Music And Concerts

June 11, 2025 at 1:22 p.m.

He was one of the world’s most beloved and influential musicians.

San Diego musicians profiled in 2020 when the pandemic shutdown had brought all of their careers to a halt. Guitarist Laura Chavez, drummer Richard Sellers, singer-songwriter Gregory Page, opera singer Victoria Robertson and tap dancer and percussionist Claudia Gomez pose for photo at Tap In With Claudia Dance Studio in City Heights on 05.27.25, in San Diego, California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Diego musicians reflect, 5 years later, on the pandemic that paused their careers

June 9, 2025 at 12:27 p.m.

Laura Chavez, Claudia Gomez, Gregory Page, Victoria Robertson and Richard Sellers overcame significant challenges during...

FILE – Kehlani performs at All Points East festival on Aug. 18, 2023, in London. (Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP, File)

Gloria, Jewish groups back away from San Diego Pride over headliner Kehlani’s Gaza stance

By Maura Fox

June 8, 2025 at 5:36 a.m.

In a letter to the groups, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria called the event's headliner...

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

February 18, 2025 at 1:07 p.m.

Nathan East will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Other multiple nominees this year include The...

FILE – Paquita La Del Barrio performs at the 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Nov. 21, 2013, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP), File

Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio dies at 77

April 17, 2025 at 8:28 a.m.

Paquita la del Barrio captivated audiences with songs of heartbreak and betrayal.

Readers pick their favorite albums of 1975

February 16, 2025 at 9:36 p.m.

Guitar great Jeff Beck's "Blow By Blow" and Tommy Bolin's "Teaser" are favorites of several...

28 music festivals coming to Southern California in 2025

By Holly Alvarado

February 16, 2025 at 9:34 p.m.

From Wonderfront to Coachella and from Gator by the Bay to the San Diego Tijuana...

Michael Shannnon and Jason Narducy (photo by Christy Bush)

Four very different San Diego concerts you won’t want to miss this week

February 13, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Michael Shannon's two well-deserved Oscar nominations did not result in victories, but the veteran actor...

Musician and surfer Jack Johnson in a scene from the documentary “The Cigarette Surfboard,” screening Feb. 18 at the Oceanside International Film Festival. (OIFF)

San Diego arts roundup: Oceanside film festival returns

February 14, 2025 at 12:33 p.m.

Also this week, the Harlem Quartet in La Jolla, David Gray in Valley Center and...

FILE - of Soundgarden, from left, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell and Ben Shepherd, appear at the iTunes Festival showcase during the SXSW Music Festival on March 13, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)

Black Crowes, Mana, Chubby Checker, Phish, OutKast among 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees

February 12, 2025 at 10:05 a.m.

If San Diego native Matt Cameron is inducted this year as a member of Soundgarden,...

Wonderfront music festival’s 2025 lineup includes Jason Mraz, Gary Clark, Jr., Janelle Monae, many more

February 13, 2025 at 7:33 a.m.

More than 80 will be featured, including Foster The People, Khrungabin, Peggy Gou, Freddie Gibbs,...

Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making Super Bowl halftime show

By Maria Sherman

February 10, 2025 at 5:53 a.m.

“Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New...

Music Director Michael Francis conducts the 2024 Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival. (J. Kat Photography)

Mainly Mozart s prestigious organization as prelude to 2025 All-Star Orchestra Festival

February 9, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.

Highlights will include very special “new” Mozart piece, acclaimed pianist Joyce Yang, and soloists from...

A$AP Rocky’s friend testifies that the rapper fired a prop gun, not a real firearm, in 2021 shooting

February 7, 2025 at 2:52 p.m.

A$AP Rocky has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic...

Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performer Kendrick Lamar smiles during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in New Orleans ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Kendrick Lamar vows to keep his ion for storytelling at the Super Bowl halftime show

February 9, 2025 at 6:39 a.m.

The rap megastar will take the Super Bowl stage fresh off a Grammy triumph.

