The 17th Annual Culinary Classic Is Set For Nov 11-14 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger One of the top events on the San Diego social – not to mention the food & drink – calendar is back for 2011. The San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival is set to take place from Nov. 11-14. It is comprised of a series of wine and food tastings and pairings, … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day To Have 100% Seating Capacity; GA Still To Be Determined
DMTC Summer Season Runs From July 16 Thru Labor Day By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger Del Mar Opening Day 2021 – set for Friday, July 16 – will be run with 100% capacity of fans in the seated areas. This will continue through the summer racing season, which runs thru Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6. General … [Read more...]
Del Mar Planning On Having Fans At Opening Day 2021 & The Season
The 'Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger With falling COVID-19 numbers and vaccines being administered across the city, officials at the Thoroughbred Club are anticipating having fans back in the stands for the 2021 horse racing season. This includes Opening Day, which traditionally is such a San Diego social … [Read more...]
Comic-Con Releases Statement On 2021 Event
Main Event Is Virtual Again But There May Be An In-Person Show In November Comic-Con 2021 will, like 2020, be a virtual event. However, officials are planning for a small (by Comic-Con standards) in November. Here is the official statement released by organizers and published on its website: As you may be aware, due to concern for public health and safety, San … [Read more...]
San Diego Party Events Flashback: The SD Bay Wine & Food Festival
Rewinding Moments & Memories As 2020 Festival Is Canceled By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Editor Many places have a kind of anchor event that defines a particular time of year or the season. In Munich, Oktoberfest means the fall October fall harvest season has arrived. In San Francisco, the imminent arrival of summer is signaled with the wild and … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Canceled For 2020
It's Not So Grand For The Grand Tasting & Other Food And Drink Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubCub.com San Diego Blogger One of the "must do" events in San Diego and a top happening in the fall, will not be taking place this year. The San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival has been canceled for 2020, officials have just announced. It was originally scheduled for … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival 2020 Postponed To 2021
Officials Planning An Alternative Fall Event It's little wonder that another San Diego event has been canceled due to COVID-19. The Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival, which was about to enter just its second year in 2020, has been postponed to 2021. The inaugural three-day event, held in November, featured more than 125 artists on 10 stages from Broadway Pier … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Big Bay Boom 4th of July Fireworks A Dud In 2020
Show Canceled Because Of COVID-19 Social Distancing Rules By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger One of the biggest Fourth of July fireworks celebrations in the USA will be a dud in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. San Diego's Big Bay Boom has been canceled because officials said the city will not be in stage four from the virus to enable it … [Read more...]
Over-The-Line, San Diego’s Summertime Beach Party, Canceled For 2020
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club OTL Due To COVID-19 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It was as inevitable as a July heatwave. San Diego's beach summertime party, the Over-The-Line Tournament – known by locals simply as "the OTL" – will not take place in 2020. It has been canceled by organizers because of coronavirus fears. The two-weekend … [Read more...]
Another Canceled San Diego Event: Coronado 4th Of July Parade & Fireworks
Annual Party Joins Comic-Con & County Fair By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The coronavirus shutdown has claimed another event casualty in San Diego. Add the Coronado 4th of July parade and party to the list that includes the county fair and Comic-Con. Officials made the announcement on April 29, stating there's simply not enough time to … [Read more...]
Two Big San Diego Summer Events That Have Not Been Canceled
Del Mar Opening Day & OTL Still Scheduled To Take Place In July By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Comic-Con is gone. So, too is the county fair and the pride parade. But not all the big and fun events – decades-long signature summertime happenings in this city – have not been canceled in San Diego. As of this writing, two big summertime ones … [Read more...]
San Diego St. Patrick’s Day 2020 Update: Parade, Irish Festival & Shamrock All Canceled
Events A Victime Of Coronavirus Concerns By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There is a reason to be feeling green this year, but for a different reason. San Diego has cancelled all of its prime St. Patrick's Day events. The parade, Irish Festival and Gaslamp block party ShamROCK will not take place in 2020 in response to the coronavirus crisis. The … [Read more...]
