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SUMMARY:La Jolla Music Society SummerFest 2025
DESCRIPTION:SUMMERFEST \nExplore This Year’s Festival \nJourney through “Milestones” this summer! Each concert highlights a key turning point or life stage\, illuminating the spark of youthful experimentation\, the mid-career breakthroughs that redefined boundaries\, and the poignant final reflections that cemented legendary legacies.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/la-jolla-music-society-summerfest-2025/
LOCATION:The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center\, 7600 Fay Avenue\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92037
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T213000
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SUMMARY:Sounds of Laurel Canyon\, A Back to the Garden Story Concert
DESCRIPTION:During the late 1960’s and early 70’s a collection of talented musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills to create folk\, rock\, and American Pop music in a sound that captured the hearts of the music world. Come see Back to the Garden recreate the music and stories of many of these famous bands including The Byrds\, The Doors\, Carole King\, Jackson Brown\, Crosby Stills Nash & Young\, Joni Mitchell\, the Eagles\, the Mamas and the Papas and music from Woodstock and the Last Waltz. \nMembers of this ALL STAR band include Cactus Jim Soldi\, Mark Intravaia\, Rick Nash\, Larry Grano and Sharon Whyte. Also\, featured in this very SPECIAL STORY CONCERT is Robert John Hughes as storyteller along with Calman Hart and Danielle Tucker. \nPlease note\, we are doing 2 shows at 3 & 7 PM and this is a reserved seating show so the sooner you purchase the better your seats.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/sounds-of-laurel-canyon-a-back-to-the-garden-story-concert/
LOCATION:Brooks Theatre\, 217 N. Coast Highway\, Oceanside\, CA\, 92054
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SD Theater,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events,SoCal Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T220000
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SUMMARY:Simply The Best: The Music of Tina Turner... w/ Tony Award Winner Adrienne Warren
DESCRIPTION:Steven Reineke\, conductor\nAdrienne Warren\, vocalist\nSan Diego Symphony Orchestra \nAdrienne Warren\, who earned the Tony Award for her role as Tina Turner in the Broadway smash hit Tina: The Tina Turner Musical\, heats up the stage with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and conductor Steven Reineke for an electrifying tribute to the one and only Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll. Relive Turner’s greatest hits and the music of the woman who brought to life songs including “The Best\,” “Proud Mary\,” “What’s Love Got to Do With It\,” “Better Be Good to Me\,” “Goldeneye\,” “River Deep\, Mountain High” and so many more.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/simply-the-best-the-music-of-tina-turner-w-tony-award-winner-adrienne-warren/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250803T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250803T150000
DTSTAMP:20250802T145224Z
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SUMMARY:Joshua White
DESCRIPTION:“Engaging in conversation with piano colossus Joshua White is somewhat akin to experiencing one of his live performances. There will be a natural\, if unpredictable arc\, it will behoove and reward the witness to pay close attention at all points. It can careen from one topic to the next\, but it will highlight a unifying mosaic of intellectual curiosity\, profound understanding of tradition\, and an exhilarating sense of freedom. Like most opportunities in life–it is helpful to jettison your expectations and embrace the moment. \nOne of the qualities I cherish most in an improvising musician (Mr. White avoids the term “jazz\,”) is audacity–that sense of disbelief that can make the listener laugh out loud\, marveling over a defiance of expectation. All of the great pioneers of the African—American musical tradition exemplified this attribute. I don’t know what else to call it besides genius\, and Joshua exudes that quality at every turn.” \n-Robert Bush\, Troubadour \n***Please arrive early\, stop by the Friends of the Library table to receive your FREE ticket and take your place in line. First come. First served. No standing room available.***
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/joshua-white/
LOCATION:Encinitas Library\, 540 Cornish Drive\, Encinitas\, CA\, 92024\, United States
