One of the blessings about living in sunny Los Angeles are all the free outdoor concerts we get in the summers. You don't need a major paycheck here to get to listen to some awesome live music—from indie rock to jazz and electronic. All the shows are spread out throughout the city, from the beach to local parks. Remember to check the events' websites before you head out as the schedules could always change.



Santa Monica Pier summer concert (Photo by T.Tseng via the Creative Commons on Flickr)

Twilight Concert Series @ Santa Monica Pier

Thurs., July 10 @ 7 p.m. - Cults with James Supercave

Thurs., July 17 @ 7 p.m. - Yuna with King and KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez

Thurs., July 24 @ 7 p.m. - Cayucas with Papa and KCRW DJ Chris Muckley

Thurs., July 31 @ 7 p.m. - Omar Souleyman and KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd

Thurs., Aug 07 @ 7 p.m. - Jagwar Ma with KCRW DJ Jason Bentley

Thurs., Aug 14 @ 7 p.m. - La Santa Cecilia with Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkestra and KCRW DJ Raul Campos

Thurs., Aug 21 @ 7 p.m. - The Zombies with Mystic Braves and KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole

Thurs., Aug 28 @ 7 p.m. - Lee "Scratch" Perry with Mexico 68

Thurs., Sep 04 @ 7 p.m. - TBA

Thurs., Sep 11 @ 7 p.m. - Charles Bradley with King James & The Special Men

Santa Monica Pier is located at 200 Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica. More information about the concerts can be found here.

KCRW Summer Nights @ One Colorado

Sat., June 7 @ 7:30 p.m. - Waters with KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox

Sat., June 21 @ 7:30 p.m. - Kan Wakan with KCRW DJ Marion Hodges

One Colorado is located at 41 Hugus Alley in Pasadena. More information about the concerts can be found here.



Chinatown Summer Nights (Photo by Marc Evans via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)

Chinatown Summer Nights @ Chinatown's Central & West Plazas

Sat., June 14 @ 8 p.m. - KCRW DJs Travis Holcombe and Mario Cotto

Sat., July 12 @ 8 p.m. - KCRW DJs Jason Bentley and Liza Richardson

Sat., Aug. 9 @ 8 p.m. - KCRW DJs Raul Campos and Anthony Valadez

Chinatown's Central & West Plazas is located at 943 N. Broadway in Chinatown. More information about the concerts can be found here.

Made in L.A. Music @ Hammer Museum

Thurs., July 10 @ 6:30 p.m. - The Do-Over with De Lux and KCRW DJ Mathieu Schreyer

Thurs., July 17 @ 6:30 p.m. - Alex Ebert, crash, and KCRW DJ Liza Richardson

Thurs., July 24 @ 6:30 p.m. - Rocky Dawuni and KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole & DJ Glenn Red

Thurs., July 31 @ 6:30 p.m. - DJ Marques Wyatt, DJ Doc Martin, and KCRW DJ Raul Campos

Hammer Museum is located at 10899 Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood. More information on the concerts can be found here



Grand Performances (Photo by CindiK. via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)

Grand Performances @ California Plaza

Fri., June 20 @ 8 p.m. - Angelique Kidjo

Sat., June 21 @ 8 p.m. - Panoptica with Federico Aubele

Sat., June 28 @ 8 p.m. - daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra

Sat., July 5 @ 7 p.m. - Stones Throw Picnic with Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, DâM-FunK, and the Lions

Fri., July 11 @ 8 p.m. - Spirit of Cesaria and Cesaria's band with singer Nancy Viera

Sat., July 12 @ 8 p.m. - Adventures From Paradise, Decoders and KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd

Fri., July 18 @ 8 p.m. - Chop and Quench with The Fela! Band

Sat., Aug. 2 @ 8 p.m. - People Get Ready: Soundtrack of the Civil Rights Movement

Fri., Aug. 8 @ 8 p.m. - Los Dos Marks- DJ Nu-Mark & Mark de Clive-Lowe

Sat., Aug. 9 @ 8 p.m. - Raul Pacheco (Ozomatli) and Reyes Rodriguez (Tropico de Nopal)

Fri., Aug. 15 @ 8 p.m. - Joe Driscoll, Sekou Kouyate, and Vikesh Kapoor

Sat., Aug. 16 @ 8 p.m. - Miner and Eagle Rock Gospel Singers

Fri., Sept. 5 @ 8 p.m. - DakhaBrakha + Carmen Rizzo

Sat., Sept. 6 @ 8 p.m. - Yuna

California Plaza is located at 350 S. Grand Ave. in downtown. More information about the concerts can be found here

