Mikey de Lara

Michael de Lara is fiercely committed to having the audience go home feeling better than they did when they started their day. He has one target for every show: getting every audience he plays for to have at least one moment of the unadulterated joy of losing themselves in music. And because of that, it isn’t hard to see why Michael has become one of the most exciting and new performers in Southern California.

After years in various bands, he started his professional career working on cruise ships. Four hours a day, 6 days a week, Michael performed in the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and Europe for 5 years. Then he was taken under the wing of music career advisor, Myron Bernard (Stevie Wonder, James Ingram, Michael Jackson). With Myron’s guidance, Michael’s infectious, joyful, and charming performances have secured him residencies in Malibu, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Big Bear Lake amongst others in a very short time.

With a high level of musicianship, expert level vocal, guitar, and loop pedal skills, a huge, ever growing catalog of over 1000 songs, and a relentlessly joyful energy on stage, Michael brings a connection, an intimacy, and a sincerity that has set him apart from others. And now, he is getting ready to elevate his career to an entirely new level. In 2018, Michael is set to release two original new singles, “I Wish I Could Have Known You Better” and “In The Silence,” and is talks to tour Australia, Japan, and Europe. “While I’m grateful that my career is taking off to greater heights than ever before and I’m so excited about what’s to come, there is still no greater feeling for me than to be in front of an audience and taking them on a ride that they never saw coming, to open up a space where people can just be themselves and have a great time along the way. I LOVE doing this.”