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Rec Center on the Cal Poly Campus
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 3,400 seats, indoors on the Cal Poly Campus, San Luis Obispo, CA.
College-venue, open floor with bleacher seating
Past Shows: “Barenaked Ladies” (1996), “Ben Harper” (1999), “Blink 182” (1999), “Bob Dylan” (1996 & 2000), “Bob Marley Day” (2001) with “Shaggy” & “Ky-Mani Marley”, “Incubus” (2000), “Jack Johnson” (2002), “Jimmy Eat World” (2002), “MTV Campus Invasion” (1998) with “Third Eye Blind” & “Eve 6”, (1999) with “Garbage” and “Lit”, (2000) with “Wyclef Jean” & “De La Soul”, “Nelly Furtado” (2002), “Steve Miller Band” (1997), “String Cheese Incident” (2002), “Sugar Ray” and “Orgy” (1999)
Temporarily Closed for renovation....
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Christopher Cohan Center
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(Performing Arts Center) on the Cal Poly Campus)
 1,282 fixed seats, Performing Arts Center on the Cal Poly Campus
Past Shows: “Tony Bennett” (2003); “Lyle Lovett”, “John Hiatt”, “Joe Ely” and “Guy Clark” (2003); “Tori Amos” (2003); “B.B. King” (2002, 2001, 1998); “Bill Cosby” (2002); “Jewel” (2002); “Lucinda Williams” (2002); “Lyle Lovett” (2001); “Moody Blues” (2001); “David Grisman Quintet” (2001); “Eliades Ochoa” (2000); “Gordon Lightfoot” (2000, 1998); “Joan Baez” (2000, 1998); “Ottmar Leibert” (2000); “Pretenders” (2000); “Trisha Yearwood” (2000); “Chicago” (1999); “Jethro Tull” (1999); “Dan Fogelberg” (1999); “Faith Hill” (1998); “Pat Matheny Trio” (1998); “Robert Cray” (1998).
Helpful Hints 
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Avila Beach Resort
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 3,000 seats, outdoors at Avila Beach, CA.
Reserved Golden Circle and General Admission Lawn Seating
Past Shows: “Barenaked Ladies”, "Stephen Stills", “Doobie Brothers”, “Jack Johnson” (2002), Chris Isaak (2003), Jimmy Cliff and Buring Spear (2003), “Jazz by the Seas” several years featuring such artists as “The Yellowjackets”, “Shadowfax”, “Michael Franks”, “Acoustic Alchemy”, and “Kenny Rankin”, “Avila Beach Blues Festivals” (1994 – 2008) that have featured Keb' Mo', Jonny Lang, Bo Diddley, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, John Lee Hooker, the Neville Brothers, Robert Cray, Etta James, Tower of Power, Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, WAR, Booker T. and the MG's, Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, Dr. John, Little Richard, Robben Ford, Tommy Castro, and more... "311", The Wailers" and "Pepper" (2006), "Ziggy Marley and Robert Randolph (2007), "Bonnie Raitt" (2008)...
Helpful Hints for “19th Annual Avila Beach Blues Festival”
Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the Avila Beach Resort
· Directions to Avila Beach Resort – Highway 101 to Avila Beach (just north of Pismo Beach, just south of San Luis Obispo). Take the Avila Beach Drive exit towards the ocean. Travel 2 ½ miles and you’ll see the Resort on your right.
· Doors are at Noon. Show starts at 2PM. The approximate show times are:
Taj Mahal 2PM – 3PM; Tower of Power 3:30PM – 4:45PM; Doobie Brothers 5:15PM – 6:30PM.
· Parking on the 10th Fairway is $5.00 per car No tailgating allowed.
· There will be food and beverage for sale at the venue. No outside food or beverages will be allowed in the venue. No plastic water bottles, sealed or unsealed, will be allowed. There will be water for available for free and bottled water available for purchase. No ice chests, picnic baskets, etc.
· All purses, bags, and backpacks are subject to search.
· There will be a Golden Circle reserved seating area (with chairs) and a General Admission (Lawn) area. Okay to bring blankets and low-backed chairs (less than 2’ high) into General Admission area. Customers who bring in high-backed chairs or any site-restricting items will be asked to move to the outside perimeter of the venue. No umbrellas. No one will be allowed into the venue prior to doors. Early comers will wait in line. First come first served.
· No in and outs. That means, once you’re in the venue, you can’t leave and return again for free. If you need anything else during the day (diapers, medication, jacket), bring them into the venue.
· No pets. Please do not bring your pet and leave them in the car. It may be hot.
· Children 7 and under are free when accompanied by paid adult in Lawn Seating only, one child per one paid adult.
· Rain or Shine.
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The Graduate
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The Graduate is a 620 seat nightclub in San Luis Obispo. Set up as either a concert venue or a dance venue, this venue is either 18 and over or 21 and over. Full bar available for 21 and over
990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo, CA.
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Alex Madonna Expo Center
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The newest venue on the Central Coast. Located on the property of the Madonna Inn just off Highway 101 at Madonna Road in San Luis Obispo, this is a year round indoor venue that seats 2,000! Full bar available for 21 and over.
 
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Downtown Brewing Company
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Downtown Brewing Company
1119 Garden Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
www.downtownbrew.com
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Clark Center for the Performing Arts
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Clark Center for the Performing Arts...
The Clark Center for the Performing Arts is the Central Coast’s premier venue for world-class, professional performing arts in an intimate setting. Located on the Arroyo Grande High School campus, the Clark Center is a state-of-the-art hub for cultural events serving all the people of our community and their families, as well as an institution for vocational and educational opportunity. A diverse and varied world of creative arts performed in the professional surroundings of the Clark Center provides exuberance, creative vitality, and joy to all those who embrace it.
487 Fair Oaks Avenue, Arroyo Grande, Ca. :www.clarkcenter.org
Box Office (805) 489-9444
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Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara
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The beautiful, historic Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, located at 1317 State Street. (805) 963-4408. www.thearlingtontheatre.com.
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