Ether at Level 28 is the kind of Philadelphia experience that doesn’t fit cleanly into any category — and that’s the entire point. On Saturday, April 18, the sunset floating meditation concert returns to Level 28 at AKA University City, the glass-enclosed rooftop pool perched 400 feet above 2929 Walnut Street. This is a ticketed, open-to-the-public event, and if you missed the last one, this is your notice to move faster. Tickets start at $85 per person and are available now.

The format is straightforward on paper: a 44-minute live sonic experience led by sound practitioner and recording artist Luna Maye. What it delivers in practice is considerably harder to describe. Guests float inside inflatable pools or settle poolside on mats and lounge chairs, wearing spatial audio headphones as Luna guides the room through a live performance built from crystal alchemy singing bowls, vocal looping, gong frequencies, and original compositions woven with field recordings from nature. The whole thing is timed to the setting sun — a backdrop that no venue designer could manufacture and that you won’t find anywhere else in the city.

Ether at Level 28: What to Expect on April 18

Doors open at 5:44 PM for a pre-concert reception in the a.lounge at AKA University City. Light fare and non-alcoholic beverages are provided. The sound concert runs from 7:15 PM to 9:00 PM. Aqua Vida provides the inflatable pools, and guests are encouraged to bring their own mat, pillow, or cushion for the fullest experience. Everything else — the spatial audio headphones, the setting, the sound — is handled. This is a fully all-inclusive experience: just show up and let yourself be transported.

The venue itself warrants a moment. Level 28 is a LEED-certified space designed by globally acclaimed Lissoni Associati, anchored by a 75-foot stainless-steel indoor Olympic-size pool with floor-to-ceiling windows and abundant natural light. It was built for wellness, for elevation in the literal and experiential sense. For an event like Ether at Level 28, it reads less like a venue and more like a collaborator. For more on the city’s finest wellness experiences, explore our running list of Philadelphia lifestyle and culture picks.

Who Is Luna Maye, the Artist Behind Ether at Level 28

Luna Maye holds twenty years of combined professional expertise as an experiential designer, sound meditation practitioner, recording artist, and creative mentor — a trajectory that includes producing over $22 million in corporate and social events before discovering sound meditation during her own healing journey. That background shapes every layer of what she builds: technically precise, deeply intuitive, and genuinely invested in what the work can do for a room full of strangers.

At 17, she toured Europe as the lead vocalist of a 30-piece jazz band, including a headline appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival. She set music aside to pursue event production, and found her way back to her voice — and to sound meditation — years later. That return, and the philosophy it gave her, is the animating force behind Ether. Luna has since been recognized by Google, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Philadelphia Ballet, Field Trip Health, and W Hotels Worldwide as a singular voice in the wellness and experiential space.

Why Ether at Level 28 Works Differently Than a Standard Sound Bath

Ether at Level 28 engages the body through multiple entry points at once — spatial audio, water immersion, physical stillness, and the particular psychological effect of being 400 feet above a city that keeps moving below you. This isn’t ambient background music. Luna’s approach is engineered to release deep-held stress, stimulate meaningful connection, and create conditions in which participants arrive at a different internal state than the one they brought through the door.

For the Philadelphia professional or culture-forward adult who has been curious about sound meditation but skeptical of its more esoteric presentations, Ether is designed with you specifically in mind. Luna’s framework explicitly welcomes both believers and skeptics. The experience asks nothing beyond your presence. The 44:44 live sonic journey — crystal alchemy singing bowls, live vocal looping, gong frequencies, and original score — does the rest.

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Allan Lane

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