Enjoying the list of other events in our newsletters? Can’t remember that event you wanted to see or to catch the repeat online? Looking to experience a new to you musical style? Here’s a sample from the bounty available in Southern California.
| 2026 | |
| 6/13-14 | MadriGALS. Jouyssance and LA Camerata, Westchester and Monrovia. |
| 4/19 | Quatuor Ébène. Caltch Beckman Auditorium, Pasadena |
| 4/12 | American Colonial Folk Songs with Rachael Denny. Pasadena Conservatory of Music |
| 4/11 | Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles. Hermosa Beach Community Theater |
| 3/29 | Spirit Child: The Return. Free. Drinkward Recital Hall, Harvey Mudd College Claremont |
| 3/15 | Celebration of American Music from Bob Dylan to Bonnie Raitt. Irvine Barclay Theater |
| 2/15 | Isidore String Quartet. Caltch Beckman Auditorium, Pasadena |
| 2/8 | Indian Folk Songs with Dayita Datta. Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Pasadena |
| 1/31 | 3rd edition of Django à Gogo Los Angeles dedicated to legendary guitar master Django Reinhardt, Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, Los Angeles |
| 1/18 | Valencia Baryton Project. Caltch Beckman Auditorium, Pasadena |
| 1/16 | Mohsen Namjoo, master of the Setar (Persian Lute). Irvine Barclay Theater |
| 1/15-2/1 | Celtic Connections yearly festival in Glasgow, Scotland that includes livestreams. |
| 1/11 | Joyeux Noel! St. Luke’s Episcopal, Monrovia |
| 1/11 | Country/Bluegrass Folk with Natalie Brejcha. Pasadena Conservatory of Music |
| 1/2 | James Lee Stanley livestream. Severin Browne First Fridays Free livestream on Youtube |
| 2025 | |
| 12/17 | Wine & Song – Cindy Kalmenson; Petty Chavez. Neighbors & Frinds, South Pasadena |
| 12/14 | The Queen’s Six. Caltch Beckman Auditorium, Pasadena |
| 12/13 | An English Cathedral Christmas. Broad Stage, Santa Monica |
| 12/12-13 | Holiday Candlelight. Pasadena Symphony and Pops, All Saints’s Church Pasadena |
| 12/10 | Wine & Song – Brad & Friends featuring Joselyn & Don; Hilary Cousins; Ted Russell Kamp. The Hive, Pasadena |
| 11/20 | Django Festival Allstars 1920’s/30’s Paris jazz. Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, Los Angeles |
| 11/12 | Great Willow and David Starr. Wine&Song at The Hive, South Pasadena |
| 11/9 | Mexican Folk Songs with Noel Ayala – Loera. Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Pasadena |
| 11/8 | Joselyn & DonSecond Saturdays Jazz Night. Archetype Yoga, Pasadena |
| 11/7 | Severin Browne with The Tall Men Group. First Fridays Free livestream on Youtube |
| 11/1 | Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod Virtuoso. Irvine Barclay Theater |
| 11/1 | Fox & Bones with Joselyn & Don. Grand Annex Music Hall, San Pedro |
| 10/28 | In the Tune of Art: Koto & Shakuhachi & Saxophone. Free Japan Foundation Los Angeles |
| 10/25 | The LA Sessions Contemporary Irish Music, inspired by Samhain. Contemporary Irish Arts Center Los Angeles |
| 10/19 | Celtic Thunder. Fred Kavli Theatre BOfA Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks |
| 10/18 | Harpsichord from the Court at Versailles to the Parisian Salons. YouTube premier. |
| 10/12 | Jouyssance: Love and Marriage Renaissance Style. St. Luke’s Episcopal, Monrovia |
| 10/11 | Tim Easton, American roots music. Folk Music Center, Claremont |
| 10/9 | A Taste of Ireland.Irvine Barclay Theater |
| 10/5 | Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas. McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica |
| 10/5 | Jake Shimabukuro.Irvine Barclay Theater |
| 10/4 | Tarwa N-Tiniri playing Amazigh, blues, jazz, reggae, rock, Gnaoua. Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, LA |
| 10/3 | Severin Browne and Dana Cooper, Free Youtube livestream Event |
| 9/22, 9/29 | Rocco DeLuca folk and blues music. Healing Force of the Universe record shop, Pasadena |
| 9/27 | Acoustic Jewels: Sunday Songwriters Series. Jeweled Universe retail boutique live events |
