Ticketed Concerts

FREE Concerts

Ticketed Concerts

Friday, August 24

• Daniel Pate, percussion 
  5:15-6:00 • St. Michael's Church

• Gyan Riley, guitar 
  7:00-8:00 • The Mission Church

• Julianna Barwick
  8:15-9:15 • The Mission Church

Saturday, August 25

• Isaac Schankler
  12:00-12:30 • St Michael's Chapel

• Hausmann Quartet  
  12:45-1:45 • St Michael's Church

• Tasha Smith Godinez, harp
  3:30-4:30 • Carlsbad Inn's Village Terrace

• Stephanie Richards + Andrew Munsey
  6:30-7:30 • The Mission Church

• Donnacha Dennehy
  8:00-9:00 • The Mission Church 

Sunday, August 26

• Sibarg Ensemble
  12:00-12:40 • St Michael's Parish Hall

• Eric Byers, cello
  3:00-4:00 • Carlsbad Inn's Village Terrace

• Johnny Gandelsman plays Bach
  6:00-8:30 • St Michael's Church

Free Concerts

Friday, August 24

• Carlsbad High School String Orchestra
  5:00-5:30 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Son de San Diego
  6:00-6:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• The Paragraphs
  7:00-7:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Taken by Canadians
  8:00-8:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Trouble in the Wind
  9:00-10:00 • St. Michael's Lawn

• DJ Lexicon Devil
  10:00-12:00 • St. Michael's Parish Hall
   

Saturday, august 25
 

• Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble, silent films with live score
  1:00-2:30 • Carlsbad by the Sea

• Clinton Davis
  2:00-2:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Crew D’Etat
  2:30-3:00 • March down Carlsbad Blvd. starting at park at Pine Ave.

• Crew D’Etat
  3:00-3:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Peter Sprague + Leonard Patton
  4:00-4:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Nathan Hubbard Trio
  4:40-5:00 • St. Michael's Chapel

• Carlsbad High School Orchestra
  4:40-5:00 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Matt McBane
  5:00-5:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Nathan Hubbard Trio
  5:40-6:00 • St. Michael's Chapel

• TBA
  6:00-6:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• The Parker Meridien
  7:00-7:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• The Red Fox Tails
  8:00-8:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Inspired & the Sleep
  9:00-10:00 • St. Michael's Lawn
   

Sunday, August 26

• Team Violin+Team Cello
  12:15-12:45 • St. Michael's Church

• MandoBasso
  1:00-1:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• San Diego Opera Exposed!
  1:40-2:00 • St. Michael's Parish Hall

• We Are The West
  2:00-2:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• San Diego Opera Exposed!
  2:40-3:00 • St. Michael's Parish Hall

• Cindy Lee Berryhill
  3:00-3:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Scott Paulson
  3:40-4:00 • St. Michael's Parish Hall

• Nathan James
  4:00-4:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

• Scott Paulson
  4:40-5:00 • St. Michael's Parish Hall

• FAZI
  5:00-5:40 • St. Michael's Lawn

Schedule subject to change

Free concerts

We offer free admission to certain concerts including the outdoor Lawn Stage contained within the Beer Garden. Be a friend and bring a blanket and enjoy adventurous music by the beach with your community! No tickets required for these events.

Ticketed CONCERTS

VIP PASSES

VIP passes are good for Priority Seating at all Mainstage Concerts and VIP Lounge Access which includes Lawn Stage Viewing from Balcony. VIP Packages with parking will have reserved on-site parking. Limited quantities available. NOTE: We apologize for the inconvenience, but the VIP Lounge is not ADA accessible at this time. Please contact becky@carlsbadmusicfestival.org if you require ADA access.

VIP 3-DAY PACKAGES

VIP SINGLE-DAY TICKETS

general admission passes

General Admission passes allow access to all Carlsbad Music Festival free and ticketed venues. Seating capacity at the multiple interior venues varies by location. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

GENERAL ADMISSION 3-DAY PACKAGES

GENERAL ADMISSION SINGLE-DAY TICKETS

St. Michael's By the Sea | 2775 Carlsbad Blvd. | Carlsbad, CA 92008

“a starry array of new music specialists” -Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise

“magnificently enlightening” -Los Angeles Times

“one of the area’s most innovative music showcases” -KPBS

“The Carlsbad Music Festival has quickly made a name for itself as one of the best single gatherings of diverse, avant-garde musicians in Southern California.” -San Diego City Beat

About the Festival...

The 15th annual Carlsbad Music Festival is a 3-day summer celebration of “adventurous music by the beach” on Friday-Sunday, August 24-26, 2018, in the charming seaside Village of Carlsbad. The Festival, called “one of the area’s most innovative music showcases” by KPBS, features 60+ performances of creative music of all kinds curated by Founder and Artistic Director, composer/violinist Matt McBane. These include ticketed Mainstage Concerts, dozens of FREE outdoor concerts all weekend, and a beer garden, food trucks, and artisan market.

The Festival programming is an eclectic mix of creative and adventurous music ranging from contemporary classical, to indie rock, to world music, to electronic, to jazz, to musicians who work across genres and fall between the cracks. The Carlsbad Music Festival is a nationally-acclaimed presenter and a beloved community event that draws thousands from near and far for its unique programming and beautiful setting.