Music And Concerts

June 6, 2025 at 4:45 p.m.

Options range from Maxwell, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Los Tucanes de Tijuana to Ozomatli, San...

Yola performs on the Palomino Stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, May 1, 2022. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

The four standout San Diego concerts music fans won’t want to miss this week

June 5, 2025 at 6:02 a.m.

Versatile English vocal powerhouse Yola has collaborated with Adele, Dolly Parton, Gary Clark Jr., Massive...

A scene from TuYo Theatre’s immersive production of Mabelle Reynoso’s “La Llorona on the Blue Line.” (TuYo Theatre)

San Diego arts roundup: Hop aboard for TuYo Theatre’s immersive ‘La Llorona’

June 5, 2025 at 6:02 a.m.

Also this week, a silent film at the Balboa Theatre, blues festival in East Village,...

Charley Crockett performs in Kentucky in 2023. He will perform June 6, 2025, at Harrah’s Southern California Resort in Valley Center. AP

Is Charley Crockett country music’s next big 40-year-old thing?

By Tribune News Service

June 2, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.

The fast-rising singer-songwriter will perform Friday at Harrah's Rincon Southern California resort in Valley Center

Flutist Claire Chase, a San Diego native who performs around the world and teaches at Harvard and Julliard, is the Ojai Music Festival’s 2025 music director. (Walter Wlodarczyk)

Flute innovator Claire Chase’s musical field of dreams began on a San Diego baseball field

June 2, 2025 at 8:55 a.m.

The San Diego native is one of the most innovative and acclaimed flutists in the...

FILE – Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour June 21, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift has regained control of her music, buys back first 6 albums

June 2, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

Swift announced that all the music she’s ever made now belongs to her.

Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, which this year is staging its 44th season, is one of multiple outdoor concert venues in San Diego County. (Andrew Jorgensen/Courtesy Humphreys Concerts by the Bay)

San Diego summer concert guide: 64 shows you won’t want to miss

May 30, 2025 at 6:39 a.m.

Shakira and Wu-Tang Clan are just a few of the many artists headed this way,...

At the La Jolla Music Society in San Diego, CA, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, from left to right: Nancy Laturno, Beth Ross-Buckle, Leah Rosenthal, Kate Hatmaker, and Ruben Valenzuela. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

La Jolla Music Society announces first four resident arts companies at The Conrad

May 30, 2025 at 3:58 a.m.

The partnership will provide higher visibility and a number of other benefits for Art of...

Cinballera Entertainment co-founders and sisters Tiffany Brannan, left, and Rebekah Brannan photographed at the Carlsbad Flower Fields. (Bryan Dahl)

Fallbrook sisters’ arts company blends old Hollywood with ballet and opera

May 25, 2025 at 6:53 a.m.

The 2-year-old company presents opera, ballet and vocal concert programs

The Rosin Box Project dancer Sona Jaeger and Art of Elan violinist an artistic director Kate Hatmaker will perform in “United Harmonies.” (Carly Topazio)

The Rosin Box Project, Art of Elan team up for ‘Unified Harmonies’

By Marcia Luttrell

May 26, 2025 at 7:06 p.m.

The multidisciplinary shows in La Jolla this week will feature a blend of ballet and...

Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Billy Joel cancels all future shows due to brain disorder

By Brian Niemietz

May 23, 2025 at 12:29 p.m.

He canceled all scheduled shows due normal pressure hydrocephalus.

California Center for the Arts, Escondido, hosts the Hidden City Sounds Series in its Lyric Courtyard. (Benjamin Mann)

Find free outdoor summer concerts at lakes, beaches and parks in San Diego

By Abby Hamblin

June 2, 2025 at 1:40 p.m.

Locals can take along picnics to listen to live music at lakes, beaches and parks...

The Scottish Celtic music band the Tannahill Weavers debuted in 1968 in the town of Paisley. The group performs in San Diego this weekend. (Chris Bickford)

The four San Diego concerts music fans won’t want to miss this weekend

May 22, 2025 at 9:52 a.m.

Inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame in 2011, the Tannahill Weavers was...

