CONCERTS BY TYPE OF MUSIC
Concert listings on the summer site have always been divided by city and date, for all cities combined and for each of the three areas covered. Over the years, some viewers have requested a page listing the
concerts by type of music. Trying to separate the concerts by type of music (without adding a search function) has been problematic for several reasons. First, some cities and venues do not list information
on the type of music for every concert, only the band/artist name. Second, some bands list the type of music they play in widely divergent categories (such as R&B/Dance/Latin Jazz), making it difficult to place them in any one format. Finally, some cities/venues with events featuring multiple bands do not list
any of the groups individually, using phrases such as "live music all day long." This page was added last year as an attempt to accomodate requests for concert listings by type of music. The categories which will be included (to date) are listed below. Performances from all three areas
(Los Angeles County, Orange County and the Inland Empire) are incorporated together and listed in order by the day of
the performance. Bands found in the listings with no indication as to type of music played will not be included here, but bands are welcome to send
an e-mail to the site with information to be added to the listings. Please anticipate that this page will be available
a day or two after the general city and date listings are posted each month.
Clicking on the dates below will take you to the "All Cities By Date" concert page for further information.
Also included below this summer are historical images of both playing card advertisements and playing card covers from the Library of Congress digital archives collection. Many depict Civil War-era
packaging for U.S. playing cards. A brief description of each of the images is included, and all can be accessed through the Library of Congress online Prints and Photographs Catalog.
A Capella/Doo Wop
Acoustic
Big Band and Swing
Blues
By The Decade (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, etc.)
Children's and Youth Groups
Classic Rock, Rock and Rock and Roll/Oldies
Classical (Includes chamber music and symphonies) and Instrumental
Community Bands and POPS Orchestras
Country/Western
Disco
Drumming and Percussion
Electronic
Folk (American and International) and other American
Hip Hop
Jazz (not including Latin Jazz)
Latin Jazz and Salsa
Latin - Other
Pop and Top 40
Praise/Worship Bands and Gospel
R&B, Soul and Funk
Reggae and Steel Drum (includes all related formats)
Rockabilly
Singer/Songwriters & Other Solo Performers
Surf
Tribute Bands (all types of music)
Variety (artists with music in a variety of formats) and Other
World Music
Zydeco
"King of Hearts" playing cards label circa 1860. Cards were manufactured by the Chas. E. Townsend Company.
A CAPELLA/DOO WOP
September 11 - LAGUNA NIGUEL: Vybration (A Capella; 9/11 Tribute/Remembrance)
ACOUSTIC
September 2 - RIVERSIDE: The Three of Us (Acoustic British Rock)
September 3 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Dan Krikorian Band (Acoustic Folk/Pop)
September 24 - COSTA MESA: Matt Shockley (Acoustic Pop/Originals)
September 30 - COSTA MESA: The Intenders (Classic Acoustic Rock)
BIG BAND AND SWING
September 4 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Mike Henebry Orchestra (Big Band)
September 4 - MANHATTAN BEACH: Beach Cities Swing Band (Swing)
September 6 - PASADENA: Great American Swing Band (Swing)
September 10 - COSTA MESA: Jumpin' Joz (Jumpin' Jive Swing)
September 24 - COVINA: Covina Swing Band Festival (Six Bands)
September 28 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Ameera and the NJB's (Swing)
BLUES
 September 3 - BREA: Stoney B Blues Band
September 3 - REDONDO BEACH: Artwork Jamal (Blues)
September 9 - BREA: Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers (Blues)
September 9 - CLAREMONT: Melvin Eddy Blues Band (Blues)
Card packaging of "Independents" cards, "America" pattern with liberty cap and flag circa 1856. Cards were from the John J. Levy Company.
BY THE DECADE (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, etc.)
