California Center for the Arts - Escondido
Free Performance - 1st Wedz of each month 4PM and 7PM;
1,538-seat concert hall and 408-seat theater located in the heart of Escondido. Includes a museum and civic center banquet facilities.
California Center for the Arts - Escondido
Free Performance - 1st Wedz of each month 4PM and 7PM;
1,538-seat concert hall and 408-seat theater located in the heart of Escondido.
Includes a museum and civic center banquet facilities.
Museum of Making Music - Carlsbad Ranch
Located at the headquarters of NAMM (National Association of
Music Merchants) next to Legoland;
Exhibits date back to 1890 to trace this history of innovations in
popular music. Over rare 450 musical instruments on display in a 6,500 sq. ft.
exhibit space divided into five major themes. Research library and archives are also available. Their goal
is to preserve, exhibit and promote the history of the music products industry.
Ask about guided tours.
Major Music Festivals
Carlsbad Music Festival - Carlsbad CA [1st Week in Sept]
- an annual weeklong alternative classical music festival featuring cutting-edge, world-class young musicians (including several with roots in Carlsbad) performing fresh and compelling music in concert and in the community.
First founded in 2003 by composer, Matt McBane for its first festival in the spring of 2004. It has since received great press and drawn large and enthusiastic audiences to its concerts in the coastal California city of Carlsbad.
Drum Corps International World Championships
Rose Bowl Stadium - 1st Week of Aug
Marching Band Music - Major League Event. Competative Youth Activity. Experience
the world of competitive drum and bugle corps is an intense, choreographed musical adventure
staged on football stadium fields by students achieving high levels of excellence in performance.
Arcadia Festival of Bands - 3rd Sat in Nov
Annual music event since 1954 featuring many of the best school marching bands from across the southland
featuring band review and field show.
Croce's San Diego Jazz Bar - Gaslamp Quarter
Croce's Jazz Bar offers a variety of styles of live jazz nightly and is located in the Gaslamp district of downtown San Diego.
Elarios Restaurant and Jazz Club - La Jolla Shores
After 25 years as a landmark restaurant and jazz lounge in San Diego, locals said good-bye as Elario's closed its doors. Now, Elario's is
returning to the San Diego scene as Elario's Bistro & Sky Lounge. At this prime location in the penthouse of Hotel La Jolla, overlooking the beach, the updated restaurant features new décor and a stronger emphasis on cuisine.
710 Beach Club - Pacific Beach
Located Right Next to Crystal Pier - The 710 Beach Club is a staple institution here in Pacific beach, known best for our live music and beach-side happy hour.
Patrick's II - Downtown SD
A blues, soul, rock'n roll, Irish theme, family owned, St. Patrick's Day, San Diego, bar, nightclub.
Topanga Canyon Symphony
Founded in the summer of 1982 and has since presented a regular program of free concerts of high quality. A community orchestra, consisting of a mixture of amateurs,
students and professional musicians. Every concert is attended by music lovers from all over the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Imperial Valley Symphony - El Centro, CA
Founded by Dr. Keith MacGaffey in 1974, the symphony celebrates classical music in the desert.
The group holds regular concerts and young artist music camp scholarships.
California Philharmonic
With its diverse programming, exciting featured artists and world-class performance—all of which are tied together by
Maestro Victor Vener’s masterful musical direction and engaging commentary from the podium—music lovers
from throughout the region have consistently been engaged and enthralled by these fresh summer concerts.
Tournament or Roses Bandfest - Dec 29 to 30th.
For two days before parade day, their award winning marching bands will perform the
field shows that made them famous.
Azusa Pacific University [APU]
APU was founded in 1899 as the first bible college on the west coast. It is the result of the
merger between Azusa College, LA Pacific College and Arlington College. Home to the APU Cougars
athletic program and highly evolved school of music with a busy student concert schedule.
San Gabriel Valley Music Theatre
Located at Southern California's Legendary Performing Arts Center and The Crown Jewel of the Mission District.
Committed to preserving and presenting the unique American art form called Musical Theatre.
Whittaker Music Shop
Southern California neighborhood music store with locations in Calexico, Chula Vista,
Temecula, Long Beach and Huntington Park. Guitars, percussions, bass, keyboards, band,
recording studios.
Chula Vista Academy of Music
278 A Third Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910; 619-691-0499;
School Website;
Since 1980 more than 6,000 students have taken music lessons at this facility
offering the widest variety of music lessons and voice lessons.
Since 1980 more than 6,000 students have taken music lessons at our facility, more than at any other studio in Chula Vista. We started as a very small school but have grown to become the largest music school in Chula Vista by offering the widest variety of music lessons and voice lessons.