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250803T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250803T220000
DTSTAMP:20250728T190319Z
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SUMMARY:Rick Springfield: I Want My 80s Tour
DESCRIPTION:Rick Springfield: I Want My 80s Tour with special guests John Waite\, Wang Chung\, and Paul Young is coming to Frontwave Arena on Sunday\, August 3! Grammy award-winning musician\, actor and New York Times best-selling author Rick Springfield will hit the road this summer on the 2025 edition of  his “I Want My 80’s Tour”.  The tour will also include special guests John Waite\, Wang Chung\, and Paul Young.  The tour will feature such enduring hits as “Jessie’s Girl\,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers\,” “Missing You” “Everybody Have Fun Tonight\,” “Every Time You Go Away\,” and many more of the most iconic songs of the 80’s. This special tour is sure to delight music fans of what is regularly described as the greatest decade in pop/rock music.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/rick-springfield-i-want-my-80s-tour-at-frontwave-arena/
LOCATION:Frontwave Arena\, 3475 Hero Dr.\, Oceanside\, CA\, 92056
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250803T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250803T220000
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SUMMARY:Miles Davis: PORGY AND BESS w/ Gilbert Castellanos & the KSDS Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE CONCERT \n\n\nGilbert Castellanos\, trumpet and bandleader \nKSDS Jazz Orchestra:\nJosh Nelson\, conductor/piano\nDerek Cannon\, trumpet\nSteve Ebner\, trumpet\nJames Ford\, trumpet\nDoug Meeuwsen\, trumpet\nJean-Paul “JP” Balmat\, woodwinds\nKeith Fiddmont\, woodwinds\nJohn Rekevics\, woodwinds\nTripp Sprague\, woodwinds\nRB Anthony\, horn\nRyan Beard\, horn\nMike McCoy\, horn\nKevin Esposito\, trombone\nJeanne Geiger\, trombone\nMatt Hall\, trombone\nRyan Kupsh\, trombone\nWayne Rice\, tuba\nJohn Murray\, bass\nKevin Van Den Elzen\, drums \nA landmark jazz album\, Porgy & Bess features arrangements by Miles Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin’s 1935 opera of the same name. \nPlease note: The San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert. \n\n\n\n\n\nArrive Early! Pre-concert Entertainment \n\n\nYoung musicians of the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory All-Stars will perform a pre-concert set of jazz music onstage beginning at 6:30pm. \n\n\nAbout Miles Davis’ Porgy and Bess \n\n\nFeaturing one of the “hippest” renderings of “Summertime” – one of the most familiar melodies in the Great American Songbook – the album is perhaps the greatest collaboration between the two\, and is credited for reversing the bebop aesthetic\, slowing down the chord shifts to allow the soloist to stay on one modality and invent his own melody and mood. The full track list of this iconic album includes “Buzzard Song\,” “Bess\, You Is My Woman Now\,” “Gone\,” “Gone\, Gone\, Gone\,” “Summertime\,” “Oh Bess\, Oh Where’s My Bess\,” “Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)\,” “Fisherman\, Strawberry and Devil Crab\,” “My Man’s Gone Now\,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So\,” “Here Come De Honey Man\,” “I Loves You\, Porgy\,” “There’s A Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York\,” and “Gone (take 4).” Gilbert Castellanos and his 20-piece “Porgy and Bess” Orchestra play every track on a wonderful evening by the Bay.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/miles-davis-porgy-and-bess-w-gilbert-castellanos-the-ksds-jazz-orchestra/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T220000
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SUMMARY:Channel 93.3 Sunset Sounds Featuring Alex Warren at Frontwave Arena
DESCRIPTION:Channel 93.3 Sunset Sounds is coming to Oceanside on Saturday\, August 9. This must-see lineup includes Alex Warren and special guests Paul Russell and Jonah Marais. \nBurgeoning pop artist Alex Warren is one of 2025’s breakout stars worldwide. Now boasting an impressive over one billion total career streams and over 31 million monthly listeners on Spotify\, his hit single “Ordinary\,” released in February\, is taking over the world. With over 193 million streams and counting\, the song currently sits at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and #2 on the Hot 100 chart. \nYou’ve never met or heard anybody quite like Paul Russell. His debut single “Lil Boo Thang”\, built around an interpolation of “Best Of