Music: Find Music Stores

The Fold Music Center has been serving the local community and beyond since 1958 when it was established in Claremont California. Our focus is to provide families, groups and individuals with a variety of musical instruments and accessories for making their own music.

Guitar Center is the world’s largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, recording, live sound, DJ, and lighting equipment, with more than 260 stores across the U.S. The store specializes in band & orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors, and students since 1952.

Located in Pasadena, California, Marquis Violins is proud to serve string players around the globe, as well as the greater Los Angeles community, including members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, students at the USC Thorton School, The Colburn School of Performing Arts, and other professionals, amateurs, and students in the area.

Musician's Friend was founded in 1983 by Rob and DeAnna Eastman in Southern California. Mutiple locations are around the U.S. They offer music gear of all types through their website and through mail order. Their website features more than 130,000 customer-written product reviews.

The best selection of sheet music -- both classical and pop -- in Southern California. We also carry a wide variety of woodwind, brass, band, and string instruments for sale or rent. A large selection of guitars, recorders, and world music instruments.

At Sam Ash Direct, we don't just serve musicians — we are musicians. Musical instruments and pro audio gear at the guaranteed lowest prices. There are 45 Sam Ash Musical Instrument Megastores with 8 stores in California, and one nearby located in Ontario, CA.

Musicnotes offers the best selection of 100% officially licensed and legal arrangements through their premier online sheet music store. Their selection covers all major instruments for musicians of every skill level. Musicnotes partners with music publishers of all sizes worldwide, maintaining a longstanding commitment to supporting songwriters, artists, and music publishing partners.

J.W. Pepper celebrates its 140th anniversary, honoring 14 decades of customer service and devotion to music and music education.

This exclusively online retailer offers music from more than 1,000 publishers, including all major European publishers.
Sheet Music Plus features all styles of music, for every talent level and instrument.

Online retailer that specializes in choral and band music for schools and institutions.

This is the oldest established sheet music and music book dealer in the Western United States for both new and antiquarian material. Their extensive offerings include both foreign and domestic music-related books, print music, compact discs, LPs, and DVD/Blu-ray titles from publishers all over the world. We have recently added up to date listings of newly published musicological and collected works editions.

"From the top 40 to the best in underground rock and hip-hop, soul, electronica, new and classic jazz, world music, roots music and experimental music... the biggest, most diverse and affordable selection of DVDs and vinyl LPs found anywhere... just about anything you're looking for can be found here."

"Over 11 million high-quality, DRM-free songs priced at just 69¢, 99¢, or $1.29 each. Visit the iTunes Store on your computer, iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple TV. Browse around and have a listen. Preview a song before you buy it and get recommendations based on music you love."

With locations in Berkeley, San Francisco and Hollywood, they are in the heart of one of the most diverse and colorful neighborhoods in the world. They offer CDs, DVDs, and other music related merchandise.

From it's flagship store in Westwood, CA, opened in 1978, the company was originally a novelty and reissue company for music collections. While the Westwood store closed in 2006, Rhino Records still operates a store located in Claremont, CA. Rhino was purchased by Warner Bros. in 2003, and became the catalog development and marketing division of Warner Music Group. Founded in 1978, Rhino continues to set the standard for excellence in the reissue business it pioneered in both the physical and digital worlds.