California April Music Festivals

FRESNO: Boots in the Park April 12, 2025, 3-9 p.m
Woodward Park
Fresno, CA 
$85-up, bootsintheriver.com
Lineup: Jordan Davis, Nate Smith, Parmalee and more

SAN FRANCISCO: Dreamstate San Francisco April 4- 5, 2025
San Francisco, CA
$, sf.dreamstateusa.com

SAN DIEGO: Boots In The Park April 5, 2025
San Diego, CA

INDIO: Coachella Music Festival April 11- 20, 2025
Indio, CA

INDIO: Stagecoach Country Music Festival April 25- 27, 2025
Empire Polo Club
Indio, CA
Three-day country music and culture celebration features  Nashville stars and legends in the best of country, alternative country, bluegrass and folk. $, stagecoachfestival.com
Lineup: Zach Bryan, Brothers Osborne, Lana del Rey, Tucker Wetmore, 49 Winchester, Dylan Scott, Whiskey Myers, Carly Pearce, Sierra Ferrell

SHINGLE SPRINGS: Gold Country Jazz Festival April 5, 2025, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Ponderosa High School, Shingle Springs, CA
$12, sites.google.com/ view/ gold-country-jazz-festival
Annual Gold Country Jazz Festival Hosted by Ponderosa High School features grade and high school bands throughout the greater Sacramento area performing jazz.

PALM SPRINGS: Opera in The Park April 6, 2025, 5:30 p.m. Annual Opera in the Park
Sunrise Park
Palm Springs, CA
Free, palmspringsoperaguild.org
This free concert of opera arias in a celebration of great opera music. The cast for this year's concert includes sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass-baritone.

PASADENA: The Caltech Jazz Festival April 19, 2025, 1-5 p.m.
Hameetman Patio, 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA
Free, caltech.edu
Annual Caltech Jazz Festival Series: Student Group Performances admission is free and no tickets are required. Some seating will be provided and audience members are welcome to bring food and blankets for a picnic on the lawn. Line up:  The Caltech Jazz Band, directed by Barb Catlin, will open the festival with music by Mary Lou Williams, Jessika Smith, Thad Jones, Duke Ellington, and movements from Carla Bley's "National Anthem Suite."

THREE RIVERS: Jazzaffair April 11-13, 2025
Three Rivers Lions Club Roping Arena - 42490 N. Kaweah River Road & St. Andrews Retreat - 43816 Sierra Dr.
Three Rivers, California
$tickets: threeriversjazzaffair.com
Line up:  Sierra Stompers, Blue Street Jazz Band, Dave Bennett Quartet, The Memphis Speed Kings, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Gino & The Lone Gunmen, Holland & Coots Quintet, Pieter Meijers All-Star Quartet, Groovus, Dave Stuckey & the Hot House Gang, Brian Holland & the Ragabonds, Sonny's Boogie Woogie Boys, St. John's Riverboat Jazz Band, Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band, Okie Weiss & the Zydeco Playboys, High Sierra Jazz Band Reunion, Leuder Ohlwein Tribute Band, Nathan’s Fearless Five,  Woodlake High School Jazz Band with Special Guests: Jan Sutherland, Dave Stuckey,  Jim Martinez, Bruce Huddleston and more surprises!

WALNUT CREEK: Generations in Jazz Festival April 16, 2025, 7-9:30 p.m.
Rossmoor Event Center
1001 Stanley Dollar Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94595
$15-30, thebigbandofrossmoor.org
Presented by the Big Band of Rossmoor

SANTA CLARITA: Cowboy Festival April 12-13, 2025, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. in Old Town of Newhall
Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival
Free admission, fee for some events & concerts, cowboyfestival.org
Los Angeles County's premier Western music festival. The Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival offers over 20 performances of live music, western swing dancing, vintage vendors and western festivities. 

SAN FRANCISCO: Festival of the Mandolins April 27, 2025, 12-5 p.m.
Croatian American Cultural Center
60 Onondaga Ave.
San Francisco, CA
$20, croatianamericanweb.org | facebook.com/ sfmandofest
Diverse mandolin performances. Kids get in free. Delicious Eastern European moussaka and stuffed peppers prepared by Hristo Kolev, Open bar.
Lineup:  Bring Your Own Mandolin Orchestra (participatory), Aurora Mandolin Orchestra, Estudi Andina, Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble,  East Bay Serenaders, Ambassador Ensemble from La Scuola International School.

