Festivals big and little are happening all over San Diego this weekend, from a Latina vendor marketplace in Barrio Logan to the music and author showcase of North Park Music Fest to the inaugural Artivál, which will feature all sorts of makers. At the Queer Mvmnt Fest, aspiring dancers and performing artists can find community at socials, workshops, and performances. Sports fans can spend their time pitchside with a pair of matches at Snapdragon Stadium: an electric NWSL clash between Wave FC and the Seattle Reign and a cross-border exhibition pitting San Diego FC against Club America.
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Food & Drink Events in San Diego This Week
Chef’s Dinner: The Study of Avocado at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
June 5
As part of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s monthly Chef’s Dinner series, its in-house restaurant, The Kitchen, crafts a prix-fixe meal around a specific, seasonal ingredient. Thursday’s The Study of Avocado prominently features the fruit throughout five courses. Reservations are $95 per person plus tax and gratuity, with seatings from 5 to 8 p.m. in the dining room or outdoor terrace of the Sahm Seaview Room and Art Park in La Jolla.
700 Prospect Street, La Jolla
Mama’s Day at Hilton San Diego Bayfront
June 6
Support the efforts of Mama’s Kitchen, which provides free meal delivery services for San Diegans facing risk of malnutrition, at the nonprofit’s annual Mama’s Day on Friday from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. The fundraiser festivities include a opportunity drawing; live entertainment; and unlimited tastings from an array of chefs, restaurants, and caterers. Ticket options include $190 general admission and $290 VIP admission, which grants entry to a reception with complimentary drinks and hors d’oeuvres from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
1 Park Boulevard, Downtown
Concerts & Festivals in San Diego This Weekend
Queer Mvmnt Fest
June 4–8
DISCO RIOT’s Queer Mvmnt Fest aims to empower BIPOC, disabled, and LGBTQ movement artists with five days of intersectional programming. This includes short film screenings at Digital Gym Cinema (Wednesday), dance socials at The Loft and El Flow Dance Studio (Thursday and Friday), and dance workshops at San Diego City College Dance Studios (Saturday and Sunday). The festival highlight will be Saturday’s mainstage performance at the Seville Theatre, featuring a Q&A with UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Dance Bernard Brown. The dance workshops are free and all other events are $25 for general admission and $15 for artists, students, and low-income attendees.
Citywide
Artivál Festival in El Cajon
June 7
This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., downtown El Cajon will host its inaugural Artivál, an all-day celebration highlighting local musicians, makers, and businesses. The festival will host over 50 artists and creators, art installations, performances from Cassie B and Kimba Light, food trucks, an outdoor art gallery, and a wine and beer garden from the East County Arts Association. Festival entry is free, and wine and beer garden tickets (5 for $25; 10 for $45) and cocktail tickets ($15 each) will be sold onsite.
Main Street & Magnolia Avenue, El Cajon
North Park Music Fest
June 7
Embrace the creative community of North Park during the annual North Park Music Fest, returning Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. with over 40 live performances at nine neighborhood venues. This year’s event will also feature a creator fair from Verbatim Books and Visual Art Supply, with live, interactive art displays; collaborative art projects; and over 40 artists, authors and zine-makers along Ray Street and North Park Way from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. General admission is $25 ($35 day of) and grants access to all musical performances and exclusive drink specials at North Park Music Fest, while entry to the creator fair is free for all.
North Park
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at The Rady Shell
June 7
Jazz was born in New Orleans, more specifically in Tremé, and one of the neighborhood’s native sons is the horn-playing wonder Trombone Shorty. Backed by his Orleans Avenue Band, Shorty has become one of the bayou’s most revered musical spokespeople. Swamp rock musician JJ Grey and funk collective Dumpstaphunk will open Shorty’s upcoming concert at The Rady Shell, taking place Saturday at 6 p.m.. Tickets range from $65 to $167.
222 Marina Park Way, Embarcadero
Brad Paisley at Gallagher Square
June 7
West Virginian Brad Paisley is one of country music’s veteran musicians and among its best-ever guitarists, a skillset he shows off at live shows. At his upcoming Truck Still Works Tour stop at Gallagher Square, fans will get to see a pair of opening acts—country pop artists Walker Hayes and Avery Anna—and maybe hear some tracks from Paisley’s upcoming album Son of the Mountains. Tickets are $80 for this concert, beginning Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
899 J Street, Downtown
Yay Amiga Fest
June 8
Spend your Sunday afternoon shopping and sipping micheladas with friends in Barrio Logan at Yay Amiga Fest from noon to 5 p.m. Yayitzel and Mujeres Brew House will host this pop-up market featuring nine Latina-owned small businesses. Attendees can admire and purchase handmade crafts, intricate ceramics, floral pieces, and even sparkly tooth gems. Plus, Isa’s Tamales, Matcha Y Meil, and Taquero Vegano will serve up sweets and delectable eats.
