KPBS Events

Food

San Diego Restaurant Week 2025

Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 9 AM

Ongoing until September 21, 2025

San Diego, CA

Free

'Surf Art: Exploring California’s Coastal Culture'

Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 10 AM

Ongoing until February 1, 2026

California Surf Museum

Adults: $7. Seniors (62+). Military, Students: $5. Kids 11 and under: Free. CSM Members: Free

Food
Museums

ARTIFACT at Night: A Curated Dinner Inspired by the Cuisine of Macau

Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 5 PM to 8:30 PM

Mingei International Museum: Balboa Park

$89 Members / $89 Non-members

Food

Artisan Wine Series Dinner Featuring Patrimony

Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 6 PM to 9 PM

The Lodge at Torrey Pines

$325.00+

Food

Vine To Table: Featuring The Wines of Quintessa

Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 6 PM to 9 PM

Rancho Bernardo Inn

$165

Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch 2025

Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 9 AM

Ongoing until October 31, 2025

Bates Nut Farm

Free

Charity
Food

Big Table | Eats Around the World at Sea

Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 5 PM to 8 PM

City Cruises San Diego | Admiral Hornblower

$175

Daniel Tiger @ the San Diego Railroad Museum

Friday, September 19, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 12 PM

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

kids 12 and under get in for free

Super Girl Surf Festival

Friday, September 19, 2025 at 8 AM

Ongoing until September 21, 2025

Oceanside Pier

Free

Taste of Art | Art and Music

Friday, September 19, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Oceanside Museum of Art

$50 - $65

Food

Whiskey & Wine Party

Friday, September 19, 2025 from 6 PM to 9 PM

Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa

$95

Música en la Plaza: Los Montaño

Friday, September 19, 2025 from 7 PM to 10 PM

California Center for the Arts: Escondido

Free

ARTS After Dark- Piñata Icons

Friday, September 19, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

A Reason To Survive (ARTS)

$30

Jon Batiste: 'The Big Money Tour'

Friday, September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

From $63.35

Season Launch Party

Friday, September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM

ICA Central

$15 or pay what you can

Mestizaje: Interwoven Identities between Mexico, Philippines and Spain

Friday, September 19, 2025 from 7 PM to 9 PM

California State University, San Marcos - USU Ballroom

0-10

'RE-VAMP': Nonfiction Storytelling Showcase

Friday, September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM

The Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center

$15 online & at the door (not including $3 transaction fee)

Cooking with Cocineras Tradicionales at Olivewood Gardens

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center

$55-$75

San Diego Master Gardener Association Plant and Garden Art Sale

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 9 AM to 3 PM

Balboa Park, Room 101 and Patio A & B

Free

Classic Albums Live performs Prince: 'Purple Rain'

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 7:30 PM to 10 PM

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

$58-$120

Friends of Malcolm X Library Presents: Annual Gift Day 2025 Fundraiser

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 12 PM to 7 PM

Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library

$0 to $40

Table of Contents: A Community Collectors' Showcase

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 11 AM to 1 PM

San Diego Central Public Library

Free

29th Annual Taste of Gaslamp

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 1 PM to 4 PM

Gaslamp Quarter

$55-$90

9th Annual East Village Oktoberfest

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 3 PM to 8 PM

Quartyard

$20-$25

Carlsbad Oktoberfest 2025

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 12 PM to 8 PM

Carlsbad Strawberry Company

$10 Entrance to Strawberry Fields

Cooking with Cocineras Tradicionales at Olivewood Gardens

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center

$55-$75

Fiesta Del Rio

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Grant Park

$200

Super Girl Surf Pro and Music Festival

Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 8 AM

Ongoing until September 21, 2025

Oceanside Pier

Free

31st Pacific Islander Festival

Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM

Ongoing until September 21, 2025

Ski Beach

Free

Goff Family Pumpkin Patch at Liberty Station

Goff Family Pumpkin Patch, Liberty Station

Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 9 AM

Ongoing until October 31, 2025

Goff Family Pumpkin Patch

Free

The 43rd Annual Adams Avenue Street Fair

Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 10 AM

Ongoing until September 21, 2025

Adams Avenue, between 32nd and 36th Street

Free

Into the Whoniverse Panel Series

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 1 PM to 3 PM

Comic-Con Museum

$0-$30

The Old Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center is comprised of the flagship Old Globe Theatre (left) and a new facility (right) housing the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, the Karen and Donald Cohn Education Center, Hattox Hall and the Donald and Darlene Shiley Terrace.

The Old Globe 90th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Old Globe Theatre

Tickets are $1,500 (regular seating) and $2,500 (VIP seating) and include the reception, dinner, special performance, and dancing. Tables of 10 are available starting at $15,000. Valet parking is included in the price of the ticket.