Pershing Square Downtown Stage

Sat., July 12 @ 8 p.m. - The Orchestra (with former members of ELO and ELO 2) and Who's Your Daddy

Sat., July 19 @ 8 p.m. - Dead Sara with TONIC

Sat., July 26 @ 8 p.m. - When in Rome, Information Society and Missing Persons

Sat., Aug. 2 @ 8 p.m. - Survivor with Lou Gramm (the voice of Foreigner)

Sat., Aug. 9 @ 8 p.m. - Stan Ridgway and The English Beat

Sat. Aug. 16 @ 8 p.m. - Dread Zeppelin with The Original Wailers

Pershing Square is located at 532 South Olive Street in downtown. More information on the concerts can be found here.



Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park (Photo by Burns! via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)

Levitt Pavilion @ MacArthur Park

Sun., June 8 @ 6:30 p.m. - Ozomatli

Thurs., June 12 @ 8 p.m. - Dublab: Angel City All-Stars Brass Band & Zoom B

Fri., June 13 @ 8 p.m. - KiT

Sat., June 14 @ 8 p.m. - Mariachi Divas

Thurs., June 19 @ 8 p.m. - The Delirians, Dub 8 & LA Collective

Fri., June 20 @ 8 p.m. - Incendio

Sat., June 21 @ 8 p.m. - Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta

Thurs., June 26 @ 8 p.m. - Very be Careful

Fri., June 27 @ 8 p.m. - Dub Club Presents: The Tamlins & Arise Roots

Sat., June 28 @ 8 p.m. - Playing For Change

Thurs., July 3 @ 8 p.m. - Dub Club Presents: Peaking Lights & Pharoahs

Thurs., July 10 @ 8 p.m. - Richard Thompson

Sat., July 12 @ 8 p..m. - Whiskey Shivers

Thurs., July 17 @ 8 p.m. - Loudon Wainwright lll

Fri., July 18 @ 8 p.m. - Buyepongo

Sat., July 19 @ 8 p.m. - Moshav

Thurs., July 24 @ 8 p.m. - EarthRise SoundSystem

Fri., July 25 @ 8 p.m. - Nina Diaz with Elsten Torres

Sat., July 26 @ 8 p.m. - Radiotron

Thurs., July 31 @ 8 p.m. - Upground

Fri., Aug. 1 @ 5 p.m & 8 p.m. - Luz Roja de San Marcos & Sonora Santanera

Sat., Aug. 2 @ 5 p.m. & 8 p.m. - Benny y sus Tropicales & Chavos de la Cumbia

Thurs., Aug. 7 @ 8 p.m. - Dublab Presents: Myron & E. & Wondem Band

Fri., Aug. 8 @ 8 p.m. - KPOP Night: Mike B.

Sat., Aug. 9 @ 8 p.m. - Boca do Rio

Thurs., Aug. 14 @ 8 p.m. - Metalachi

Fri., Aug. 15 @ 8 p.m. - Master Blaster Sound System with Niña Dioz

Sat., Aug. 16 @ 8 p.m. - Beatles Retrospective with the Omega String Quartet

Thurs., Aug. 21 @ 8 p.m. - Cambalache

Fri., Aug. 22 @ 8 p.m. - Young Dubliners

Sat., Aug. 23 @ 8 p.m. - Rocky Dawuni

Thurs., Aug. 28 @ 8 p.m. - La Resistencia: CD Release

Fri., Aug. 29 @ 8 p.m. - Quetzal

Sat., Aug. 30 @ 8 p.m. - La Santa Cecilia

Levitt Pavilion @ MacArthur Park is located at 2230 W 6th St. in Los Angeles. More information about the concerts can be found here



Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena (Photo by Daniel via the Creative Commons on Flickr)

