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One of San Diego’s only volunteer run, community street fairs, celebrates 25 years this March! Join us on neighborhood streets for a day of good food, good people and good fun. With a little something for everyone, The Rolando Street Fair features 5 local bands including national headliner and longtime San Diego favorite Buck-O-Nine, with Emcee for the day, local music guru, Tim Pyles. Shop over 100 vendors, artists and makers, enjoy a variety of food options including the local craft Beer Garden, and entertainment for ages from tiny to teen in the $5 play-all-day kids zone - featuring a rock climbing wall, inflatables and more.

A multi-year San Diego Music Award nominee, Enter the Blue Sky is a collection of dedicated instrumentalists in support of passionate storytelling at its best. Playful and lighthearted at times, their sound is a blend of poetry, and original and unique melodies that make room for reminiscing and musing, and encourage the listener to journey with them. Supported by warm inflections and textures, the sincerity of the lyrics and the band’s delivery is nuanced and powerful at the same time. Award-winning vocalist and songwriter Sandé Lollis writes all songs for the band. Her performance is raw and emotional, and wholly uplifting. Sandé’s lyrics are thoughtful and speak to all generations. Her melodies are hard to forget, moving and soulful. As rhythm guitarist and lead singer for Enter the Blue Sky, Sandé is an indomitable spark of energy and melodic bliss. Not a back burner type, Karen Childress-Evans on viola, jumps in with both feet and keeps smiling. A refreshing and innovative team player, she brings achingly beautiful tones and a classic sensibility to the project. Backing vocalist Tina Dee adds an enthusiastic undercurrent of harmonies suited perfectly to Sandé’s leads, and to three-part with Karen making for transcendent moments of joy. Her voice is smooth and buttery, and puts a delicate finish on each song. Each member of Enter the Blue Sky is committed to creating a welcoming and rich soundscape, fitting together like pieces of a musical puzzle. The talent and experience of the band is showcased collectively, as well as with lush and stirring solos. www.enterthebluesky.com Lindsay White can make you laugh, or cry, or call your therapist. With influences ranging from Bob Dylan to Ani DiFranco, Lindsay White’s songwriting has earned recognition from the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, and American Songwriter Magazine. Her latest LP Lights Out debuted #2 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter charts, was named #1 Album of the Year by Global Texan Chronicles, and earned her an SDMA for Best Singer-Songwriter. Subsequent singles have charted on iTunes and earned additional San Diego Music Award nominations, including a 2022 win for Best Folk/Acoustic Song. White was named one of “15 Lesbian/Bi/Queer Musical Artists You Need to Know” by AfterEllen.com. She has opened for notable acts such as The Lone Bellow, David Crosby, Steve Poltz, Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles), Raining Jane featuring Jason Mraz, and others. Visit: sdfolkheritage.org/events/enter-the-blue-sky/ Follow Lindsay White on Facebook & Instagram

The August wildfires on the Hawaiian island erased troves of irreplaceable items — photographs, urns and mementos. One local jewelry store has been trying to help recover what the fires destroyed.

This weekend in the arts, a west coast premiere of Mason Bates' latest composition, futuristic art from Pinar Yoldas, photography and beauty through a Black lens, Labyrinth-inspired music and dance, live music picks and more local arts and culture.

You are invited to the Intersections Concert featuring Mariachi Garibaldi and Jeff Nevin (11.07.23). Join UC San Diego for our Intersections Concert Series at Park & Market in the Guggenheim Theatre hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history. Jeff Nevin Jeff Nevin studied conducting at the Pierre Monteux School with Charles Bruck and was conductor of the Southwestern College Symphony Orchestra from 2013-2021. While his professional work has leaned more towards performing as a mariachi musician, soloist and band leader, his experience in these areas combined with his training and expertise as a symphonic conductor gives him a unique perspective on the interpretation of Mexican symphonic music, including the works of Revueltas, Chavez, Moncayo, Galindo, Marquez and others. Mariachi Garibaldi From Southwestern College Performing ensemble from Southwestern College, the first school in the world to offer a college degree in mariachi music. Many former students have moved on to receive Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music, perform mariachi professionally including with some of the top mariachis in the country, and they are beginning to fill the great need for mariachi instructors that exists across the US today. Mariachi Garibaldi has been featured in both American and Mexican national news broadcasts and several documentaries, they have performed across the US and Mexico, and recently performed in Brazil (2019 & 2014), Egypt (2018), Belgium (2017), Germany (2016), India (2015), Canada (2015), Russia (2012 & 2009), France (2012 & 2010) and China (2010). More info: The Intersections Concert is a new interdisciplinary event series, presented by UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, taking place at the multi-tenant, mixed-use business, arts, and educational office building in downtown San Diego’s East Village. Intersections offers new, diverse takes on traditional ideas and forms in a variety of disciplines, from artistic performances to educational lectures will take place at Park & Market’s state-of-the-art Guggenheim Theatre. Hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world's leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history.

At its best, the influential online music pub — which Condé Nast announced last week will be folded into GQ — created a rare and precious space to slow down, pay attention and really listen.

Many of the songs on Cuatro Copas, Bohemia en la Finca Altozano are part the group's personal history, growing up in downtown LA, surrounded by Mexican musicians who taught them how to sing and play.

The band's sophomore album, Earthdrawn Skies, connects the dots in wildly diverse music spanning eight centuries.

From the organizers: The Feria de Abril (Abril Fair) is one of the most popular and recognized festivals in Spain. It is celebrated in Seville for a week and is known for its joy and color. Originally, the Fair was a livestock fair in 1847, but over time it became an important festival for the Sevillanos. The April Fair is an opportunity to enjoy the culture and traditions of Seville. If you want to get a taste of this Spanish tradition, let us transport you to Seville with our live flamenco music, Spanish Sevillana/Rumba playlist, traditional flamenco attire and Spanish inspired food! Enjoy this event to the fullest and wear your Flamenco attire! Don't have anything, we will have vendors with Flamenco attire for sale! Goddess Kitchen brings food and drinks that replicate what one will find at the Feria de Abril in Seville! Cash preferred please. A day full of music and social dancing directed by Aragon Music. Live band includes Oscar Aragon, Jeff Basile and Sidd Basile! Doors open at 2 p.m. and last call for food, drinks and shopping is at 5:30 p.m. Peña members Free entrance (suggested donation $5) Non-members: $20, cash only, at the door Ages 17 and under Free (suggested donation $5) All children must be accompanied by an adult and supervised at all times. Related links: Alma Flamenca San Diego on Instagram

Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Celebrate the music icon in a triumphant homecoming concert on May 26, 1973, that captured King at her critical and commercial peak, basking in the enormous popularity of her album Tapestry. Includes a behind-the-scenes look at her legendary career.