San Diego ShamROCK St. Patrick’s Day Block Party 2020 Canceled
Coronavirus Fears End Gaslamp Event The giant block party with bands, entertainers and a lively green-clad crowd in the Gaslamp Quarter has been canceled. Organizers of ShamROCK made the announcement on Thursday before the party, which was to have taken place on Saturday, March 14. Here is the statement: Our loyal ShamROCKERS! At the direction of California … [Read more...]
Mardi Gras In San Diego: No Parade But A Beads & Booze Bar Crawl
Gaslamp Quarter Bars Hosting A Big Easy Beads, Bites & Booze Tour If you want to laissez le bon temps rouler in San Diego for Mardi Gras, then sign up for the Big Easy Bites & Booze tour. Taking place on Saturday, Feb 22 – Fat Tuesday is Feb. 25 – the event involves a self-guided bar crawl through Gaslamp restaurants and bars. For $25 you get 20 "sips and bites" … [Read more...]
The San Diego Bay Holiday Boat Parade Of Lights Experience
From Yachts To Dinghies, It's A Festive Event On The Water By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger I love a parade. A boat parade, anyway. During the holiday season, there are boat parades all up and down the California coast. I have been to the multi-day Newport Beach Boat Parade, the Marina del Rey Boat Parade and the intimate Redondo Beach Boat … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Grand Tasting 2019 Event Review
A Blast By The Bay – Again By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Wine Blogger Sunshine and wine. There was an abundance of both – as well as plenty of people to enjoy each of them – at the annual Grand Tasting, the spectacular signature event of the annual San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. On a tourism postcard day along the bay, this annual event … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival 2019 Tickets & Events
Premium Event Grand Tasting Sells Out Every Year One of the best events of the year is back for 2019, and tickets are now on sale for the weeklong San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. A series of events featuring food, wines, spirits, chefs, pairings and, well wine and food, this event is a premier annual happening in San Diego. The 2019 dates are Nov. 10-17. The … [Read more...]
Comic Con 50 A Super Heroes Sci Fi Party In San Diego’s Gaslamp Bars
Fans And Bartenders In Costumes Add To City's Nightlife Scene By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The scene was out of something you might find only, in, well a comic book. There was Batman, Captain America and Superman. Several Supermans, in fact. As well as the most authentic-looking Spock you could find outside of Star Trek, a bunch of … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Gaslamp Mardi Gras Big Easy Bites & Booze Tour 2019 Bars, Tickets & Details
Complete Food & Drink Offerings With A Rooftop Afterparty By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger There is no Fat Tuesday parade in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter anymore, but there is a Mardi Gras party. It's a bar crawl of sorts on Saturday, March 3, called the Big Easy Bites & Booze Tour. It consists of going around to 20 Gaslamp … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Shines Again In 2018: A Review
Grand Decant, Grand Tasting & Taco TKO A Full & Fun Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Festivals Blogger In a whirlwind series of events that seemed to both to breeze by and also slowed down so you could savor the many moments, the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival closed out another successful year with thousands of people downing thousands of … [Read more...]
Le Diner En Blanc San Diego 2018 Everything You Need To Know
Inside SD's Exclusive All-White Pop-Up Dinner One of the most exclusive dinner parties in San Diego takes place on Friday, Nov. 9. But where is it? We don't know, and even if you're invited – there's a registration process – you won't know either. Until two hours before the event, anyway. It's Le Diner en Blanc – San Diego, and here's everything you need to … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival 2018 Tickets, Dates & Top Events
Grand Tasting Is Saturday, Nov. 17 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Wine Blogger One of the must-do events on the annual social calendar in San Diego is the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival, and the 2018 dates are Nov. 12-18, with the Grand Tasting scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 17. The Grand Tasting takes place from Noon-3 p.m., with VIP and … [Read more...]