Erin Kracht and Tina Carreras co-created the dance-theater piece “One Pie at a Time” for the San Diego International Fringe Festival. (SDIFF)

San Diego arts roundup: Fringe fest shows to catch this weekend

May 22, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Also this week, 'Latin History for Morons' in Oceanside, Sacra/Profana and more

Hannah Jewel Kohn, left, as Marcia Murphey, and Nick Fradiani as the younger Neil Diamond in the national touring production of “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical,” running May 27 through June 1 at the San Diego Civic Theatre. (Jeremy Daniel)

Nick Fradiani’s ‘Beautiful Noise’ journey heads to San Diego

By Tribune News Service

May 22, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The 'American Idol' alum stars in the Neil Diamond bio-musical tour opening Tuesday in San...

Linda Perry and 4 Non Blondes performs at the Wonderfront Festival in downtown San Diego along the Embarcadero on May 18, 2025. (Ariana Drehsler / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Wonderfront concluded Sunday, rain-free, with 4 Non Blondes’ reunion and Jason Mraz

May 21, 2025 at 9:07 a.m.

The ran that soaked the festival Saturday was thankfully gone Sunday, but attendance was higher...

Undaunted by the rain Saturday night, Janelle Monae (center) delivered a sizzling performance at the Wonderfront festival alongside San Diego Bay. (Edward Anthony Batres / Press LA)

Janelle Monae and Anderson .Paak shined on a wet night at Wonderfront festival

May 19, 2025 at 6:23 a.m.

The audience on the second evening of the three-day music marathon alongside San Diego Bay...

At Balboa Park on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in San Diego, Kahlil Childs is a 15-year-old musician who’s been described as a jazz prodigy and budding star. He heads his band, the Kahlil Childs Quartet, made his debut at 13 as a member of Gilbert Castellanos’ quintet at the Jazz on Tap Festival, and has also studied with UC San Diego music professor Kamau Kenyatta. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Young jazz standout Kahlil Childs has been learning and listening and has a lot to play

By Lisa Deaderick

May 19, 2025 at 4:36 p.m.

Kahlil Childs is an accomplished jazz musician at 15 years old, playing the alto, tenor,...

Project BLANK co-founder and executive director Brendan Nguyen plays a toy piano during the company’s free performance of “Park Opera” in Balboa Park on May 10.(Robbie Bui)

San Diego arts organizations reeling after NEA grants canceled

May 18, 2025 at 8:42 a.m.

Local nonprofit directors fear the loss of federal, and possibly city, will devastate the...

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Willie Nelson persevered and Bob Dylan transcended at their San Diego concert

May 16, 2025 at 6:17 p.m.

Nelson, 92, and Dylan, who turns 84 next week, warmed up a cool San Diego...

The Arcades, an indoor and outdoor music festival featuring 200 students will be held at UC San Diego on May 18th. Here, the steering committee and musicians are seen at the Conrad Prebys Music Center on Monday, May 5, 2025. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

UC San Diego to host free, all-day Arcades music fest on Sunday

May 16, 2025 at 5:29 p.m.

Nearly 40 performances by 300 students and faculty will be presented from noon to 7:30...

Linda Perry is going back on the road with her band, 4 Non Blondes, after 31 years. The group’s first reunion show is Sunday at San Diego’s Wonderfront festival. (Heidi Zumbrun)

Linda Perry revs up with 4 Non Blondes reunion, new film and solo album

May 14, 2025 at 2:54 p.m.

The 2015 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee grew up in San Diego, where she spent...

The 2024 Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival drew a sold-out audience of 15,000 on its opening day. The producers hope to build on that momentum this year. (Arianna Kharizz)

Wonderfront 2025 festival full performance schedule and critic’s picks

May 17, 2025 at 11:15 a.m.

The May 15-18 festival along San Diego Bay will feature more than 100 performances. The...

Live Nation’s $30 Ticket To Summer 2025 discount offer includes more than a dozen concerts at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. the venue, shown above, is San Diego County’s largest outdoor concert site. (Live Nation)

Live Nation ticket sale: $30 each for 27 San Diego concerts, including Willie Nelson, Nelly

May 14, 2025 at 5:02 a.m.