September 1 - ALHAMBRA: One Way Ticket (50s/60s Hits)
September 10 - CITY OF INDUSTRY: Dean Mora and His Modern Rhythmists with emcee Maxwell De Mille, and Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys (1920s - 1940s)
September 11 - CITY OF INDUSTRY: Ian Whitcomb and His Dance Band (1920s - 1940s)
September 18 - SAN BERNARDINO: Barela (70s/80s Brass Sounds)
September 23 - ARCADIA: 'Lil Mo and the Dynaflos (1950s)
Setpember 23 - LONG BEACH: Ronny and the Classics (50s/60s/Classics)
Setpember 30 - YORBA LINDA: Neon Nation (80s)
CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH GROUPS
September 3 - COSTA MESA: Festival of Children
September 4 - COSTA MESA: Festival of Children
September 10 - COSTA MESA: Festival of Children
September 11 - COSTA MESA: Festival of Children
September 17 - COSTA MESA: Festival of Children
September 18 - COSTA MESA: Festival of Children
September 24 - COSTA MESA: Festival of Children
September 24 - SANTA MONICA: Wake up With the Waves Children's Concerts
September 25 - COSTA MESA: Festival of Children
CLASSIC ROCK, ROCK AND ROCK AND ROLL/OLDIES
Septemer 1 - REDONDO BEACH: Toy Bombs (Indie Rock) from 6 - 7 p.m. and twoversusone (Indie Rock)
September 2 - COSTA MESA: Jennifer Corday (Classic Rock/Originals)
September 2 - LAKE ARROWHEAD: Superlark (Rock)
September 3 - HERMOSA BEACH: The Candies (80s/Chick Rock)
September 3 - LAKE ARROWHEAD: Time Bomb (Decade of Rock)
September 4 - HERMOSA BEACH: Helicopter (Modern/Classic Rock)
September 5 - CLAREMONT: The Dogs (Classic Rock)
September 5 - HERMOSA BEACH: Classic Rockers (Classic Hits) and Thank U Drive Thru (70s/80s Classic Rock)
September 9 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Adam's Attic (Alt Rock)
September 10 - ALHAMBRA: Frenz and Strangerz (Classic Rock)
September 10 - LONG BEACH: Adam's Attic (Alt Rock)
September 10 - RIVERSIDE: Remember Then (Classic Rock/Oldies) and CPO Band plus guest (Classic Rock)
September 17 - CLAREMONT: The Dogs (Classic Rock)
September 17 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Surfer Blood (Indie Rock)
September 17 - RIVERSIDE: Charlie B. Roberts (Classic Rock Favorites)
September 17 - SAN BERNARDINO: Neil Morrow (Piano Pumping Rock 'n Roll)
September 21 - SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO: The Trip (Classic Rock)
September 22 - FULLERTON: The Answer (Classic Rock)
September 23 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Danny Maika (Alt Soft Rock)
September 24 - ALHAMBRA: Bob's Garage (Classic Rock)
September 24 - LONG BEACH: Elm Street Band (Classic Rock)
September 30 - CLAREMONT: The Dogs (Classic Rock)
September 30 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Prior Axe (Classic Rock)
September 30 - RIVERSIDE: Steve Eddy (Tribute to Rock)
CLASSICAL (includes chamber music and symphonies) AND INSTRUMENTAL
 September 1 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY):
Noontime Organ Recital at FCCLA
September 2 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Sebastian Sidi (Pop/Rock/Classical Piano)
September 4 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Sundays Live - Members of the Salastina Music Society with baritone Rod Gilfry
September 4 - YORBA LINDA: Clarinetist Brian Yu and pianist Mary Au
Humourous illustration to buy "Hart's 35 Squeezers," lithograph circa 1884 from the New York Consolidated Card Company.