San Diego St. Patrick’s Day 2020 Review Parade Beer Garden Gaslamp Party
Going Erin Go Bragh From Balboa Park To Gaslamp Block Party & Irish Bars Of course there's a St. Patrick's Day celebration in a city as fun, carefree and lively as San Diego. In fact, there are two, a parade on the Saturday prior to St. Paddy's Day (March 14 in 2020) and a block party in the Gaslamp, plus a lot of lively Irish bars on the actual St. Patrick's … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Among City’s Top Most Fun Events
Del Mar Opening Day, The OTL, Fat Tuesday & St. Patrick's Day Make Up 5 Best Annual Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger In a city full of great events - Del Mar Opening Day, the Over-The-Line, the Gaslamp Fat Tuesday Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade – the San Diego Wine + Food Festival stands out as one of the best annual events in … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine + Food Festival 2017 Review – A Grand Time Again
Grand Tasting, SommCon & Blind Tasting Make For A Fun & Rewarding Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Wine & Food Blogger The time zipped by faster than the Jet Skis skimming across the water in San Diego Bay. At one moment, the gates to the San Diego Wine + Food Festival's premier Grand Tasting event opened, and what seems like mere moments … [Read more...]
Grand Tasting A Grand Event At San Diego Wine + Food Festival 2017
A Spectacular Scene Makes This An Annual 'Must Do' Social Occassion By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Drinks Blogger Take notice of the name. It's the San Diego Wine + Food Festival, not the other way around. Wine before dine. That in itself says a lot about this annual event, which is annually held the third weekend of November in this scenic and … [Read more...]
Marriott Hosts Several Wine Lovers Events For San Diego Wine + Food Festival
It's Always Wine Time With These Fun Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Wine Blogger For one week a year, San Diego becomes the wine capitol of California. It's the annual San Diego Bay Wine + Festival, a week-long series of events featuring wine tastings, wine pairings and dinners. As well as a lot of food. And other drinks. Within this, the … [Read more...]
Over The Line San Diego Still A Fun (And Funny) Annual Top Party Event
Blogger Report On The OTL Team Names, Alcohol Allowed On Beach And No Bad Attitudes By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Within a minute of stepping onto the dusty sand of the Over The line tournament grounds on Fiesta Island in San Diego's Mission Bay, we were laughing. Not only were we laughing at this annual event put on by the Old Mission Beach … [Read more...]
Over The Line Kicks Off Fun Summer Of Events In San Diego
Del Mar Opening Day, Concerts, Bodysurfing Championships & Padres Add To SD's Festivities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The summer of fun in San Diego may seem to be never ending but it truly kicks off with the Over The Line tournament on Fiesta Island. This Chicago-invented softball game that made its way to the West Coast takes place over … [Read more...]
Over The Line San Diego 2019 Top Things You Need To Know About This Event
The OTL Is One Of Southern California's Top Singles Party Events The Over-The-Line softball tournament takes place in San Diego during two weekends each July. While its premise is athletic competition – some teams take this event very seriously – it's really all about being social. And in San Diego that means a party, and a big party. The OTL attracts tens of … [Read more...]
The Single Most Important Thing I Learned About Attending The OTL San Diego
Over-The-Line Tournament Biggest Party Is The First Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger If there's one thing I've learned through the years of covering events for not only PubClub.com but for other news organizations (I began this kind of life as a newspaper sports reporter) it's that no matter what you hear about something, nothing beats actually … [Read more...]
I Went To Del Mar Opening Day And Did Not See A Single Horse Race
Girls, The Hat Parade & Singles Scene Takes Priority Over The Ponies For Nightlife Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There's a lot of horsing around that goes on at Del Mar Race Track in San Diego for Opening Day. And sometimes it doesn't even involve horses. I know because I've done it. Yes, I went to Opening Day and did not see a … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day 2019 Complete Guide Everything You Need To Know
Ticket Info, The Hat Contest, Cocktails & The Social Scene At The Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast This is your complete guide with everything you need to know to attend this annual event from the hats to cocktails to the social scene. Date: Wednesday, July 17. Gates open noon; racing is from 2-5 p.m. Tickets: $15 GA, $30 Clubhouse (recommended), You do … [Read more...]
