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Festival of New American Music

About the Festival

Mark your calendars for the next Festival!

November 2-8, 2025

The Festival of New American Music brings extraordinary musicians to Sacramento, California, each year to present high-quality performances of a broad body of recently composed or improvised music by some of America’s most exciting artists. 2025 marks the 48th annual Festival!

Through public concerts, educational events, and outreach, the Festival serves three principal communities: those of the Sacramento State School of Music; the California State University, Sacramento; and the greater Sacramento region.

VIEW THE 2024 SCHEDULE

Committed to making music accessible to all, the Festival offers all of its concerts free of charge to the public. If you have any disability-related access needs to participate in our events, please contact us as soon as possible, and we will work with the Office for Disability Justice on arranging and meeting those needs.

The Festival concerts will be live-streamed on our YouTube page:

YOUTUBE LIVE

Driving/Parking Directions

Past Festivals

Questions?

Email Co-Director Shuying Li or Co-Director Jordan Shippy.

Parking Info

Sac State uses virtual parking permits. A limited number of courtesy permits will be available for our evening concerts; links will be posted here each day. Daily permits may also be purchased from the machine on the 5th floor of the parking structure adjacent to our building, or online

Parking Link posted here by November 2, 2025

Directions: Select the Guest Login

  1. If you don't have an account, click here to create a guest account. Once you finish creating your account and registering your vehicle, click the visitor parking link provided above and use the Guest Login
  2. If you have an account already but forgot your password, click here to reset your password.

Select "Get Permits" from the "Permit" section. Complete the permit checkout process, making sure to select the correct valid date, to activate your visitor permit. Permits are valid for the whole day, up till 11:59pm.