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Four new folk art, craft, and design exhibitions

Four new folk art, craft, and design exhibitions at Mingei

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 10 AM
Ongoing until August 17, 2025
Mingei International Museum: Balboa Park
Free - $15
"House of India"

The Old Globe presents 'House of India'

Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 7 PM
Ongoing until June 1, 2025
Old Globe Theatre
Single tickets go on sale Friday, March 28, 2025 at noon
'Jaja's African Hair Braiding'

'Jaja's African Hair Braiding'

Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 7 PM
Ongoing until June 15, 2025
La Jolla Playhouse
Tickets from $30
San Diego International Fringe Festival

San Diego International Fringe Festival

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6 PM
Ongoing until May 25, 2025
Multiple locations
$13+
May Songwriter Sanctuary Featuring Surrija, The Lovebirds, and Yo Jonesy Jones

May Songwriter Sanctuary Featuring Surrija, The Lovebirds, and Yo Jonesy Jones

Friday, May 30, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 9 PM
Normal Heights United Church
$10+ Suggested Donation
Tim Flannery, Jeff Berkley, Ashley Norton | Acoustic Evenings

Tim Flannery, Jeff Berkley, Ashley Norton | Acoustic Evenings | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library | San Diego Local Music | La Jolla Concert

Friday, May 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
$5 Student, $18 Member, $23 General
Helena Holleran

Helena Holleran

Friday, May 30, 2025 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Free
North Coast Rep presents "Birthday Candles"

North Coast Rep presents 'Birthday Candles'

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 7 PM
Ongoing until June 29, 2025
North Coast Repertory Theatre
'Chasing Shadows' Exhibition by Kathleen Kane-Murrell

'Chasing Shadows' Exhibition by Kathleen Kane-Murrell

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10 AM
Ongoing until July 6, 2025
Sparks Gallery
Free
(from left) Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein hosts Thinking Shakespeare Live! with Jose Balistrieri, Angela Pierce, and Cornell Womack, 2023.

The Old Globe Presents Thinking Shakespeare Live

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 11 AM
Old Globe Theatre
Priority seating goes on sale to Globe subscribers and donors on Friday, April 4 at Noon
Fodoreanu: "writings" - Solo Show

C Fodoreanu: 'writings' - Solo Show

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 12 PM
Ongoing until May 26, 2025
level of service not required
Free
"Son Of Smiley"

'La Jolla Surf: Culture, Art, Craft'

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 12 PM
Ongoing until May 25, 2025
La Jolla Historical Society
Free
'Tchaikovsky: Elegance, Romance, and Destiny' - Grossmont Symphony Orchestra

'Tchaikovsky: Elegance, Romance, and Destiny' - Grossmont Symphony Orchestra

Friday, May 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Grossmont Performing and Visual Arts Center
$20 General, $15 Senior/Military, $5 Student
Exhibition Celebration | August 2025

Exhibition Celebration | August 2025

Saturday, August 23, 2025 from 5 PM to 7 PM
Oceanside Museum of Art
Free - $15
OnWord Theatre Presents 'Lottery Day'

OnWord Theatre Presents 'Lottery Day'

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 6 PM
Immersive Setting
$15 - $25
Bridging Communities "Echoes of Identity and Resistance"

Bridging Communities 'Echoes of Identity & Resistance'

Sunday, May 25, 2025 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM
Oceanside Theatre Company at Brooks Theater
$15.00
'Into the Whoniverse' panel series: Shaping Worlds of Wonder through Music and Sound

'Into the Whoniverse' panel series: Shaping Worlds of Wonder through Music and Sound

Saturday, May 24, 2025 from 1 PM to 2 PM
Comic-Con Museum
Up to $30
Harlem Gospel Travelers

Harlem Gospel Travelers

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 8 PM
The Loft at UC San Diego
$27
'Acoustic Evenings' | Spring 2025 Series | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library | San Diego Local Music | La Jolla Concerts

