Counterfest Returns for 7th Year!

 Counterfest 2026 celebrates 7 years of being SoCal's premier DIY music festival. While it has grown over the years, it has never lost touch with its' roots, bringing together the best up and coming artists across a wide range of genres. For the 2nd year in a row, the event is in San Juan Capistrano and benefits The T-Street Zoo Music Foundation, empowering the next generation of artists. The show is also hosted at the foundation's beautiful outdoor event space.  Counterconformity is set to perform their first show in over a year, as well as features off-shoots of the jam band full of surfers, like Full Moon Special, a jam trio featuring Baylor Mars and McKinley Jackson as well as frontman, Neil Levin's solo project which features original genre, Cosmic Blues. The bill also features a wide array of bands from Counterconformity's scene, handpicked by the band, as well as up and coming artists supported by the T-Street Zoo Music Foundation.