September 7 - GLENDALE: Bassoon recital with Allen Savedoff
September 7 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Midday Organ Recital at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral
September 7 - PASADENA: Michael Sellers, piano
September 8 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Noontime Organ Recital at FCCLA
September 10 - MANHATTAN BEACH: Pianist Karine Poghosyan
September 11 - CLAREMONT: Celliola and Friends
September 11 - IRVINE: Concordia University Wind Orchestra (9/11 Remembrance Event)
September 11 - LA VERNE: Pianist Reed Gratz (9/11 Remembrance Event)
September 11 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Sundays Live - Endre Balogh (violin), Steven Gordon (viola) and Dennis Karmazyn (cello)
September 11 - YORBA LINDA: Commonwealth Players Chamber Music Ensemble
September 12 - HOLLYWOOD: Art and Music with String Theory
September 14 - LA MIRADA: Gerald Seminatore, tenor
September 14 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Midday Organ Recital at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral
September 14 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): USC Faculty Recital: Robert Anderson, violin
September 14 - PASADENA: Michael Chapdelaine, guitar
September 15 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Noontime Organ Recital at FCCLA
September 16 - CLAREMONT: Songs of America with Thomas Hampson, baritone, and Vlad Iftinca, piano
September 16 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): USC: "An Evening with Brahms" - Faculty pianists Bernadene Blaha and Kevin Fitz-Gerald
September 18 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Sundays Live - Pianist Mark Robson
September 18 - YORBA LINDA: Concert Pianist Michael Sellers
September 21 - GLENDALE: The Kewa Ensemble
September 21 - LA MIRADA: Heidi Williams, piano
September 21 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Midday Organ Recital at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral
September 21 - PASADENA: Paul Stein, violin, Rober Lebow, cello, and Louise King, piano
September 22 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Noontime Organ Recital at FCCLA
September 22 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): John Schiaro and David Stahl (Bass/Piano)
September 23 - CLAREMONT: "Chant and Polyphony"
September 24 - IRVINE: IVC Music Alumni Recital
September 24 - PASADENA: The Pasadena Symphony and Pops "Music Under the Stars"
September 24 - SANTA MONICA: Los Angeles Flute Orchestra
September 25 - AZUSA: APU University Choir and Orchestra
September 25 - CLAREMONT: Tribute to French Organ Builder Aristide Cavaille-Coll
September 25 - FULLERTON: Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra
September 25 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): USC Thornton Wind Ensemble
September 25 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Sundays Live - Pianist Mack McCray and cellist Jean-Michael Fonteneau
September 25 - WHITTIER: Rio Hondo Symphony
September 25 - YORBA LINDA: Christine Azzoni Dow and Sandra Azzoni Wood (Piano and Violin)
September 27 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Gahyun Cho and Jiayi Shi (Violin/Piano)
September 28 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Midday Organ Recital at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral
September 28 - PASADENA: Sean O'Neal, organ
September 29 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Noontime Organ Recital at FCCLA
September 30 - CLAREMONT: Violin and Cello. Todor Pelev, violin, and Roger Lebow, cello
September 30 - CLAREMONT: Music of Bach and Schubert with Rachel V. Huang, violin, and Paul R. Bishop, piano
September 30 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): USC Faculty Recital: Peter Marsh, violin
Samuel Hart and Company's Club House playing cards packaging circa 1857/1862. The engraving for the label shows two illustrations: one with a U.S. sailor and soldier (Zouave) holding flags, and the
other with a soldier and sailor beside the eagle holding a shield.
COMMUNITY BANDS AND POPS ORCHESTRAS
September 1 - POMONA: Pomona Concert Band
September 10 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Golden West Pops (Tribute to America)
September 11 - CERRITOS: Cerritos Community College Band (9/11 Remembrance/Tribute)
September 17 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Huntington Beach Concert Band (Patriotic Music)
COUNTRY/WESTERN/BLUEGRASS
September 11 - LAKEWOOD: Brian Lynn Jones and the Misfit Cowboys (Country; 9-11 Tribute/Remembrance)
September 14 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Jimi Nelson (Country w/Country Line Dancing)
September 16 - ARCADIA: Pam Loe and Hipshot (Country)
September 17 - COSTA MESA: Marshalltown (American/Contemporary Country)
September 29 - FULLERTON: Lucky Stars (Western Swing/Country)
DISCO
 September 30 -
ARCADIA: 70s Disco Night with Discotion
DRUMMING AND PERCUSSION
September 3 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICNITY): Drum Downtown
September 19 - HOLLYWOOD: Samoan and Tahitian Rhythms and Dance
September 24 - LOS ANGELES (SOUTH AND EAST): Simon Rodia Day of the Drum festival
Engraving for Banner Brand Cards circa 1862. Label shows Union soldier standing on cliff holding up U.S. flag and sword; Fort Sumter is in background. The cards were
manufactured by the John J. Levy Company, New York.
