The festival brings together a variety of music styles on two different stages: Park Stage in Ramona Garden Park and Street Stage on Ramona Ave. Saturday features a lineup of nine artists from 10 AM until 9 PM. Sunday features a lineup of six artists from 12 PM until 6 PM. Bring a lawn chair, your dancing shoes, and experience two days of wonderful music.

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.

Beyond the music, the weekend will feature family fun for all ages. The Kidz Zone in Ramona Garden Park will have bounce houses and outdoor activities for children. Sunday features the Annual Mardi Paws Dog Parade with prizes for top dogs (and their guardians!)

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.