Judy Collins made her debut album in 1961 and strives to keep her music fresh. “The whole point about being a singer is to make it sound like you’ve never heard it before.,” she says “That’s what the pleasure is and what the challenge is.” (Photo courtesy Hanover Theatre)

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

February 6, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

Judy Collins, 85, and Veronica Swift, 30, are miles apart stylistically. But both are versatile...

Radio host and podcaster Ira Glass will speak at the Balboa Theatre on Saturday. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

San Diego arts roundup: Ira Glass to speak Saturday at the Balboa

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

Also this week: KSDS Jazz 88 celebrates Black History Month, Twyla Tharp Dance returns to...

Colin MacKnight, Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock, Ark., rehearses, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, for his lunch-time concert series featuring the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins)

An Arkansas organist is playing 18 hours of Bach this year, one lunch break at a time

February 5, 2025 at 4:26 p.m.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral’s music director is performing all of Bach’s organ works throughout 2025.

Memphis singer Tierinii Jackson is shown performing at the 2024 Gator by the Bay festival with her band, Southern Avenue. (Brad Elligood/Courtesy Gator by the Bay)

Gator by the Bay’s bite to grow even bigger with new Events.com partnership

February 5, 2025 at 9:41 a.m.

The homegrown festival will again feature a diverse musical lineup. It receives from the...

Willie Nelson will celebrate his 90th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with two special shows on April 29-30. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)

Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan returning to San Diego with 10th anniversary Outlaw Music Festival

February 6, 2025 at 1:18 p.m.

It remains to be seen if the tour will draw many young concert attendees whose...

Luke Fabry, Cole Clisby and Dawson Daugherty of almost monday. (Cole Ferguson)

San Diego’s almost monday riding high off No. 1 hit on Alternative charts ahead of SOMA show

By Abby Hamblin

February 10, 2025 at 4:09 p.m.

With roots in San Marcos, Escondido and Leucadia, almost monday now plays on stages around...

The Grammys had a few surprises up their sleeves. Here are some key moments from the show

February 3, 2025 at 5:34 a.m.

Beyoncé winning the trophy for album of the year was the highlight of the Grammy...

Alicia Keys accepts the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award with Egypt Daoud Dean onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Alicia Keys a double-winner at 2025 Grammy Awards: ‘DEI is a gift,’ she told the audience

February 2, 2025 at 9:49 p.m.

“When destructive forces try to burn us own, we rise from the ashes like a...

Beyonce accepts the award for album of the year for “COWBOY CARTER during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Blue Ivy Carter looks on from right.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Beyoncé wins album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for ‘Cowboy Carter’

February 3, 2025 at 4:20 a.m.

The 67th Grammy Awards has been reformatted its award show as a vehicle to help...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Kendrick Lamar, winner of Record Of The Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video and Song Of The Year for “Not Like Us”, poses in the press room during the 67th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Full list of 2025 Grammy Award winners

February 3, 2025 at 6:15 a.m.

Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and many more are Grammy winners

Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons

February 2, 2025 at 6:34 p.m.

Prior to his death, Carter was nominated in the audio book, narration, and storytelling recording...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Taylor Swift attends the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Photos: Check out the fashions at the 2025 Grammy Awards

By Staff And Wire Reports

February 2, 2025 at 5:38 p.m.

Music’s biggest stars have arrived in Los Angeles for the 67th annual Grammy Awards. The...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 01: (L-R) Harvey Mason jr., CEO, the Recording Academy, Frankie Valli, winner of the 2025 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, and Tammy Hurt, Chair of the Board, the Recording Academy pose onstage during the Special Merit Awards Ceremony and Nominees Reception during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February

Frankie Valli, Taj Mahal, Roxanne Shante and Prince’s bandmates elevated Lifetime Grammy ceremony

February 2, 2025 at 6:43 p.m.

The award to the late Prince was accepted by his niece. Also speaking on his...

