Carlsbad Music Festival — Sep 2009 (annual)

Schulman Auditorium at Dove Library

An eight-day long alternative classical music festival, the Carlsbad Music Festival is held at the Schulman Auditorium at Dove Library. It presents new and unconventional music of the highest calibre, outreach programmes and concerts aim to educate and entertain audiences.

Carlsbad Music Festival. Photo courtesy of Carlsbad Music Festival

Carlsbad Art Splash — 26 - 27 Sep 2009 (annual)

Armada Drive

The Carlsbad Art Splash festival presents a wide array of chalk street art creations up and down the oceanfront on Armada Drive. Street entertainers do their stuff, there's live music and dozens of professional artists display and sell their work.

A selection of the chalk street art on display at Carlsbad's Art Splash. Photo courtesy of Art Splash