Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Free Concerts Return to Altadena’s Renovated Park for 29th Summer Season

[photo credit: County of Los Angeles]

Seven Saturday evening shows at Loma Alta Park run July 11 through August 22, all free to the public

Loma Alta Park, renovated after sustaining damage in the Eaton Fire eighteen months ago, will host seven free Saturday night concerts this summer the 29th year the Rotary Club of Altadena has brought live music to the neighborhood at no charge.

The Rotary Club, in partnership with Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation, will stage the series at 3330 N. Lincoln Ave. every Saturday from July 11 through August 22. Concerts begin at 7 p.m. The park was renovated following fire damage in January 2025 and reopened on May 17, 2025, following a $3.4 million renovation the first county park to reopen after the Eaton Fire, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. In announcing the 2026 lineup, the Rotary Club noted it is “incredibly grateful” to Supervisor Kathryn Barger and the county Parks and Recreation Department “for their support in making it possible to keep the series going as Altadena recovers from the Eaton Fire,” according to the organization’s website.

The season opens July 11 with Dream Like Taylor, a Taylor Swift tribute. A week later, Past Action Heroes takes the stage, mixing rock anthems, pop classics, and R&B. Las Chikas, an all-female multicultural salsa band, follows on July 25.

August opens with Britain’s Finest, a Beatles tribute act, on August 1. Upstream, a steel drum reggae and soca band, returns August 8 a perennial crowd-drawer the press release describes as bringing “a jammed packed audience” each year. Blue Breeze Band covers Motown, R&B, soul, funk, jazz, and blues on August 15.

The season closes August 22 with Stevie Nicks Illusion, a Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks tribute act presented by Gigroster.com, described in the press release as “the most authentic sounding tribute to Fleetwood Mac to date.”

The Rotary Club will sell beer and wine at all seven concerts.

The series is supported by California Community Foundation, MonteCedro, Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, Toyota Pasadena, Income Research & Management, Payden & Rygel, and Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s office. Additional sponsors include Altadena Wild, Altadena Libraries, Craig & Susan Cox, Grocery Outlet of Altadena, J.C.L. Productions, Pasadena Federal Credit Union, RBC Wealth Management Roger Stephens, Southern California Edison, the Roeber Family, and Zoeller and Associates. The Orlandini Family, David Campbell D.D.S., Linda Seyffert of Coldwell Banker, the Mendoza Family, Platinum Stitches, and Southern California Gas are also acknowledged contributors. Sponsor and band information comes from an announcement by the Rotary Club of Altadena.

More information is available at www.altadenarotary.org.

The series started in 1997. It has missed only one summer 2020, when COVID-19 cancelled the season. This one makes 29.