Everyone’s favorite NPR member station has a hand in a slew of summer concert slates at public plazas and beloved museums, and this summer’s schedule is particularly packed.
Familiar KCRW DJs and local buzz bands will be providing free, open-air tunes on select nights from June through September at the Hammer Museum, CAAM, Descanso Gardens, Bowers Museum, the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, JANM, OCMA, KCRW’s Santa Monica headquarters and—our favorite—the party-till-midnight bashes at Chinatown Central Plaza. There’s also an evening at the Huntington, though that one’s for KCRW members only.
The details slightly differ at each spot, but you can typically expect a bunch of food trucks, beer gardens and after-hours museum admission. Regardless of the location, you really can’t go wrong with any evening spent at Summer Nights.