The discounted tickets are being offered to concerts at three of San Diego's largest outdoor...

James Taylor performs at the Rady Shell in Downtown San Diego on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)

James Taylor’s San Diego concert a triumph of skill, tenacity, charm and wit

May 11, 2025 at 6:22 p.m.

The legendary 77-year-old troubadour sang in blissful harmony alongside his 22-year-old son, Henry Taylor, and...

Internationally acclaimed jazz saxophonist and flutist James Moody’s 100th birthday will be celebrated on a new album and at concerts in San Diego and New York.

James Moody at 100: The late music great is being celebrated near and far

May 11, 2025 at 9:38 a.m.

His musical legacy stretched across seven decades and inspired such diverse artists as Aretha Franklin,...

Kazu presents her autobiographical solo show “Pretty Beast” at the San Diego International Fringe Festival May 15-25. SDIFF

San Diego’s Fringe fest is back with 48 shows from around the world

May 11, 2025 at 2:09 p.m.

Downsized by about 30 percent this year, the international theater event will offer $13 shows...

James Moody is shown performing at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago in 2006. (Photo for the Chicago Tribune by Joel Wintermantle)

Music greats sing jazz legend James Moody’s praises: ‘He’s timeless’

May 11, 2025 at 5:59 a.m.

A quadruple threat as a saxophonist, flutist, composer and band leader, James Moody left an...

Elton John performs during the 2025 Curebound Concert for Cures at Petco Park on Friday, May 9, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Elton John scored big at his San Diego Curebound Concert For Cures in Petco Park

May 11, 2025 at 3:14 p.m.

Held on a cool, foggy night, the concert was a moving testament to the transformative...

Renée Downer, left, Jorja Douglas, and Stella Quaresma of Flo perform at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sept. 20, 2024. (Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times)

Flo wants to reinvent the girl group for a new generation

By The New York Times

May 9, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

The British R&B trio performs Sunday at the Observatory in San Diego's North park

Elton John will perform the Curebound Concert for Cures benefit concert Friday night at Petco Park. It is his only announced concert for the rest of 2025. (KC Alfred / San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Diego concert picks: Elton John, Willie Nelson, Diana Krall, Los Mirlos

May 8, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

With Elton John, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and James Taylor all playing here between Friday...

Erica Marie Weisz stars this month in her solo cabaret show “I Can Cook, Too!” at New Village Arts in Carlsbad. (Erica Marie Weisz)

San Diego arts roundup: Local theater star to cook up some tunes in Carlsbad

May 8, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

This week: Erica Marie Weisz's cabaret show in Carlsbad, a film and fundraiser for elephants...

Elton John is shown here at his 2022 farewell tour show at Petco Park seen at Petco Park from the Ultimate Skybox at Diamondview Tower on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Elton John at Petco Park: 13 tips if you are going to today’s concert (and yes, there are still tickets left)

May 9, 2025 at 8:09 a.m.

The pop-music superstar's Friday "Curebound Concert For Cures" benefit performance is his only scheduled performance...

Wynton Marsalis and his band will perform live musical accompaniment for the May 18 screening of the 2010 silent movie “Louis” at San DIego’s Balboa Theater. (Luigi Beverelli)

Wynton Marsalis on music, Louis Armstrong, and his early funk band days

May 7, 2025 at 5:20 p.m.

He'll visit San Diego May 18 with "Louis," a silent film with live music event...

Longtime friends Jason Mraz and Vallie Gilley in Jitters Coffee Pub, an Oceanside coffeehouse that Gilley has owned for 24 years. Mraz has become an investment partner in the business. (Billy Galewood)

Singer Jason Mraz partners on future of favorite Oceanside coffeehouse

May 5, 2025 at 6:28 a.m.

The Grammy-winning songwriter's investment in Jitters will help fund a renovation and culinary reinvention

D.K. Harrell is being hailed as one of the most talented and exciting young blues artists to emerge in this decade. (Kyle Rome)

Young music phenom D.K. Harrell lighting up the blues: ‘He has this electricity’

May 2, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

This Louisiana native, who was homeless just two years ago, is winning awards and an...

