15th Annual

Carlsbad Music Festival

August 24-26, 2018

Adventurous Music by the Beach

"phenomenal" "you'll think that Carlsbad is the coolest place on earth"

-San Diego Union-Tribune

“a starry array of new music specialists”

-Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise

Adventurous music invades the seaside Village of Carlsbad for the nationally renowned 15th annual Carlsbad Music Festival on August 24-26. The festival programming is an eclectic mix of creative music ranging from contemporary classical, to indie rock, to world music, to electronic; plus a beer garden and food trucks steps from the beach.

Ticketed Stages Artists

Johnny Gandelsman plays Bach • Donnacha Dennehy • Julianna Barwick • Gyan Riley • Eric Byers • Stephanie Richards + Andrew Munsey Quintet • Hausmann Quartet • Sibarg Ensemble • Tasha Smith Godinez • Isaac Schankler • Daniel Pate • and more

Free Stages Artists

Trouble in the Wind • Peter Sprague + Leonard Patton • Cindy Lee Berryhill • Nathan James • Inspired & the Sleep • Taken by Canadians • The Red Fox Tails • The Parker Meridien • San Diego Opera Exposed! • Matt McBane • Nathan Hubbard Trio • The Paragraphs • FAZI • Clinton Davis • Son de San Diego • Crew D’Etat •  We are the West • MandoBasso • Scott Paulson • Jack Curtis Dubowski Ensemble • DJ Lexicon Devil • Team Violin • Carlsbad High School Orchestra • and more