Festival Details
The Stone Soup Music Festival & Street Fair is a community tradition that has thrived for over 30 years in the city of Grover Beach. Each August, the Clark Center gathers staff, volunteers, sponsors, and donors to cook up great musical artists and showcase local vendors.
This year's festival will take place on Saturday, August 23 & Sunday, August 24. Watch this page for the latest announcements!
TOUR STONE SOUP
THE MUSIC
The festival brings together a variety of music styles on two different stages. This summer, Stone Soup will take it to the streets with stages on both Ramona Avenue and 9th Street as Ramona Garden Park is under construction. Bring a lawn chair, your dancing shoes, and experience two days of wonderful music.
Band applications for Stone Soup 2024 are now closed. Check back in 2025 for new applications or email StoneSoup@clarkcenter.org for more information.
FOOD & STREET FAIR
From local crafts to world treasures and a wide variety of food, beer, wine, and beverage options, the Street Fair brings vendors from across the Central Coast and beyond to the streets surrounding the Festival.
DIRECTIONS
Sponsorships
The festival offers several opportunities for sponsorship including the entire event, a stage, band, or the Beer Truck. Perks include banner space on the stage or stages, marketing recognition on flyers, social media, and printed materials, free drink tickets and Stone Soup apparel, and more! Event and Stage Sponsors will also receive a complimentary booth at the festival. For more information on sponsorships contact Bronwyn Keith at bronwyn@clarkcenter.org or 805-574-1423.
Donate
Each year, the Clark Center relies on sponsors, volunteers, staff, vendors, and donors like you to continue a community tradition that has thrived for over 30 years in Grover Beach.
History
The festival name traces back to a folk tale about a stranger's arrival in a starving village. The stranger promises to cook enough soup to feed the entire population. As the stranger cooks and tastes the soup, he asks each villager to contribute an ingredient for flavor. The result is a tasty, nourishing soup that feeds everyone. The moral is a reminder that by everyone pulling together and combining diverse strengths, much can be accomplished.
The founders of the Stone Soup Music Festival created the event with this story in mind. For over 30 years, each summer, the community joins together to provide a venue for a wide variety of local and guest musicians, artists, and food & merchandise vendors to celebrate cultural and ethnic diversities. The festival remains popular with locals as well as drawing thousands of visitors to Grover Beach and the surrounding communities.