| 9/27 | LA Bluegrass Band. Healing Force of the Universe record shop. Pasadena. |
| 9/27 | Guthriesque singer-songwriter Joel Raphael. Folk Music Center, Clarement |
| 9/19-21 | Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival. Torrance Cultural Arts Center |
| 9/14 | Old Time Americana. Pasadena Conservatory of Music Second Sundays |
| 9/14 | Sentimental Journey. Jeweled Universe Pasadena retail boutique live events |
| 9/13 | The Limeliters. McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica |
| 9/12 | Joel P West and Isaac Watters. Healing Force of the Universe record shop, Pasadena |
| 9/6 | Thee Holy Brothers. Folk Music Center, Claremont |
| 8/31 | Judy Collins. The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano |
| 8/9 | Multiple Artists in the Big Round. Boulevard Music, Culver City |
| 8/1 | Carolyn Wonderland plays Acoustic Blues. McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica |
| 7/24 | Caltech’s choral octet OcTech free concert. Caltech Morgan Library Kerckhoff, 2nd floor |
| 7/23 | Caltech’s choral octet OcTech summer concert. Parson’s Nose Theater Pasadena |
| 7/19 | 2nd Annual Long Beach Bluegrass Festival. Live at The Shell in Long Beach |
| 7/13 | Rees Shad playing Americana music. Diana March Jeweled Universe, South Pasadena |
| 7/13 | Jack Lantz Band (Big Band Swing). La Cañada’s Memorial Park |
| 7/12-13 | Summer of Angels Concerts. New Hollywood String Quartet. Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall |
| 6/14-15 | Irish Fair and Music Festival. Wilson Park, Torrance |
| 6/1 | Turkish Festival.Long Beach Shoreline Aquatic Park. |
| 5/31 | Internationally acclaimed guitarist, Diego Garcia. Boulevard Music, Culver City |
| 5/23 | The great Scottish Tannahill Weavers. Boulevard Music, Culver City |
| 5/22-6/7 | UCLA Spring Festival of World Music. In person and livestream. UCLA Schoenberg Hall |
| 5/21-6/18 | Music in the Chinese Garden. The Huntington Pasadena |
| 5/18 | Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival.King Gillette Ranch, Calabasas |
| 5/8 | Constantinople storytelling through music. Theatre Raymond Kabbaz |
| 4/12 | Scottish Fiddlers Spring Concert with Katie McNally. Hermosa Beach Community Center |
| 3/30 | Bernie Pearl & Friends “Why We Sing the Blues”. Grand Annex San Pedro |
| 3/29 | Kaumakaiwa and Kulaiwi Hula of Indigenous Hawai’i. Barclay Theater Irvine. |
| 3/23 | Honey Whiskey Trio. Grand Annex San Pedro |
| 3/23 | Yamato Drummers of Japan. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| 3/21 | Ukuelele Orchestra of Great Britian. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| 3/20 | Danu Irish traditional band. Barclay Theater Irvine |
| 3/14-16 | CIACLA Irish Film Festival LA 2025 at the Laemmle Monica |
| 3/9 | Folk legends The Kingston Trio and The Limeliters. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| 3/8 | Bad Haggis cutting edge Celtic music. Grand Annex San Pedro |
| 2/28 | Cristina Vane old time and bluegrass music. Grand Annex San Pedro |
| 2/22 | Andy Hill & Renee Safier & Hard Rain. Grand Annex San Pedro |
| 2/8 | The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble. Russ & Julie’s House Concerts in Oak Park |
| 2/8 | Joellen Lapidus & the Urban Gypsies at Boulevard Music |
| 2/4 | KODO traditional Taiko Drum. Walt Disney Hall |
| 2/1 | Mojo & the Bayou Gypsies Zydeco and Cajun music. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| 1/25 | Award winning guitarist Jesse Cook. BofA Performing Arts Center Thousand Oaks |
| 1/24 | Virtuoso guitarist Jesse Cook captivating fusion of world music. Irvine Barclay Theater |
| 1/19 | 18th Annual Slack Key Festival. Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center |
| 1/16-2/2 | Celtic Connections yearly festival in Glasgow Scotland |
| 2024 | |
