Worldly synth-pop act Tanlines, atmospheric electro-pop act Yacht and politically minded dance artist Robert DeLong are among the artists slated to headline June's free Make Music Pasadena. The all-day event, set for June 1, will feature more than 150 concerts spanning indie rock, Latin music, folk and jazz, and will continue to announce participating artists in the coming weeks. 

Among the more than 30 confirmed acts revealed thus far are Amanda Jo Williams, Las Cafeteras, the Peach Kings, Dom La Nena, Taken by Trees, Radar Bros., Hunter Hunted, We Are Scientists, A House for Lions and Superhumanoids, among many others. Make Music Pasadena was estimated to have drawn more than 20,000 people to Old Town Pasadena last year, and the final lineup will boast more than 100 artists. A list of many of the confirmed performers is below.

In an effort to ensure Make Music Pasadena's long-term viability, organizers this year for the first time attempted to crowd-fund the event.

The Pasadena festival, modeled after the Fête de la Musique in Paris, celebrates music at its most quirky, casual and community-focused. It's grown from an event that largely featured intimate, acoustic appearances in storefronts to one that can now draw artists with national appeal spread across five main stages and more than 30 smaller performance areas. Many of the primary stages are set around Old Town's Colorado Boulevard and the Playhouse District's Madison Avenue.

Pop-up stages can be found in outdoor courtyards, parks and neighborhood churches. Pasadena's ARTS buses will once again also host live music onboard, and carry riders to Make Music Pasadena's multiple main stages. Make Music Pasadena is produced by the Old Pasadena Management District and the Playhouse District Assn.

 

STAGE SCHEDULES

 

 

 

Playhouse District Eclectic Stage

50 S. Madison Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101

12pm-8pm

Map It

12:00pm

Freedom Fry

1:00pm

Superhumanoids

2:00pm

Dom La Nena

3:00pm

We Are Scientists

4:00pm

Salt Petal

4:45pm

Robert DeLong

5:45pm

Tanlines

6:45pm

Las Cafeteras

 

 

Old Pasadena Indie Rock Stage

83 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101

12pm-7pm

Map It

12:00pm

Killola

12:45pm

A House for Lions

1:30pm

Hunter Hunted

2:30pm

The Record Company

3:15pm

Yacht

4:15pm

The New Limb

5:00pm

The Peach Kings

6:00pm

Youngblood Hawke

 

 

Levitt Pavilion

Memorial Park, 85 E. Holly Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

1pm-9pm

Map It

1:00pm

The Dustbowl Revival

2:00pm

Simone White

KCRW DJ Valida spinning between sets 3pm-8pm

3:00pm

Letting Up Despite Great Faults

4:00pm

High Places

5:00pm

Radar Brothers

6:00pm

Sleeping at Last

7:00pm

Haunted Summer

8:15pm

Taken by Trees

 

 

Alliance Francaise

34 E. Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

6pm-9pm 

Map It

5:00pm

Edith Crash

6:00pm

Jessica Fichot

7:00pm

The Lonely Wild

8:00pm

SoKo

 

 

Vroman’s Jazz Stage presented by LAMA College for Music Professionals 

695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101

1pm-8pm

Map It

1:00pm

Maracas

2:00pm

Kira Hooks

3:00pm

Felicia Andolong

4:00pm

Afrotango

5:00pm

The Grey Beret

6:00pm

The Lorenzo Grassi Trio

7:00pm

Gabriela Teran

 

 

Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA)

490 E. Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

12:30pm -5pm

Map It

12:30pm

Young Empress

1:30pm

John Isaac Watters

2:30pm

Wet Illustrated

3:30pm

Special Guests

4:30pm

Los Angeles Free Music Society

 

 

Armory for the Arts 

145 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101

1pm-6pm

Map It

1:00pm

Fort King

2:00pm

Auditorium

3:00pm

Vanish Valley

4:00pm

The Californian

5:00pm

Halfbluud

 

 

Paseo Latin Indie Rock and Americana Singer Songwriter

280 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101

4pm-8pm

Map It

4:00pm

Black Feet Braves presented by Eclectic Roots

4:30pm

Wild Reeds presented by Eclectic Roots

5:00pm

Gabe Kubanda presented by SESAC

6:00pm

Irene Diaz

7:00pm

Torreblanca

 

 