Mardis Gras-styled parades add to the Louisiana flavor at Gator By The Bay, which takes place Thursday through Sunday at Spanish Landing Park. The festival, which debuted in 2021, is being presented this year by La Jolla’s Events.com. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune)

What you need to know about this weekend’s Gator by the Bay festival

May 9, 2025 at 6:04 a.m.

Zydeco, Cajun, blues, rockabilly and other styles will be showcased at the four-day San Diego...

Mauricio Hernandez Mata, a U.S. Army veteran who served more than 100 combat missions, was deported to Mexico due to drug-possession charges. He was finally able to return in 2022. Mata is one of several veterans profiled in the documentary “Bring Them Home,” at the GI Film Festival San Diego. (GI Film Festival)

San Diego arts roundup: GI Film Festival spotlights plight of deported veterans

May 1, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

Also this week, French film festival in La Jolla, Parliament Funkadelic, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Cygnet...

Kimmi Bitter won Song of the Year and Best Country or Americana Album honors Tuesday at the 2025 San Diego Music Awards. Bitter and her band will perform May 11 at Gator by the Bay. (Willis Farnsworth)

San Diego Music Awards: Kimmi Bitter, Boostive, Daring Greatly each earn two wins

April 29, 2025 at 11:16 p.m.

The Lifetime Achievement Award went to bass guitar great Nathan East. It came just hours...

Soundgarden is one of the inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2025. The band’s drummer, Matt Cameron, second from left, is a native San Diegan. Soundgarden was formed in 1984, disbanded in 1997, then reunited in 2010. The band called it a day following the 2017 death of lead singer Chris Cornell, third from left. (Michael Lavine/Press Here Publicity)

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 inductees include Soundgarden, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast

April 28, 2025 at 9:59 a.m.

Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, a San Diego native, will become the first drummer to be...

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will be ed by cellist Pablo Ferrández and pianist Yefim Bronfman on May 3 at La Jolla Music Society’s Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. (Julia Wesley)

Violin superstar Anne-Sophie Mutter shines as a musician and humanitarian

April 27, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

Her first San Diego concert in 34 years will team Mutter with famed pianist Yefim...

Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, seen here in a 1980s-era photograph, will the subject of a tribute concert by singer and Grammy nominee Perla Batalla at this year’s JFest. (Billboard)

San Diego’s JFest returns with mix of music, comedy, theater and culture

May 2, 2025 at 3:33 a.m.

Running May 21 to June 30, the 32nd festival will celebrates Jewish arts and community...

Singer, songwriter and band leader Sara Petite, a multiple San Diego Music Awards-winner, will perform in three different configurations Saturday at Adams Avenue Unplugged . (KC Albert/San Diego Union-Tribune)

Adams Avenue Unplugged: Here’s Saturday’s full performance schedule

April 25, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

This year's performers at the largely all-ages acoustic-music event include Terry Reid, Sara Petite, Gregory...

Singer-songwriter Terry Reid’s headlining performance Saturday at Adams Avenue Unplugged will be his first San Diego appearance since his 1996 gig at the Del Mar Fair’s Grandstand Stage. (Dina Regine)

Terry Reid is a longtime favorite of rock legends: ‘He’s tremendous,’ says Graham Nash

April 25, 2025 at 8:19 a.m.

The esteemed musician expresses no regrets about not ing Led Zeppelin or Deep Purple, preferring...

The Grammy Award-winning duo Larkin Poe teams sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell. (Robby Klein)

This week’s three San Diego concerts music fans won’t want to miss

April 24, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

The Grammy-winning sister duo Larkin Poe has been featured on albums by Elvis Costello, ZZ...

A scene from Satyajit Ray’s 1955 film “Pather Panchali,” one of three movies in the Indian filmmaker’s “The Apu Trilogy,” which will all be featured at the 2025 San Diego Asian Film Festival. AP

San Diego arts roundup: San Diego Asian Film Festival returns

April 24, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.

Also this week, a short film series in Carlsbad, Art of Elan's art-themed concert at...

Bassist Nathan East in his home on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 in Tarzana, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Nathan East is the the bass great for the greats: ‘I feel blessed beyond belief.’