| 12/13 | Jake Shimabukuro Holidays in Hawaii. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| 11/7 | Sophie Lukacs Trio. Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz |
| 11/13 | Crys Matthews & Julian Taylor. The Harmony Room, Eagle Rock |
| 11/3 | Bruce Forman & Pat Bergeson. Boulevard Music, Culver City |
| 10/29 | Southern Culture on the Skids. Zebulon Cafe in Los Angeles |
| 10/29 | Single Girl, Married Girl; Ian Fisher; Anna Moon & Cassie Boettcher. Hotel Cafe, Hollywood |
| 10/26 | Suzie Glaze New Folk Ensemble. Fret House, Covina |
| 10/23 | David Luning and Rosa Pullman with special guest Zoe Carter. At the Daily |
| 10/20 | Western 80s Edge: A Celebration of Groundbreaking So Cal Roots. Zebulon Cafe Los Angeles |
| 10/19 | Canadian singer-songwriter Leith Ross. The Ford Theater |
| 10/19 | Jean Rohe, Sadie Gustafson-Zook & Carolyn Kendrick. The Harmony Room, Eagle Rock |
| 10/18 | Artnight Pasadena a cornucopia of live music, literary and visual arts, fun and food trucks |
| 10/11-19 | Celtic Colours International Festival Cape Breton Island – 50 concerts in 36 communities |
| 10/6 | Grammy nominated folk trio Bonny Light Horseman. The Ford Theater |
| 10/5 | BBQ & Bluegrass with the True Blue Bluegrass Band. Knox Presbyterian Church |
| 10/5 | Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddler’s Convention. Rancho La Patera & Stow House Goleta, CA |
| 10/2 | The Eldermen Rancho Mirage Library, Rancho Mirage CA |
| 9/29 | Caña Dulce y Caña Brava harp and guitar based traditional music . The Ford Theater |
| 9/26 | Dustbowl Revival Presents a Laurel Canyon Retrospective. Irvine Barclay Theater |
| 9/20 | Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival. Torrance Cultural Arts Center |
| 9/18 | Rodrigo y Gabriela and Afro-Cuban All Stars. The Hollywood Bowl |
| 9/14 | Las Colibri and mariachi musicians “¡Viva La Tradición!”. The Ford Theater |
| 9/14 | Mesmerising folk duo, Ordinary Elephant. McCabes Guitar Shop Santa Monica |
| 9/7 | Emmylou Harris at Los Angeles Folk Festival. The Bellwether in Los Angeles |
| 9/6 | Nic Gareiss and Simon Chrisman. McCabe’s Guitar Shop Santa Monica |
| 8/18 | The Imaginaries, an Americana duo perform. The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood |
| 8/18 | TaikoProject’s new program BENZAITEN. The Ford Theater |
| 8/17 | Lila Downs. Marina del Rey Burton Chace Park |
| 8/11 | Bloco Obini ensemble will perform Afro-Brazilian bloco-style drumming at the Ford Theater |
| 8/3 | Miskey Mountain Boys. Farnsworth Park Altadena |
| 7/26 | Prateek Kuhad brings a set of folk-driven songs about love and desire. The Ford Theater |
| 6/30 | FAR-WEST Benefit Concert. McCabes Guitar Shop in Santa Monica |
| 5/19 | Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival. King Gillette Ranch |
| 5/4 | California Bluegrass Association’s Long Beach Bluegrass Festival, a free event |
| 3/17 | Lizzie No at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica |
| 2/24 | Caltech Orchestra free concert Feb 24 and Sun Feb 25 |
| 2/22 | Bassekou Kouyate and his band, Ngoni Ba. The Lodge Room |
| 2/20 | Dylan LeBlanc performs at the Moroccan Lounge in Los Angeles |
| 2/18 | Coleman Chamber Music Series presents the Takács Quartet |
| 2/17-18 | Caltech Wind Orchestra Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 Ramo Auditorium |
| 2/10 | South Pasadena’s 2024 Winter Arts Crawl |
| 2/10 | Peter Rowan at Palm Springs Cultural Center |
| 2/9 | Peter Rowan at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica |
| 2/9 | Blind Boys of Alabama and Bobby Rush Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| 2/8 | Blind Boys of Alabama and Bobby Rush Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center |
| 2/8 | Fingerpicking-guitar legend Leo Kottke Pepperdine University Lisa Smith Wengler Center |
| 2/2-4 | Caltech Chamber Music in Dabney Hall. |
| 1/31-2/1 | Ranky Tanky at CSUN Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts |