{"id":2429297,"date":"2026-05-23T13:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2429297"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:44:13","slug":"new-free-live-music-series-coming-to-cal-ave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-free-live-music-series-coming-to-cal-ave\/","title":{"rendered":"New free live music series coming to Cal Ave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sign for California Ave. can be seen through the leaves of succulents in one of the large planters on the Palo Alto street in June 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-a-new-monthly-live-music-and-event-series-is-coming-to-california-avenue-with-the-launch-of-thursday-live-on-cal-ave-the-city-of-palo-alto-announced-in-a-may-21-press-release-the-series-will-take-place-on-one-thursday-evening-every-month-between-may-and-september-with-a-special-daytime-october-event-planned-for-saturday-oct-31\">A new monthly live music and event series is coming to California Avenue with the launch of Thursday Live on Cal Ave, the city of Palo Alto announced in a May 21 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paloalto.gov\/Departments\/City-Manager\/Thursday-Live-on-Cal-Ave\">press release<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-a-new-monthly-live-music-and-event-series-is-coming-to-california-avenue-with-the-launch-of-thursday-live-on-cal-ave-the-city-of-palo-alto-announced-in-a-may-21-press-release-the-series-will-take-place-on-one-thursday-evening-every-month-between-may-and-september-with-a-special-daytime-october-event-planned-for-saturday-oct-31\">The series will take place on one Thursday evening every month between May and September, with a special daytime October event planned for Saturday, Oct. 31.\u00a0The events will be free.<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday Live on Cal Ave will feature live music, unique themed activities every month, games and giveaways. The series will launch on May 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will take place along the pedestrian-only stretch of California Avenue, between El Camino Real and Birch Street. The inaugural event will \u2014\u00a0in a way \u2014\u00a0bring cars back to the street for one night,\u00a0as its centerpiece is a show of high-end luxury vehicles coordinated by Auto Vino and presented by Ter\u00fan Pizzeria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The California Avenue restaurant will also be supplying some of the music for the event, with a performance by the Ter\u00fan Family Band on the Ash stage. Palo Alto rockers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltoonline.com\/ae\/meet-the-artist\/2025\/10\/22\/palo-alto-bands-fundraiser-concert-celebrates-one-hit-wonders\/\">Past Curfew<\/a> will perform on the El Camino stage. Emceeing the event will be Marcus from Marcus in The Morning on Star 101.3. There will also be a kids zone.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making it all official will be a ribbon-cutting with city officials at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Palo Alto Weekly is a sponsor of the event, along with Stanford Research Park and Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upcoming events will be: A Taste of Cal Ave with world music on June 25; a wine walk on July 30; wellness and end of summer on Aug. 27; and a harvest festival with jazz on Sept. 24. A special Halloween and Oktoberfest event will be held Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday Live on Cal Ave follows in the footsteps of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltoonline.com\/ae\/2023\/05\/11\/live-music-comes-to-california-avenue-every-third-thursday-of-the-month\/\">3rdThursday series<\/a>, which also featured live music and themed activities on California Avenue each month between May 2023 and October 2025.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>The inaugural Thursday Live on Cal Ave takes place May 28, 5-8 p.m. with the ribbon-cutting at 6 p.m. on California Avenue between El Camino Real and Birch Street, Palo Alto. Admission is free. For more information, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paloalto.gov\/Departments\/City-Manager\/Thursday-Live-on-Cal-Ave\">paloalto.gov<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<section id=\"block-18\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Most Popular<\/h4>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"block-17\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"\/>\t<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.paloaltoonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sign for California Ave. can be seen through the leaves of succulents in one of the large planters on the Palo Alto street in June 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. 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