Browse by city
Atlanta
- Atlanta Jazz Festival — Piedmont Park (Atlanta) · Each May (Memorial Day weekend) (seasonal)
Austin
- Blues on the Green — Zilker Park (Austin) · Summers (seasonal)
Boston
- Live jazz at Wally's Café (Boston) · Every night
- Boston Landmarks Orchestra — Hatch Shell (Boston) · Summers (seasonal)
Chicago
- Grant Park Music Festival — Millennium Park (Chicago) · Summers (seasonal)
Cleveland
- WOW! Wade Oval Wednesdays — University Circle (Cleveland) · Summers (seasonal)
Dallas
- Klyde Warren Park — free concerts & programming (Dallas) · Summers (seasonal)
Denver
- Levitt Pavilion Denver — free summer concerts · Summers (seasonal)
Detroit
- Campus Martius & downtown parks — free summer music (Detroit) · Summers (seasonal)
Houston
- Miller Outdoor Theatre — Hermann Park (Houston) · Summers (seasonal)
Kansas City
- WeekEnder — Crown Center Square (Kansas City) · Summers (seasonal)
Las Vegas
- Fremont Street Experience - 1st Street Stage · Every night
- Fremont Street Experience - 3rd Street Stage · Every night
Los Angeles
- Grand Performances — California Plaza (Los Angeles) · Summers (seasonal)
- Venice Beach Drum Circle (Los Angeles) · Sat, Sun
Memphis
- Overton Park Shell — free concerts (Memphis) · Summer & fall (seasonal)
Milwaukee
- Jazz in the Park — Cathedral Square (Milwaukee) · Summers (seasonal)
Minneapolis
- Lake Harriet Bandshell — free summer concerts (Minneapolis) · Summers (seasonal)
Nashville
- Honky-Tonk Highway — Lower Broadway (Nashville) · Every night
- Musicians Corner — Centennial Park (Nashville) · Spring & fall (seasonal)
New Orleans
- Live music on Frenchmen Street (New Orleans) · Every night
New York
- Bach at One / Concerts at One — Trinity Church Wall Street (New York) · Weekly
- Naumburg Orchestral Concerts — Central Park (New York) · Summers (seasonal)
- SummerStage — Central Park & citywide (New York) · Summers (seasonal)
- Picnic Performances — Bryant Park (New York) · Summers (seasonal)
Pittsburgh
- Three Rivers Arts Festival (Pittsburgh) · Each June (seasonal)
Portland
- Summer Free For All — concerts in the parks (Portland) · Summers (seasonal)
Salt Lake City
- Music & the Spoken Word — Tabernacle Choir (Salt Lake City) · Sun
San Antonio
- Jazz'SAlive — free jazz festival (San Antonio) · Each September (seasonal)
San Diego
- Spreckels Organ Pavilion — Balboa Park (San Diego) · Sun
San Francisco
- Stern Grove Festival (San Francisco) · Summers (seasonal)
Seattle
- Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral (Seattle) · Sun
- Pike Place Market Buskers (Seattle) · Every night
St. Louis
- Whitaker Music Festival — Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis) · Summers (seasonal)
Washington
- Millennium Stage — Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) · Weekly
- Meridian Hill (Malcolm X) Park Drum Circle (Washington, DC) · Sun
Free live music every day of the week
Year-round traditions you can count on, sorted by the day they happen.
Every Sunday
- Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral (Seattle) · Seattle
- Spreckels Organ Pavilion — Balboa Park (San Diego) · San Diego
- Music & the Spoken Word — Tabernacle Choir (Salt Lake City) · Salt Lake City
- Meridian Hill (Malcolm X) Park Drum Circle (Washington, DC) · Washington
- Venice Beach Drum Circle (Los Angeles) · Los Angeles
Every Saturday
- Venice Beach Drum Circle (Los Angeles) · Los Angeles
Every listing here is a free, recurring tradition — no tickets and no cover — verified against the venue or organizer's own source. Seasonal series return each year; check the linked official site for the current schedule. Know one we're missing? Head home to submit it.