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Liz Ajuzie & The Mood Swings return to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 217TH show of Dim Sum & Jazz! Seating Begins at 6 p.m. Music from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations! About Liz Ajuzie & The Mood Swings Liz Ajuzie & The Moodswings are a 6-piece jazz band that formed in early 2024 from a collection of talented musicians inspired by the jazz greats like Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, and Sidney Bechet. Liz Ajuzie (vocals), Nico Lovell (vocals), Nightshade Navarro (sax), Dan Bailey (keys), Justice Guevara (bass), and Mike Masessa (drums) met in various bands and music events within the cultured San Diego music scene. Their brand of entertainment fuses charming vocals, soaring sax and piano solos, and a steady bass & drum groove to provide an exciting presence that will make you want to step into a time when people swayed on the dance floor and music flowed under the dazzling lights of the marquee. Liz Ajuzie is a Jazz and Blues singer that has been singing for her whole life. As a first generation Nigerian American, she is the second child of Nigerian parents and grew up in a musical household, regularly spinning her parents' vintage vinyl with her four other siblings. Liz draws inspiration from many artists including: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington, Mae West, LaVern Baker, and Ruth Brown. Want to know more events happening Golden Island? Join our Newsletter! https://mailchi.mp/4778e446b683/golden-island-newsletter Like Dim Sum & Jazz? Check out the rest of the schedule below! www.bardicmanagement.com/golden-island Visit: https://www.bardicmanagement.com/golden-island/san-diego/live-music/liz-ajuzie/august-15-2025 Golden Island Mira Mesa on Instagram and Facebook

2025 San Diego Music Award winner for "Artist of the Year" - Anthony Cullins, fondly known as The Fallbrook Kid, returns to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 215th show of Dim Sum & Jazz! Seating Begins at 6 p.m. Music from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations! Reservations are highly encouraged! Check this video out: https://youtu.be/tZ-tB0-DzOQ About Anthony Cullins Anthony Cullins aka "The Fallbrook Kid," a young musical prodigy whose guitar playing ability is years beyond his age. Anthony's musical influences include R&B, funk, soul, rock, jazz, and blues prominently displayed in his eclectic improvisational style he calls "psychedelic soul music", ranging from Eddie Hazel and Jeff Beck to George Benson and Eric Johnson with dozens of influences in between. Anthony recently turned 21 years of age and is currently working on two studio albums, a live record, and beginning to hit the road! "Anthony has guitar skills reminiscent of young guitarists Joe Bonamassa and Jonny Lang." (Boogie Magazine) "Hearing and seeing Anthony perform alongside veteran musicians made it easy to forget that he is so young. If you haven't heard him play yet, find him!" - Annette Higby, Echo and Buzz " ... he further dazzled my senses with the playing maturity of someone way beyond his years, demonstrating a total command of the fretboard with fierce string bends, wicked vibrato, and a lick vocabulary akin to a guitarist that's been at it for decades." - Wayne Riker, San Diego Troubadour "A special young man. I'd seen him working a few times as a sideman with other artists, but recently I saw a video of him doing his own thing and I was blown away! (Earl Thomas Bridgeman) Anthony Cullins Social Media https://fallbrookkid.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyfallbrookkidCullins https://www.instagram.com/anthony.cullins/ https://www.youtube.com/@anthonycullins Want to know more events happening Golden Island? Join our Newsletter! Like Dim Sum & Jazz Series? Check out the rest of the schedule below! www.bardicmanagement.com/golden-island See More Events https://www.goldenislanddimsum.com https://www.bardicmanagement.com/events

