Play Back 2025
The 2025 Ojai Music Festival brought:
35+ hours of music in four days
14 premieres, including World and West Coast premieres
10 free community offerings
7 composers-in-residence
Our BRAVO Music Education and Community Programs stayed present in the schools and community!
560 hours in 57 classrooms by professional musicians/educators
3,500 public school children served
1,207 workshops in the public schools
30 different types of instruments presented to students with Music Van
140 kids and teens participated in Summer Camps, with 16% of them attending on scholarship
Play Forward 2026
6 months to go in the countdown to the 80th Festival with Esa-Pekka Salonen
4 days of performances, add-ons, films, and free community offerings
80 musicians animating 20 concerts in Libbey Bowl and beyond
We encourage you to purchase your Libbey Bowl passes by the end of January to ensure your preferred seats. Call or email us at 805 646 2053/[email protected] if you have any questions on seating. Visit our Online Box Office by clicking here to purchase today!
Celebrating Eight Decades
Discovery. Creativity. Community.
It Begins With You
Each June, the Ojai Music Festival transforms the verdant Ojai Valley into a world-renowned gathering for boundary-pushing music, visionary artists, and open-eared listeners. Each year, we welcome bold creators like 2025 Music Director Claire Chase and 2026’s Esa-Pekka Salonen, who challenge convention and reimagine what a festival can be.
This all happens because of you.
As an audience-supported nonprofit, 25% of our annual costs are covered by ticket sales. Your donation makes everything possible, from exhilarating performances in Libbey Bowl to free community events around Ojai, free educational outreach for students and seniors, and global access through streamed concerts and year-round content. Every gift sustains this extraordinary tradition.
As you are considering making your year-end gift, we hope you will help shape the next unforgettable chapter of the Ojai Music Festival.