June Music Festivals California

Some of these events may change without notice.

Summer music festivals kick into high gear in June. So do the summer concerts in parks, produced by cities, their parks & recreation departments, malls, private enterprises.   With so much music all over the place, it's time to put a smile on that face.

SANTA BARBARA: Lucidity Festival June 28-30, 2024
Live Oak Campground
Santa Barbara, CA
Lineup:

Past events

FELTON: Redwood Mountain Faire June 3-4, 2023 at Roaring Camp Railroads
5401 Graham Hill Road
Felton, CA
$30-75, roaringcamp.com or redwoodmountainfaire.com Parking $20, rain or shine event.
Music festival with bands and arts & crafts fair that benefits local nonprofit organizations. The Faire features live music on two stages, kids' area, locally made food, beer, cider and wine in an open field surrounded by redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Line up: Lebo and Friends, Featuring Elliott Peck (Midnight North), Steve Adams (ALO), Trevor Garrod & Scott Rager (Tea Leaf Green), AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Hot Buttered Rum, Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Stu Allen & Mars Hotel, Antsy McClain and The Trailer Park Troubadours, Willy Tea & the Fellership, Boot Juice, Object Heavy, Edge of the West, Jive Machine, Patti Maxine & Friends, Hank & Ella with the Fine Country Band, Pacific Vibration, Superblume, Red Beans & Rice, Santa Cruz Latin Collective, Flypaper Blues, Bean Creek, Mira Goto, Michael Gaither & His New Best Friends, Lucas Lawson & The Unturned Stone, Lost Skyway, Two Buds, Banana Slug String Band Duo, Anthony Arya

PLACENTIA: Placentia Palooza June 2-3, 2023, 5-9 p.m.
Old Town Placentia Mural Parking Lot
110 West Santa Fe Avenue
Placentia, CA 92870
$20 age 21+only, facebook.com/PlacentiaChamberofCommerce
New music festival featuring a variety of bands from Jazz to R&B to Indie Rock and Alternative!  Taco bar hosted by Tlaquepaque Restaurant. Beer & seltzer hosted by Broken Timbers. Wine hosted by Placentia Grocery Outlet. Food and drink packages are available at a discounted price. 
Lineup: Fat Maggie, the Zavala Jazz Soul Posse, Prime Time Music,  Emi Grace, Vida Moxy, Social Ghost

SAN JOSE: SubZERO Festival June 2-3, 2023
SoFA District South First  and William Streets
South First Street between San Carlos & Reed Streets
San Jose, CA
Free, subzerofestival.com
Music, art walk, craft beer garden, San Jose FREE music and art walk, DJs. O'Craven performs Friday night and Dogcatcher band is Saturday night.

WOODLAND: One Love Reggae Festival June 16-19, 2023, 10 a.m.- 10 p.m.
Yolo County Fairgrounds
1250 Gum Ave.
Woodland, CA
 $75-up, OneLoveOneHeartReggae.com 
 Camping On-site tent camping available. 
One Love One Heart Reggae Festival attracts over 10,000 people from all over California and Oregon. Families come to experience the vibes full of music, food, and love. Over the weekend, many top food, crafts, art and brews are available throughout the fairgrounds and a family-friendly atmosphere ensues, including a Kids Zone.

TUOLUMNE: River Ranch Music Festival June 2-3, 2023
 Nicholas Lefler Presents: The 22nd River Ranch Music Festival   Music starts at 6 pm Friday. All Ages Welcome Camping and Parking included. River Ranch Campgrounds Tuolumne, California facebook.com/RiverRanchMusicFestival/
Lineup: The Hot Dark, Clan Dyken, A la lune, High Country Chimes, Splt Milk, Green Machine, Skull Country, DJ Rob I, Minor Birds, Pacific Lung, Cali Rebelz, Pretty Kitty, Nathan Ignacio, Wataon & Willis, Tarantula, Deborah & Kris, Billie & Alex Shields-Atman, Felicity, Oscar Goldman, Jarod Slade....Bellydance by Co Motion with more tba.

PASADENA: Reset Concert Series June 2-4, 2023, 12 p.m. at Brookside at The Rose Bowl
1001 Rose Bowl Drive
Pasadena, CA
$100-275, rosebowlstadium.com
Lineup: Steve Lacy, James Blake, Toro Y Moi, Foushee, Boygenius, Clairo, Dijon, Bartees Strange, LCD Soundsystem, Jamie XX, Idles, Big Freedia

POWAY: Sam Hinton Folk Festival Saturday, June  3, 2023,  11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Old Poway Park
14134 Midland Road Poway, CA
Free, poway.org
San Diego Folk Heritage hosts the Annual Sam Hinton Folk Festival at Old Poway Park. Musical performances, musical workshops, group jams and an open mic stage for Bluegrass, Olde Time, Irish music, and much more. | Poway  Summer Concerts 

