The Natural Stage Project has been hosting free concerts in parks around Los Angeles since 2008. The 23+ events that they have hosted have included an annual album tribute (Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Beach Boys, and now Fleetwood Mac); a couple of "Uketober Fests"; a couple of weekend long trips to Joshua Tree; a big festival at an old pioneer oil town; and dozens of smaller "Hikes without Mics" concerts involving short hikes and performances in places such as waterfalls, caves, and mountain tops. The concerts are always free and open to the public, and the missions always remain: build community, bring people to nature, promote artistic collaboration, and inspire through unexpected experiences.
Check out their website for more info: www.thenaturalstageproject.com
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Here are a few photos of some of the highlights of the past several years of shows:
Leslie & the Badgers at Joshua Tree's Jumbo Rocks
Watercolor Paintings at the Bronson Caves
One Trick Pony at the Dragon Drain (Bullfrogs were singing with them)
Mad Gregs at Eaton Falls
(I think Lewis boulder hopped across the stream about 30 times during the 4 mile round trip hike carrying a drumkit AND a keyboard! Heroic!)
Pet Sounds tribute on Mt (Brian) Wilson!
Neutral Milk Hotel tribute In a Cove Over the Sea (Topanga State Park) - That's Mad Gregs dressed as a "two-headed boy"
Glass Beef - Charlyne Yi & Paul Rust's band at Runyon Canyon Park
David "Gruber" Allen at Runyon Canyon Park
Many Distant Cities at the Mentryville Festival
The Bowmans at El Matador Beach
Adam Arcuragi at Eaton Canyon Park