L-R) Norah Jones and Honoree Bob Weir of Dead & Company and of the Grateful Dead perform onstage during the 2025 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead at Los Angeles Convention Center on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Review: Grateful Dead's legacy shines at MusiCares concert

February 2, 2025 at 4:39 p.m.

The all-star concert raised more than $5 million for music industry professionals who are struggling...

San Diego Symphony unveils 2025-26 season featuring ‘a series of musical menus’

January 31, 2025 at 10:34 a.m.

The new season will include 57 concerts between early October and late May next year....

Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78

January 30, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

The British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some...

New Orleans singer Quiana Lynell will perform in Escondido under the auspices of New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center. (Ingrid Nacole Williams)

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

January 30, 2025 at 9:03 a.m.

Quiana Lynell is a wonderfully expressive and versatile singer who soars in any musical setting....

Stevie Wonder will headline his 22nd Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert at Staples Center on Sunday, Dec. 9. (Photo by Nick Agro, contributing photographer)

Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Lainey Wilson head new additions to Grammy Awards telecast

February 2, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

Jacob Collier, Sheryl Crow, Renée Fleming, Taj Mahal and Coldplay's Chris Martin are among the...

Simple Minds performs on the Sad Girls stage during the Cruel World music festival at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Simple Minds’ tour is San Diego-bound, 40 years after ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’

January 27, 2025 at 6:01 p.m.

The Scottish rock band, which was formed in 1977, performed as part of the 1985...

Jack White performs during the 40th annual TEC Awards at the Anaheim Hilton on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Long Beach Press-Telegram/SCNG)

NAMM 2025 honors Jack White at TEC Awards and here’s what he said (and played)

By Peter Larsen

January 24, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

The rock musician who also founded Third Man Records and Third Man Hardware also rocked...

Shakira performs with Bizarrap during the the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on Friday, April 12, 2024, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris, AP)

Shakira, Bilie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter among artists set to perform at 2025 Grammy Awards

February 2, 2025 at 4:35 p.m.

The 2025 Grammy Awards has confirmed its first batch of performers. They include Billie EIlish,...

Scottish singer-songwriter Lauren Mayberry photographed at her home in Los Angeles in Oct.. The Chvrches lead singer has a new solo album she’ll promote in her first solo tour kicking off Tuesday in San Diego. (Emily Rosser/The New York Times)

Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches is making a statement on her own

By The New York Times

January 24, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The Scottish singer-songwriter opens her first solo tour Tuesday at House of Blues San Diego

American jazz and rock drummer and vocalist Gregg Bissonette, center, takes a picture with fan Scott Sullivan, as drummer Rene Barthen waves to a friend during The NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County /SCNG)

NAMM 2025: Scenes (and sounds) from the first day of the Anaheim music event

By Peter Larsen

January 23, 2025 at 6:22 p.m.

From guitars and amplifiers to musicians and producers, the National Association of Music Merchants Show...

Analysis: Will Grammy Awards strike right or wrong note in fire-wracked Los Angeles?

February 2, 2025 at 4:36 p.m.

The 2021 and 2022 Grammy Awards were postponed because of a pandemic surge. Should this...

SZA to Kendrick Lamar as a guest during Super Bowl halftime performance

January 23, 2025 at 12:20 p.m.

SZA is Lamar’s former Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate.

The three San Diego concerts you definitely won’t want to miss this week

January 23, 2025 at 6:24 a.m.

Like mother, like son: Award-winning jazz pianist Jahari Stampley, 25, leads a trio that features...

The Dead & Company, featuring Grateful Dead member Bob Weir and John Mayer, from right, kick off their 2019 Summer Tour on Friday, May 31 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. (Photo Jacqueline Ramseyer)

Dave Matthews, Norah Jones, Sammy Hagar in lineup for Grateful Dead MusiCares tribute concert

January 21, 2025 at 10:58 a.m.

Dave Matthews, Norah Jones, Sammy Hagar, John Mayer and Zac Brown are just some of...

