Mikel Farber (top), John Caelan (center) and Jourdan Stephens (above) of Quebb perform at Venice Beach during the 7th Annual Carnevale on Saturday, June 6, 2009. Quebb is eclectic song writing trio from Venice Beach, delivering lyrically intense, harmony-driven ballads carried on organic world rhythms and acoustic rock instruments.

The Lowrider Band, featuring original founding members Howard E. Scott on guitar and vocals, Lee Oskar, Harmonica, Harold Brown, drums and vocals, and bass player B.B. Dickerson, perform at the Santa Monica Pier during the 25th Anniversary Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 27, 2009. The Lowrider Band sprung from its roots in Long Beach, with a hybrid sound born in the racially-mixed ghettos of Los Angeles. Their music crosses over and combines many styles and genres; funk, Latin music, R&B, rock and jazz. The band has always transcended racial and cultural boundaries with their musical melting pot and multi-ethnic line-up.They played all their million selling smash hits: Spill the Wine, Slippin into Darkness, The Cisco Kid, The World is a Ghetto, All Day Music, Me and Baby Brother, Why Cant We Be Friends and of course Lowrider, the universal anthem from which they take their name. These songs have provided an essential foundation for spreading their message of brotherhood and harmony, with the hip-hop generation building on samples of these songs to perpetuate the values of these brown-eyed soul pioneers.

Very Be Careful performs at the Santa Monica Pier during the 25th Anniversary Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 27, 2009. Very Be Careful is a homegrown L.A. band that plays Colombian vallenato music, a traditional cumbian sound that centers around the accordion, backed with percussion and bass. Members include: Ricardo "Ricky G" Guzman on accordion and vocals, Arturo "Brickems" Guzman on bass, Craig "Peabody" Martin on guacharaca, Dante "The Rip" Ruiz on campana, and Richard "Mil Caras" Panta on caja vallenata.

Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real perform during the 25th Anniversary Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 20, 2009.

The Idan Raichel Project (from Isreal) performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, during the 25th Anniversary Twilight Dance Series.

Elijah Emanuel (Bilingual Reggae from Panama) performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, during the 25th Anniversary Twilight Dance Series.

(1) Audra Mae performs during the Fourth Annual 'Jazz on the Lawn' - Upright Cabaret at Santa Monica City Hall's lawn on Sunday, Aug 9, 2009. (2) Tony Nominee Valarie Pettiford performs during the Fourth Annual 'Jazz on the Lawn.'  (3) Brenna Whitaker performs during the Fourth Annual 'Jazz on the Lawn.' (4) Brenna Whitaker performs during the Fourth Annual 'Jazz on the Lawn' at Santa Monica City Hall's lawn on Sunday, Aug 9, 2009.

Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, during the 25th Anniversary Twilight Dance Series.