PERRIS: Starbase April 25- 26, 2025
Lake Perris State Park
17801 Lake Perris Drive, Perris CA
$140-206.66 per day, starbase.world
EDM / camping festival from Insomniac partnership includes: 2 full days of music + an exclusive camping pre-party | 3 nights of camping alongside SLANDER | 39 incredible music acts | 3 exclusive performances by SLANDER + 2 Before Dawn sunrise sets | Three unique stages with no set time conflicts | Music will run from 11am-Sunrise each day | Out of this world art and immersive experiences | A breathtaking outpost on the shores of Lake Perris | Stellar workshops and intergalactic community building | Craft vendors from across the universe
Lineup: Hundred Drums, Before Dawn, Body Ocean, Bommer, Control Freak, Copycatt, Phaseone, Prosecute, Redline, Skybreak, Slander, Space Laces, Svdden Death Void, Synymata, Township Rebellion, Trivecta, Vastive, Vctre, Wavedast, Dimension, Fairlane, Frosttop, Ivory, Kill the Noise, Lunice, Moody Good B2B Chee, Nejvex, Nikademis and many more...

PARLIER: Parlier Roundup April 26-27, 2025. FREE festival to the public. Hours: Thursday & Friday Carnival 5pm-11pm; Saturday 11am-11pm; Sunday 12pm-9pm at Earl Ruth Park. Location: 601 1st St. Parlier, CA 93648 Fresno County  parlierroundup.com
Bring your family, your lawn chairs and your dancing shoes. As always this event is Free Entry, Free Parking.  Vendors for food and shopping, kids carnival and fun for all ages.
Lineup:  Elena y Los Tejano Ryders, , DeVozion, Elijah Ezequiel y Los Conjunto AddictZ, Grupo Vidal, The Band August, Arca Norteña, Grupo Revoluzion, Califas

VINTON: Sierra Valley Grange Cowboy Poetry and Music Show April 18 & 29, 2025
$30, sierravalleygrange.org
Sierra Valley Grange Hall 
92202 Highway 70
Vinton, CA
Cowboy Poetry and Music Show sponsored by the Sierra Valley Grange.  Line up: Kristyn Harris, Ron Brinegar, Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong

FRESNO: Tower Porch Fest, April 26, 2025, 12-8 p.m. in Tower District. The event produces a map where you can catch the porch stage acts presented by bands who want to perform for free in yard spaces and porch stages of businesses and homes. Try to walk or ride a bike to get around and see them and you'll catch the vibe. Tower Porchfest is produced by Creative Fresno and the Tower Porchfest Organizing Committee, countless musicians, Tower neighbors, and volunteers. Location: bounded by East Olive Avenue, East Weldin Ave., North Palm Ave. and North Blackstone Ave. with the greatest concentration around N. Linden, E. Pine, E. Floradora and nearby streets. Free to see, towerporchfest.org

DOMINGUEZ HILLS: Dymally International Jazz & Arts Festival April 26, 2025, 1-9 p.m.
Dignity Health Sports Park
Carson, CA
$60-100, csudh.edu/ dymally-institute/ jazz-and-arts-festival/
Line up: Jazz, Funk, Soul. Paul Jackson, Jr. Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp, Tito Puente, Jr., Maysa, Nedra Wheeler

SOUTH PASADENA: The Eclectic, South Pasadena's Eclectic Music Festival April 26, 2025, 3-10 p.m.
theeclectic.rocks
Free
The Eclectic is a free community music and art festival with concerts, art venues, food and beverages available all over town. 6 stages with 50 acts!

DEL MAR: Tequila and Tacos Music Festival April 26, 2025, 1-9 p.m.  Entertainment features Timbaland (Smooth Sounds of Santana) and B.o.B. (Adelaide - Latin Sounds).  All ages welcome but 21+ to drink. Location: Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, CA. $25-up, tequilaandtacomusicfestival.com | tacos

SAN DIEGO: Adams Avenue Unplugged April 26, 2025, 12 p.m.-12 a.m. (Noon-Midnight)
Adams Avenue San Diego, CA
Free, adamsavenuebusiness.com
20 stages and 70 live musical performances
Line up: 524 Brass Band, Acoustic Revolt, The Agents of Apollo, The Beard & The Bird, The Barnacle Boys, Blue Hooz, Good Gravy Street Blues, Harpo, The Heartbreak Hustlers, Lady Dottie & the Diamonds, Lower Voltaire, The Modlins, One of the Good Ones, Puro Feeling, School of Rock, Seawall Prophet, Split Rail Fence, Sugar Brown, Thea the Band, The Tramplers, The Walter Brothers, The Wellsprings, Whiskey & Burlap, Ypsitucky and more, more, more...

Past events

Lucidity Festival
Bradley, CA Cancelled

SQUAW VALLEY: WinterWonderGrass Tahoe Music & Brew - no event in 2025, may return in 2026 
Palisades Tahoe 
1960 Squaw Valley Rd.
Olympic Valley, CA
$259-up, WinterWonderGrass.com 
20 bands, multiple stages, and three days of magic!
Line up:  bluegrass genre

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.