“Mazes and Portals” arrives at National Sawdust as a rotating rock/pop bill, placing distinct songwriters and collaborators in a space more often associated with contemporary music experiments. The lineup moves from Britton & The Sting and Lola Kirke with Odetta to Storey Littleton + Calder the Destroyer, Black Belt Eagle Scout and Mato Wayuhi with Ailani, Bruce Brubaker Live!, and a Friday the 13th dance party with DJs Eli Escobar & Cosmo. No specific NYC premiere history is established for the series. The setting turns a concert into a survey of how New York stages genre in 2026.