San Diego Top Fun Events & Festivals For June PubClub Party Report
Oysterfest & Summer Brew Fest Highlight Top Singles Happenings In a city full of fun things to do and great events, San Diego has a number of activities to keep you smiling, San Diego style. Here is PubClub.com's Party Events Report for the month of June, highlighting the top things to do and events in this super-fun city. And unlike a lot of other places that list … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Over The Line Organizers Hosting Craft Beer Festival
San Diego's Top Breweries Participating In Inaugural OTL Event The fine folks at the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) know a thing about two about drinking beer and having a good time, and the organizers of the renowned Over the Line tournament are putting on their first craft beer festival. It's Saturday, May 20 as part of the first rounds of Over the Line at … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay WIne & Food Festival 2016 Top Events
Grand Tasting & SommCon The Best Of The Best, Especially For Singles There are almost as as many smiles as there is wine, a fine pairing in a fun city filled with fun people. The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival – Nov. 14-20 in 2016 and its always the week prior to Thanksgiving – is the most anticipated event here in the fall, and there's good reason for … [Read more...]
KAABOO Del Mar Single-Day Tickets On Sale For $119
Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith & Jack Johnson The Daily Headliners Single-day tickets are now on sale for KAABOO Del Mar, taking place Sept. 15-18 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego. Tickets are $119 for GA – pretty much the same price as a regular concert these days – and $299 for the "Hang Five" pass, with lounges and special viewing areas for all five stages. Sold … [Read more...]
San Diego July Party Report: Top Singles Events
All-Star Game, Del Mar Opening Day & The OTL There's no finer city to be at in America right now than San Diego. While that could be written for just about anytime of the year, it's especially true in July, for San Diego, and specifically for singles. There's a series of events coming at you faster than dingers at the Home Run Derby. There's the Major League … [Read more...]
OTL San Diego Miss Emerson Contest Over The Line Girls History
Legendary Pageant The Highlight Of The Over-The-Line Tournament By Chelsea Hunter, PubClub.com PubClubette The Ms. Emerson competition…the undeniable zenith of the hazy days filled with sand, sweat, and beer at the annual Over-the-Line (OTL) tournament each year held at Fiesta Island in San Diego. It’s what pulls men away from the dusty game courts with … [Read more...]
OTL Over-The-Line San Diego 2016 Weekend Dates
The Biggest Beach Party Of The Year In California One of the biggest, best and most fun – and certainly the wildest – singles party events of the year in San Diego takes place on two weekends in July, with the 2016 dates being July 9-10 and 16-17. It's the Over-The-Line tournament or, quite simply, the OTL. Put on by the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (with money … [Read more...]
Over-The-Line OTL San Diego 2019 The Ultimate Party Guide
A Hot San Diego Singles Beach Bash & The Miss Emerson Contest By PubClubette Chelsea Hunter Held in the beautiful Mission Bay area of San Diego, the Over-the-Line Tournament (better known to locals as the OTL tourney) takes place on Fiesta Island, a small island in the midst of the bay. I had never heard of it before, so when PubClub.com sent me to experience … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival 2016 Tickets Now On Sale
12th Annual Event Features Pairings & Popular Tastings • November 15-22 The multi-day San Diego WIne & Food Festival, which reaches a peak with a Grand Tasting on Saturday afternoon, is one of the area's top events and one of the best wine and food events in all of California. So you had better get your tickets now, for they are on sale. The price for the … [Read more...]
San Diego Halloween Monster Bash 2016 Gaslamp Party Guide
Block Party Features Costume Contest, EDM DJs & A Singles Scene San Diego's rocking Gaslamp Quarter is plenty lively on normal weekends, and a few times a year it adds to this by holding big block parties. There's one for Fat Tuesday and St. Patrick's Day and also Halloween. Regarding the latter, it's called the Monster Bash and the 2016 event is Saturday night, … [Read more...]