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Carlsbad Music Festival Weekend Pass
The 12th annual Carlsbad Music Festival is a 3-day summer celebration of "adventurous music by the beach" on Friday-Sunday, August 28-30 in the charming seaside Village of Carlsbad.
VIP Weekend Passes good for Reserved Priority seating at all Mainstage concerts plus VIP reserved seating at "New Currents" series concerts of your choice* - $80
Weekend Pass for admission to all 3 Mainstage concerts - $40
*"New Currents" series is free-admission, but reserved seats are only available with the purchase of a VIP Weekend Pass.
ABOUT CARLSBAD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Carlsbad Music Festival, called "one of the area's most innovative music showcases" by KPBS, features 60+ performances of creative music of all kinds. These include 3 ticketed Mainstage concerts, the FREE Village Music Walk on Saturday, FREE Concerts in the Park on Sunday, and the FREE "New Currents" stage on Saturday and Sunday. The Festival programming is an eclectic mix of creative and adventurous music ranging from contemporary classical, jazz, and world music, to indie rock and 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.
ARTIST HIGHLIGHTS
Dozens of adventurous bands, ensembles, and soloists will take part in the 12th Annual Carlsbad Music Festival. The ticketed Mainstage Artists are New York-based violinist and electronics wizard Todd Reynolds, Los Angeles-based acclaimed contemporary pianist Vicki Ray, and Encinitas-based master Indian sitarist Pandit Kartik Seshadri.
Highlights of the 60+ free performances include San Diego Opera's "Opera Exposed!" in a first-ever collaboration between our organizations, a New Orleans-style second line march through the Village by Euphoria Brass Band, up and coming psychedelic indie pop by Inspired and the Sleep, 1920's and 30's Americana music from urban blues to mountain fiddle by the G Burns Jug Band, traditional Persian classical music by Koroush Taghavi, and contemporary works for piano duo by HOCKET.
MAINSTAGE ARTISTS
TODD REYNOLDS
performs Friday, Aug 28 at 8pm
guest performer on Vicki Ray's concert on Saturday August 29.
"Your road map through the wilds of contemporary-classical New York." The New York Times
Todd Reynolds is known as one of the founding fathers of the hybrid-musician movement and one of the most active and versatile proponents of what he calls 'present music'. For years the violinist of choice for Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, Bang on a Can, and a founder of the string quartet known as Ethel, his compositional and performance style is a hybrid of old and new technology, multi-disciplinary aesthetic and pan-genre composition and improvisation.
VICKI RAY
performs Saturday, Aug 29 at 8pm
"Ray's fingers, which were on continuous virtuosic dancing display, played with hypnotic intensity ... marvelous free-form artistry." - Los Angeles Times
Vicki Ray is one of the leading interpreters of contemporary piano music. Known for thoughtful and innovative programming which seeks to redefine the piano recital in the 21st century, Vicki's concerts often include electronics, video, recitation and improvisation. She has worked with some of the most prominent composers of our time, including György Ligeti, Pierre Boulez, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steven Stucky, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe.
PANDIT KARTIK SESHADRI
performs Sunday, August 30 at 6pm
"Today's greatest sitar player." - Songlines Magazine, London
"Stirring performance without effort, something so impossible is retrieved from the air." - San Diego Reader
Encinitas-based master Indian sitarist Pandit Kartik Seshadri is a world-renowned force in the field of Indian Classical Music. He attracted widespread attention when he began performing full-length solos at the age of 6 in India. Seshadri began his initial training with Shri Shankar Rao and further trained and toured worldwide with acclaimed guru Pandit Ravi Shankar, and has collaborated with composer Philip Glass and the Brazilian instrumental group UAKTI on the critically acclaimed Orion project. Seshadri also heads one of the largest programs of Indian Classical Music in the USA at the University of California, San Diego.
FREE Stages Artists at Village Music Walk, New Currents, and Concerts in the Park include:
ADRIANNE POPE - contemporary solo violinist
AURORA BOREALIS - contemporary soprano and percussion duo
THE DECISIVE INSTANT - L.A.- based large ensemble of creative improvisors
DREW CECCATO & KYLE MOTL - saxophone and bass improvising duo
ELIZABETH KENNEDY BAYER - composer and flutist playing original works
EUPHORIA BRASS BAND - New Orleans brass band with a twist
G BURNS JUG BAND - 1920's and 30's Americana
GEORGE SARAH - electronic chamber music with synthesizers and strings
HOCKET - LA-based piano duo playing new works
INSPIRED AND THE SLEEP - psychedelic indie pop
JENNIFER BEWERSE - solo contemporary cello
KEITH HAMAN & THE TIN STARS - country music and old time rock and roll on the pedal steel
KOUROSH TAGHAVI - traditional Persian music
LA EDWARDS - Americana folk band
LA JOLLA CHAMBER WINDS TRIO - made up of principal players in La Jolla Symphony
THE LIQUORSMITHS - indie folk rock
LOU DAMIAN TRIO - creative music with a focus on abstract note selection
MANDOBASSO - mandolin + bass duo
MATT MCBANE - composer and Festival Founder and Artistic Director
NOW HEAR ENSEMBLE - contemporary ensemble performing works by emerging composers
OGD_S(11) TRANSLATION HAS FAILED - beat-driven music using 60's self-help vinyl samples
PAPER DAYS - dreamy wave washed indie pop
PETER KUHN TRIO - avant jazz led by saxophonist and Buddhist priest
PETER WANJIRA - Kenyan percussionist, singer and dancer
QAMAR - mixes Arabic and Persian music with Western jazz and pop sensibilities
THE RED FOX TAILS - original West Coast surf soul jazz sound
SAN DIEGO OPERA "OPERA EXPOSED" - emerging vocalists performing operatic arias and ensembles
SICK BALLOONS - home-fi 90's-inspired indie rock disguised in fuzz
STEPHEN SOLOOK - solo contemporary percussionist
SWARMIUS - sonic fusion of house-lounge-techno meets modern classical
TROUBLE IN THE WIND - cinematic folk rock
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LocationLocations throughout the Village of Carlsbad (View)
Grand & State Street
Carlsbad, CA 92008
United States
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