My Love” by The Emotions\, lit up TikTok and Instagram to the tune of tens of millions of views. Now\, he officially delivers “Lil Boo Thang” as the perfect soundtrack to any and all good times. \nFormerly of the pop group Why Don’t We\, Jonah Marais has emerged as a compelling solo artist\, channeling personal growth and introspection into his music. Following the band’s hiatus in 2022\, Marais embarked on his individual journey with the release of The Jonah Marais Mixtape in June 2024\, featuring tracks like “Twisted Lullaby” and “Heaven”. \nDon’t miss a single minute of these chart-topping songs at Channel 933 Sunset Sounds. Get your tickets now! \nAlex Warren is contributing $1 from every ticket sold to Camp Kesem\, providing free camps and programs for kids with parents fighting cancer—through his partnership with PLUS1.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/channel-93-3-sunset-sounds-featuring-alex-warren-at-frontwave-arena/
LOCATION:Frontwave Arena\, 3475 Hero Dr.\, Oceanside\, CA\, 92056
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T220000
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SUMMARY:THE BEACH BOYS: The Sounds of Summer Tour
DESCRIPTION:For more than six decades\, The Beach Boys’ music has been an indelible part of American history. Their brilliant harmonies conveyed simple truths through sophisticated\, pioneering musical arrangements. The Beach Boys transcended their music and have come to represent Californian culture. They provided fans around the world with a passport to experience love\, youthful exuberance and surf culture. The Beach Boys is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands of all time\, with over 100 million records sold worldwide. \nSpecial appearance by John Stamos! \nPlease note: This concert will not feature Brian Wilson\, Al Jardine or David Marks. The San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert. \n\n\n\n\nAbout The Beach Boys \n\n\nFounded in Hawthorne\, California in 1961\, The Beach Boys were originally comprised of the three teenaged Wilson brothers: Brian\, Carl\, and Dennis\, their cousin Mike Love\, and school friend Al Jardine. The Beach Boys signed with Capitol Records in July 1962 and released their first album\, Surfin’ Safari\, that same year. Between the 1960s and today\, the group had over 80 songs chart worldwide\, 36 of them in the US Top 40 (the most by a US rock band)\, and four topping the Billboard Hot 100. Their influence on other artists spans musical genres and movements. Countless artists have cited Pet Sounds as their inspiration for creating their own musical masterpieces. Rolling Stone ranked Pet Sounds No. 2 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time\,” and The Beach Boys No. 12 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” \nInducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award®\, The Beach Boys are a beloved American institution that remains iconic around the world. \nThe Beach Boys are led by lead singer and critically acclaimed chief lyricist Mike Love\, who\, along with longtime member Bruce Johnston\, musical director Brian Eichenberger\, Christian Love\, Tim Bonhomme\, Jon Bolton\, Keith Hubacher\, Randy Leago and John Wedemeyer continue the legacy of the iconic band.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/the-beach-boys-the-sounds-of-summer-tour/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250810T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250810T220000
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SUMMARY:GIPSY KINGS Featuring Nicolas Reyes
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE CONCERT \n\n\n…with special guest AMBER RUBARTH! \n\nGipsy Kings\, founded in 1978 in Arles and Montpellier\, in southern France\, is well known for their mix of Catalan rumba\, flamenco\, salsa\, and pop. Gipsy Kings became popular with their self-titled third album\, which included the songs “Djobi Djoba”\, “Bamboléo” and the ballad “Un Amor”. Nicolas Reyes\, founder and lead singer\, heads this band\, still made up of members of the Reyes and Baliardo families. \nPlease note: The San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/gipsy-kings-featuring-nicolas-reyes/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250816T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250816T220000
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SUMMARY:Smokey Robinson: Legacy Tour
