Music
Santa Monica
Saturday, May 19, 11 am - 6 pm
Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica
Free admission, free bike valet and free parking.
The Santa Monica Festival offers an eclectic mix of live music and dance, DIY art workshops with recycled and repurposed materials, guilt-free shopping featuring earth friendly artistic wares and local services offered by a variety of City, environmental and local non-profit organizations.
Paramount Ranch - Agoura Hills
Sunday, May 20, 9 am - 6 pm
Paramount Ranch, 2903 Cornell Rd, Agoura Hills
On THREE STAGES plus The Dance Barn and Children’s area, set within Western movie sets and mountain locations — bring your instruments and ”sit in“ with jamming musicians! Since 1961, Southern California’s favorite old-time, bluegrass, folk song, fold dancing & craft festival. Tickets at gate: Adults: $16.00 – Teens/Seniors: $11…discounts for pre-sale.
Dana Point
Saturday and Sunday, May 19 & 29
Doheny State Beach, Dana Point
This year’s line-up includes Gregg Allman and Steve Miller Band at the Doheny Blues Fesitval on May 19 & 20. They will join Buddy Guy, Los Lonely Boys, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Tab Benoit, Johnny Winter and Imelda May. More artists to be announced soon.
Doctors Without Borders / Malibu Global Awareness
Thursday, May 31, 7 pm
Canyon Club, 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills
English Beat will play for Doctors Without Borders, the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization that provides non-partisan emergency medical assistance for people all over the globe. The event is sponsored by Malibu Global Awareness, and is also a tribute to Andrew Johnston and Michael Ruotolo. Come and enjoy the music, have dinner and drinks, and learn more about the life-saving efforts of Doctors Without Borders.
Simi Valley
Saturday & Sunday, May 26 & 27
Rancho Santa Susana Community Park, 5005 Los Angeles Ave, Simi Valley
Tickets: $15-$18
The 23rd Annual Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Festival 2012 promises to continue their tradition of bringing fans a full weekend of nonstop award-winning entertainment, more food choices than you can sample in two days, and activities to keep kids of all ages entertained too.
The Broad Stage presents
Monday, May 21, 7:30 pm
The Broad Stage - 1310 11th St, Santa Monica
Making his highly anticipated Broad Stage debut, Brad Mehldau is “universally admired as one of the most adventurous pianists to arrive on the jazz scene in years” (LA Times). Internationally celebrated for explorations of formal musical architecture that inspire expressive improvisations, Mehldau also brilliantly reworks popular songs by The Beatles, Cole Porter, Nick Drake, and Radiohead into the jazz idiom.
