Pitchfork

Come June 21, the neighborhoods of Pasadena will be overrun by the likes of the Raveonettes, Autolux, the Little Ones, Dengue Fever, Nortec Collective, Kinky, Jesca Hoop, and a grand cast of others who will rock the California city for the low low price of nothing.

What's the occasion? Why, it's the Make Music festival, bringing together amateur musicians and seasoned professionals alike for the making of musics. The fest goes down as part of the France-born Fête de la Musique free music initiative, and, well, it doesn't get much simpler than that, people.