ELECTRONIC
September 10 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Timmy Straw (Electronic Beats/Loops with Piano/Strings)
FOLK (AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL) AND OTHER AMERICAN
September 1 - SANTA MONICA: Americana with Dawes and Sonny and the Sunsets
September 2 - CERRITOS: Crown City Dixieland Band
September 5 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Singing Goodtimers (American Classics)
September 23 - SAN BERNARDINO: California Native American Day Celebration
September 27 - DOWNEY: Community Folk Music Jam
HIP HOP
September 2 - IRVINE: Black Mahal (Punjabi Hip-Hop)
JAZZ (not including Latin Jazz)
September 1 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): LAFM Jazz - Jazz Rangers with DJ Bonebrake and Mark Christian (Jazz)
September 1 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Emile Poree (Jazz)
September 2 - BREA: Jose Riso's Mongorama
September 2 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Jazz at LACMA with the Michael Session Sextet
September 3 - COSTA MESA: 2AZZ1 (Urban Jazz/R&B)
September 3 - IRVINE: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
September 4 - LONG BEACH: 2AZZ1 (Jazz)
September 8 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): LAFM Jazz - Ernie Watts Quartet (Jazz)
September 8 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Gonzalo Bergara (Jazz)
September 9 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Jazz at LACMA - L.A. Jazz Treasure Award: Wayne Shorter
September 11 - CITY OF INDUSTRY: Night Blooming Jazzmen (Dixieland Jazz)
September 11 - MARINA DEL REY: 2AZZ1 (Smooth Jazz with Vocals)
September 11 - NEWPORT BEACH: Modus Novus Guitar Duo (Classical Guitar)
September 16 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Jazz at LACMA - Phil Ranelin Jazz Ensemble
September 23 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Jazz at LACMA - Angel City Jazz Festival
September 25 - CLAREMONT: "Jazz and More"
September 25 - LOS ANGELES (SOUTH AND EAST): Watts Towers Jazz Festival
September 25 - SANTA MONICA: Jazz Mammals
September 28 - LA MIRADA: David Diggs and Jazzwerk
September 30 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Jazz at LACMA - Melissa Morgan
LATIN JAZZ AND SALSA
September 1 - GARDEN GROVE: Salsa Caliente (Latin/Salsa)
September 3 - LOS ANGELES (SOUTH AND EAST): Louie Cruz Beltran (Latin Jazz)
September 3 - MARINA DEL REY: Bob De Sena (Latin Jazz)
September 9 - ARCADIA: Salsa with Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca
September 15 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Oscar Hernandez (Latin Jazz)
September 21 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Salsa with Octavio Figueroa
September 23 - BREA: Louie Cruz Beltran (Latin Jazz)
LATIN - OTHER
 September 1 - SOUTH PASADENA: Brazil Brasil (Brazilian)
September 3 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Central American Cultural Celebration with Punta Cartel (Punta Music)
September 3 - (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): LACMA Latin Sounds with Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca (Afro-Cuban)
Lithograph for Imperial Club Mogul playing cards with Near East motif. Cards were circa 1868 by Lawrence and Cohen.
September 3 - RIVERSIDE: Viento Libre (Music of the Andes)
September 3 - SANTA ANA: LuchaPalooza
September 4 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Salvadoran Independence parade
September 4 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Mexican Cultural Celebration with Quetzal (Chicano/Afro-Cuban/R&B) and Conjunto Los Pochos (Norteno)
September 4 - MARINA DEL REY: Brazil Brasil (Brazilian)
September 4 - SANTA ANA: Latin American Family Festival
September 7 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Bruno Samba Ensemble
September 9 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Dance Downtown - Samba
September 10 - LONG BEACH: Latin American Parade and Festival
September 10 - LOS ANGELES (MID-WILSHIRE/MUSEUM DISTRICT): Brazilian Day in L.A.
