MASS MoCA and Bang on a Can announce the 2025 edition of their multi-day music festival LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA in North Adams, located in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts. LOUD Weekend features three days of ear-bending music and mind-blowing art exhibitions taking place throughout the museum’s vast galleries and its stunning collection of indoor and outdoor performing arts venues. LOUD Weekendkicks off  with a groove-packed double bill featuring Sō Percussion on double duty playing Steve Reich’s iconic pulsating masterwork Drumming plus an opening set with composer-flutist-vocalist Nathalie Joachim, performing music from Note to Self and Joachim’s recent release Ki moun ou ye.  Highlights of the weekend include Bang on a Can All-Stars performing Ryuichi Sakamoto 1996; Shelter, an oratorio-collaboration of Bang on a Can co-founders Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe with libretto by Deborah Artman; Percussion legend Steven Schick; renowned noise-music duo Wolf Eyes with sound-artist/DJ Maria Chavez; visiting guest composers Jeffrey Brooks, Ted Hearne, Tamar Muskal, Gemma Peacocke, Trevor Weston, and much more.