The 30th Annual Claremont Folk Festival

Saturday, June 15, 10 a.m.

Ticketed event. Garden will not be open for general admission.

General admission: $25 (plus service fee)

VIP admission: $100 (plus service fee)

RSABG members are eligible for a 20 percent discount off the ticket price. Contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (909) 625-8767 ext. 221 for the code.

Tickets available online here.

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is proud to welcome Claremont Folk Festival. The 30th annual event includes live music, an artists’ village, music and art workshops, food trucks and children’s entertainment. The Claremont Folk Festival is presented by the Folk Music Center and Museum, a Claremont nonprofit organization.

The 86-acre Garden will be open to event ticket holders. Festival attendees can visit the Butterfly Pavilion for the standard admission fee, $2 per visitor, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Gourmet food trucks, local microbreweries and area caterers will provide food and drinks. Local artists will be selling art, musical instruments and more.

Musical entertainment line up includes: David Lindley, Henry Rollins, Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys, Leon Mobley and Da Lion, Moira Smiley and Voco, Round Mountain, Gonzalo Bergara Quartet, Black Tongued Bells, Tremoloco, Ross Altman, Peter Harper and Phoebe Bridgers.

Workshops will be held throughout the day. The schedule includes: African Drumming, Cajon Drumming, Songwriting, European and American Folk Songs, Gypsy Guitar, Ukulele, Mosaic Making Studio, Drum Circle, Slide Guitar, Print Making, Puppet Theater, Didgeridoo, Harmonica and Protest Songs.