September 10 - PUENTE HILLS/ROWLAND HEIGHTS/HACIENDA HEIGHTS: Braziliando (Brazilian/Latin)
September 11 - WESTMINSTER: Dia de la Familia
September 15 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Mexican Independence Day celebration on Olvera Street
September 16 - HOLLYWOOD: Conjunto Los Pochos (Latin)
September 16 - HOLLYWOOD: Sonoclip (Latin Pop)
September 16 - SANTA FE SPRINGS: Fiestas Patrias celebration
September 17 - EL SEGUNDO: Bandidos de Amor (Noveau Flamenco)
September 17 - HOLLYWOOD: Vital (Latin Rock)
September 17 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Mexican Independence Day celebration on Olvera Street
September 17 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Central American Independence Festival
September 18 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Mexican Independence Day celebration on Olvera Street
September 18 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Central American Independence Parade and Festival
September 18 - MARINA DEL REY: Elian Project (Contemporary Latin)
September 20 - CLAREMONT: Mariachi Mujer (All-Female Mariachi)
September 22 - GLENDALE: Bossa Nova on Brand (Brazilian)
September 22 - LOS ANGELES (WEST): Fusionando (Latin Fusion)
September 23 - HOLLYWOOD: Metalachi (Latin)
September 23 - SANTA ANA: Estudiantina del Sol
September 24 - HOLLYWOOD: Mariadela (Latin Pop/Rock) and Diana Mera (Latin Pop)
September 30 - HOLLYWOOD: Leonel (Latin) and Veronica Romeo (Latin Pop/Rock)
POP AND TOP 40
September 16 - RIVERSIDE: Crystal McKee (Soft Pop)
PRAISE/WORSHIP BANDS AND GOSPEL
September 30 - AZUSA: APU Gospel Choir "Gospel Music Month" concert
Sheet of French playing cards circa 1800 (prior to being cut). "Jeu de drapeaux" (game of flags); portion of full sheet depicting soldiers of France, Germany, Great Britain and
Russia bearing flags which show the card's suit and rank. Source of cards not indicated.
R&B, SOUL AND FUNK
September 1 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Orgone (Soul/Eclectic)
September 3 - HERMOSA BEACH: Stone Soul (Motown/Soul)
September 15 - SAN BERNARDINO: Big Papa and the TCB (R&B)
September 24 - BREA: Derek Bordeaux (Motown/Soul/Jazz)
REGGAE AND STEEL DRUM (includes all related formats)
Setpember 4 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): CAA Museum "Caribbean Fete"
Setpember 8 - FULLERTON: Upstream (Caribbean/Reggae)
Setpember 9 - LONG BEACH: Island Hoppin' Steel Drum Band
Setpember 10 - MARINA DEL REY: Upstream (Caribbean/Reggae)
Setpember 17 - CORONA: An Evening in Jamaica
September 17 - RIVERSIDE: Jamaica Bob (Calypso/Island)
September 24 - MARINA DEL REY: LA Cat (Reggae)
September 30 - RIVERSIDE: Jamaica Bob (Calypso/Island)
ROCKABILLY
September 16 - SAN BERNARDINO: The Deadbeat Daddies, and Buzz Campbell (Rockabilly)
September 17 - SAN BERNARDINO: Danny Dean (Rockabilly)
SINGER/SONGWRITERS AND OTHER SOLO PERFORMERS
September 4 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Jonathan Blake Salazar (Singer/Guitarist)
September 5 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Brooke Ramel (Singer/guitarist, Soft Rock/Pop)
September 10 - ANAHEIM: Ricky Sims (Saxophone Artist)
September 13 - FONTANA: Guitarist Rob Reynolds
September 17 - ANAHEIM: Ricky Sims (Saxophone Artist)
September 18 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Ricky Sims (Saxophone Jazz Artist)
September 24 - ANAHEIM: Ricky Sims (Saxophone Artist)
September 24 - WEST HOLLYWOOD: sound. with John Schneiders' "Just Guitars"
SURF
 September 3 - RIVERSIDE: The Showmen (Surf)
September 5 - LONG BEACH: The Chantays (Surf)
September 9 - RIVERSIDE: Reckless Reefers (Surf/Beach)
Advertising poster for Congress Playing Cards shows elegantly-dressed women and men enjoying a game of cards together. The 1900 poster is from the U.S. Playing
Card Company.