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Murder charge upheld for the only suspect to face prosecution in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing

April 7, 2025 at 10:06 p.m.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis and his lawyer have argued that he never should have been...

Musician Garth Hudson poses in Toronto on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87

January 21, 2025 at 10:15 a.m.

AHudson was a classically trained performer who played piano, synthesizers, horns and his favored Lowrey...

Italian American violinist sca Dego, left, and her husband Italian conductor Daniele Rustioni will make their San Diego Symphony debuts together on Friday. (Davide Cerati)

Italian love story: Making music is a family affair for sca Dego and Daniele Rustioni

January 21, 2025 at 10:18 a.m.

Their concerts this weekend with the San Diego Symphony mark a homecoming for Dego, who...

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift headlined her first of six sold-out shows on The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Thursday, Aug. 3. (Photo by TAS Rights Management)

With or without Taylor Swift, 2025 NAMM Show to boast star power with Jon Batiste, Peter Frampton, Jack White, and more

January 18, 2025 at 11:23 a.m.

Music stars Jon Batiste, Jacob Collier, Jack White, CeCe Winans and Peter Frampton will perform...

John Mlynczak is the President and CEO of NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants), shown here at the headquarters in Carlsbad onTuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

NAMM Show, the world’s largest music trade event, rebounds and expands in Anaheim in 2025

January 20, 2025 at 8:36 a.m.

Hailed as the global super bowl of annual music trade events, the NAMM Show draws...

Acclaimed opera composer and jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard has won eight Grammy Awards and earned two Oscar nominations for his film scores. A 2024 NEA Jazz Masters honoree, he counts Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, McCoy Tyner and Joe Jackson among his many collaborators. (Courtesy of Terence Blanchard)

Terence Blanchard does it all: jazz, operas, Oscar-nominated film scores, and that Pepsi commercial with Beyonce

January 17, 2025 at 11:05 p.m.

A modern-day renaissance man, jazz trumpeter and opera composer Terence Blanchard is an 8-time Grammy...

Stin at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 7, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

FireAid L.A. benefit concert to include Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Lady Gaga, Sting

January 16, 2025 at 5:56 p.m.

The Jan. 30 FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles will raise funds for wildfire victims...

The mariachi band Flor de Toloache was formed in 2008 in New York and went on to win a Latin Grammy Award. (Courtesy CCAE)

The San Diego concerts you definitely will not want to miss this week

January 16, 2025 at 8:54 a.m.

From mariachi and funk to hip-hop and jazz, this week's San Diego concert picks include...

Writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz will speak on Jan. 23 at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego. (Brigitte Lacombe)

San Diego arts roundup: Author Fran Lebowitz brings her wry quips to San Diego

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

Also this week, CCAE Theatrical takes 'Curious Incident' on the road, the Holo Holo Music...

RIDGWAY, CO - JANUARY 12: John Billings, Billings Artworks, has two cases of stunt Grammy statues that he will take with him for the awards show in his studio in Ridgway Colorado January 12, 2019. Stunt statues are used for props in various situations in the show after after parties. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Grammy week events being trimmed back in wake of Los Angeles fires

January 15, 2025 at 7:07 p.m.

Many Grammy Awards week events are being canceled while the Feb. 2 Grammy telecast is...

The Village People perform t December Nights in Balboa Park on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Hayne Palmour IV / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Village People, led by San Diego’s Victor Willis, to perform at Trump inauguration

January 14, 2025 at 1:05 p.m.

What led to disco-music icons the Village People's decision to perform at the inauguration of...

The aerial dance group BANDALOOP performs at La Jolla Playhouse’s 2024 Without Walls Festival at UC San Diego. On Tuesday, the Playhouse received a $20,000 NEA grant to the 2025 WOW Festival, which returns to the UCSD campus April 24-27. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

NEA announces $36.8 million in funding nationwide. 16 San Diego County arts organizations are on the list.

By Pam Kragen

January 15, 2025 at 12:01 p.m.