41st Annual Coastal Cleanup Day

Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 9 AM to 12 PM

Multiple locations

Free

San Diego Bunnyfest 2025

Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 10 AM to 4 PM

NTC Park at Liberty Station

American Truck Historical Society Truck Show

Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 8 AM to 12:30 PM

Bates Nut Farm

Registration is $20 • Pre-Registration (before August 30th) is $15

Alejandro Fernandez at Viejas Arena

Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 8 PM

Viejas Arena

$71

From Hardship to Pathfinder: Emmy-Nominated Journalist Elsa E. Sevilla Spotlights Book for Hispanic Heritage Month

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 6 PM

Hotel del Coronado

Fun Animal Friday: Owls

Friday, September 26, 2025 from 10 AM to 11:30 AM

Children's Museum of Discovery

Free with Museum admission

The Science of Animation

Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 10 AM

Ongoing until September 28, 2025

Fleet Science Center

MCAS Miramar Air Show

Friday, September 26, 2025 at 8 AM

Ongoing until September 28, 2025

MCAS Miramar

$20.91 - $362.82

Oktoberfest in El Cajon

Friday, September 26, 2025 at 4 PM

Ongoing until October 5, 2025

German American Societies of San Diego

0-$15

Celebrating Farm Life, Farm Education and Youth Day

Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10 AM to 4 PM

Bates Nut Farm

Free

16th Annual San Diego Spirits Festival

Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 2 PM

Ongoing until September 28, 2025

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: La Jolla

$75 - $85

Oktoberfest in El Cajon

Friday, September 26, 2025 at 4 PM

Ongoing until October 5, 2025

German American Societies of San Diego

0-$15

The Family Stone

Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM

California Center for the Arts: Escondido

$30 - $102

Encinitas Oktoberfest and Artisan Faire 2025

Encinitas Oktoberfest & Artisan Faire 2025 Back and Better Than Ever

Sunday, September 28, 2025 from 11 AM to 7 PM

Mountain Vista Drive

Free

Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at Otay Ranch Town Center

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 from 4 PM to 7 PM

Otay Ranch Town Center

Free

Make Memories on Mission Bay: Kids Eat Free in October

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 7 AM

Ongoing until October 31, 2025

Bahia Resort Hotel

Kids Cruise Free: Best of the Bay Harbor Tour

Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Ongoing until October 31, 2025

City Cruises

Use promo code KIDSFREE2024 at checkout.

La Mesa Oktoberfest 2025

Friday, October 3, 2025 at 4 PM

Ongoing until October 5, 2025

La Mesa Village

Free

KPBS Kids Event: Elinor Wonders Why

Friday, October 3, 2025 from 10 AM to 12 PM

Children's Museum of Discovery

Dackeldorf Dachshund Village at La Mesa Oktoberfest

Friday, October 3, 2025 at 4 PM

Ongoing until October 5, 2025

La Mesa Village

'A Step Beyond Art Show': An Official World Space Week Event

Friday, October 3, 2025 at 6 PM

Ongoing until October 9, 2025

Walter Redondo Fine Art Collection - WRFAC

Free

Free Comedy Nights in Del Mar Village

Friday, October 3, 2025 at 8 PM

Jim Watkins Amphitheater

Free

Lectures & Classes

Politifest 2025 - Solutions Showdown

Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 8 AM to 5 PM

University of San Diego Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

The Pumpkin Express Returns to Celebrate Halloween at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Ongoing until October 26, 2025

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

San Diego Coffee Festival 2025

Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 9 AM

Ongoing until October 12, 2025

Broadway Pier

A Day of Honor & Celebration Aboard the USS Midway

Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 10 AM

USS Midway Museum

The Day Of The Dog

Sunday, October 12, 2025 from 12 PM to 4 PM

4933 Voltaire St

Free

'MY OMAHA' Film Screening

Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 3 PM

UltraStar Mission Valley Cinema

California Spiny Lobster with hand-selected local or international wines

Food

Bluewater Grills: Pacific Swordfish and California Lobster Seafood / Wine Pairings

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 12 PM

Ongoing until December 9, 2025

Multiple locations

San Diego International Film Festival 2025

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 12 AM

Ongoing until October 19, 2025

Various locations in San Diego County

'Poe and More Poe' - Presented by Write Out Loud

'Poe & More Poe' - Presented by Write Out Loud

Friday, October 17, 2025 at 6 PM

Ongoing until November 1, 2025

Villa Montezuma Museum

$30

University Heights Fall Festival

Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 12 PM to 5 PM

Birney Field

Free

USS Midway Museum: Haunted Hangar Halloween Bash - The Goonies Edition

Friday, October 24, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 9 PM

USS Midway Museum

General Admission: $20. Midway Circle Level Members: $16 (20% OFF GA). 10 tickets limit per transaction

Outdoor Education Elevated – Family Fundraiser

Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 3 PM

Mountain Meadow Preserve/Conservancy

Available on Eventbrite ($20 adults / $15 kids under 12).

Halloween in La Mesa Village

Friday, October 31, 2025 from 4 PM to 6 PM

Downtown La Mesa

Free

USS Midway Museum: Jingle Jets 2025

Friday, November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Ongoing until December 30, 2025

USS Midway Museum

General AdmissionAdults: $30 | Youth (4-12): $20 | Children 3 & under: Free. Museum Circle Level MembersAdults: $20 | Youth: $18

A Night with the Bachelors (Chris Harrison, Ben Higgins (pictured), Wells Adams)

A Night with the Bachelors: Chris Harrison, Ben Higgins, Wells Adams

Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM

City Cruises San Diego