September 11 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Marauders and Fabulous Nomads (Surf)
Setpember 16 - LONG BEACH: The Tydes (Surf)
September 18 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Surf Rockers, Glasgow Tiki Shakers and special guests (Surf)
September 25 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: The Muertones, Insect Surfers, Rip Tides, Tahiti Shuttle Experiment, The Neptunes, and The Wedge (Surf)
TRIBUTE BANDS (all types of music)
September 1 - CERRITOS: Surfin' Safari (Beach Boys Tribute)
September 3 - HERMOSA BEACH: Fantastic Diamond (Neil Diamond Tribute) and Escape (Journey Tribute)
September 4 - HERMOSA BEACH: Catch a Wave (Beach Boys Tribute) and Hollywood Stones (Rolling Stones Tribute)
September 4 - LAKE ARROWHEAD: Aeromyth (Aerosmith Tribute)
September 5 - HERMOSA BEACH: Pretzel Logic (Steely Dan Tribute) and The Who Show (Who Tribute)
September 9 - UPLAND: Silver Beatles (Beatles Tribute)
September 17 - SAN BERNARDINO: The Fab Four (Beatles Tribute)
September 30 - TUSTIN: Don't Stop Believin' (Journey Tribute)
VARIETY (artists with music in a variety of formats) AND OTHER
September 1 - FULLERTON: Soundbytes (Variety)
September 1 - SOUTH EL MONTE: Soto (Latin/Funk/R&B)
September 1 - WHITTIER: Hodads (Pop/Rock)
September 2 - CLAREMONT: Girlyman (Folk/Pop)
September 2 - RIVERSIDE: The Brock Party (World/Pop)
September 4 - COSTA MESA: Eric Heatherly (Country Rock)
September 4 - HERMOSA BEACH: Jeremy Buck and the Bang (Pop/Rock)
September 4 - LA VERNE: Suave (Latin/Variety)
September 5 - HERMOSA BEACH: You Can Dance (Ballroom Dance Demonstration)
September 5 - LAKE ARROWHEAD: Mirage Groove (Dance Music)
September 8 - SAN PEDRO: Jamnesia (Dance Music)
September 8 - SANTA MONICA: New Orleans Funk and Blues with Jon Cleary's Philthy Crew, Wanda Rouzan and the Donald Harrison Electric Group
September 9 - COSTA MESA: Blue Breeze Band (Motown/Jazz/R&B)
September 10 - DANA POINT: Seafaring music/Chanteys at TallShips Festival
September 10 - UPLAND: Cold Duck (70s/R&B)
September 11 - DANA POINT: Seafaring music/Chanteys at TallShips Festival
September 16 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Stan Zabeck (Jazz/Funk/Blues Duo)
September 17 - ALHAMBRA: 2nd Time Around (Motown/Oldies)
September 17 - BREA: Soto (Latin/Funk/R&B)
September 18 - SAN BERNARDINO: Cold Duck (Latin/Variety)
September 23 - CLAREMONT: The Ricky Brown Blues/Jazz Combo
September 23 - COSTA MESA: Party Jones (Pop/Dance/Soul)
September 23 - RIVERSIDE: Daggett Band (Rockabilly/Rock 'n Roll) and Brokestring Band (Organically-Grown Hits)
September 23 - SAN PEDRO: TriArt Festival
September 24 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Michael Forbes Explosion (Jazz/Rock Fusion)
September 24 - RIVERSIDE: Mirage Groove (Dance Music)
September 24 - SAN PEDRO: TriArt Festival
September 25 - SAN PEDRO: TriArt Festival
September 25 - VENICE: Abbot Kinney Festival
September 27 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): An Evening of Poetry and Music at USC
September 30 - ARCADIA: Ballroom Night with Pete Jacob's Cafe Society Club
September 30 - AZUSA: The Hodads (Pop/Rock)
WORLD
 September 1 - SOUTH PASADENA: Brazil Brasil (Brazilian)
September 2 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Kollaboration (Korean-American Talent Showcase)
September 2 - ORANGE: Orange International Street Fair
September 3 - LONG BEACH: Long Beach Greek Festival
Lithgraph for Union Playing Cards circa 1862 depicting patriotic themes from Civil War. Cards were from Samuel Hart and Company.
