Adams Avenue Unplugged
San Diego, CA
Dates not yet announced
ConfirmedFree
Bluegrass, Folk, Indie
Music festivals in CA
104 festivals in CA, with confirmed dates, real prices and honest status.
Aftershock Festival
Sacramento, CA
Oct 1 to 4, 2026
Confirmed150k+Camping, car$603 pp
Rock, Metal
All for the Hall
Los Angeles, CA
Expected September 2026
Confirmed
Country
Altamont Free Concert
Tracy, CA
Dec 6 to 6, 1969
Ended300k+Free
Rock
Art & Soul Oakland
Oakland, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Rnb-Hiphop, Jazz
Audiotistic Music Festival
San Bernardino, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Edm
Basscon Wasteland
San Bernardino, CA
Sep 4 to 5, 2026
Confirmed$100 to $170 pp
Edm, Hardstyle
BeachLife Festival
Redondo Beach, CA
Apr 30 to May 2, 2027
Confirmed25k-75k$333 pp
Mainstream, Rock
Bésame Mucho Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Latin, Regional-Mexican, Rock-En-Espanol
Beyond Wonderland SoCal
San Bernardino, CA
Mar 26 to 27, 2027
Confirmed
Edm
BottleRock Napa Valley
Napa, CA
May 28 to 30, 2027
Confirmed120k+$252 to $455 pp
Mainstream
C2SV Technology + Music Festival
San Jose, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Indie, Mainstream
California Roots Music & Arts Festival
Monterey, CA
Expected May (Memorial Day weekend, per annual pattern) 2027
Confirmed
Reggae, Jam
Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival
Los Angeles, CA
Nov 14 to 15, 2026
Confirmed$415 pp
Rnb-Hiphop, Indie
Carnaval San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
May 29 to 30, 2027
Confirmed500k+Free
Latin, World
Central Avenue Jazz Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Expected September 2026
ConfirmedFree
Jazz
Chillits
Laytonville, CA
Sep 11 to 13, 2026
ConfirmedCamping, car$125 to $500 pp
Edm
Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend
Palm Springs, CA
Sep 30 to Oct 4, 2026
Confirmed15k+
Mainstream, Edm
Coachella
Indio, CA
Apr 9 to 18, 2027
Confirmed125k+/dayCamping, car$549 to $699 pp
Mainstream, Edm, Hiphop
Countdown NYE
San Bernardino, CA
Dec 31 to Jan 1, 2027
Confirmed$155 to $165 pp
Edm
Country Summer Music Festival
Santa Rosa, CA
2027
ConfirmedCamping, rv-hookups$95 to $225 pp
Country
CRSSD Festival (Fall)
San Diego, CA
Expected September 2027
Dates TBA
Edm
CRSSD Festival (Spring)
San Diego, CA
Expected March 2027
Dates TBA
Edm
Cruel World Festival
Pasadena, CA
Expected May
No word yet
Indie, Goth, New-Wave
Day on the Green
Oakland, CA
Dates not yet announced
Ended
Rock
Day Trip Festival
Long Beach, CA
Expected June 2027
Dates TBA
Edm
Desert Daze
Lake Perris, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yetCamping, car
Indie, Psych-Rock
Dirtybird Campout x Northern Nights
Piercy, CA
Jul 15 to 18, 2027
ConfirmedCamping, car
Edm
Doheny Blues Festival
Dana Point, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Blues, Rock
Dreamstate SoCal
Long Beach, CA
Expected November 2027
Dates TBA$170 to $190 pp
Edm
Escape Halloween
San Bernardino, CA
Expected October 2027
Dates TBA
Edm
Extravaganza
Santa Barbara (Isla Vista), CA
Expected May
ConfirmedFree
Mainstream, College, Rnb-Hiphop
Father's Day Bluegrass Festival
Grass Valley, CA
Jun 17 to 20, 2027
ConfirmedCamping, car$60 to $100 pp
Bluegrass, Americana
Fiestas Patrias (Santa Ana)
Santa Ana, CA
Sep 12 to 13, 2026
ConfirmedFree
Latin, World
Fillmore Jazz Festival
San Francisco, CA
Jul 3 to 4, 2027
ConfirmedFree
Jazz
Fool in Love Festival
Inglewood, CA
2024
No word yet
Rnb, Hiphop
FYF Fest
Los Angeles, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Indie, Rock
GoldenSky Festival
Sacramento, CA
Expected October 2027
On hiatus60k+
Country
GraceFest
Castaic, CA
Expected September 2026
Confirmed
Christian
Guelaguetza (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles, CA
Expected August
Confirmed
World, Latin
HARD Day of the Dead
Los Angeles, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Edm
HARD Summer
Inglewood, CA
Expected August 2027
Dates TBA75k+$159 pp
Edm, Hiphop
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
San Francisco, CA
Oct 2 to 4, 2026
Confirmed500k+Free
Bluegrass, Folk
Hayward-Russell City Blues Festival
Hayward, CA
Expected July
Confirmed
Blues
High Sierra Music Festival
Grass Valley, CA
Jul 2 to 5, 2026
Dates TBA<10kCamping, car
Jam
How Weird Street Faire
San Francisco, CA
Sep 21 to 21, 2024
EndedFree
Edm
Jazz in the Pines
Idyllwild, CA
Dates not yet announced
Ended
Jazz
It's Not Dead Festival
San Bernardino, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Punk
JazzReggae Festival @ UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Expected May (Memorial Day weekend) 2026
Confirmed
Jazz, Reggae, College
June Lake Jam Fest
June Lake, CA
Sep 11 to 13, 2026
ConfirmedCamping, car
Jam