The $305,000 in combined gifts would fund art exhibits, a children's opera, free dance classes,...

Shemekia Copeland performs at Humphreys Backstage Live on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Review: Vocal dynamo Shemekia Copeland, up for three 2025 Grammy Awards, soars at San Diego concert

January 12, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

Blues and soul vocal great Shemekia Copeland, who is now an Oceanside resident and has...

Was 1975 the fourth-best year ever for albums? From Bob Marley to Patti Smith, how would you vote?

January 13, 2025 at 5:38 a.m.

Given how many outstanding albums were released in 1975, how can any respectable music critic...

Gladys Knight, seen here on Nov. 16 in Connecticut, will perform Saturday at Harrah’s Resort Southern California in Valley Center. (Mark Maglio)

8 concerts and comedy acts coming to Southern California casinos this month

By Charlie Vargas

January 12, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.

Catch performances by Gladys Knight, LL Cool J, Three Dog Night and more

Former Guess Who singer Burton Cummings is set to perform his first San Diego area concert since 2016. (Courtesy Belly Up)

Guess who? The three San Diego concerts you won’t want to miss this week

January 9, 2025 at 2:19 p.m.

Guess Who singer Burton Cummings is now 77 and has just released his first new...

Reanne Acasio and Anita D. perform in Celebrating Community Voices at the Old Globes’ 2019 Powers New Voices Festival. The festival returns this weekend. (Rich Soublet II)

San Diego arts roundup: Old Globe’s Powers New Voices play fest returns

January 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Also this week, the Palm Springs and Atmosphere film festivals, Tiffany Haddish and Keith Sweat

Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

April 23, 2025 at 5:41 a.m.

The singer-songwriter and social activist has died at age 86.

San Diego Symphony organ curator Bob Knight in the solo chamber which is one flor above the stage and hds he organ;s loudest compnents. pose for photo in Downtown on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

How Ramona's Bob Knight saved the San Diego Symphony's 104-year-old organ from impending oblivion — one pipe at a time

January 5, 2025 at 9:03 a.m.

His organ-building roots date back to King George III: 'There’s been an organ builder in...

San Diego Symphony organ in Downtown on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Inside San Diego Symphony’s 104-year-old theater organ

January 5, 2025 at 6:42 a.m.

Walrus ivory keys? Sheep hair leather? A computer console? 48,000 pounds of pipes? These are...

The NOISE ensemble, which will perform at San Diego New Music’s three-day soundOn festival Jan. 9-11. (Sam Zauscher)

NOISE will be celebrated at the 25th annual cutting-edge soundOn festival

January 5, 2025 at 8:15 a.m.

The three-day festival is being co-presented by La Jolla Athenaeum and San Diego New Music,...

Shemekia Copeland (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune).

Blues dynamo Shemekia Copeland eager to share new music with San Diego fans

By Tribune News Service

January 3, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Mike Palm TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE When blues singer Shemekia Copeland takes the stage at Humphreys...

The Stylistics’ San Diego-bound tour will stop here barely a month before the release of the classic Philly-soul vocal group’s first new studio album in 17 years. (The Orlando Sentinel)

Three San Diego concerts you surely don’t want to miss in the coming week

January 2, 2025 at 9:06 a.m.

Shania Twain, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons, Tower of Power...

Cast rehearse a scene from TuYo Theatre’s production of Bernardo Cubria’s “The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote.” (TuYo Theatre)

San Diego arts roundup: TuYo Theatre staging play about Hispanic diversity

January 2, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

Also this week, the Golden Globes, comedian Dustin Nickerson, the closure of Landmark Hillcrest Cinemas,...

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A bucket list of 50 free things to do in San Diego County in 2025

By San Diego Union-Tribune

January 7, 2025 at 2:15 p.m.

Our list of things to do across the San Diego region includes hiking, major events,...