Old Town Pub Emerging Indie Stage

66 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101

1pm-2am

Map It

1:00pm

The Happy Casualties

1:45pm

Kid Cadavar

2:30pm

Amanda Jo Williams

3:15pm

Fort King

4:00pm

Will Courtney

4:45pm

Ruthanne Friedman

5:30pm

The Hectors

6:15pm

White Dove

7:00pm

Dreamings

7:45pm

Modern Time Machines

8:30pm

The Rebel Light

9:15pm

Downtown Union

10:00pm

Tenlons Bronco

10:45pm

Hobart W. Fink

11:30pm

Squarefish

 

 

Lineage Performing Arts Center

89 S. Fair Oaks. Pasadena, CA 91101

6pm-9pm

Map It

6:00pm

Ukulele Orchestra of The Western Hemisphere

7:00pm

Maggie McClure

8:00pm

Eagle Rock Gospel Singers

 

 

CCM Stage Blues and Jazz Stage

42 S. Catalina Street Pasadena, CA 91101

2pm-7pm

Map It

2:00pm

The CCM Ensemble

3:00pm

The Sherry Pruitt Blues Project

4:00pm

Los Fabulocos

5:00pm

Cadillac Zack Blues Party w/ special guest

6:00pm

Philosophy of Soul: Featuring the Avila Brothers

 

 

Salon de la Cruz

989 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

8:30pm-11pm

Map It

8:30pm

Music Expressions by Gerado & Khalfani

 

 

Risque Lingerie

1045 Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

3pm-7pm

Map It

3:00pm

DJ Chuck

 

 

Century Books

1039 Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

7:30pm-11pm

Map It

7:30pm

Krys Mach and Donn Conningham

 

 

High Low Vintage

1031 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

8pm-9:30pm

Map It

8:00pm

Seeing Thingz

 

 

Stars & Streetlamps Stage Presented by Ink Bombers: Conscious Hip Hop @ Club Menage

54 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101

12pm-7:30pm

Map It

12:00pm

Dice the Nicest

12:30pm

Satilite Rok

1:00pm

Dukes

1:30pm

D'zy 5k1

2:00pm

Steve Liriks

2:30pm

Vel TheWonder

3:00pm

Dysfunktional

3:30pm

Illsamar

4:00pm

Delta 9 MCs

4:40pm

W.C. Avengers

5:20pm

31 Republic

6:00pm

Cloud Makers

6:40pm

2Mex

 

 

S&S Stage Presented by 92 FAMILY Conscious Hip Hop @ The Terrace

443 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101

12:30pm-7:00pm  

Map It

12:30pm

The Closers

1:00pm

Salute

1:30pm

NY77

2:00pm

Honest Thieves

2:30pm

EV DUB

3:00pm

AV

3:30pm

The New Danger

4:00pm

Buffalo Blackfoot

4:40pm

Blk Ink

5:20pm

Inner City Soul

6:00pm

Nightlight Shadows

6:40pm

Twin Towers

 

 

After Party @ Club Menage 2nd Floor Dance Music DJs

54 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101

9pm-11pm

Map It

9:00pm

DJ CoChino

10:00pm

DJ Poomba

 

 

One Love Pasadena  

991 Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

3pm -11pm

Map It

3:00pm

DJ Pearl Mirror

6:00pm

The Panache Orchestra

8:15pm

Mr. Morey Wolfson

 

 

Beyond Hair

999 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

6pm-9:15pm

Map It

6:00pm

Deep Fried Bubblegum

8:00pm

Jade + Nico Tsang

8:45pm

HEAT

 

 

Pop Champagne & Dessert Bar  

33 E. Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

8pm-11pm

Map It

8:00pm

Kyle Shevlin

9:00pm

David & Olivia

10:00pm

Shane Henry

 

 

Crème de la Crepe presented by Crown City Studios

36 W. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101

8pm-11pm

Map It

8:00pm

David & Olivia

9:00pm

Seeking Sui

10:00pm

The Ventriloquists

 

 

Vertical Wine Bistro  

70 N. Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

7:30pm-9pm

Map It

7:30pm

The Likes of Us

 

 

Bar Celona  

46 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101

9pm-1am

Map It

9:00pm

DJ spinning the hottest jams/ dance music

 

 

Ixtapa

119 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101

9pm-1am

Map It

9:00pm

DJ spinning the hottest jams/ dance music

 