Just Like Heaven
Pasadena, CA
Expected August 2026
Confirmed$249 pp
Indie
KROQ Weenie Roast
Dana Point, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Rock
Festival La Onda
Napa, CA
Expected May-June
On hiatus10-30k/day
Latin
Lightning in a Bottle
Buena Vista Lake, CA
May 26 to 30, 2027
Confirmed10-30kCamping, primitive
Edm, Jam
Live Oak Music Festival
San Luis Obispo, CA
Expected June 2027
ConfirmedCamping, car
Bluegrass, Folk, Indie
Long Beach Blues Festival
Long Beach, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Blues
Long Beach Juneteenth Celebration
Long Beach, CA
Expected June
Cancelled15k+Free
Rnb, Hiphop, Gospel
Los Dells Festival
San Bernardino, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Latin
Lucidity Festival
Santa Barbara, CA
Dates not yet announced
EndedCamping
Edm, World
Mad Decent Block Party
Los Angeles, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Edm, Rnb-Hiphop
Mayhem Festival
San Bernardino, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Metal, Rock
Mendocino Music Festival
Mendocino, CA
Jul 10 to 24, 2027
Confirmed
Classical, Jazz
Monster Massive
Adelanto, CA
Expected October (Halloween weekend) 2022
No word yetCamping, car
Edm
Monterey International Pop Festival
Monterey, CA
Jun 16 to 18, 1967
Ended200k+
Rock
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
Sep 25 to 27, 2026
Confirmed$65 to $90 pp
Jazz
Newport Pop Festival
Costa Mesa, CA
Aug 3 to 4, 1968
Ended100k+
Rock
Nocturnal Wonderland
San Bernardino, CA
Expected September 2027
Dates TBACamping, car
Edm
Noise Pop Festival
San Francisco, CA
Expected February-March
Confirmed
Indie
North Beach Festival
San Francisco, CA
Expected June
ConfirmedFree
Mainstream
Northern Nights
Piercy, CA
Jul 15 to 18, 2027
ConfirmedCamping, primitive
Edm
NWEAMO Festival
San Diego, CA
Feb 21 to 22, 2026
Confirmed
Experimental, Edm
Ohana Festival
Dana Point, CA
Sep 25 to 27, 2026
Confirmed$199 to $535 pp
Mainstream, Indie, Rock
Ojai Music Festival
Ojai, CA
Jun 10 to 13, 2027
Confirmed<10k$25 to $60 pp
Classical, Contemporary-Classical
Orange County Blues Festival
Santa Ana, CA
Expected September 2026
Confirmed
Blues
Other Minds Festival
San Francisco, CA
Oct 8 to 11, 2026
Confirmed
Classical
Outside Lands
San Francisco, CA
Expected August 2027
Expected$509 to $569 pp
Mainstream
Ozzfest
Inglewood, CA
Dates not yet announced
Announced
Metal, Rock
Portola
San Francisco, CA
Sep 26 to 27, 2026
Confirmed$269 to $399 pp
Edm, Mainstream
Redwood Coast Music Festival
Eureka, CA
Oct 1 to 4, 2026
Confirmed
Jazz, Blues
Reggae on the River
Piercy, CA
Aug 14 to 16, 2026
ConfirmedCamping, car$279 pp
Reggae
Reggae Rising
Piercy, CA
Dates not yet announced
EndedCamping, car
Reggae
Roadshow Revival
Ventura, CA
Expected June
No word yet
Country, Rockabilly, Americana
Rolling Loud California
Inglewood, CA
Dates not yet announced
On hiatus
Hiphop
Sacramento Music Festival
Sacramento, CA
Dates not yet announced
Ended
Jazz
Same Same But Different
Lake Perris, CA
Sep 25 to 27, 2026
Confirmed<10kCamping, primitive
Edm
San Francisco Blues Festival
San Francisco, CA
Dates not yet announced
Ended
Blues
San Francisco LovEvolution
San Francisco, CA
Dates not yet announced
EndedFree
Edm
Sol Blume
Sacramento, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Rnb, Hiphop
Sound and Fury Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Aug 15 to 16, 2026
Confirmed$88 to $159 pp
Rock/Metal, Hardcore, Punk
Soundwave Festival
San Francisco, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Edm
Spirit West Coast
Concord, CA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Christian
Stagecoach Festival
Indio, CA
Apr 23 to 25, 2027
ConfirmedCamping, car$549 to $579 pp
Country
Stern Grove Festival
San Francisco, CA
Expected June-August 2027
ConfirmedFree
Mainstream, Classical, Jazz
Strawberry Music Festival
Grass Valley, CA
May 27 to 31, 2027
ConfirmedCamping, car
Bluegrass, Americana, Folk
Sun God Festival
La Jolla, CA
Expected May 2026
Expected
Mainstream, College
Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival
Calabasas, CA
Expected May 2027
Confirmed
Bluegrass, Folk, Old-Time
Topanga Canyon Blues Festival
Topanga, CA
Expected May 2026
Confirmed
Blues
Umbrella Weekend
Redlands, CA
Expected April 2027
Postponed
Electronic, Dance
USC Springfest
Los Angeles, CA
Expected April 2026
ExpectedFree
Mainstream, College
Vans Warped Tour (Long Beach)
Long Beach, CA
Jul 24 to 25, 2027
Confirmed$149 pp
Punk, Rock
Ventura Music Festival
Ventura, CA
Jun 21 to Dec 15, 2026
Confirmed
Classical, Jazz
Vans Warped Tour
Los Angeles, CA
Dates not yet announced
Confirmed
Punk, Rock
Wobbleland
San Jose, CA
Aug 21 to 22, 2026
Confirmed
Edm, Bass
Woogie Weekend
Silverado, CA
Expected July
No word yetCamping, car
Edm, Electronic