{"id":26167,"date":"2019-08-08T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26167"},"modified":"2019-08-08T14:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T21:30:08","slug":"concerts-getting-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/concerts-getting-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Concerts Where Getting There is Half the Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/tromshort.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My sister took my advice last week and went to Mammoth&#8217;s Bluezapalooza Festival to see Trombone Shorty perform. There were 72 brewery vendors &#8212; she tried only 7. She went by way of Lone Pine, staying at the historic Dow Villa Motel. Traveling from Santa Maria to the concert was a blast &#8212; as much fun as the concert, itself, she said. As another friend always says, &#8220;Enjoy the journey &#8212; the journey IS the reward.&#8221; Here are some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/august-music.html\">music festivals<\/a> to see in California!<\/p>\n<h2>California Concerts &#8220;on tap&#8221; August 9, 2019<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/alameda-concerts.html\">Alameda<\/a> Jazz Mafia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/amador-county.html\">Volcano<\/a> Four for the Road<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/brentwood-concerts.html\">Brentwood <\/a>\u00a0Orquestra Borinquen<br \/>\nSalsa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/brisbane-summer-concerts.html\"> Brisbane<\/a> Busta Groove<br \/>\n70s, 80s, 90s Pop<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/carlsbad-concerts.html\">Carlsbad <\/a>\u00a0Gene Evaro Jr.<br \/>\nSoul<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/chico.html\">Chico <\/a>\u00a0The Damaged Goods<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/cloverdale.html\">Cloverdale <\/a>\u00a0Royal Jelly Jive<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/el-cajon.html\">El Cajon<\/a> Clay Colton Band<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/elk-grove.html\">Elk Grove <\/a>\u00a0The Bloodstones<br \/>\nRoots<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/foster-city-concerts.html\">Foster City <\/a>\u00a0 Top Shelf Classics<br \/>\nMotown<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/hollywood-concerts.html\">Hollywood Bowl<\/a> Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/lake-arrowhead-concerts.html\">Lake Arrowhead <\/a>\u00a0Strange Days<br \/>\nDoors Tribute<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/lakeport-summer-concerts.html\"> Lakeport<\/a> Big City Swing Committee<br \/>\nRetro Swing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/los-angeles-concerts.html\">Los Angeles<\/a> Genitallica With Forajidos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/mariposa.html\">Mariposa<\/a> Amber Melby<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/mission-viejo-concert.html\">Mission Viejo<\/a> Family Style band<br \/>\nRock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/morgan-hill-summer-concerts.html\"> Morgan Hill<\/a> The Heat<br \/>\nClassic Rock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/napa-concerts.html\">Napa<\/a> The Billy Martini Show | Trace Repeat | Al James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/oceanside.html\">Oceanside <\/a>\u00a0The Greg Douglass Band<br \/>\nClassic Rock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/oxnard-concerts.html\">Oxnard\u00a0 <\/a>\u00a0Grupo Modazz<br \/>\nCumbias<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/palo-alto-free-concerts.html\">Palo Alto <\/a>\u00a0Nancy Cassidy, Music is Magic Series<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/pleasanton-summer-concerts.html\"> Pleasanton<\/a> Max Cruise<br \/>\nRock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/redlands-summer-music-festival.html\"> Redlands Bowl<\/a> The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players<br \/>\nPirates of Penzance in One Act<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/redwood-city-concerts.html\">Redwood City<\/a> Mustache Harbor<br \/>\nYacht Rock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/rosemead-rockin-concerts.html\"> Rosemead<\/a> Steel Rod<br \/>\nClassic Rock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/rossmoor.html\">Rossmoor<\/a> The Emperors<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/san-bruno.html\">San Bruno<\/a> Joe Sheldon Band<br \/>\nDecades<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/san-diego-concerts.html\">San Diego-Point Loma<\/a> Pine Mountain Logs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/san-luis-obispo-concerts.html\">San Luis Obispo<\/a> Bear Market Riot<br \/>\nAmericana<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/san-rafael.html\">San Rafael<\/a> The Sons of the Soul Revivers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/santa-cruz-beach-concerts.html\">Santa Cruz<\/a> Living Colour<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/sausalito-jazz-by-the-bay.html\"> Sausalito<\/a> Gator Nation<br \/>\nZydeco<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/south-lake-tahoe-concerts.html\">South Lake Tahoe<\/a> Metalachi<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/tracy.html\">Tracy<\/a> Cover Me Badd<br \/>\n80s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/vacaville-creekwalk-concerts.html\"> Vacaville<\/a> Hey Jude<br \/>\nBeatles Tribute<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/waterford-concerts.html\">Waterford<\/a> Guy Dossi Band<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/westlake-village-tgif-concerts.html\"> Westlake Village<\/a> A Dutch Newman and the Musical Melodians<br \/>\n1920s-40s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/ag10.html\">August 10, 2019<\/a> 30+ concerts such as REO Speedwagon at Pershing Square free!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/ag11.html\">August 11, 2019<\/a>\u00a030+ concerts such as Pink Martini free at Stern Grove, San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister took my advice last week and went to Mammoth&#8217;s Bluezapalooza Festival to see Trombone Shorty perform. There were 72 brewery vendors &#8212; she tried only 7. She went by way of Lone Pine, staying at the historic Dow Villa Motel. Traveling from Santa Maria to the concert was a blast &#8212; as much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26167"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26168,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26167\/revisions\/26168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}