April 20, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

He was 14 when he made his recording debut and 16 when he did his...

James Taylor is on the road again with his band and eager to commune with his concert audiences. (Norman Seeff)

James Taylor on his new musical, songwriting, Ukraine and more: ‘It helps to have a deadline’

April 18, 2025 at 12:16 p.m.

The beloved troubadour discusses the thrill of performing, "the bus factor" on tour, and his...

Uc San Diego alum Em Beihold performs during the AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! free concert event at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 7, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

The three San Diego concerts music fans will want to check out this week

April 17, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

Singer-songwriter Em Beihold, a 2020 UC San Diego graduate, was a standout fencer who majored...

Actor-comedian Chris Tucker will perform Saturday at Harrah’s Resort Southern California in Valley Center. AP

San Diego arts roundup: Chris Tucker to perform Saturday in North County

April 17, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.

Also this week, Merce Cunningham Dance fillm, rapper Too Short, San Diego Symphony's mardi gras...

Heart is returning to San Diego for a Pechanga Arena concert this summer., The band’s are, from left, Ryan Waters, Nancy Wilson, Sean Lane, Ann Wilson, Paul Moak, Tony Lucido, and Ryan Wariner. (Chris Cain)

Heart reschedules San Diego concert following Ann Wilson’s cancer recovery

April 16, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.

The band has been co-led since 1974 by Ann Wilson, a San Diego native, and...

“Firebird” by the Netherlands performance group Touki Delphine will be presented at La Jolla Playhouse’s 2025 Without Walls (WOW) Festival. (Chris Doyle)

The ultimate guide to La Jolla Playhouse’s 2025 Without Walls Festival

May 10, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.

With 25 mostly free shows on the campus of UC San Diego April 24-27, there's...

Author, wife of Weezer bassist arrested after being shot by police who say she pointed a gun at them

April 10, 2025 at 7:44 a.m.

Jillian Lauren was shot and injured by Los Angeles police after pointing a gun at...

The of saxophonist Joe Lovano’s all-star Paramount Quartet are, from left, bassist Asante Santi Debriano, drummer Will Calhoun, guitarist Julian Lage and Lovano. (Courtesy La Jolla Music Society)

The three San Diego concerts music fans won’t want to miss this week

April 10, 2025 at 8:45 a.m.

Jazz sax dynamo Joe Lovano last performed in San Diego with Diana Krall. He has...

Singer-songwriter Neil Young will release his latest documentary, “Coastal,” in cinemas next week. AP

San Diego arts roundup: Neil Young film chronicles recent West Coast tour

April 10, 2025 at 6:03 a.m.

Also this week, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival returns, "Between" acrobatic circus, Joe Lovano,...

A scene from “Take My Breath,” one of the films featured at the 2025 San Diego Arab Film Festival. SDAFF

San Diego arts roundup: San Diego Arab Film Festival opens Friday

April 3, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.

Also this week: Second City improv at UCSD, the Melvins at the Music Box, a...

Pianist Sue Palmer has long been a San Diego music mainstay. She and her brassy Motel Swing Orchestra celebrated their 25th anniversary on April 1. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Queen of boogie woogie Sue Palmer celebrates 25 years with her Motel Swing Orchestra

March 30, 2025 at 11:20 a.m.

The award-winning pianist and band leader has been hailed as one of San Diego's cultural...

Rosin Box Project will present the dance concert "Empower" this week at Liberty Station. (Carly Topazio)

San Diego arts roundup: Rosin Box ready to empower female choreographers

March 27, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.

Also this week: SACRA/PROFANA in concert, Playwrights Project onstage, Write Out Loud at an historic...

Grammy Award-winning musician Poncho Sanchez will perform at the Belly Up to celebrate the release of his newest album titled “Live at the Belly Up Tavern” on March 29. (Ruben A. Hernandez)

7 concerts you won’t want to miss this week in San Diego County

By Carlos Rico

March 27, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.

Our choices include Paul Oakenfold, Poncho Sanchez, Sawyer Hill, Kim Deal, Bob Mould Band, Bria...

Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons is 75 and has a reported net worth of $400 million, but he isn’t ready to retire yet. (Gene Simmons)

Gene Simmons won’t retire from music, post-Kiss: ‘My ego won’t allow it’

March 25, 2025 at 3:52 p.m.

The co-founder of Kiss is 75 and has a reported net worth of $400 million....

A scene from San Diego Opera’s production of “Salome.” (Karli Cadel)

Review: San Diego Opera’s ‘Salome’ shines musically, but its staging disappoints

March 25, 2025 at 9:53 a.m.

The production featured two sopranos alternating in the title role over three performances last weekend

Opera singer Renée Fleming will make her SummerFest debut in La Jolla on Aug. 5. (La Jolla Music Society)

La Jolla SummerFest cooks up something new with onstage pairings of chamber music greats and prominent chefs

March 24, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.

Bestselling author and New York Times food columnist J. Kenji López-Alt will cook onstage while...

FILE – Mariah Carey performs during a concert celebrating Dubai Expo 2020 One Year to Go in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Oct. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

A judge says Mariah Carey didn’t steal ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ from other writers

March 20, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

A summary judgment gave Carey and co-writer Walter Afanasieff a victory without going to trial.

R&B legend Smokey Robinson will headline Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa during the annual OC Fair on July 19. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)

The three San Diego concerts music fans should definitely hear this week

March 20, 2025 at 12:42 p.m.

The Motown vocal legend and 1987 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee turned 85...

The cast and creative team of Circle Circle dot dot’s immersive walking play “San Diego, I Love You: City Heights,” running March 21-30. (CCDD)

San Diego Arts roundup: Theater, music and spring events

March 20, 2025 at 5:33 a.m.

Also this week: 'Songs for a New World, Punkrock Rodeo, Rolando Street Fair and Piano...

Todd Rundgren, at left, is the featured vocalist on the San Diego-bound “What the World Needs Now: The Burt Bacharach Songbook Live in Concert” tour. Legendary songwriter Bacharach, at right, died in 2023 at the age of 94. He won six Grammy Awards, three Oscars and an Emmy. (Photo by Zak Hussein & Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Todd Rundgren honors Burt Bacharach on new tour: ‘You don’t want to murder the melodies!’

March 19, 2025 at 10:16 a.m.

Rundgren, who boycotted his Rock Hall induction, cites former Del Mar resident Bacharach as a...

President Donald Trump talks with Kennedy Center Board of Trustees president Richard Grenell, right, as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Jim Watson, Pool via AP)

Trump visits the Kennedy Center as he puts his mark on the national arts institution

March 17, 2025 at 2:42 p.m.

The president’s allies have complained that the Kennedy Center had become too liberal and “woke.”

Peter Ko is the principal cellist for the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and teaches cello. He has performed all over the world as a soloist, and is a specialist in contemporary music. He’s now working on his doctorate in contemporary music performance at UC San Diego.(Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Spring Arts Preview 2025: Cellist Peter Ko is thriving at UCSD and beyond

March 17, 2025 at 11:46 a.m.

Now a candidate for a doctorate in music, the former computer-engineering major performs a San...

Eric Wesling is a San Diego-raised jazz and classical guitarist/bassist who heads up his own quartet. He also teaches at the School of Rock. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Spring Arts Preview 2025: Guitarist Eric Wesling is a rising star on the San Diego music scene

March 16, 2025 at 5:24 a.m.

The 2021 Berklee College of Music graduate is an accomplished jazz, classical and rock guitarist,...

Spring Arts Preview 2025: Our top 10 music picks for the season

March 16, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

The season promises an array of musical treats, from Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Janelle...

San Diego Early Music Society will present a concert by Jordi Savall and his music ensemble Hespèrion XXI on April 15 in La Jolla. (Toni Peñarroya)

Spring Arts Preview 2025: Our top classical music picks for the season

March 16, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

The spring classical music scene will feature violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and countertenor...

Veteran singer-songwriter James Lee Stanley is the subject of the award-winning film documentary, “The Opening Act: The Extraordinary Journey of James Lee Stanley.” He performs Sunday in Carlsbad. (Lorraine Eaton/The Virginia Pilot)

Music: The three San Diego concerts you don’t want to miss this week

March 13, 2025 at 9:06 a.m.

