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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 MadriGALSJouyssance 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 ReturnFree. 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 QuartetCaltch 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