EMA Concert History

EMA is the solo performing moniker of guitarist/vocalist Erika M. Anderson, who shaped her experimental voice and guitar techniques in two well-regarded underground bands before setting off on her own. Anderson, who moved to Los Angeles from South Dakota when she was 18, played guitar with folk-noise outfit Amps for Christ in the late '90s and early 2000s, then formed the psych-folk band Gowns in 2004 with former Mae Shi member Ezra Buchla. After making three albums...

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EMA Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 14)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 13, 2011
EMA / Cinemascopes The Green Door Store Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Sep 12, 2011 –
Sep 18, 2011
Incubate 2011
Battles / Glen Hansard / Austra / Nosaj Thing / The Fall / HEALTH / Julio Bashmore / Man Man / Daedelus / Handsome Furs / EMA / Wooden Shjips / Peter Broderick / The Fresh & Onlys / Megafaun / Sam Amidon / Motor City Drum Ensemble / The Queers / Esben and the Witch / Untold / Rainbow Arabia / The Kids / Sleep Party People / Girl Unit / Lightning Dust / Theo Parrish / Wise Blood / Yob / Omar Souleyman / Loefah / Ford & Lopatin / Library Tapes / Joan of Arc / Ganglians / Demdike Stare / Rubik / Nadja / Space Dimension Controller / Alasdair Roberts / Celeste / Silkie / Gallops / Ben UFO / Tweak Bird / Lustmord / Air Waves / Talking To Turtles / Jefre Cantu-Ledesma / Bong-Ra / Wormrot / Aura Noir / Danava / No Turning Back / Matthew Shipp / White Wizzard / Pinkunoizu / Baby Dee / My Disco / Limewax / Dark Castle / Defeated Sanity / Alexander Tucker / Rivulets / Anchor / Zachary Cale / Main / Mater Suspiria Vision / Trial / SJ Esau / Gorgasm / Kongh / This Frontier Needs Heroes / Picastro / Will Samson / Steve Ignorant / Chris Corsano / Flying Horseman / Touchy Mob / Lecherous Gaze / John Edwards / Mats Gustafsson / Norberto Lobo / Pariso / Kerouac / Obliteration / Maruta / Mose Giganticus / Planks / Herrek / Kyst / Han Bennink / Charles Gayle / Wheels On Fire / Larm / Amagortis / Moon & Sun / Capillary Action / Brother JT / Dead Neanderthals / The T.s. Eliot Appreciation Society / Man From the South / Henke / Burning Yellows / True Champions Ride on Speed / Codasync / Suffering Quota / New Yx / Mater Susperia Vision / Rem Koolhaus / Donné Et Desirée / Peter J Taylor / The War On Drugs / SchnAAk / Rats On Rafts Show all bands
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Unknown venue Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Sep 08, 2011
"Musicfest NW Presents Project Pabst" (Portland) / EMA / Mr Twin Sister / Blouse / Sun Angle

Musicfest NW Presents Project Pabst (Portland)

Holocene Portland, Oregon, United States
Sep 07, 2011 –
Sep 11, 2011
MusicFest NW 2011
Rhett Miller / Fernando / Caleb Klauder / The Crypts / The Angry Orts / Violet Isle / Archers Of Loaf / Thee Oh Sees / YACHT / Little Dragon / Climber / Jared Mees & The Grown Children / Grails / Beat Connection / Lifesavas / RTX / Holcombe Waller / Blouse / Heavy Cream / Mad Rad / Marius Libman / Witch Mountain / Blind Pilot / The Globes / Ty Segall / Natasha Kmeto / The Operative / Zuzuka Poderosa / Shabazz Palaces / Talkdemonic / Cass McCombs / Horse Feathers / Old Light / Thousands / Purple & Green / Avi Buffalo / Richmond Fontaine / Dâm-Funk / Centro-Matic / Dennis Coffey / The Vaccines / Blitzen Trapper / Mnemonic Sounds / Kelly Blair Bauman / Emily Wells / Tennis / Rabbits / Txe / The Miracles Club / Glass Candy / Hammerhead / Sleepy Sun / Joe Pug / The Incredible Kid / Phantogram / The Ladybug Transistor / Ted Leo / The Moondoggies / The Soft Moon / Viva Voce / Monarques / Black Prairie / FLINN / Elitist / The Minders / Rebecca Gates / Reporter / Diesto / Mr Twin Sister / Nether Regions / Kylesa / Master Blaster / Bare Wires / Anaïs Mitchell / E3 / E Rock / A Storm of Light / Ume / Boat / Loch Lomond / Pig Destroyer / Portland Cello Project / Dirty Mittens / Macklemore & Ryan Lewis / The Dimes / Charles Bradley / Quiet Life / Olivia Tremor Control / Morning Teleportation / Eternal Tapestry / The Gaslamp Killer / Pierced Arrows / Akimbo / Wild Ones / EMA / Transient / You Am I / The Hood Internet / Dirty Beaches / Crooked Fingers / White Hills / DJ Anjali / Celilo / Bobby Bare / Y La Bamba / Weinland / The Dangerous Boys Club / Jeffrey Jerusalem / The Archers / The Thermals / P.S. I Love You / Big Freedia / Alela Diane / Soft Kill / Dolorean / Death Songs / Super Melody / Sharon Van Etten / Band of Horses / Iron & Wine / Explosions in the Sky / The Kills / The Joy Formidable / The Antlers / The Horrors / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Butthole Surfers / Givers / Handsome Furs / Sebadoh / Typhoon / Neurosis / Yob / And And And Show all bands
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Unknown venue Portland, Oregon, United States
Jul 23, 2011
EMA / Helado Negro The Garrison Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jul 22, 2011
Helado Negro / EMA Quai des Brumes Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 21, 2011
EMA / Helado Negro
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Sonia, The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 20, 2011
EMA / Helado Negro
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Mercury Lounge New York, New York, United States
Jul 18, 2011
EMA / Helado Negro Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jul 17, 2011
EMA / Helado Negro The Red Palace Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jul 16, 2011
EMA The Summit Music Hall Columbus, Ohio, United States
Jul 15, 2011
Pitchfork Music Festival (Day 1 of 3)
The Radio Dept. / Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti / Sun Airway / G-Side / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Chrissy Murderbot / The Dismemberment Plan / No Age / How to Dress Well / Das Racist / Twin Sister / Superchunk / Kylesa / Twin Shadow / TV On the Radio / HEALTH / Darkstar / Zola Jesus / Yuck / Tune-Yards / Battles / Gatekeeper / Kurt Vile / EMA / Off! / Curren$y / Gang Gang Dance / The Fresh & Onlys / Cold Cave / Toro Y Moi / Shabazz Palaces / Jherek Bischoff / Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA) / Cut Copy / Destroyer / Julianna Barwick / James Blake / Fleet Foxes / Woods / Animal Collective / DJ Shadow / Deerhunter / Neko Case / Wild Nothing / Guided By Voices / Thurston Moore Show all bands
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Union Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 15, 2011 –
Jul 17, 2011
Pitchfork Music Festival 2011
Chrissy Murderbot / How to Dress Well / DJ Shadow / Baths / Yuck / Julianna Barwick / Shabazz Palaces / EMA / Mr Twin Sister / Curren$y / G-Side / Gang Gang Dance / Kylesa / Battles / Darkstar / Das Racist / Sun Airway / Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti / Gatekeeper / The Fresh & Onlys / Fleet Foxes / James Blake / TV On the Radio / Animal Collective / Cut Copy / Deerhunter / Kurt Vile / Wild Nothing / Tune-Yards / Neko Case / Destroyer / The Radio Dept. / OFWGKTA / Zola Jesus / Woods / HEALTH / Guided By Voices / No Age / Thurston Moore / Cold Cave / Superchunk / The Dismemberment Plan / Off! / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Twin Shadow / Toro Y Moi Show all bands
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Union Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jul 14, 2011
EMA / Ami Dang / Names Divine Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 13, 2011
EMA / Land of Vandals / Dead Luke / DJ the Real Jaguar High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Jun 15, 2011
JR JR / EMA
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7th St Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Jun 14, 2011
Jr. Jr. / EMA The Mill Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Jun 13, 2011
Jr. Jr. / EMA
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The Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Jun 11, 2011
Jr. Jr. / EMA
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Hi-Dive Denver, Colorado, United States
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Jun 10, 2011
Jr. Jr. / EMA
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Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Jun 09, 2011
JR JR / EMA Neurolux Boise, Idaho, United States
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Apr 13 - 15, 2012
 Indio, California, United States
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 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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