One Night Music

Showcasing live performances of independent music artists. Learn more»

Discover new independent music artists through our intimate live sessions.

Here’s a clip from our most recent session.

What One Night Music Does

One Night Music finds talented independent artists and films them candidly performing a selection of their music in an intimate setting. These special performances are shared with you through our sessions, which contain video and audio recordings, an illustrated portrait, a written description, photographs, and information about each artist. We use our blog to share additional recordings of performances that we capture as well other commentary on music.


Why One Night Music Was Created

One Night Music was started in November 2008 by a group of friends in Santa Barbara, CA who envisioned a new way to share live musical performances with a broad audience through visual media on the internet. We have since built an online music community that connects music enthusiasts with quality emerging independent music, while also nourishing the artists we record by showcasing their music, and exposing the talents of the Contributors who create all the artwork and media. We strongly believe that our community will stay honest and maintain integrity by never charging our artists to record or our visitors to enjoy.


  • Photo of Ian Andersen
  • Photo of Ryan Andersen
  • Photo of Elia Vargas
  • Photo of Laura Birshan
  • Photo of Molly Hahn
  • Photo of Megan Sullivan
  • Photo of Karen Nedivi
  • Photo of Candice Davantzis
  • Photo of Hannah Jewett
  • Photo of Alex Vacar
  • Photo of Stephanie Gonot
  • Photo of Myles O’Donnell-Lawson
  • Photo of Scott Boone
  • Photo of Amelia Altavena
  • Photo of Jenny David
  • Photo of Jennifer Kindell
  • Photo of Michael Albright
  • Photo of Cian Riordan
  • Photo of Ashley Rodholm
  • Photo of Jimmy Lillard
  • Photo of Jake Wiens
  • Photo of Molly Segal
  • Photo of Jono Schaferkotter
  • Photo of Gabe Pannell
  • Photo of Marin Brennan
  • Photo of Tyler McPherron

Who Makes One Night Music Happen

All the art and media at One Night Music is created by a collective of volunteer Contributors from across the United States who film, record, edit, draw, write, and snap pictures for each session. This collective is open to anyone who is interested in lending their time and talents to help us create artwork or media. Meet the Contributors and learn how to become one yourself»


Where One Night Music Records

San Francisco is the home of One Night Music — this is where we organize our community and this is where we primarily record artists. We also record in Chico, CA, Mountain View, CA, and Santa Cruz, CA. Local artists and traveling artists alike are encouraged to reach out to us about recording a session.

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