{"id":24414,"date":"2017-07-11T11:11:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T18:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24414"},"modified":"2017-07-10T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T23:12:09","slug":"good-free-summer-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/good-free-summer-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab a Seat for Free Summer Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/mikfeets.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whether sitting or standing, let the music move you! Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (shown) free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/santa-cruz-beach-concerts.html\">Friday night concerts<\/a> feature Blue Oyster Cult on July 14, 2017. Other FREE acts: Eric Burdon &amp; the Animals at San Francisco&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/san-francisco-concerts.html\">Stern Grove<\/a> July 16 and Santa Monica Pier July 20 | The Wallflowers @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/los-angeles-pershing-square.html\">LA Pershing Square<\/a> July 15.<\/p>\n<h2>200+ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/california-summer-concerts.html\">free summer concerts<\/a> this week<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2017jy12.html\">Wednesday, July 12<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 33 concerts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2017jy13.html\">Thursday July 13<\/a> &#8211; 48 concerts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2017jy14.html\">Friday, July 14<\/a> &#8211; 42 concerts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2017jy15.html\">Saturday, July 15<\/a> &#8211; 34 concerts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2017jy16.html\">Sunday, July 16<\/a> &#8211; 38 concerts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/july-music.html\">Free admission festivals with music<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AUBURN: Ain&#8217;t Necessarily Dead Grateful Dead Tribute Festival July 15<\/li>\n<li>CAMARILLO: Camarillo Fiesta July 13-16<\/li>\n<li>FRESNO: Fuss Fest July 15<\/li>\n<li>LAWNDALE: Alondra Park Ho&#8217;olaule&#8217;a, July 15-16 \u00a0(not sure if it&#8217;s free)<\/li>\n<li>PLEASANT HILL: Blues &amp; Brews Festival July 14-15<\/li>\n<li>SANTA BARBARA: French Festival July 15-16<\/li>\n<li>SANTEE: Blues &amp; BBQ July 13<\/li>\n<li>TRINITY CENTER: Trinity Lake Jazz &amp; Wine Fest July 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How music affects people<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Live music promotes vigor and relieves more stress and tension in cancer patients than recorded music &#8211; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center study.<\/li>\n<li>Stress hormones cortisol and cortisone decrease during live concerts. Cortisol is produced when the body is under physical or mental stress. &#8211; Public Health, published study<\/li>\n<li>10% (30 million) of Americans encountering hazardous noise levels from music &amp; concerts and occupational exposure &amp; environment risk significant Tinnitus and hearing loss.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. residents listen to 4 hours of music &amp; audio each day &#8211; Edison Research &#8220;Share of Ear&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether sitting or standing, let the music move you! Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (shown) free Friday night concerts feature Blue Oyster Cult on July 14, 2017. Other FREE acts: Eric Burdon &amp; the Animals at San Francisco&#8217;s\u00a0Stern Grove July 16 and Santa Monica Pier July 20 | The Wallflowers @ LA Pershing Square July 15. 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