THOUSAND OAKS: Wild Oaks Country Music Festival June 3, 2023, 12-7 p.m.
Conejo Creek South Park
1300 East Janns Road
Thousand Oaks, CA
 $55-up, free under age 12, wildoakscmf.com  Limited parking onsite is $20
Hear Nashville's favorite country artists. Lineup: Craig Morgan, Justin Honsinger, CAM, Chris Johnson and the Hollywood Hillbillies  straight from the Cowboy Palace in Chatsworth. First annual festival includes line dancing and lessons, a live DJ, food trucks, kids' activities, Hot Summer Night People's Choice Best Hot Sauce tastings and over 75 vendors and booths. Presented by the Rotary Club of Westlake Village, all net proceeds go to local nonprofit groups.

OJAI: Ojai Music Festival June 8-11, 2023 at Libbey Bowl and other venues.  Classical music festival presenting new works juxtaposed with seldom heard works from past masters performed in the enchanting Ojai Valley located only 90 miles from Los Angeles. $20-up, approx., ojaifestival.org
Lineup: Liquid Borders, The Willows are New, Ojai Dawns, Vis-a-vis, Tan Dun's Ghost Opera, An Evening with Giddens & Turrisi, Omar's Journey, Between Worlds, Strings Attached

LAYTONVILLE: The Hog Farm Hideaway June 9-11, 2023 at Black Oak Ranch • Laytonville, CA Save The Hog Farm Hideaway  to your collection. Located on the beautiful Black Oak Ranch in California
 $150-650, hogfarmhideaway.com
Line up: The String Cheese Incident, Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Papadosio, Keller Williams, Dirtwire, The Motet, Lindsay Lou, Orgōne, Midnight North, Hot Buttered Rum, Kyle Tuttle Band, MAGIC BEANS, Magic Beans, Snakes and Stars, Bill & Jilian Nershi, Rainbow Girls, T Sisters, Poor Man's Whiskey, Hobby Weird, Scott Law & Friends, Dogs in a Pile, Daniel Rodriguez, Painted Mandolin, Grateful Bluegrass Boys, Two Runner, Alice DiMicele, Broken Compass Bluegrass, Hayley Jane, Tumbleweed Soul, Deadwood Revival, Caltucky, Blü Egyptian, Danny Goldberg & Friends, Fisheye Jones, DJ Dragonfly, The Banana Slug String Band

 WILSEYVILLE: Summer Solstice Stilldream Festival June 9-12, 2023 at Blue Mountain Event Center. An auditory experience with edm, techno, bass, reggae, house music, djs and more, a visual experience with art installations and three days of relaxed lifestyle. $199 weekend pass approx., stilldreamfestival.com (lineups not announced by intention)

SANTA ROSA: Railroad Square Music Festival June 11, 2023, 12 - 7 p.m. Free Downtown Santa Rosa, CA
railroadsquaremusicfestival.com
Line up: Banda La Congora, Tru Lyric, Prxzm, Lee Vandeveer Band, Hush, Dj Dyops, Sebastian St James, DJ Konnex, Late For The Train, The Musers, Meli Levi, Rascuaches, Dj Nadie, Maxima Frequencia, Lucky Ol' Bones, Damion Square, Kinglung, Scoodah Blazz, Ben Roots, Honey Gold Jasmine, Brittany Aquamarine, Parson Jones, Sonomacanna, Gill Brothers, Vocab Slick & True Justice, Lenkadu, Cera Será Vinyl Collection, Kemist

GRASS VALLEY: Father's Day Bluegrass Festival June 15-18, 2023. Bluegrass music outdoors under the pines and shade. $tickets. Location: Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Rd. Grass Valley, CA fathersdayfestival.com

SANTA ROSA:  Country Summer Music Festival June 16-18, 2023 at Sonoma County Fairgrounds.  Location: 1350 Bennett Valley Road Santa Rosa, CA, 95404. $99-up. $40 parking countrysummer.com
Line up: Eric Church, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Brothers Osborne, Matt Stell, Frankie Ballard, Tenille Townes, Josh Gracin, The Cadillac Three, Lee Bricke, Caylee Hammack, Tyler Farr, Logan Mize, Ashland Craft, Kassi Ashton, Ella Langley, North Forty, J. Canchola, Halle Kearns, Nicole Marden, Jake Jacobson, Lewis Brice, Chad Bushnell, Jeremy McComb

AUBURN: Gold Rush Country Music Festival June 17, 2023, 12-10 p.m. at  Gold Country Fairgrounds
1273 High Street
Auburn, CA
$20-37, gostang.com
West-coast country artists, great food for sale, games, fun and a marketplace of artisan vendors.
Lineup: Brodie Stewart Band, Ariel Jean Band, Linden Wood, Cynthia Renee & Co, Cash Prophets, Jeremy McComb 

