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A rolling live music venue is bringing a series of free concerts to Thousand Oaks

The Concert Truck will bring a series of free performances to the public in Thousand Oaks
Sean Scheidt
The Concert Truck will bring a series of free performances to the public in Thousand Oaks

As well as the public performances, the Concert Truck will also perform four outreach concerts at local schools.

Imagine a food truck…but bringing food for the soul…music! That’s the idea behind the Concert Truck, says founder and pianist Susan Zhang.

"My business partner and I converted an 18 foot box truck into a music venue designed to be able to share live music with anybody, anywhere and give accessibility to the performing arts," she told KCLU.

As well as three free public performances around Thousand Oaks, the Concert Truck will visit four schools.

"We believe in sharing music with people at a young age and being able to expose them to that. These are some of my most rewarding concerts because it's really wonderful to see the kids get very excited about classical music," said Zhang.

The public is invited to attend performances at:

Goebel Adult Community Center, 1385 E. Janss Road on September 27 at 4pm.

507 Coffee House, 2036 E. Avenida De Los Arboles (Oakbrook Plaza) on September 29 at 10am.

And Newbury Park Library, 2331 Borchard Road on September 30 at 6:30pm.

Each location has parking and attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs.

In addition to the three public performances The Concert Truck will perform four outreach concerts at Madrona and Walnut Elementary schools, Adelante Free Marketplace and Westminster Free Clinic.

Caroline joined KCLU in October 2020. She won LA Press Club's Audio Journalist of the Year Award in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Since joining the station she's won 10 Golden Mike Awards, 6 Los Angeles Press Club Awards, 2 National Arts & Entertainment Awards and a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Writing.

She started her broadcasting career in the UK, in both radio and television for BBC News, 95.8 Capital FM and Sky News and was awarded the Prince Philip Medal for her services to radio and journalism in 2007.

She has lived in California for eleven years and is both an American and British citizen - and a very proud mom to her daughter, Elsie.