Indie folk artist Anthony Arya appears in Portola Valley on September 10

Indie Folk artist Anthony Arya is the performer at at the Portola Town Center ( 765 Portola Rd.) on Thursday, September 10, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. This is the final summer concert of the PV Palooza Festival. Admission is free.

With his soulful lyrics and gritty guitar riffs, Arya brings the folk rock sound of Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon into a modern era. In 2018, he released his debut album, Going To California, earning him the Presidential Scholar of the Arts in the Singer-Songwriter category. His second album, The Road, was inspired by the music of Bob Dylan, as well as Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac and F. Scott Fitzgerald.​