Paul Cauthen performs at the Wild Horses Music Festival at Petco Park on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Photos: Wild Horses Festival featuring Post Malone at Petco Park

By Alejandro Tamayo

January 1, 2025 at 5:54 a.m.

The San Diego Union-Tribune photojournalist K.C. Alfred captures the scene

Conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas will makes his long-overdue San Diego Symphony Orchestra debut in mid-Feb.. (Kristen Loken)

2025 preview: San Diego classical music events that we’re excited about

December 29, 2024 at 5:04 a.m.

Alisa Weilerstein, Reginald Mobley, Michael Tilson Thomas, Mutter Bronfman Ferrández Trio, Tasha Koontz, Steven Schick...

2025 preview: The music events we most want to experience in the coming year

December 29, 2024 at 5:02 a.m.

Likely 2025 music highlights may come from Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Joni Mitchell

Herbie Hancock organized and headlined the United Nations-sponsored International Jazz Day All Star Global Concert in Morocco on April 30, just 12 days after his memorable San Diego performance with his band at the Balboa Theatre. (Amy Harris Invision AP

2024 a banner year for live jazz here, there and everywhere

December 27, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

From San Diego and Tijuana to Tangier, Morocco, jazz was celebrated nearly everywhere in 2024...

Saxophone great Charles Lloyd turned 86 in March, two months after the release of his splendid new album, “The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow.” He is shown here leading his quartet during at Symphony Center in Chicago on Oct. 25. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Best jazz albums of 2024 cover a heady array of rich musical vistas

December 27, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

Four of 2024's standout jazz albums came from saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins, 27, Charles Mherson, 85,...

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in a classic scene from the 1983 movie “When Harry Met Sally.” CASTLE ROCK

San Diego arts roundup: Our picks for nontraditional New Year’s Eve entertainment

December 26, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

Stream "When Harry Met Sally," or check out the X Christmas party in North Park,...

The newly renovated San Diego Symphony Jacobs Music Center during ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.The music center just completed a $125 million-plus, four-year renovation. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Year in review: In classical music, innovation, renovation and collaboration were key

December 22, 2024 at 5:02 a.m.

It was standout year for San Diego Symphony, La Jolla Music Society, Mainly Mozart, Project...

Year in review: From Harry Partch to Taylor Swift, 2024’s music scene was busier than ever

December 22, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

From Taylor Swift's guitars and the return of Harry Partch's priceless instruments to the opening...

Prince (pictured performing at the venue on Feb. 18, 1985) headlined six nights in 1985 while out on his Purple Rain Tour and returned to The Forum for an epic run of 21 shows between April 21-May 29. (Photo by Liu Heung Shing, Associated Press)

Prince and The Clash head list of 2025 Grammy Lifetime Achievement honorees

December 20, 2024 at 11:36 a.m.

Other 2025 honorees include Taj Mahal, Frankie Valli, Roxanne Shante, Tania Leon and Glyn Johns.

Kansas City-bred guitarist and singer Samantha Fish was barely 20 when she released her debut album in 2009. She is now embarked on her San Diego-bound 2024 winter tour. (Mark Maglio)

The four San Diego concerts possibly only a grinch would miss

December 19, 2024 at 9:49 a.m.

Belly Up-bound Samantha Fish is certifiably the only blues-rock artist who last year opened for...

Three of last year’s Kennedy Center Honorees, from left, Grateful Dead band member Bobby Weir, singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt and jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, on Dec. 8 at the White House in Washington, D.C. AP

San Diego arts roundup: Kennedy Center honoree trivia

December 19, 2024 at 2:11 p.m.

Also this week Sara Petite's Loretta Lynn Christmas show, Social Distortion, Project Blank and more

Indian drum maestro Zakir Hussain performs at the "Living Dream Concert" in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, File)

Appreciation: Percussion master Zakir Hussain, dead at 73, soared in any musical setting

December 16, 2024 at 4:12 p.m.

Percussion master Zakir Hussain, who died Sunday at 73, counted George Harrison, John McLaughlin, Yo-Yo...