Levitt Pavilion @ Pasadena

Sun., June 15 @ 7 p.m. - Barbara Morrison

Wed., June 18 @ 7 p.m. - Pasadena Symphony

Thurs., June 19 @ 8 p.m. - Dublab: The Album Leaf & Bell Gardens

Fri., June 20 @ 8 p.m. - Marley's Ghost

Sat., June 21 @ 8 p.m. - Afro Funké: Featuring Jungle Fire & Batala Los Angeles

Sun., June 22 @ 7 p.m. - Lao Tizer

Thurs., June 26 @ 8 p.m. - Janiva Magness

Fri., June 27 @ 8 p.m. - Playing For Change

Sat., June 28 @ 8 p.m. - Pistolera

Sun., June 29 @ 7 p..m. - Kenny Burell Big Band

Thurs., July 3 @ 8 p.m. - The Duhks

Fri., July 4 @ 8 p.m. - Night Train Music Club

Sat., July 5 @ 8 p.m. - Vaud & the Villains

Sun., July 6 @ 7 p.m. - Billy Mitchell & Friends

Thurs., July 10 @ 8 p.m. - Cecilia Noël

Fri., July 11 @ 8 p.m. - David Garza with Irene Diaz

Sat., July 12 @ 8 p.m. - Carlos Nuñez

Sun., July 13 @ 7 p.m. - Dr. Bobby Rodriguez Latin Jazz

Thurs., July 17 @ 8 p.m. - Dublab: Kamasi Washington & Teebs Band

Fri., July 18 @ 8 p.m. - Johnny Tillotsen & Bryan Hyland

Sat., July 19 @ 8 p.m. - Jimmy LaFave

Sun., July 20 @ 7 p.m. - Open Hands

Thurs., July 24 @ 8 p.m. - Richard Bernard's Oy! Stars

Fri., July 25 @ 8 p.m. - David Lindley

Sat., July 26 @ 8 p.m. - The Four Preps

Sun., July 27 @ 7 p.m. - Pete Escovedo

Thurs., July 31 @ 8 p.m. - Upstream

Fri., Aug. 1 @ 8 p.m. - Dustbowl Revival

Sat., Aug. 2 @ 8 p.m. - Laith Al-Saadi

Sun., Aug. 3 @ 7 p.m. - Scott Healy

Thurs., Aug. 7 @ 8 p.m. - Echocell

Fri., Aug. 8 @ 8 p.m. - Ceci Bastida with Raquel Sofia

Sat., Aug. 9 @ 8 p.m. - Mariachi Divas

Sun., Aug. 10 @ 7 p.m. - Hot Club of Detriot

Thurs., Aug. 14 @ 8 p.m. - Dublab: Dwight Trible Ensemble & SK Kakraba

Fri., Aug. 15 @ 8 p.m. - Blame Sally

Sat., Aug. 16 @ 8 p.m. - Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca

Sun., Aug. 17 @ 7 p.m. - Richard Smith

Thurs., Aug. 21 @ 8 p.m. - Omega String Quartet/Classic Rock

Fri., Aug. 22 @ 8 p.m. - Brothers Joscephus & the Love Revolution

Sat., Aug. 23 @ 8 p.m. - John Fullbright

Levitt Pavilion @ Memorial Park is located at 85 East Holly Street in Pasadena. More info about the concerts can be found here.

Make Music Pasadena

Make Music Pasadena is an all-ages music festival and will have acts like Surfer Blood, Yuna and Tennis headlining. It will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 7 at different stages throughout Pasadena. More information about the event can be found here.



Marina del Rey's Summer Concert Series (Photo via Marina del Rey Convention & Visitors Bureau)

Marina Del Rey Summer Concert Series @ Burton Chace Park

Thurs., July 10 @ 7 p.m. - Opera at the Shore

Sat., July 19 @ 7 p.m. - Yuna

Thurs., July 24 @ 7 p.m. - William Hagen on violin playing Prokofiev, Respighi, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky

Sat., Aug. 2 @ 7 p.m. - Blue Oyster Cult

Thurs. Aug. 7 @ 7 p.m. - Yana Reznik on piano playing Gershwin, Addinsell and Safan

Sat., Aug. 16 @ 7 p.m. - Roberta Flack

Thurs., Aug. 21 @ 7 p.m. - Bernadette Peters

Sat., Aug. 30 @ 7 p.m. - Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Burton Chace Park is located at 13650 Mindando Way in Marina del Rey. More information about the concerts can be found here.



Friday Flights @ The Getty Center

Fri., May 30 @ 6 p.m. - The Liars

Fri., July 18 @ 6 p.m. - No Age

Fri., Aug. 8 @ 6 p.m. - Mikael Jorgensen

The Getty Center is located at 1200 Getty Center Drive in Brentwood. More information about the concerts can be found here.

Saturdays Off The 405 @ The Getty Center

Sat., June 21 @ 6 p.m. - Kuenta i Tambú

Sat., July 12 @ 6 p.m. - Chicano Batman

Sat., July 26 @ 6 p.m. - Caught a Ghost

Sat., Aug. 23 @ 6 p.m. - BADBADNOTGOOD

Sat., Sept. 13 @ 6 p.m. - Kan Wakan

The Getty Center is located at 1200 Getty Center Drive in Brentwood. More information about the concerts can be found here.