September 3 - ORANGE: Orange International Street Fair
September 4 - LONG BEACH: Long Beach Greek Festival
September 4 - ORANGE: Orange International Street Fair
September 4 - SANTA MONICA: Masanga Marimba Ensemble (African)
September 5 - LONG BEACH: Long Beach Greek Festival
September 11 - BEVERLY HILLS: Masanga Marimba Ensemble (African)
September 11 - RIVERSIDE: Chinese Moon Festival
September 16 - COSTA MESA: Sligo Rags (Celtic)
September 17 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
September 17 - PASADENA: Nick Kello and Friends (World/Brazilian)
September 18 - HOLLYWOOD: Thai Cultural Day
September 22 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Los Angeles Korean Festival
September 23 - GARDEN GROVE: Arab-American Festival
September 23 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Los Angeles Korean Festival
September 24 - GARDEN GROVE: Arab-American Festival
September 24 - HOLLYWOOD: Eisteddfodau Welsh Festival
September 24 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Los Angeles Korean Festival
September 25 - GARDEN GROVE: Arab-American Festival
September 25 - HOLLYWOOD: Eisteddfodau Welsh Festival
September 25 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: Old World Village Oktoberfest Concert
September 25 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Los Angeles Korean Festival
September 25 - LOS ANGELES (DOWNTOWN AND VICINITY): Galeet Dardashti (Persian/Jewish)
September 30 - CLAREMONT: Drowsy Maggie (Celtic)
September 30 - HUNTINGTON BEACH: The Fenians (Irish)
ZYDECO
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 Theories on the origins of playing cards abound, though few have been confirmed with an absolute degree of certainty. One anthropologist, Dr. Stewart Culin, writing in
1895, cited their lineage as being from Korean divination arrows, [Tilley] which "sometime during the sixth century were miniaturized into strips of oiled silk unattached to any shaft. [McManus] Given the proximity of the Korean peninsula to China, it is also speculated that these may
have merged with or been influenced by Chinese money [Tilley] or Chinese "dotted cards" (a less costly version of dominoes) [McManus], and aided by the invention of paper in China.
Other authors have traced playing cards of varying shapes and formats through Persia and Arabia into Egypt and then to Europe." [Francis] Spain and/or Italy are generally considered
to be the likely entry points of cards to Europe, with "priority . . . accorded to Italy, partly because cards always spread along major trade routes, and Venice was the tradesman's entrance to Medieval Europe." [Parlett] The earliest European reference to playing cards occurs in a 1377 Latin manuscript
written by a German monk, [Beal] and by the fifteenth century, card-making was already a growth industry in various European centers. [Parlett] Though legends exist as to how sailors with Columbus brought the knowledge of playing cards with them to the New World, other accounts tell of soldiers
of Spain playing with leather cards in their expeditions in the 1500s . . . Cards also "were known to the early Mexicans as amapatolli from amatl, meaning paper, and patolli, meaning game." [Francis]
Playing cards in different countries at different times have been round, long and narrow, and a variety of different sizes, but decks of playing cards as we know
them today (52 cards with faces and numbers and four suits) were derived from European decks. The four suits most familiar to card players in the U.S. came from the French coeur (hearts), trefle (clubs), pique (spades) and carreau (diamonds/squares). Several of today's best-known card games also have European roots.
One of the best known of these games is poker. Poker, as described colorfully in James McManus's book "Cowboys Full," had its most likely roots in poque, an 18th century French parlor game. McManus says of the game that it
"emerged from the womb of a French vying game inflected with Persian characteristics as the flags above New Orleans were changing from Spanish to French to the Stars and Stripes around the 19th century and in the tumultuous decade that followed." The game later came into its own in New Orleans and on
the Mississippi riverboats.
Numerous card games are enjoyed today as social games and pastimes, but long before games (like bridge) were heard of, cards were also reviled by many. Playing cards were
used extensively in gambling and fortunetelling and "acquired an unsavory reputation, being associated with all vices." [Francis]
Reference Sources:
Beal, George. Playing Cards and Their Story. New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1975.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1953 Edition.
Francis, Henry G., editor. The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 4th Edition, New York: Crown Publishers, 1984.
Parlett, David. The Oxford History of Board Games, Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
McManus, James. Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Tilley, Roger. Playing Cards, London: Octopus Books, 1967.
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