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson has enjoyed a career spanning more than four decades of hits. He has received numerous awards\, including the GRAMMY Living Legend Award\, NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award\, Honorary Doctorate (Howard University)\, Kennedy Center Honors\, and the National Medal of Arts Award from the President of the United States. He has also been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. \nThis year of 2025 will mark the 50th ANNIVERSARY of his 1975 breakthrough album\, A Quiet Storm. His tour “Smokey Legacy Tour” will highlight this 50th anniversary as well as celebrate all of his top hits throughout the decades. \nThroughout his 60+ year music career\, Robinson has accumulated more than 4\,000 songs to his credit and continues to thrill sold-out audiences worldwide with his high tenor voice\, impeccable timing\, and profound sense of lyric and style.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/smokey-robinson-legacy-tour/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250817T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250817T223000
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SUMMARY:Cynthia Erivo with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Cynthia Erivo\, vocalist\nAnthony Parnther\, conductor\nMark G. Meadows\, music director \nSan Diego Symphony Orchestra \nCynthia Erivo is a Grammy®\, Emmy®\, and Tony® Award-winning actress\, singer and producer\, as well as an Academy Award®\, Golden Globe®\, and SAG nominee. Erivo burst onto West End and Broadway stages in The Color Purple and has since taken the world by storm. \nErivo most recently starred as Elphaba opposite Ariana Grande’s Glinda in Universal’s record-breaking film adaptation of the hit musical Wicked from director Jon M. Chu. Wicked Part One opened at number one and has since become the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office based on a Broadway musical. Erivo has received widespread critical acclaim and rave reviews for her performance as Elphaba including Golden Globe\, SAG\, Critics’ Choice\, NAACP\, BAFTA\, and Academy Award nominations. \nPhoto credit: Mark Seliger
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/cynthia-erivo-with-the-san-diego-symphony-orchestra/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250822T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250822T230000
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SUMMARY:WesGhost
DESCRIPTION:… Kill Dyll\, Call Me Karizma \nThis is a 21+ event w/ valid ID at Soda Bar – San Diego. \nWesGhost blends 2000s pop-punk\, alternative\, and hip-hop into a sound that simultaneously feels both nostalgic and forward-pushing. Hidden by his signature balaclava\, he’s cultivated a tight-knit fanbase—the WesGhost Collective— drawn to the raw vulnerability and distorted energy pulsing through every release. His 2024 mixtape DON’T WORRY\, I’LL BE FINE and 2025’s AM I DREAMING? build out a world of emotional unrest and cathartic release\, earning co-signs from the likes of blackbear and Diplo along the way. Now gearing up for his second US headline tour\, WesGhost continues to blur genre lines while anchoring everything in community\, intensity\, and feeling. \n\n\n\n\nThis is a 21+ event\n\n\nPresented by Soda & Casbah.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/wesghost/
LOCATION:Soda Bar\, 3615 El Cajon Blvd\, San Diego\, CA\, 92104
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250823T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250823T220000
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SUMMARY:Jack Van Cleaf\, Joelton Mayfield
DESCRIPTION:This is a 21+ event w/ valid ID at Soda Bar – San Diego. \nJack Van Cleaf was still an independent artist when “Rattlesnake” became a viral hit in 2023\, earning praise from songwriters like Noah Kahan (who hand-picked Jack as the opening act on his sold-out Stick Season Tour) and Zach Bryan (who began covering \nthe song online). For Jack\, it felt like a pivotal moment in a career that had been building since his teenage years. \n“This album is all about the vertigo of growing up\,” says Jack\, who makes his Dualtone Records debut with the sophomore release JVC. “It’s about re-defining and re-understanding yourself.” JVC does more than plant its flag halfway between the worlds of indie rock and Gen Z folk. It also asks big questions about home and identity. Years after penning his first song as a high school freshman in San Diego\, he headed east to Nashville\, where he studied songwriting at Belmont University and released his debut album\, Fruit from the Trees\, after graduation. “I met many of my closest friends during my very first week at