Featured artists include Hailu Mergia, Slauson Malone 1, Helado Negro, Julia Holter, and Woods. Tickets for the first concert are available now. Future tickets will be released three weeks prior to each concert.
Concerts take place from 6 to 9pm and will begin with a live DJ set. Attendees are welcome to arrive early, explore the Getty Center’s Central Garden and current exhibitions, bring a picnic, or purchase food and beverages onsite before the show begins.
Since 2009, Off the 405 has brought a succession of critically-acclaimed musical artists to the Getty Center for memorable experiences amid stunning architecture and breathtaking sunset views. Past performers include Chicano Batman, Makaya McCraven, Bartees Strange, L’Rain, Allah-Las, Hand Habits, and Cate Le Bon, among others.
Parking at the Getty Center is $25, or $15 after 3pm and $10 after 6pm. Take advantage of our Pay Once, Park Twice offer and visit the Getty Villa first before heading to the Getty Center concert, using the same-day parking ticket.
Off the 405 lineup
Saturday, June 1 – Hailu Mergia
Ethiopian musician and composer, Hailu Mergia, is best known for his work as a keyboardist and accordion player, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s. Mergia gained prominence as a member of the Walias Band, a prominent jazz and funk group that blended traditional Ethiopian music with Western jazz and funk influences. Mergia and his veteran band unpeel layer after layer of harmonic and rhythmic interest from a spectrum of Ethiopian sounds. At 77 years old, he energetically moves from keyboard to organ to accordion to melodica, often switching instruments during the same song.
Saturday, June 15 – Slauson Malone 1
Slauson Malone 1 is a performance piece created by artist and musician Jasper Marsalis, exploring the possible intersections of popular music and performance art. Marsalis is known for his experimental and boundary-pushing approach to music, blending elements of hip-hop, jazz, electronic, and avant-garde genres. On his latest album, Excelsior, he uses nearly two dozen different instruments, including guitar, theremin, Mellotron, Wurlitzer, and more.
Saturday, July 20 – Helado Negro
Born in South Florida to Ecuadorian immigrant parents, the world-building multi-instrumentalist Roberto Carlos Lange stitches together memories, impressions, and atmospheres to make detailed dreamscapes as Helado Negro. He produces, engineers, and mixes his own songs, creating and populating his own sonic world. Following his breakthrough records, 2016’s Private Energy and 2019’s This Is How You Smile, Lange’s just-released ninth studio record, Phasor, picks up on an integral interest in the natural world.
Saturday, July 27 – Julia Holter
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and composer Julia Holter is known for her experimental and avant-garde approach to music, which showcases her unique songwriting style and ethereal vocals. After a string of dream-pop albums—from the 2012 breakthrough Ekstasis to Loud City Song and Have You in My Wilderness—her new album, Something in the Room She Moves, marks a remarkable progression in Holter’s oeuvre, synthesizing a free, improvisatory energy with her signature eloquence.
Saturday, August 24 – Woods
Formed in Brooklyn in 2004, Woods is made up of co-founders Jeremy Earl and Jarvis Taveniere, joined by John Andrews, and a striking extended family of collaborators. Their music is characterized by its rustic and psychedelic sound, blending elements of folk, rock, and lo-fi indie. Their latest record, Perennial, is the sound of a band on the edge of their 20th anniversary and still finding bold new ways to sound like (and challenge) themselves.