 

Mercantile Alley presented by Burbank Music Academy

18 S. Fair Oaks (Mercantile Alley), Pasadena, CA 91101

12pm-8pm

Map It

12:00pm

Black Mambas

1:00pm

BMA BIG BAND

2:30pm

Private Strangers

3:00pm

Chasing Ari

3:30pm

Untied

4:15pm

Night Nurse Noria

4:45pm

Serenegades

5:30pm

Magnitude

6:15pm

NINE

7:00pm

Shadow Play

 

 

Frazier Alley presented by Mother Turf Records

87 Frazier Alley, Pasadena, CA 91101

11am-8pm

Map It

11:00am

Lucid Fly

11:45am

Major Minus

12:30pm

Fine Minds

1:15pm

The Ambient Light

2:00pm

The Motel Life

2:45pm

Splice the Mainbrace

3:30pm

Escher

3:50pm

Sea Monkey See

4:25pm

Sketch Orchestra

5:10pm

100 Onces

6:00pm

Marshburn

6:45pm

Anesthetic Frank

7:30pm

Stellar Sons and Daughters

 

 

Slater’s 50/50 

61 E. Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

8pm-9pm

Map It

8:00pm

Celeigh Chapman

 

 

Boston Court

70 N. Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

4pm-9pm

Map It

4:00pm

Rafki/Alexis Soto Jr.

6:00pm

Bill Cunliffe Trio

8:00pm

Andrea Baker Quartet

 

 

Little Junebugs Children Stage

27 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101

12:45pm-1:15pm

Map It

12:45pm

Christian Lemmon

 

 

Redwhite + bluezz

37 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101

6:30pm–12am

Map It

6:30pm

Quentin Dennard

 

 

First United Methodist Church of Pasadena

500 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101

12pm- 2pm

Map It

12:00pm

Mark Goldstein and Friends, jazz piano

1:00pm

Iris Roberts Sharp, musical theatre & more

2:00pm

Please Don't Shoot!, a Pasadena pop/folk band with Jane Davidson

 

 

 

 

Listen2yourmother Stage

Legge Alley, Pasadena, CA 91101

3pm-6pm

 

3:00pm

Melvin Doo

4:00pm

Champagne Leader

5:00pm

Early Bizrd and the Bees

 

 

Rock N Roll Industries Stage

at the 35er

12 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101

3pm-6pm

Map It

1:00pm

A Hot Mess

2:15pm

Freedom

3:30pm

Rust N Roll

4:45pm

Black Raven (with founding members of Armored Saint)

6:00pm

Radio Suicide

7:15pm

100 Hundred Proof

 

 

 

 

 

Twin Palms

101 W. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

12pm-10pm

Map It

5:00pm

Raspin

7:00pm

The Well Pennies

8:00pm

Tracorum

9:00pm

Salt Petal

 

 

 

Relay for Life at Pasadena High School

2925 E. Sierra Madre, Pasadena, CA 91101

10am-9pm

Map It

10:00am

The Subs

11:00am

H2

12:00pm

Ric Taylor

1:00pm

Sam ‘n’ Ash

2:00pm

Sabrina and Craig

3:00pm

The Jam Daddies

4:00pm

SaberSong

5:00pm

Severin Browne

6:00pm

Marina V

7:00pm

Dale LaDuke

8:00pm

Kyle Jackson

 

 

 

 

Pasadena Arts Buses

Route 10

12pm-10pm

 

12:00pm

Kyle Shevlin

1:00pm

Ashley Aparicio

 

 

 

 

Madeline Garden

1030 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101

4pm-6pm

Map It

4:00pm

Jade + Nico Tsang

5:00pm

Deep Fried Bubblegum

 

 

Fuller Stage

490 E. Union St., Pasadena, CA 91101

4:30pm-9pm

Map It

4:30pm

Jason Chu

5:10pm

Gal Musette

5:50pm

John Isaac Watters

6:30pm

FVE

7:10pm

Sandbox

7:50pm

Trapdoor Social

 

 

 

Grand Fondo Giro D’Italia Pasadena City Hall Stage

100 N. Garfield Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

1pm-5pm

Map It

1:00pm

Moses Sumney presented by SESAC

2:00pm

Tracorum

4:00pm

The Ventriloquists