CHINO HILLS: City of Hills Concerts in the Park return to Veterans Park with a great line up of bands for 2024. The free evening of entertainment tonight features The Trip band.
HOLLYWOOD: Forever Summer Concert Season - Big Band Night + Maria Schneider Orchestra • Count Basie Orchestra July 17, 2024, 8 p.m. at Hollywood Bowl. Location: 2301 N Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA. $, hollywoodbowl.com
PASO ROBLES: California Mid-State Fair July 17-28, 2024. Concerts with popular acts such as Jelly Roll (Jul.23), carnival rides and the midway, cowboy culture, xtreme car event, contests for all ages and food competitions. Location: 2198 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles, CA. $15, midstatefair.com
SACRAMENTO: California State Fair July 12-28, 2024, at Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday-Sunday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. $16, calexpostatefair.com
Past events
CALIFORNIA: Grunion Run - must have a fishing license to catch these slippery silversides with your bare hands only!
CARMEL: Carmel Bach Festival July 15-29, 2023
$free-up, approx. bachfestival.org
15-day Music Celebration in Carmel-by-the-Sea The Carmel Bach Festival
celebrates the works, inspiration, and ongoing influence of J.S. Bach
CLAREMONT: Boxcar 7 band plays Blues & soul, at Monday Night Live Summer Concerts held in Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Boulevard, Claremont, CA Claremont Village Plaza Shelton Park 300 N. Harvard Ave. Claremont, CA Free, ci.claremont.ca.us
COVINA: City Beach band features horn-infused rock with soul at Summer Concerts inCovina Park, 301 N. Fourth Avenue Covina, CA Free, covinaca.gov
DUARTE: No Duh No Doubt, Gwen Stefani tribute at Summer Concerts in Beardslee Park, 2000 Buena Vista St., Duarte, CA. Free, accessduarte.com
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival June 30-September 3, 2023. Location: 935 Laguna Canyon Rd. Laguna Beach, CA. $10, sawdustartfestival.org
MENDOCINO: Mendocino Music Festival July 17, 2023, 11 a.m. Ravel: The Lure of the Exotic, featuring Susan Waterfall; 3 p.m. Foxglove, with Gwyneth Moreland. Location: Preston Hall, 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA. $15-30
MENDOCINO: Mendocino Music Festival July 17, 2023, 7:30 p.m. The Steel Wheels. Location: Tent Concert Hall, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA. $15-45
NAPA:
Festival Napa Valley July 8-23, 2023
festivalnapavalley.org
NAPA: Festival Napa Valley Summer Concerts Bouchaine Young Artist Series Fiona & Hina Khuong-Huu violinists
NEVADA CITY: Papa Oom-Pah-Pah SMusical Mondays Mini- Concerts at Madelyn Helling Library Amphitheatre. Free, inconcertsierra.org
SAN DIEGO: International Summer Organ Festival Bizet's Carmen Suite & Other Opera Overtures performed at Balboa Park's Spreckels Organ Pavilion. Free
WHITTIER: Undercover, Top 100 hits at Summer Concerts in Central Park, 13212 Park Street, Whittier, CA Free, whittierprcs.org
Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.