Belmont\,” says Jack about his formative years in Music City. \n“All talented artists in their own right\, they went on to help me make my first record everything that it is\, and have remained my most trusted collaborators to this day.” “Rattlesnake\,” with its introspective lyrics and atmospheric acoustics\, earned him a spot on Spotify’s 2024 Best New Artist list with tastemaker playlist “juniper\,” but nothing – not even the praise of his heroes – could calm the existential freakout he experienced as a 20something thrust into adulthood. \n“I was shell-shocked\,” he remembers. “I’d spent my whole life being told what to do every single day\, and I always dreamed about growing up to be my own boss. Then graduation came\, and I got what I wanted… but I realized I had no idea how to function on a day-to-day basis.” \nJVC was born during that period of anxiety\, self-examination\, and newfound freedom. It’s a sharply-written record that measures the long\, winding road from past to present. Sometimes that road is literal\, with songs like “Shouldn’t Have Gone to L.A.” finding Jack in transit\, caught between locations without a clear anchor\, his heart in search of a place to land. Elsewhere\, the album traffics in metaphor\, whether Jack is singing about the road to ruin in “Thinkin’ About It” (a candid look at suicidal ideation\, laced \nwith resonator and acoustic guitars) or tracing the similarities between romantic obsession and substance abuse with the countryfied “Using You.” \n\n\n\n\nThis is a 21+ event\n\n\nPresented by Soda.\n\n\n\n$\n\nYou can get a refund if: \n\nIt’s within 24 hours of buying tickets\nThis event is rescheduled or cancelled
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/jack-van-cleaf-joelton-mayfield/
LOCATION:Soda Bar\, 3615 El Cajon Blvd\, San Diego\, CA\, 92104
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T223000
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SUMMARY:Meatbodies\, Host Family
DESCRIPTION:Meatbodies is a Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock band\, founded by Chad Ubovich\, blending garage rock\, punk\, and neo-psychedelic sounds with guitar-heavy riffs and catchy\, sometimes introspective\, melodies. Their music explores themes of self-discovery\, escapism\, and existentialism\, and their albums\, including their 2014 self-titled debut and their recent 2024 release Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom\, have explored more ambitious sonic territories.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/meatbodies-host-family/
LOCATION:Casbah\, 2501 Kettner Blvd\,\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T223000
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SUMMARY:Boyz II Men with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Motownphilly’s back again\, doing a little West Coast swing!  Boyz II Men returns to The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park with the San Diego Symphony following the Grammy® Award-winning group’s sold-out debut at the venue in 2022. Comprising Nathan Morris\, Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman\, the group has sold over 60 million albums\, and holds the distinction of being the best-selling R&B group of all time. Don’t miss San Diego’s only summer concert by the group that penned hits such as “End of The Road\,” “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye To Yesterday\,” “I’ll Make Love To You\,” “On Bended Knee\,” “Thank You\,” and so many more. Conducted by Christopher Dragon and performed with San Diego Bay and Downtown San Diego as the backdrop\, this is a Boyz II Men experience custom-made for Southern California.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/boyz-ii-men-with-the-san-diego-symphony-orchestra/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250829T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250829T220000
DTSTAMP:20250829T212057Z
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SUMMARY:"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: Bigger & Weirder 2025 Tour
