Enjoy a stroll through the Carlsbad Flower Fields, rock out at a Nine Inch Nails concert, watch the San Diego Opera’s newest production, Carmen, and more. Here are all the best things to do this month in San Diego:
Concerts & Festivals | Theater & Art Exhibits | More Fun Things to Do
Concerts & Festivals in San Diego This Month
9
As industrial rock legends Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will electrify Pechanga Arena with special guest Boys Noize.
26
Hear the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Albéniz, and other luminaries when La Jolla Music Society hosts classical music superstar Lang Lang for a special night on the keys at Jacobs Music Center.
Theater & Art Exhibits in San Diego This Month
7–29
God and a pair of trusty angels rehash the Ten Commandments for the social media age in An Act of God, a heavenly satire at Scripps Ranch Theatre.
7–5/19
San Ysidro’s Casa Familiar invites women and nonbinary artists to explore the power of transformation in its 19th annual Dia de la Mujer (International Women’s Day) exhibition, Exquisite Potential: Surviving the 21 st Century through Surreal Metamorphosis.
20–22
Step inside the Bankers Hill arts and retail collective Casa de Flor for An Artist @ the Table, chef Flor Franco and artist Ben Guerrette’s immersive, four-course dinner experience inspired by the four elements.
25–4/19
Three actors play more than 70 characters and trace a century-and-a-half of history in the Tony-winning play The Lehman Trilogy, making its San Diego debut at The Joan in Liberty Station.
27–29
The titanic tunes of French composer Georges Bizet soundtrack the tragic story of Carmen. In the San Diego Opera’s newest production at the Civic Theatre in downtown, a soldier’s unrequited love descends into deadly obsession.
28–29
Women playwrights will cultivate original scripts, then share them with the public in staged readings at the Moxie Theatre’s Lamoise New Works Festival in Rolando.
More Fun Things to Do in San Diego This Month
1–5/10
Every spring at Carlsbad Ranch, the ranunculus reigns supreme. The Flower Fields bloom with floral fun, including colorful photo ops, tractor wagon rides, and close-up butterfly encounters.
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STEM enthusiasts of all ages can learn and play at the free San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering, a day of educational activities and immersive demonstrations at Petco Park.
12–15
Saunter through the Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum in Balboa Park for live performances; cultural food and libations; and, of course, a riot of pink blooms at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
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15
Comedians Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery will hit the Balboa Theatre in downtown for The Trouble With Angels, a variety show packed with skits, show tunes, and 1960s nostalgia.
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Friar faithful can ring in a new season of Padres baseball at the free East Village Block Party, complete with local business booths, food vendors, and a car show in front of Petco Park.