SAN JOSE:  San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival June 17, 2023, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Plaza de Cesar Chavez
194 South Market Street
San Jose, CA
$25 -85, sjdowntown.com
Regional craft beers, ciders and wine, local BBQ, New Orleans and other Southern-style foods, artist vendor zone, family-friendly activities and games Silicon Valley's longest running music festival returns with award-winning talent.
Lineup: Devon Allman Project featuring Larry McCray & Jimmy Hall (Wet Willie), Chris Cain Band, Diunna Greenleaf Band, Andre Thierry & His Accordion Soul Music

TEMECULA: Old Town Music Festival  June 17, 2023, 12-10 p.m.
28721 Old Town Front St.,  Temecula, CA 
$69-129, oldtownmusicfestival.com
Lineup: Coffey Anderson, Cowboy Troy, Runaway June, Eddie Montgomery, Big & Rich, Creed Fisher

SANTA CLARITA: Boots & Brews Music Festival June 17, 2023, 1-9 p.m.
Central Park
27150 Boquet Canyon Rd.
Santa Clarita, CA
$50-up, bootsandbrews.com
Lineup: Lee Brice, Tyler Farr and Matt Stell in concert.
No food or beer is included with ticket purchase. It is sold separately.

DAVIS: Music Fest, June 16-18, 2023. Listen to 40 Bands in 3 days. Location: Downtown Davis 2001 2nd St. $40-53.74, davismusicfest.com Line up:  America Love, Band of Coyotes, Bug Bath, Erin Anne, French Cassettes, Güero, John Vanderslice, Kaz Mirblouk, The Max Riley Group, Shutups, STRQ x Labrats, The Coffis Brothers, The One Train, A Tribe Quartet, Boca Do Rio, Dog Party, Fashionista Boyfriend, Getaway Dogs, Jessica Malone, Josiah Johnson, Maita, Megan Slankard, Sol Peligro, Ten Foot Tiger, The Gold Souls, The Snares, Wolf Jett, Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters, Boot Juice, Earth Exit, Forever Goldrush, GOSH, Jimmy Toor, Katie Knipp Big Band, MAU, Ridgeway, Spacewalker, Th' Losin' Streaks, The Nickel Slots, Threadbare, Brother

NEVADA CITY: Music in the Mountains  Summer Fest June 17-July 3, 2023   musicinthemountains.org Nevada County Fairgrounds

HALF MOON BAY: Flutes by the Sea June 14 - 17, 2023   flutesbythesea.com
Intensive 4 Day Masterclass & Competition

CORONA DEL MAR: Baroque Music Festival June 18-25, 2023. Tickets: $30-up, bmf-cdm.org

SAN DIEGO: San Diego Smooth Jazz Festival June 24-25, 2023
Rady Shell at Jacobs Park is located at 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA 92101
$80-260, facebook.com/sdsmoothjazz
Saturday lineup: Eric Darius, Michael Franks, Rick Braun & Richard Elliot, Michael Lington, Ray Fuller and Friends
Sunday lineup: Eric Darius, Average White Band, Damien Escobar, Jazz Funk Soul featururing Jeff Lorber with Everette Harp + Paul Jackson Jr., Keiko Matsui, Phil Denny

MOORPARK: Summerfest June 24-25, 2023
Moorpark College
Moorpark, CA
$20-up, moorparkca.gov
BBQ to vegetarian gluten-free options to carnival style favorites, plus local craft beers and many other beverages top off this weekend of fun.
Saturday Lineup: Jazz Extravaganza with Ilya Serov, and popular guest artists, Blanco Brown The Git Up,  Jason Scheff with Chicago Nights, and the New West Symphony Orchestra. Sunday: World Music, Live DJ and Entertainment (main stage), Raiders of the Lost Ark - Disney in Concert LIVE, with the New West Symphony Orchestra

MORGAN HILL: Boots & Brews Music Festival June 24, 2023, 1-9 p.m.
Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Complex
27150 Boquet Canyon Rd.
Santa Clarita, CA
$59-200, bootsandbrews.com
Lineup: Jake Owen, Randy Houser and Dylan Scott in concert.
No food or beer is included with ticket purchase. It is sold separately.