Veteran singer-songwriter James Lee Stanley is a former U.S. Air Force Chinese-language specialist and the...

The 1984 Oscar-nominated Guatemalan film “El Norte” will be featured at the 2025 San Diego Latino Film Festival. (SDLFF)

San Diego arts roundup: 32nd Latino Film Festival celebrates indie cinema

March 13, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

Also this week: the Blue Water film Festival, "Ashland" screenplay reading, ShamRock festival, Babyface concert...

Ziggy Marley will perform on the Grandstand Stage as part of the 2025 San Diego County Fair lineup in Del Mar. (File photo)

Del Mar Grandstand Stage 2025 concerts to feature Ziggy Marley, Maxwell, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

March 12, 2025 at 9:59 a.m.

The San Diego County Fair's 2025 Toyota Summer Concert Series on the Corona Grandstand Stage...

James Taylor has extended his 2025 U.S. summer tour. It includes two previously announced concerts at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park in San Diego. (Steven M. Falk / The Philadelphia Inquirer / TNS_)

James Taylor extends 2025 tour, which includes 2 San Diego concerts

March 10, 2025 at 9:13 a.m.

James Taylor is excited to be expanding his 2025 summer tour with 17 new dates....

Country singer Kane Brown, photographed in Nashville, will perform Thursday at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. AP

Kane Brown ‘gave everything’ on his new album ‘The High Road’

By Apress

March 10, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.

The country singer, who performs Thursday at San Diego's Pechanga Arena, said his new "journey...

Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot will perform with pianist Henry Kramer at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla on March 14. (Blake Pouliot)

Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot, a rising star, is returning to San Diego

March 9, 2025 at 6:02 a.m.

The tattooed musician will team up with pianist Henry Kramer for a concert that mixes...

Humphreys Concerts by the Bay is nestled next to a marina. It is not uncommon for people to watch shows at the venue from yachts, canoes and other boats of varying sizes. (Courtesy Humphreys Concerts by the Bay)

Humphreys Concerts 2025 season to feature Boz Scaggs, America, Elvis Costello and many more

March 11, 2025 at 10:19 a.m.

The 54-show lineup at the 44-year-old San Diego venue includes Rock & Roll Hall of...

FILE – D’Wayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Tone! poses for a portrait in New York on Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton, File)

D’Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died at 64

March 7, 2025 at 12:48 p.m.

Wiggins died Friday morning after battling bladder cancer for over the past year.

Anoushka Shankar (Carly Hildebrant / Courtesy UC San Diego ArtPower)

Anoushka Shankar reflects on storied legacy: ‘Am I a torch bearer, a tradition breaker, a pioneer, or a silver-spoon kid?’

March 7, 2025 at 10:05 a.m.

Growing up as the daughter and prized student of Ravi Shankar, the world's most famous...

Elton John Petco Park ‘Curebound’ concert tickets go on sale Friday for general public

March 7, 2025 at 6:58 p.m.

The fundraising concert has the potential to be the highest-grossing stadium show in San Diego...

A bald eagle in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, in episode one of the NBC/BBC Studios series “The Americas.” BBC Studios

San Diego arts roundup: Stunning ‘The Americas’ series finds beauty during turbulent times

March 6, 2025 at 5:31 a.m.

Also this week in local arts, Voices of Mexico in La Jolla, San Diego Theatre...

Pianist Yunchan Lim performing at a solo concert for La Jolla Music Society on Feb. 28 at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. (Ken Jacques)

Review: Pianist Yunchan Lim takes Bach’s Goldberg Variations in a fresh direction

By Luke Schulze

March 3, 2025 at 2:42 p.m.

The 20-year-old musician performed a solo concert Friday as artist in residence for La Jolla...

‘The Brutalist’ wins Oscar for best original score

March 2, 2025 at 7:19 p.m.

First-time Academy Award nominee Daniel Blumberg is now an Oscar winner.

The San Diego Symphony’s $85 million concert venue, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, will celebrate its fifth anniversary this summer. (Courtesy San Diego Symphony)

Rady Shell summer season will include Smokey Robinson, Beck, Cynthia Erivo and the Beach Boys

March 3, 2025 at 6:04 a.m.

