Music

The deadline to apply was May 5, 2023. Artists and cultural practitioners living and working in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Kern, or Ventura counties can now apply for California…

This event was scheduled June 23-25, 2023. Tickets for Live Oak Music Festival are on sale now. Headliners for the event include roots reggae band The Wailers, indie singer/songwriter Neko Case,…

Winter Dance Party at the Clark Center May 6 These concerts were scheduled April 29-June 17, 2023. At last, spring has sprung and that means the long, wet winter of…

Photo by Michael Sheltzer Here along the Central Coast there's no shortage of concerts for worthy causes, nor a lack of local musicians willing to step up and help out.…

This event was presented March 16 & 19, 2023. So . . . in two recent concerts the Vocal Arts Ensemble managed to transport us to other countries as well…

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, and Roman Polanski all made a special “appearance” in San Luis Obispo on May 3, 1974. Their stopover here was brief, barely more than…

This event was presented on March 14, 2023. Normally, a touring rock band that reaches 50 years in the business sooner or later becomes a nostalgia act. Los Lobos are…

The San Luis Obispo Symphony board of directors has named Rachel Cementina as its new executive director. Most recently director of membership, marketing, and philanthropy for the SLO YMCA, she…

The Atascadero Community Band recently held a concert celebrating “The Great Outdoors” through music, and thanks to generous donations from the audience, $754 was donated to the Paso Robles High School Band…

Five years in the making, “Ruby,” the new CD by Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Louie Ortega, features a couple different musical twists. The project marks the first studio collaboration between Ortega…