Deborah Holland (left) and Wendy Waldman (right) from The Refugees perform at the Santa Monica Pier during the L.A. Acoustic Music Festival on Saturday, June 6, 2009. The L.A. Acoustic Music Festival is a benefit for the California Acoustic Music Project (CAMP). CAMP provides artists in residence to schools on a salaried, ongoing basis through the curriculum of the Americana Project in order to ensure that every student gets the experience of music instruction every day.

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Members of the Compton High School Drumline perform at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, June 4, 2009.

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Billy Idol performs at Santa Monica High School's Amphitheater during Artists For The Arts Foundation's (AFTAF) benefit concert on Saturday, May 30, 2009. Artists For The Arts Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to producing fundraising concerts to benefit the arts in public schools. The concert benefits the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.

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(top) Mariachi Estrella de Jalisco, performs at Virginia Avenue Park during Cinco de Mayo Fiesta and Classic Car Show on Sunday, May 03, 2009. (above) Carlos Barajas, 52,grooms his 1946 Chevy Fleetmaster during Cinco de Mayo Fiesta and Classic Car Show at Virginia Avenue Parkon Sunday, May 03, 2009.

Hiroshima performs at the Broad Stage during Santa Monica College's 10th Annual Asian/Pacific Islander Celebrationon Friday,May 1, 2009. Since Hiroshima's inception in 1980, the group has assumed the artistic mission of bridging cultural divides through the power of music. Hiroshima has borrowed from numerous cultures - Asian, Latin American, African American and more - and merged these influences into a unique and innovative whole that is solely their own. The result is a brand of music that speaks to nearly every aspect of contemporary culture.

Singer/Songwriter/Actress Marian Griffin and friends perform at Finn McCool’s Irish Pub during St. Patrick's day on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Marian Tomas Griffin was born in the US and raised on the west coast of Ireland in a town called Killala in County Mayo. Onstage as a member of New York's fabled Irish Repertory Theatre she starred in the long-running Off-Broadway hit "The Irish & How They Got That Way" by Frank McCourt. On screen Marian can be seen opposite Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt in "The Devil's Own". Most recently Marian played opposite Irish Comedian/Writer Brendan O'Carrol in his directorial debut "Sparrow's Trap". A major presence in the Irish Music scene, Marian's latest CD is "Downtown Monday Night" Daytime audiences will recognize her from her role as Mary Mennihan (Psycho Nanny) on CBS's "As The World Turns." Marian currently resides in Los Angeles.

Suzanne Teng and the Mystic Journey perform pan-global instrumental music at the Santa Monica Farmers market on Sunday, February 1, 2009.

Singer-songwriter Elian Quesada, 29,  performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, December 27, 2008. Quesada hails fromn Argentina.