Summer Concert Series

Coming Thursday nights

this summer

Live music

Food, drinks, fun!

Save the dates!

Thursdays, July 10–August 28, 2025

2025 Lineup

In July • Concerts on the Lawn

Thursday, July 10

African dance music

Thursday, July 17

Salsa, Bachata, Cumbia, Cha-Cha-Chá

Thursday, July 24

Cello-led blues, Americana and rock 

Thursday, July 31

Honkytonk/California Country

In August • Concerts in the Redwood Amphitheater

Thursday, August 7

Blues & soul

Thursday, August 14

Singer-Songwriter

Thursday, August 22

French Chanson

Thursday, August 28

Rockabilly, New Wave and indie pop-punk-rock

Bring your picnic, refillable water bottle, blanket, low-backed lawn chairs

(we provide folding chairs), family, and friends.

Beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, and snacks will be available for purchase!

Outside alcohol will not be permitted.

Try not to drool over their Instagram!

New this year, local favorites and husband-and-wife team Fox Pizza are bringing naturally leavened sourdough pizza to the Summer Concerts on the Lawn! No need to pre-order these beauties, your pie will be baked  right on site, using fresh, locally sourced ingredients.

2024 Summer Concert Series Tables

We are offering a select number of private tables on the lawn, which can be reserved for your group.

Private Table (Seats 4) Premier Location: $250

  • 4 Summer Concert tickets
  • Early entry
  • Reserved name signage
  • Tablecloth and floral arrangement from the Garden
  • 1 parking pass

VIP Private Table (Seats 4) Premier Location: $500

  • 4 Summer Concert tickets
  • Early entry
  • Reserved name signage
  • Tablecloth and floral arrangement from the Garden
  • Gourmet charcuterie board for 4
  • 4 snack coupons from the Watering Can
  • 4 free drink coupons
  • 2 parking passes

VIP Private Table (Seats 8) Premier Location: $1000

  • 8 Summer Concert tickets
  • Early entry
  • Reserved name signage
  • Tablecloth and floral arrangement from the Garden
  • Gourmet charcuterie board for 8
  • 8 snack coupons from the Watering Can
  • 8 free drink coupons
  • 4 parking passes

IRS Guidelines for Gifts from Donor Advised Funds to Support MAGC Events

Thank you for your interest in giving to the Marin Art & Garden Center events from your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) or Family Foundation.

We sincerely appreciate your generosity and support!

To ensure your gift follows the current IRS guidelines for DAF/Family Foundation support of an event, we would like to share the below guidelines with you.

  • Raffle tickets, tickets to galas and other special events, auction items, and benefits conferred in connection with a DAF/foundation grant are not permitted.
    • IRS has specifically ruled that fair market value associated with fundraising events cannot be separated, a practice known as “bifurcation.”
      • For example, with Edible Garden, if the price of the ticket is $200 and the FMV fair market value (non-tax-deductible amount) is designated to be $50, the donor must pay from sources other than her DAF/foundation for the full value of the ticket ($200) and not just for the non-tax-deductible amount ($50).
    • We recommend you confer with your financial advisor to confirm if any of these examples of how donors may still use their DAF to support an event would work for you:
      • A donor could sponsor the event, and not attend, and pay fully out of the DAF/foundation.
      • A donor could sponsor the event using DAF/foundation funds and attend by purchasing an individual ticket through non-DAF/foundation funds.
      • A donor could sponsor the event, join the event as a guest of another donor/table guest, and pay fully out of the DAF/foundation.
      • A donor could sponsor the event and host the afforded number of people at their chosen level as long as they pay for the seats at the lowest ticket price ($200 for Edible Garden) outside of their DAF.
        • As an example, a $1,500 sponsor that covers 2 guests, could pay for their sponsorship with $400 from a different source of funds, and then give an additional gift of $1,100 out of their DAF.

 

Please email Tod Thorpe, Director of Development at tod.thorpe@maringarden.org to discuss your gift to Marin Art and Garden Center