TRUCKEE: Truckee Reggae Fest June 24, 2023, 3-10 p.m. at Truckee Regional Park Outdoor Amphitheater
$55-199, lateniteproductions.com
Arts and Craft Vending, Food Trucks and a Beer Garden.
Lineup: Julian Marley & the Uprising Mykal Rose from Black Uhuru, Mighty Mysti,c Lizano, El Dub, Dubfyah, DJ Treez, MC Cootdog, Lake Anthony, Stay Positive Sound

PIERCY: 45th Summer Arts & Music Festival  June 24-25, 2023, 10 a.m.-12 a.m. at County Line Ranch.  Kids zone and over 50 international foods, fine arts and unique artisan crafts, and non-profit groups create an arts village situated along the Eel River with a redwood SoHum backdrop. $35-100, mateel.org | summerartsandmusicfestival.com   Line up:  Ozomatli, Mike Love & the Full Circle, Mike Clip, Payne's 420, Funk Mob, Dirty Cello, Object Heavy, California Poppies, Makenu, Checkered Past, Buddy Reed & the Rip It Ups, Blue Axis, Chris McCurdy & Peter Childs, Fat Boy Wilson & The Eel River Rats, Special Guest Family, Camo Cowboys, Garbervillains, Funnicators, So Hum Girls and more!

COTATI: Summer Music Festival June 24, 2023, 12-6 p.m.
La Plaza Park
Cotati, CA
Free admission, cotati.org

LIVE OAK: Live Oak Music Festival June 23-25, 2023
Location: Live Oak Camp just off Highway 154 near Paradise Road $45-195, liveoakfest.org
3-day  annual Festival is an experience rooted in music and community. The Festival features an aural collage of live music ranging from traditional, folk, bluegrass and gospel, to blues, jazz, classical and world music. Nestled in the oak trees of the quiet Santa Ynez Valley at Live Oak Camp just off Highway 154 near Paradise Road  
Line up:  Wild Child - Indie Folk Pop, Cracker - Alt-Rock/Americana, Brothers Comatose - Rowdy California String Band, Próxima Parada - Groovy California Soul and R&B, Parker Millsap - Americana, Las Cafeteras - Afro-Mexican Americana Futurism, Rissi Palmer - Southern Soul/Country, Kyshona - Inspiring Soul, Gospel, Blues & Folk, Diggin Dirt - West Coast Funk and Soul, Tony Furtado - Americana, Orchestra Gold - African Psychedelic Rock, Carolyn Sills Combo - Western Swing/Americana, Wordsauce - Hip Hop/Funk, Boot Juice - River Rock & Mountain Americana, The China Cats - A Tribute to the Grateful Dead, Dulcie Taylor - Singer-Songwriter, Shawn Clark and Ryan Delmore - Folk and Country Gospel, Miss Leo and the Handsome Fellers - California Soulgrass, Hattie and the Moon Howlers - Americana, The Mother Corn Shuckers - Beergrass, Hot 45 - R&B, Jody Mulgrew & Grey Bear - Singer-Songwriter, Kenny Taylor - Singer-Songwriter, Brynn Albanese - Virtuoso Violinist, Derek Senn - Singer-Songwriter, Max MacLaury - Indie Singer-Songwriter, The Creston Line - Twang Pollution

LAKE SELMAC: Siskiyou Folk & Bluegrass Festival June 24, 2023,  11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce production at Lake Selmac, Selma, Oregon siskiyoubluegrassfestival.com  | facebook.com/siskiyoubluegrassfestival
Lineup: Hot Copper Kettle, SongBird Trio, Jodie Jean Marsten

HOLLYWOOD: Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival June 17-18, 2023, 3:30 p.m.  Tickets: $, hollywoodbowl.com
Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival. Arsenio Hall hosts this two day event featuring an all-star cast of jazz musicians

QUINCY: High Sierra Music Festival June 29-July 2, 2023 at Plumas County Fairgrounds • Quincy, CA
Location: 204 Fairground Road Quincy, CA 95971. $30-350, highsierramusic.com
Lineup:  Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Thievery Corporation, Marcus King, Moe, Cory Wong, Galactic, The Del McCoury Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, Lostu, Deer Tick, Neal Francis, The Travelin' McCourys, Celisse, Sierra Hull, John Craigie, Lebo & Friends, Dumpstaphunk, Fruition, Big Something, Dopadod, The Nth Power, Garza DJ set, Rom Artis II and Truth, , Steve Poltz, Moontricks, Circles Around the Sun, The Heavy Heavy, S.G. Goodman, Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country, Katie Pruitt, Eggy, Polyrhythmics, Diggin Dirt, King Buffalo, The Mountain Grass Unit, Yasmin Williams, Jerry's Middle Finger, Sway Wild, Handmade Moments, New Monsoon, Will Beranrd and Freelance Subversives, TK & The Holy Know-Nothings, Octave Cat, Shira Elias, Proxima Parada, Black Sheep Brass Band, Glitterfox, Sweet Sally

AHWAHNEE: The Plunge Music Fest June 30-July 4, 2023.  5-day music festival with main entertainment DJ-driven! The festival, located in a beautiful sunlit valley, also includes catered meals, live music acts, and  DJs, a full bar, pool, and hot tub. Location: 46516 Opah Dr., Ahwahnee, CA $200-up,  plungefest.com

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.