'Acoustic Evenings' | Spring 2025 Series | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ongoing until June 6, 2025
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Individual Concerts: $18 member / $23 nonmember / $5 student; SERIES OF 4 CONCERTS: $64 member / $84 nonmember / $18 student
'Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess' with Gilbert Castellanos

'Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess' with Gilbert Castellanos

Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
$34 - $85
8th Annual PROUD+ visual arts exhibition

8th Annual PROUD+ visual arts exhibition

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 11 AM
Ongoing until August 1, 2025
The Studio Door
Free
'The Glass Menagerie'

'The Glass Menagerie'

Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

'Great Expectations'

Friday, July 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Exhibition Opening Day | 'FABULOUS FIBER'

Exhibition Opening Day | 'FABULOUS FIBER'

Saturday, July 26, 2025 from 11 AM to 5 PM
Oceanside Museum of Art
Free - $15
Tchaikovsky Spectacular

Tchaikovsky Spectacular

Saturday, August 30, 2025 from 7:30 PM to 10 PM
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
$58-$120
Special Event | Street Level x Art Walk

Special Event | Street Level x Art Walk

Friday, June 6, 2025 from 5 PM to 8 PM
Oceanside Museum of Art
Free
Artivál Art Festival

Inaugural Artivál Art Festival in East San Diego County

Saturday, June 7, 2025 from 10 AM to 6 PM
Main & Magnolia
Free
S.B. Divya MEng '00 (left) and Sarina Dahlan '98 (right) set to headline Library's 2024-25 Signature Event Series finale.

A Conversation with Sarina Dahlan ’98 and S.B. Divya MEng ’00

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
UCSD Geisel Library
Free
'The Mountaintop'

'The Mountaintop'

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ongoing until June 22, 2025
The Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center
$35 - $65
'Unified Harmonies'

'Unified Harmonies'

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ongoing until May 29, 2025
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center - The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
$30 - $80
Chimæra Ensemble Classical Music Concert

Chimæra Ensemble Classical Music Concert

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 7 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego
Free
Cynthia Erivo with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Cynthia Erivo with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
$82 - $129
'Unnecessary Farce'

'Unnecessary Farce'

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ongoing until June 15, 2025
Scripps Ranch Theatre
$45 - $49
Beck with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Beck with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
$85 - $345+
'Night Light'

'Night Light'

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11 AM
Ongoing until June 7, 2025
The Photographer's Eye: A Creative Collective
Free
'Le Salon de Musiques': Masterpieces By Beethoven, Schumann and Goldmark

'Le Salon de Musiques': Masterpieces By Beethoven, Schumann & Goldmark

Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 4 PM
La Jolla Woman's Club
$69-$120
Rady Shell Summer 2025 Opening Night with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Rady Shell Summer 2025 Opening Night with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
$37 - $120
Michelle Lerach

Lee Coulter, Julia Sage, Dave Booda, Monette Marino, Santiago Orozco, Jesus Gonzalez, Jefferson Jay, Bri Schillings, Michelle Lerach | Acoustic Evenings | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
$5 Student, $18 Member, $23 General
'One Pie at a Time'

'One Pie at a Time'

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ongoing until May 25, 2025
Light Box Theater
$20+
'Prodigies'

'Prodigies'

Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
'Northern Lights'

'Northern Lights'

Friday, August 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
'Youthful Passions'

'Youthful Passions'

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 7 PM
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
'Emergence'

'Emergence'

Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 3 PM
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Sabrosas Latin Orchestra

Sabrosas Latin Orchestra

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Free
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival Returns to San Diego

Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival Returns to San Diego June 18–28, 2025

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 7 PM
Ongoing until June 26, 2025
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center - The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
$25 and up
mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill

Ode to Nature: Payare Conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 3

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ongoing until May 24, 2025
Jacobs Music Center
$39-$120
Latin History For Morons

'Latin History For Morons'

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 8 PM
Ongoing until June 8, 2025
Oceanside Theatre Company at Brooks Theater
$35
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