Santa Monica Pier Concerts
23rd Annual Free Twilight Dance Series
28 June The Ventures
Boom Pam (surf music from Tel Aviv)
5 July David Lindley
John Cruz
Brandi Shearer
12 July Plena Libre (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Spam All-Stars (Miami, Florida)
19 July Samba Mapangala Orchestra Virunga (Congo/Kenya)
José Conde y Ola fresca (Afro-Cuban roots)
26 July ‘Tosh Meets Marley’ tour
2 August Queen Ida
Hacienda Brothers
9 August Arrested Development
Agape International Choir
16 August An Evening with Patti Smith
23 August Holmes Brothers
Carrie Rodriguez
30 August An Evening with Los Lobos

Fred Shuster is the music critic for the Los Angeles Daily News.
David Sprague is a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Daily News. His goal is to see live music once a week. Feel free to