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Don your kilt and clan tartans for this festive evening of Stories & Music from Scotland! Restoring this unique annual event is the collaborative team of The House of Scotland, Storytellers of San Diego, and the Scottish Highland Games. Folkloric stories from the islands and highlands of Scotland highlight the whimsy and pathos of the culture, while enchanting all from ages twelve and up. Told out by members of Storytellers of San Diego, Marilyn McPhie, Aunt Li-Anne, James Nelson-Lucas, Mindy Donner, David Schmidt, Lissette Ryan with harp, and Rachel Amov on fiddle. Thrum to piper, Elaine Shoemaker, playing outside. Enjoy Scottish shortbread generously donated by McLaren's.

Kickoff the summer season at the 15th annual Vista Strawberry Festival! It's a vibrant, family friendly celebration that brings community together for a day filled with delicious strawberry treats, unique vendors, live entertainment, a beer garden, and fun for all ages in downtown Vista. The event is FREE and so is parking. Shuttles run every 15 minutes from Vista High School and Vista's Courthouse. Enjoy an early morning 5K run, costume contests and strawberry pie eating contests throughout the day. Visit www.vistastrawberryfest.com to plan your day! Vista Strawberry Festival on Facebook / Instagram

From June 3-7, 2026 DISCO RIOT will present San Diego’s signature queer-focused movement-arts festival, Queer Mvmnt Fest. The festival presents artists who identify as part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ dance community from San Diego and beyond. Queer Mvmnt Fest features queer-focused spaces as well as events open to the general public, including performances, workshops, artist Q&A’s, and movement-based short films. This program addresses inequity through an intersectional lens by centering the work of queer artists who additionally identify as BIPOC/Global Majority and Disabled. This year, we will be featuring four artists with one being an international artist. We are also featuring a Variety Showcase with 10 unique artists, highlighting many eclectic performance forms such as drag, burlesque, and circus acts. The festival also features an International Film Screening, and 6 dance classes and workshops offered by the Performing Artists throughout the weekend. Artists will be coming to San Diego from Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Raleigh, and Montreal, Quebec along with an array of local San Diego artists. Festival Schedule Wednesday, June 3 — International Film Screening International Film Screening 5pm Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - La Jolla Thursday, June 4 — Workshops + Community Outing The Rhythm of the Heartbeat with Azul Lopez 5 – 6:30pm 1100 Kettner Blvd. Community Outing - 2 Options Cathaus Revue Rich's San Diego, CA 7:30 pm - 11 pm Diversionary Theater’s RENT Diversionary Theater 7pm Friday, June 5 — Workshops + Variety Show MORNING EXORCISE with Jas Lin and musical accompaniment by Hearthealer 10am-12pm 1100 Kettner Blvd. Ballet For All Bodies with Alyah Baker 12:30-2pm 1100 Kettner Blvd. Variety Show 6:40pm Doors Open & Pre-Show 7:00pm Show Starts Malashock Black Box Studio Theater Saturday, June 6 — Workshops + Featured Artist Showcase dragXDance with Rowan Janusiask 11am-12:30pm 1100 Kettner Blvd. The Art of Kunt-Fu: Becoming The Queer Warrior with Devante Love 1-2:30pm 1100 Kettner Blvd. Primal Physics with Meesh Herd and Toni Brianna Guida Wendel 3 – 4:30pm 1100 Kettner Blvd. Featured Artist Showcase 7:10pm Doors Open & Pre-Show 7:30pm Show Starts Malashock Black Box Studio Theater Sunday, June 7 — After Party After Party 1 - 4pm Négociant Winery Disco Riot on Facebook / Instagram

The fight for control of Congress runs through California. Proposition 50 eliminated all but two competitive districts, and Democrats are jockeying for position in several races pitting them against each other.

Starting in January, visitors to Balboa Park will be able to purchase a monthly, quarterly or annual parking pass.

Few bands in American music history can match the legacy of "Chicago." Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and recipients of the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, "Chicago" stands as one of the most successful and enduring groups of all time. With more than 100 million records sold worldwide, 21 Top 10 singles, 11 No. 1 singles, five consecutive No. 1 albums, and 25 platinum-certified records, their impact is both massive and measurable. Billboard ranked "Chicago" as the highest-charting American band in its Top 125 Artists of All Time, and they remain the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades. Signature songs like “25" or "6 to 4,” “Saturday in the Park,” “Make Me Smile,” and “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day”, helped define a generation, blending rock, pop, and jazz into a bold, horn-driven sound that became unmistakably their own. Their groundbreaking 1969 debut, "Chicago Transit Authority," was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and later added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, recognizing its cultural and historical significance. Songwriters Robert Lamm and James Pankow were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, further cementing the band’s creative influence. "Chicago’s" accolades also include two Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, designation as Founding Artists of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and countless civic honors from cities across the country. Remarkably, "Chicago" has toured every year since forming in 1967—never missing a year. In 2025, they mark their 58th consecutive year on the road. Original members Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, and James Pankow continue to anchor a dynamic lineup that brings the band’s iconic horn section and beloved catalog to stages worldwide. Recent releases—including expanded anniversary editions, archival live recordings, holiday collections, and new studio work—demonstrate a band that continues to celebrate its history while staying active and engaged. From arena anthems to intimate ballads, "Chicago’s" concerts are more than performances—they’re celebrations of a catalog that has become woven into the fabric of American music. Nearly six decades in, "Chicago" remains a true ambassador for its hometown and a living testament to longevity, musicianship, and timeless songwriting. Visit: https://www.sdfair.com/events/2026/chicago Chicago The Band on Instagram and Facebook

¡Sábor llega con Manny Cepeda para una fiesta latina única que no te puedes perder! Sábor — A First-Ever Latin Celebration Manny Cepeda Get ready to dive into an unforgettable Latin celebration with Manny Cepeda live and in person! This is your chance to experience vibrant music, lively vibes, and a true cultural fiesta. Don’t miss out on this first-ever event that promises fun, energy, and great company. Bring your friends and join the party! Westwind Brass on Facebook / Instagram

Cat Gunn’s first solo museum exhibition, "if only by the light of a new moon," explores the complex terrain of inherited memory and the seemingly impossible nostalgia for a home one has never known — an experience familiar to immigrants, first-generation children, and anyone displaced by colonialism, war, or occupation. Gunn’s mother, Lida, grew up in poverty in post-war Manila. In the late 1970s she met Richard, an American working as a Vietnamese linguist with the US Air Force. They married and settled in Baltimore, where Gunn was raised. Whether because of the language barrier, faulty memories, or a reluctance to speak of hard times, Lida’s story — and by extension Gunn’s own Filipino heritage — has remained largely inaccessible to them. Developed during Gunn’s year-long residency at ICA San Diego in 2025, the exhibition dissects the mechanisms of collective forgetting that often erase colonial conquest and imperial violence, asking who controls these narratives and why crucial information often remains withheld. Its title evokes illumination that is only barely perceptible — a longing for even the faintest glimmer of hope or truth. ICA San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

California has new rules meant to speed up ballot counting, but elections experts and county officials say close races could still take weeks to resolve.

Despite hundreds of residents voicing their opposition to a contract with ICE to share the use of a police firing range, the Escondido City Council declined to cancel the agreement during a five-hour meeting on Wednesday night.