Javier Batiz, April 27, 2023 in Tijuana, Baja California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Javier Batiz, 80, Mexican rock pioneer and mentor to Carlos Santana, dies

December 16, 2024 at 2:29 p.m.

"Once I heard the sound Javier had I knew," Carlos Santana recalled, "right then and...

This year’s CD and vinyl box sets cover a broad array of musical styles. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The 10 best CD boxed sets to buy this holiday season

December 17, 2024 at 11:14 a.m.

This year's array of new CD box sets includes such massive offerings as Bob Dylan...

Will Smith poses for photographers at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Thursday, he performed in North Park in San Diego. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Will Smith announces new single in San Diego while greeting fans in North Park

By Abby Hamblin

December 13, 2024 at 10:16 a.m.

The rapper, actor and author mingled with fans near the North Park Mini Park

Andra Day poses for a portrait on Friday, May 10, 2024, in Los Angeles to promote her latest album "Cassandra." (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Associated Press)

What are the best albums of 2024? Here are our picks.

December 18, 2024 at 12:48 p.m.

Our picks for the best albums of 2024 come from Andra Day, Bilal, Willie Nelson,...

: Neil Young & Crazy Horse performed at the Open Air Theatre at San Diego State on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

What were the most memorable San Diego concerts of 2024? Here are 8 of our favorites

December 18, 2024 at 12:48 p.m.

Our picks range from Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Mavis Staples and Bruce Springsteen to The...

Sabrina Carpenter, 25, and Willie Nelson, 91, both had banner years in 2024. So did a slew of other young pop stars and veteran artists old enough to be Carpenter’s great-grandparents. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times/TNS, David Petkiewicz.cleveland.com/TNS)

Rock of ages: 2024 was a banner year for music by artists in their 20s, 80s and beyond

December 18, 2024 at 12:49 p.m.

Can Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan have the career longevity of Smokey...

The Connie Han Trio will perform Sunday, Dec. 15, at The JAI in La Jolla. (La Jolla Music Society)

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

December 12, 2024 at 10:40 a.m.

It remains to be seen if playing up her sex appeal will benefit or hinder...

Brian Mackey, Rachael Van Wormer and Walter Ritter co-star in Write Out Loud’s “A Victorian Christmas.” (Write Out Loud)

San Diego arts roundup: ‘A Victorian Christmas’ to be presented at historic mansion

December 12, 2024 at 8:56 a.m.

Also this week, San Diego Symphony's "Noel, Noel," Dea Huston's "Black Family Christmas," the Santacon...

San Diego’s Wonderfront Festival, seen here in May 2024, has been purchased by La Jolla-based Events.com. (Arianna Kharizz)

San Diego’s Wonderfront music festival to expand after acquisition by La Jolla’s Events.com

December 11, 2024 at 7:39 a.m.

San Diego's Wonderfront music festival has been acquired by Events.com, which will expand and enhance...

James Taylor performs at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, October 30, 2021. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

James Taylor’s 2025 tour includes two San Diego shows. Here are all the dates.

December 10, 2024 at 2:15 p.m.

The storied singer-songwriter and his All-Star Band will perform 8 California concerts, including two at...

Composer and longtime UC San Diego music faculty member Rand Steiger. (UC San Diego)

Trump’s re-election fueled cutting-edge composer Rand Steiger’s ‘Rage/Resolve’

December 8, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

The UC San Diego professor’s new piece for New York’s JACK Quartet to debut in...

Filmmaker and raconteur John Waters will present “A John Waters Christmas” on Sunday and Monday at the Lafayette Hotel in North Park. (Greg Gorman)

John Waters ready to make merry with annual naughty-and-nice Christmas show

By Nick Sestanovich

December 6, 2024 at 6:01 a.m.

The filmmaker and raconteur will perform Sunday and Monday at Lou Lou's Jungle Room in...