DESCRIPTION:…with Special Guest PUDDLES PITY PARTY!\n\n\nAbout \n\n\nWeird Al brings his legendary full-production multimedia comedy rock show back to the concert stage with the BIGGER & WEIRDER 2025 Tour\, playing his iconic hits as well as some never-performed-live-before fan favorites. Al’s long-time band is joined by four additional players to create a super-sized concert experience. \n“Weird Al” Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history. A 5-time Grammy Award winner\, he is best known for his parodies of the biggest musical artists over the last 4 decades. His many hits include “Amish Paradise\,” “Eat It\,” “Like a Surgeon\,” “Smells Like Nirvana\,” “Word Crimes\,” and the platinum-selling “White & Nerdy.” His last album Mandatory Fun is the only comedy album in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. Weird Al‘s live shows have entertained audiences across the globe for generations. In 2022\, Yankovic produced and co-wrote the Emmy-winning biopic WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story\, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role. \nPuddles Pity Party\, the 7-foot sad clown whose golden voice is “comparable to any Grammy winner” (Los Angeles Times)\, has amassed over 900K YouTube subscribers and performed sold out shows around the globe including San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts\, London’s Soho Theatre and a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He has performed on stage with such legends as Eric Idle\, Nick Offerman\, Jack Black\, Maynard James Keenan and Primus. Puddles’ one-of-a-kind “textured voice laced with melancholy” (NY Times) has been hailed as “operatic” (Boston Globe) and his show both “life-affirming” (Herald Scotland) and “hysterically funny” (LA Weekly).   \nPlease note: The San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert. Be advised that this concert will contain strobe lighting elements.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/weird-al-yankovic-bigger-weirder-2025-tour/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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SUMMARY:Earl Thomas Bridgeman 65th Birthday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, August 31\, 2025 – 5:00pm\n\n\n\nCover:\n\n$20 PRESALE + Fees $25 Day of Show\n\n\n\nDoor Time:\n\n4:.00 PM\n\n\n\nTicket Link:\n\nGet Tickets Here\n\n\n\n\n\nWinstons. With just one word I am transported back to a time of innocence and fellowship and friendship and fun. Fun! Like when we were in kindergarten! We had a good seven year run from 1988 – 1995 and I can’t tell you how many times someone has come up to me and said\, “I saw your show at Winstons” or “I met my husband or wife at Winstons” or “My child was conceived at Winstons.” It was a magical time and\, as far as I know\, never done before and not repeated since. It was just a special time. It was our special church. No Bibles but we sang. And we danced like holy rollers slain in the spirit. And we had fellowship. And we made lifelong friendships. And we shared our joy. From all walks of life\, from north county to south bay we had people dancing. You might see someone from Skyline dancing with someone from Rancho Santa Fe! Or El Cajon dancing with Coronado! The entire city was represented in that little bar every Sunday from 5 to 9. And we shared our love. We actually called it church! And what is church if not a group of people getting together and having a good time celebrating life? \n\n\n\n\nWebsite Link:\n\nhttps://earlthomasmusic.com/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/mr.earlthomas/\n\n\n\nFacebook Link:\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Earl-Thomas-Music-253502361766870/
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/earl-thomas-bridgeman-65th-birthday-celebration/
LOCATION:Winstons\, 1921 Bacon St.\, San Diego\, CA\, 92107
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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SUMMARY:SNAP! Best of the '90s with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE CONCERT \n\n\nStuart Chafetz\, conductor\nJulie Reiber\, vocalist\nCiara Renée\, vocalist\nJim Hogan\, vocalist\nTamar Greene\, vocalist\nBrian Kushmaul\, drum set\nSan Diego Symphony Orchestra \nWe’re taking you back to the ’90s—to the times of Friends\, The Simpsons\, Austin Powers\, Seinfeld\, and hits like “Livin’ La Vida Loca\,” “Kiss From a Rose\,” “Champagne Supernova\,” and more! Join Stuart Chafetz and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra for the nostalgia trip as they perform the songs that put artists like George Michael\, U2\, REM\, Aerosmith\, and many others\, on the top of the charts—and get lost in the music of the ’90s!
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/snap-best-of-the-90s-with-the-san-diego-symphony-orchestra/
LOCATION:The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park\, 1245 Seventh Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101
CATEGORIES:SD Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
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