The San Diego Symphony’s $85 million amphitheater will hold its fifth anniversary summer season this...

FILE – Angie Stone poses as she walks down the red carpet during the 2009 Soul Train Awards taping at the Georgia World Congress Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash

March 1, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip hop trio The Sequence...

Fans surround the Grandview Stage at KAABOO Del Mar, which was sold out on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

KAABOO goes kablooey: Music fest at Del Mar Fairgrounds canceled for second year in a row

March 2, 2025 at 7:08 a.m.

The upscale music festival at the Del Mar Fairgrounds has been dark since 2019. KAABOO...

Fantastic Negrito interacts with the audience during his performance on day two of the Arroyo Seco Weekend music festival on Saturday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

The three San Diego concerts you surely do not want to miss this week

February 27, 2025 at 7:05 a.m.

A three-time Grammy Award-winner, Fantastic Negrito is not the first former small-time criminal to find...

Actor Will Smith slaps host Chris Rock during the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, one of the most shocking moments in the history of the Oscars. CHICAGO TRIBUNE

This week’s San Diego arts roundup: Expect the unexpected at the Oscars on Sunday

February 27, 2025 at 5:31 a.m.

Also this week, Lyle Lovett, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, a vocal recital by DeAndre...

Bruce Springsteen, left, and Steven Van Zandt perform with the E-Street Band on Monday, March 25, 2024 in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

New San Diego law aims to make concerts and other big events safer

By David Garrick

February 26, 2025 at 3:24 p.m.

It requires more training for workers who set up stages, lighting fixtures, sound systems and...

Elton John is un-retiring for a night to perform Curebound benefit concert at Petco Park

February 25, 2025 at 1:35 p.m.

The pop superstar concluded his farewell tour in 2023 and vowed he would not tour...

RZA, left, and Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan perform during KAABOO 2019 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds on Sept. 13, 2019, in San Diego. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Wu-Tang Clan announces farewell tour, including concerts in San Diego and Los Angeles

February 24, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

The pioneering New York hip-hop group's two-month concert trek will feature its eight surviving origonal...

Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning ‘Killing Me Softly’ singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

February 24, 2025 at 9:16 a.m.

Her publicist says she died Monday, surrounded by her family.

FILE – Jerry Butler performs “Only the Strong Will Survive” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York on March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Jerry ‘Ice Man’ Butler, soul singer whose hits included ‘Only the Strong Survive,’ dies at 85

April 2, 2025 at 2:18 p.m.

He was a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“It will be very interesting to see what kind of solo career there is for me now,” says Colin Blunstone. “It’s a little scary, but also exciting.” (Brian Hineline /The Morning Call)

Rock Hall of Famer Colin Blunstone goes beyond The Zombies. ‘It all began in 1964,’ he says.

February 21, 2025 at 8:07 a.m.

The 79-year-old English singer made his U.S. concert debut in 1964 with The Zombies. His...

Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, will perform Feb. 27 at the Magnolia in El Cajon. AP

San Diego arts roundup: Eclectic singer Cat Power to sing at the Magnolia next week

February 20, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.

Also this week: Comedy with Jeff Garlin, Black Voices concert with Gill Sotu, San Diego...

Saxophonist Peter Deluke, standing at center, will celebrate his 95th birthday Sunday at Dizzy’s with The Melltones, his Duke Ellington tribute band. (Tommy Welch)

The three San Diego concerts you definitely don’t want to miss this weekend!

February 20, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

Peter DeLuke was 15 when he made his professional concert debut in 1945. He will...

Paul Simon has unretired and will launch new tour that includes six Southern California dates

February 18, 2025 at 9:45 a.m.

With his severe hearing loss apparently in check, the legendary singer-songwriter and Rock Hall of...

Kimmi Bitter has a field-leading four nominations for the 2025 San Diego Music Awards, including for Artist of the Year. (Willis Farnsworth)

San Diego Music Awards 2025 nominees include Kimmi Bitter, Thee Sacred Souls and Daring Greatly