Del Mar's horse racing track – where the turf meets the surf – has may activities beyond just what happens on the dirt and grass. This year, the facility has a wine festival, a food festival and its traditional Friday Happy Hour. The season starts on July 19 and runs thru Sept. 7. Here's a full list of the 2025 events and dates at Del Mar. • Opening Day, July 18 Del … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day 2025 Complete Guide Everything You Need To Know
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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: Friday, July 18. Gates open at 11:30; racing is from 2-5 p.m. Tickets: $73, $98 Clubhouse (reserved seating), $93 Stretch Run, You may contact the ticket office at (858) … [Read more...]
San Diego Weekend Nightlife & Party Guide & Events For July 21-23: Comic-Con, Del Mar Opening Day
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger What a one-two combo we have in San Diego this weekend. It's like Manny Machado and Fernando Tatís, Jr., hitting back-to-back in the fun times lineup. With that in mind, here is a complete rundown of the biggest and most fun party events in San Diego … [Read more...]
What’s Happening In San Diego This Weekend – Top Fun Events & Nightlife
A Tequila Festival And Oktoberfest Here's what's happening San Diego this week and weekend for the week of Sept. 23-26. • Dollar Beers At American Junkie – Thursday, Sept. 23 You read that correctly – dollar beers! It's every Thursday from 9-10 p.m., at American Junkie in the Gaslamp Quarter. • Expo Tequila En Tijuana – Sept. 25-26 The oldest tequila expo in … [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...]
Del Mar Opening Day Is The Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The ladies arrive in tight-fitting cocktail dresses topped by huge hats, the gentlemen don pants and jackets with pictures of horses on them and drinks flow like at a wedding reception. It's Derby Day and not the one you're likely thinking about on the famed grounds of Churchill Downs but instead at the Del Mar … [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...]
Where To Find The Del Mar Opening Day After Party Best Bars
Bringentine, Jimmy O's & Bully's Are Good For Post-Race Drinks And En Fuego Is On Fire By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It was a few hours after Del Mar Opening Day and I was showing a friend around to the bars to continue our partying when we walked into En Fuego in downtown Del Mar about a mile from the track. From street level it doesn't look … [Read more...]
Del Mar Nightlife Bars Near The Del Mar Race Track Solana Beach Cardiff By The Sea Nightlife
The horses run from July to September, but the nightlife and bars in Del Mar and the other seaside cities in the North County of San Diego put out plenty of horsepower the rest of the year. The area is at full trot when the ponies and people are in town for the Del Mar races, but people jockey for position in the bars at other times, too. Call it a post "post" party. There's … [Read more...]