1983 Julian Avenue, Barrio Logan
Theater & Art Exhibits in San Diego This Weekend
Birthday Candles at North Coast Repertory Theatre
June 4–29
In Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles, directed for the North Coast Repertory Theatre stage by David Ellenstein, Ernestine Ashworth ages from 17 to 101 years old. Her relationships and the cast of characters around her advance through life with one constant: her birthday celebration. Birthday Candles will officially open Sunday with performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; tickets are $55 for previews (Wednesday through Saturday) and $63 to $65 for the rest of its run.
987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach
La Llorona On The Blue Line at National City Depot
June 5-21
Hop along the trolley for Mabelle Reynoso’s La Llorona On The Blue Line, a time-traveling examination of haunting, grief, and collective memory. Visitors to National City Depot will traverse through a trio of time periods on the Blue Line— 1920, 1946 and 1982—and reckon with the past and presence of La Llorona, the famed folkloric ghost. All performances for this TuYo Theatre production are currently sold out, but people are invited to sign up on the show’s waitlist in case any spots open up.
922 West 23rd Street, National City
Street Level x Art Walk at Oceanside Museum of Art
June 6
The Oceanside Museum of Art and Oceanside Art Walk will host the second installment in their Street Level x Art Walk series this Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. Within the museum, explore a variety of creative crafts from local artists, join an artist tour of Mary Jhun’s In Losing Sleep I Painted (6 p.m.), and take in a concert from singer and sound healer Celeste Barbier. Admission is free for this all-ages event, and guests can purchase drink tickets (if they’re 21 or over) or reserve a VIP table for 4 ($100) to get a prime spot for Barbier’s performance.
704 Pier View Way, Oceanside
Cinderella at Balboa Theatre
June 7–8
San Diego’s Golden State Ballet will perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Cinderella throughout the weekend at the Balboa Theatre. This adaptation has all the essential elements—the fairy godmother, the rotten stepfamily, and of course, the missing glass slipper—along with choreography from the Ballet’s Artistic Director Raúl Salamanca that make the familiar story even more entrancing. Tickets start at $45, with matinee and evening performances on Saturday (2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.).
868 Fourth Avenue, Gaslamp
Nan Brown: Trailers Collected at Joseph Bellows Gallery
June 7–July 26
Mobile homes were a longtime fascination of photographer Nan Brown, who passed away in 2013. They inspired her photo collection Trailers Collected, opening Saturday at Joseph Bellows Gallery. Each print offers quiet insight into the lives of the mobile homes’ inhabitants.
7661 Girard Avenue, La Jolla
Impressionism Across the Atlantic at San Diego Museum of Art
June 7–April 5, 2026
Feast your eyes on the paintings of Impressionism Across the Atlantic. Roughly 40 Impressionist works at the San Diego Museum of Art track the movement’s evolution from maligned Paris exhibitions to plein air depictions of American scenery, with paintings from many definitive Impressionists artists, including Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, and Robert Henri.
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park
More Fun Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend
San Diego Wave & San Diego FC Double Header at Snapdragon Stadium
June 6–7
Both of San Diego’s pro soccer teams, Wave FC and San Diego FC, enter June in second place in their respective standings, marking a massive return to form for the Wave and an ascendant start to SDFC’s first season. This weekend brings a soccer double header at Snapdragon Stadium: the Wave face off against the Seattle Reign on Friday at 7 p.m.; tickets start at $24. And SDFC will confront Mexico City giants Club America in an international friendly the following night at 7 p.m.; tickets start at $59.
2101 Stadium Way, Mission Valley
Giro di San Diego GranFondo
June 7
At the Giro di San Diego GranFondo, starting Saturday at 7:15 a.m., cyclists will begin and finish journeys of 20, 30, 59 or 95 miles at Ryan Park. The GranFondo tradition can be traced back to Cesenatico, Italy and involves a long-distance road race followed by a substantial Italian meal. All riders, even the ones who choose not to climb Palomar Mountain, will receive an Italian lunch post-race and get to enjoy live music and a beer garden. Registration ranges from $86 to $252 depending on race length and purchase of a customized jersey.
390 Hidden Trails Road, Escondido
