UPCOMING CONCERTS/FESTIVALS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

my my my it’s been a while since I did one of these, and thank god because there are SO many upcoming concerts and music festivals. I used to only do these for the month, but things sell out, and these days we need to give up our firstborn child to get a decent seat, so that’s why I do these for 2-3 months at a time.
This time I threw in some basic, bigger artists, but I mainly try to highlight ones you might miss or music festivals.
In chronological order, I tried listing what genre of music (hopefully I got most of those right, the subgenres of EDM always get me) and if the concert is outright FREE.
If there were 2+ shows, then I linked the general calendar so you could choose what day.

HARD SUMMER - Aug 1-2 | Hollywood Park | EDM
NELLY + TOO $HORT - Aug 2 | OC Fair | Hip Hop/Rap
BOYS NOIZE - Aug 2 | Avalon Hollywood | EDM
ASHANTI ft BOW WOW - Aug 3 | Ventura County Fair | RNB
SWITCHFOOT ft HOOBASTANK - Aug 4 | Ventura County Fair | Rock
LA JAZZ FESTIVAL - Aug 7-23 | *Some FREE, Various Locations
WHAT SO NOT - Aug 7 | 1720 Warehouse | EDM
SPLASH HOUSE MUSIC FEST - Aug 7-9, Aug 14-16 | Palm Springs | EDM
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS MUSIC FESTIVAL - Aug 8 | Rose Bowl
VEGGIE BEATS - Aug 8 | Moroccan Lounge | EDM
CROSS POLLINATION: LANE 8 & FRIENDS - Aug 9 | Waterfront, SD | EDM
RUFUS DU SOL - Aug 12,13 | Kia Forum | EDM
KAROL G - Aug 14-16 | Sofi Stadium | Reggaeton, Pop
K-CON - Aug 14-16 | Crypto Arena | K-Pop
COLBIE CAILLAT & MITCHELL TENPENNY - Aug 15 | OC Fair | Country
D SMOKE (FREE) - Aug 15 | Marina del Rey | Rap
CID, TOBEHONEST, & MORE: DAY TRIP - Aug 16 | LA Historic Park
PASSION PIT - Aug 18,19 | The Bellweather | Indie Alt
TWO FRIENDS - Aug 21 | Nova SD | EDM
THE KNOCKS - Aug 21 | The Bellweather | Indie Alt
*FREE SUPER GIRL SURF FESTIVAL - Aug 21-23 | Oceanside
CHEAT CODES - Aug 22 | Nova SD | EDM
NOIZU - Aug 22 | Shrine Expo Hall | EDM
DARIUS & MORE: BLOCKPRINT MUSIC FEST - Aug 22 | Abbot Kinney
JUST LIKE HEAVEN MUSIC FESTIVAL - Aug 22 | Pasadena | Indie Rock
CRANKDAT - Aug 26-30 | The Shrine Expo Hall | EDM
CHANNEL TRES - Aug 28 | The Sound, SD
BONNIE X CLYDE * FREE W/ RSVP - Aug 28 | Academy | EDM
TEMPER TRAP - Aug 28 | The Bellweather | Indie
DAISY CHAIN FIELDS MUSIC FEST - Aug 29 | Irvine
TCHAMI - Aug 29 | Academy | Future House

BTS - Sept 1,2,5,6 | Sofi Stadium | K-POP
STEVE AOKI & TYGA WITH TWINSICK - Sept 3 | Pacific Amphitheatre
ALAN WALKER - Sept 5 | Academy | Progressive House, Melodic EDM
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS - Sept 5 | Pacific Amphitheatre
SUN SOAKED MUSIC FEST - Sept 12 | Huntington Beach | EDM
BUNT. - Sept 12 | The Sound, SD | EDM
CTRL+ALT+DEL MUSIC FEST - Sept 12 | F&M Amphitheatre | RNB/HIP HOP
JERRO - Sept 12 | The Quartyard, SD | EDM
ISAIAH FALLS WITH RAAHiiM - Sept 12 | Fonda Theatre
ARLO PARKS - Sept 18 | The Bellweather | Indie
NOCTURNAL WONDERLAND - Sept 19-20 | Glen Helen Regional Park
F CANCER: DIPLO, DILLION FRANCIS, PAULY D - Sept 23 | Academy
JIGITZ - Sept 25 | Fonda Theatre | EDM
OCEAN WAY MUSIC FESTIVAL - Sept 26-27 | Santa Monica Pier
CRSSD FESTIVAL - Sept 26-27 | Waterfront SD | EDM
TRITONAL - Sept 26 | Avalon Hollywood | Progressive House
BOILER ROOM: JAZZY, COCO BREEZY & MORE - Sept 27 | LA
ZARA LARSSON - Sept 29 | Greek Theatre | Pop
ISAIAH RASHAD - Sept 29 | Youtube Theatre | Hip Hop/Rap
KETTAMA - Sept 30 | Shrine Expo Hall | EDM
BRUNO MARS - Sept 30 | Sofi Stadium | Pop

BRUNO MARS - Oct 2,3,6,7 | Sofi Stadium | Pop
NICKY ROMERO - Oct 2 | Academy | Progressive House
ZEDS DEAD - Oct 2,3 | Grand Park
THE SOULECTION EXPERIENCE - Oct 3 | Reframe Studios Outdoors | RNB+
MICHELLE BRANCH - Oct 3 | The Wiltern | y2k Pop
SIDEPIECE - Oct 3 | Hollywood Block Party | EDM
BELLA KAY - Oct 5,6 | El Rey Theatre | Pop Rockish
MUMFORD & SONS - Oct 6,7 | Kia Forum | Indie Folk
EMPIRE OF THE SUN - Oct 7 | Petco Park | EDM
ARIN RAY - Oct 9 | The Echoplex | RNB
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - Oct 9 | Kia Forum | Indie
JUNGLE - Oct 10 | Crypto Arena | Indie
SOMBR - Oct 10 | Kia Forum | Pop
HEAD TRIP - Oct 10-11 | Empire Polo Club | EDM
PROSPA - Oct 14 | Shrine Expo Hall | EDM
PAWSA - Oct 17 | The Historic Sears Building | Techno
CHARLI XCX - Oct 17,18 | Kia Forum | Rock
IT’S MURPH WITH TOBIAS - Oct 18 | Shrine Expo Hall | EDM
KACEY MUSGRAVES - Oct 18,19 | Crypto Arena | Country
RAVYN LENAE - Oct 21 | Greek Theatre | RNB/POP
BEABADOOBEE - Oct 21 | Kia Forum | Indie Pop-ish
DOJA CAT - Oct 22 | Kia Forum | Rap, Pop, Rnb
GRYFFIN (WITH B2B ALESSO SET) - Oct 23 | Exposition Park | EDM
FOSTER THE PEOPLE WITH GOTH BABE - Oct 23 | Greek Theatre | Indie
HUGEL - Oct 24 | Reframe Studios Outdoors | EDM
TWO FRIENDS - Oct 23,24 | Hollywood Palladium | EDM
YG - Oct 28 | Crypto Arena | Rap
ANOTR - Oct 30 | Ace Mission Studios | EDM
ESCAPE HALLOWEEN - Oct 30-31 | San Bernardino | EDM