By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger I kicked off my shoes and put them in the cool water of a fountain. On one side of me I had a fine margarita with Corralejo Blana tequila and on the other a tasty taco. In front of me on a large stage, a band was rocking with 80s tunes from the Violent Femmes and Depeche Mode via FlashPants. Later, I was partying like it … [Read more...]
Gator By The Bay Cajun Festival Review & All You Need To Know
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger What a fun event! From the minute I walked into Gator By The Bay – San Diego's Cajun-inspired food and music festival – until the moment I left, this was an enjoyable afternoon and evening in Spanish Landing Park along the Harbor Island back bay. Now I have been to many of these types of festivals in the past. Most are … [Read more...]
SoCal TacoFest In San Diego Is May 14 In Waterfront Park
By PubClub.com Tacos, tequila, DJs and bands. All in a location across the bay in beautiful and fun San Diego. Where something always seems to be happening every weekend! This event is the SoCal Tacofest, and it's Saturday, May 14 in Waterfront Park, which is across from the Star of India sailing ship as part of the Maritime Museum, as well as the restaurants at … [Read more...]
Gator By The Bay San Diego 2022 Dates, Music Lineup & Ticket Information
A true spice of New Orleans comes once again to San Diego first weekend in May with a music, food and drinks event called Gator By The Bay. Fer sure! It is billed as "the largest, most-authentic Louisiana-themed music and food festival this side of the bayou." Presented by San Diego’s Bon Temps Social Club, it features four days of live music with more than 100 musical acts … [Read more...]
How To Win 2 Tickets & 5 Beers To The Great Pumpkin Beer Festival San Diego Contest
Beers, a giant pumpkin beer tap, live music and a block party in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. It's the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival and it takes place Saturday, Oct. 30 – Halloween Eve! – along Island Street in the Gaslamp. And here's how to win two tickets to it, along with five beers, in this contest presented by PubClub.com. To enter, simply do the following: • … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Great Pumpkin Beer Festival 2021 Beers, Date & Ticket Prices
Every Charlie Brown fan knows about the Great Pumpkin, and craft beer lovers in Southern California should know about San Diego's Great Pumpkin Beer Festival. It's Saturday, Oct. 30 in the Gaslamp Quarter and features 40 breweries as well as a special tapping of a 1,400-pound real pumpkin keg. The idea was seeded in Seattle and has now spread to America's Finest City. It … [Read more...]
No General Admission Tickets Or Big Crowds At Del Mar Opening Day 2021
Sold-Out Tickets For Those With Seats Only; Friday Night Concert Series Also Canceled At DMTC Tradition had already been broken by moving the start of the season from a Wednesday to a Friday and now another long-standing element of Del Mar Opening Day will not be a part of 2021: large crowds. Officials at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (DMTC) have limited capacity … [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...]
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...]
Here’s The Date For Del Mar Opening Day 2021
Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast Opens On A Saturday By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The 2021 date for Del Mar Opening Day – the Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast – as we call it on PubClub.com – has been set. And it's a little different than in traditional years. It is July 17, which is on a Saturday. Now as just about everyone in San Diego … [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...]
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 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...]