The City of Thousand Oaks Presents the Pop-Up Arts & Music Festival – June 2025
(Thousand Oaks, CA) The City of Thousand Oaks will bring their annual Pop-Up Arts & Music Festival to Thousand Oaks every Friday and Saturday this summer starting June 6 and running through June 28.
The festival features “pop-up” public performances at various locations throughout Thousand Oaks. The goal of the festival is to provide residents with an opportunity to actively participate in and enjoy the arts without having to come to the theatre. People are encouraged to bring their own chair/blanket, food and drink and come enjoy great entertainment on a summer evening.
“One of many ways we encourage community here in Thousand Oaks is with the free Pop-Up Arts and Music series,” said mayor David Newman. “These are wonderful opportunities to come together in neighborhood parks and enjoy first-rate performances, many involving local and regional artists.”
The festival this year will feature eight free events over four weekends beginning June 6, 2025. In partnership with local arts organizations, the festival will include regional talent, in addition to nationally recognized performing artists.
Events are free and open to all.
June 6, 7:00pm
Spring Meadow Park
New West Symphony presents Shea Welsh & Friends with special guest Banda la Tribu
Shea Welsh is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer that can move freely through any genre of music. He will bring his eclectic blend of jazz, rock, blues, classical and world music to the pop-up stage. The performance will feature special musical guests Rap Rock Group Banda La Tribu from Panama as well as many others from Shea’s musical world.
June 7, 7:00pm
Northwood Park
TOArts presents Gina Chavez
Gina Chavez is an award-winning independent musician. She is a Latin Grammy nominee for Best Pop/Rock Album, 16-time Austin Music Award winner, including 2019 Best Female Vocals and 2015 Austin Musician of the Year. Gina’s music is deeply personal. Her passionate collection of bilingual songs takes audiences on a journey to discover her Latin roots through music.
June 13, 7:00pm
North Ranch Neighborhood Park
I’m Not Throwin’ Away My Yacht
5-Star Theatricals presents Yacht Rock & Contemporary Musical Theatre
Featuring the music of Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Kenny Loggins, and others, alongside music from Wicked, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hanson, and more!
June 14, 7:00pm
Kimber Park
Lizzy & The Triggermen
Dance and sway to “one of the hottest swing bands in LA” (Good Day LA), led by a “brassy and charismatic frontwoman” whose powerhouse vocals are “dripping with baditude” (New Times). Exuding all the old-school glamour of jazz, swing and blues, this captivatingly modern, chart-topping band churns out killer dance songs in a way only a wailing horn section can — transporting vintage jazz to a red-hot new future. Come early to take a swing dance lesson!
June 20, 7:00pm
Suburbia Park
Bobby Alu
If you ask Byron Bay’s Bobby Alu what his music sounds like, he’ll tell you how he hopes it makes you feel: like you have your favorite
drink in hand, sipping as the sun sets on a balmy evening that’s laden with the promise of adventure. In an ideal world, he’d follow summer around the earth, in his endless quest to nail that feeling in his songs.
Join Bobby and his band of musical soul brothers for an evening of audio sunshine to make young and old feel truly happy in the heart.
June 21, 7pm
Stagecoach Inn Museum Lawn
Brogden Bay Presents Perla Batalla – Letter to Leonard Cohen
Grammy®-nominated singer songwriter Perla Batalla’s powerful voice, emotional honesty, and boundary defying songs have captivated audiences at prestigious venues around the world. Batalla will bring her show, A Letter to Leonard Cohen: A Tribute to a Friend.
June 27, 7pm
Canada Park
TOArts presents The Urban Renewal Project
The Urban Renewal Project is a sixteen-piece collective known for its genre-bending original music, combining elements of jazz, hip-hop and vintage soul into a signature sound that has captivated audiences around the world from SXSW to the Java Jazz Festival.
June 28, 7:00pm
Triunfo Community Park
Abby Posner & The Big Fall
Abby is a multi-instrumentalist, known for her incredibly passionate and versatile musicianship across the folk, roots, and pop music genres. In addition to her upbeat and fun live performances, her music is featured in TV, films, and radio shows around the world.
Community partners include TOArts Presents, Conejo Recreation and Parks District, 5-Star Theatricals, Brogden Bay Presents, New West Symphony
We welcome your review and coverage of this event.
For question or photo requests contact cdebler@toaks.gov