Oscar-winning actor Will Smith is set to revisit his hip-hop heyday when he raps at his concerts Wednesday and Thursday at Observatory North Park. (AP/Thibault Camus)

The San Diego concerts you won’t want to miss this week, including the return of Will Smith

December 5, 2024 at 3:49 p.m.

How many Grammy-winning-rappers-turned-TV-sitcom-stars-turned-Oscar-winning-superstars are set to perform at San Diego's 1,000-capacity North Park Observatory? Take...

Taylor Renee Henderson, left, and Dianne Yvette rehearse a scene for Oceanside Theatre Company’s world premiere play with music “Manny and the Wise Queens,” opening Friday. (Oceanside Theatre Company)

Arts roundup: ‘Manny and the Wise Queens’ opens Friday in Oceanside

December 5, 2024 at 5:31 a.m.

Also this week: Penn and Teller, Sarah Brightman, San Diego Opera's choral concert and more

Oceanside-native Chris Thile and his Grammy Award-winning band, Punch Brothers, are a driving force on the new Audible Originals online variety show, “The Energy Curfew Music Hour.” (Avery Brunkus/Audible)

‘The Energy Curfew Music Hour’ a labor of love for married creators Chris Thile and Claire Coffee

December 1, 2024 at 6:01 a.m.

The endearingly quirky new online series features James Taylor, Norah Jones, Jon Batiste and other...

Pianist Bertrand Chamayou and soprano Barbara Hannigan will perform Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall in La Jolla. (La Jolla Music Society)

Famed soprano Barbara Hannigan set for San Diego concert debut

December 1, 2024 at 6:01 a.m.

The Grammy Award-winning singer and French pianist Bertrand Chamayou will perform Messiaen, Scriabin and an...

Judy Collins, a happy workaholic at 85, talks music, sobriety and testifying at 1968’s Chicago 7 trial

December 4, 2024 at 2:27 p.m.

Judy Collins, now 85. is at work on a Broadway musical, a new album and...

Country singer Tucker Wetmore will perform Dec. 7 at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside (UMG)

How Tucker Wetmore became one of country’s hottest rising stars

By Tribune News Service

November 29, 2024 at 7:17 a.m.

The Seattle-raised singer-songwriter will perform Dec. 7 at the new Frontwave Arena in Oceanside

Singer-songwriter Judy Collins. (Shervin Lainez)

Arts roundup: Judy Collins’ holiday music leads off holiday weekend happenings

November 28, 2024 at 5:30 a.m.

Also this week, Judy Collins, La Jolla Playhouse's DNA New Works Series, comedian Patton Oswalt...

The San Diego-bred band Greyboy Allstars celebrates its 31st anniversary last year. (Titus Haug)

Four San Diego concerts you won’t want to miss this week

November 27, 2024 at 3:22 p.m.

Our picks include Greyboy Allstars at Belly Up, Leslie Odom Jr. at Jacobs Music Center,...

Broadway, film and recording star Leslie Odom Jr. brings his Christmas concert tour to San Diego on Nov. 30. (Dennis Leupold)

Broadway, film star Leslie Odom Jr. on Christmas, fashion and finding the divine

By Pam Kragen

November 24, 2024 at 6:45 a.m.

The "Hamilton" Tony-winner will bring his Christmas concert tour to San Diego on Nov. 30

A musician for all seasons, Billy Childs many collaborators have ranged from Yo-Yo Ma, Wayne Shorter and Sting to Alison Krauss, Kronos Quartet and the San Diego Symphony.(Raj Naik/Courtesy of Billy Childs)

Billy Childs scores high in jazz, classical and more: ‘It doesn’t matter what genre it is.’

November 24, 2024 at 6:32 a.m.

The veteran keyboardist and composer credits Keith Emerson of prog-rock pioneers Emerson, Lake & Palmer...

Cyndi Lauper at her Nov. 20, 2023, concert at SDSU's Viejas Arena in San Diego.

Review: Cyndi Lauper let her true colors shine as she bopped time after time at her San Diego farewell concert