maze of gardens, cloisters, alcoves, stairwells, fountains and other architectural elements, which rise into vaulted ceilings.
Parking is extremely limited.
Piedmont Avenue in front of the Chapel will be closed to cars. Please carpool or use rideshare services, public transportation, or bike, if at all possible. There will not be handicapped parking available - please arrange to be dropped off. If you do drive, there may be parking available on Pleasant Valley Rd. AC Transit's Bus Line #12 stops within 2 blocks and serves both the Ashby and the 19th St. BART stations, as well as AMTRAK, if you're coming from afar. Bicycles are best locked on the fencing of the parking lot across the street from the main entrance.
Accessibility:
The Chapel of the Chimes is only partially handicap accessible. There is access to the main entrance, and to the top two floors and annex floors (where there will be many many performers,) but the older section, except for the two main chapels, is not accessible. There is a third entrance at the very back of the south parking lot on Piedmont, next to the Funeral Home, that provides accessible access from Piedmont to the annex and an elevator to the second and third floors. We will have maps specially marked at that entrance for accessibility.
No food or drink is allowed inside, except for water bottles
- which are recommended, as it can get very hot inside and water fountains are few and far between. There will be food trucks outside on Piedmont Ave, and some tables and chairs.
Garden of Memory offers a unique and personal musical experience to every listener as they rove freely through this Oakland Historic Landmark building. Our co-sponsor, Chapel of the Chimes, is the largest above-ground cemetery (mausoleum which is an inside cemetery) west of the Mississippi. Chimes started out as a street car station that was transformed into the California Memorial Crematorium and Columbarium in 1909. The property was expanded and transformed initially by Julia Morgan and later by Aaron Green, a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Oakland Historical Landmark today continues to provide complete end-of-life services, part of a family of four premier Bay Area cemeteries, columbariums, crematories, mausoleums and funeral homes. From traditional to personalized, Chapel of the Chimes assists the diverse families of Northern California to fully memorialize and celebrate a life lived.
Information Source: New Music Bay Area | eventbrite