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Program Series

Hammer Summer Concerts 2019

Music, Food Trucks, Cash Bar: 7:30–10:30 p.m.

Happy hour: 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Galleries open until 10 p.m. Free live concerts and KCRW DJs in the museum’s courtyard. Copresented with KCRW 89.9FM.

Pavo Pavo promotional image - woman and man sit on a rock on a rocky beach, with waves in the background.

Music & Performance

Pavo Pavo, KCRW DJs Anne Litt & Dan Wilcox

The classically trained duo offers up “weightless pop music that sounds like it was beamed down from a glimmering utopian future” (Stereogum).

Thu Jul 11 2019 7:30 PM

Wild Belle - black and white photo of a man and woman with tall cactus behind them and a city skyline at disk in the background.

Music & Performance

Wild Belle, KCRW DJs Aaron Byrd & Scott Dallavo

Electric, richly detailed indie pop is informed by reggae, Afrobeat, soul, and beyond.

Thu Jul 18 2019 7:30 PM

The Tracks band image - photograph of four figures sitting on a couch. The person on far right holds a guitar as if to play. A wood coffee table is in the foreground; in the background is a dark wall with a white door.

Music & Performance

The Tracks, KCRW DJs José Galván & Travis Holcombe

The children of undocumented immigrants in East L.A., the group builds on the rich history of rebellious Chicano rock ’n’ roll bands.

Thu Jul 25 2019 7:30 PM