Cobby Brzeski and her Vintage Girl In A Modern World Band (The VGMW Band) makes their return to Golden Island Dim Sum & Asian Cuisine for the 204th Show of Dim Sum & Jazz! This show was postponed from May 2, 2025. Seating Begins at 6 p.m. Music from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Call (858) 578-8800 for reservations! Check this video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOPYGGYeRkk About Cobby Brzeski “She is determined to write and perform, and anyone who hears her won’t question her decision…” – Harriet Heithaus, Naples Daily News, USA Today Network “Cobby Brzeski has an amazing youthful energy for someone so conversant with the tradition of jazz. Her distinctive and attractive voice, bebop-influenced flute playing, and unaffected songwriting gives the jazz world a jolt of fun that it desperately needs!” – David Thorne Scott, Vocal Professor at Berklee College of Music Originally from Naples, FL, Cobby Brzeski is a nationally touring multi-instrumental, multi-genre flutist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Diego, CA that performs all around the east and west coasts. Cobby's charming voice, playful songwriting, and authenticity to the jazz tradition will make anyone feel like they're back in the 1940's. Described as a vintage girl in a modern world, Cobby’s music possesses a natural gift for sensitive, relatable storytelling and is a blend of influences from Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forrest, The Andrew Sisters and others, twisted with modern influences like Jason Mraz, Cyrille Aimee, and PostModern Jukebox. Cobby is a 2018 magna cum laude graduate of the Berklee College of Music, and a 2023 San Diego Music Award Nominee for Best Jazz Album ("Vintage Girl In A Modern World" (2022)). Cobby presents a show full of her original 1940's swing inspired tunes, jazz & latin standards, and jazzified covers of popular music. Cobby Brzeski Socials Website: http://www.cobbymusic.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cobbymusic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cobbymusic Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wdKRyY8VZJ4i6CK3l2W1X Want to know more events happening Golden Island? Join our Newsletter! Like Dim Sum & Jazz? Check out the rest of the schedule below! www.bardicmanagement.com/golden-island See More Events www.goldenislanddimsum.com www.cobbymusic.com/events www.bardicmanagement.com/events

A night of live entertainment with Neo Soul Artist, Taquirah, her band, DJ Milu, and 3 poets and 3 comedians. Open dance floor and hosted by actor/director, Lavelle Lemonier.

Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Samantha's visit to the jewel-like Canadian city of Victoria begins with an exploration of the Chinese immigrant experience. A bike tour ends at Fisherman's Wharf, leading to a breathtaking whale-watching voyage. Then it's tea time at the iconic Fairmont Empress hotel accompanied by a gorgeous sunset. The visit culminates at Butchart Gardens.

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is pleased to present the 2025 spring season of the Acoustic Evenings concert series, beginning May 16. The Acoustic Evenings series at the Athenaeum showcases some of the finest acoustic musicians in San Diego. Multiple acts fill each program, and attentive audiences delight in the intimacy of the unplugged storytelling format. San Diego Music Hall of Fame founder Jefferson Jay organizes and hosts the series. The project advances the Athenaeum’s commitment to support diverse San Diego talent. Acoustic Evenings is an unforgettable and personal experience for San Diego music lovers. The series, continuing through June 6, is set in the Athenaeum’s Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room. The series opens on Friday, May 16, with Wax, Cindy Lee Berryhill, and Gayle Skidmore. On Friday, May 23, the series continues with Jimmy and Enrique, Sue Palmer and Liz Ajuzie, and Walt Richards. The series continues Friday, May 30, with Tim Flannery, Jeff Berkley and Brown Sugar, and Ashley Norton. The series concludes Friday, June 6; Enjoy Acoustic Evenings exemplified, featuring Lee Coulter, Julia Sage, Dave Booda, Monette Marino, Santiago Orozco, Jesus Gonzalez, Jefferson Jay, Bri Schillings, and Michelle Lerach. Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/acoustics Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

The San Dieguito Art Guild, a non-profit group, hosts their 28th annual Mother’s Day Weekend Art, Garden & Studio Tour. This is a self-guided, driving tour on Saturday and Sunday, Mother’s Day weekend, May 10 and 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Tickets are good for both days and homes may be re-visited. Take your mom or best friends on a leisurely tour of the 8 North San Diego County homes where you can peruse more than 30 unique exhibits of locally made art, and relax in each unique coastal or inland garden. Artists from the San Dieguito Art Guild will be positioned in the gardens — showing and selling their paintings, ceramics, glass, gourd art, fiber arts, photography, jewelry, and much more. Free refreshments will be served at every stop. The year’s tour includes an eclectic group of eight homes, gardens, and art studios including a garden that has been almost 50 years in the making, an outdoor kitchen/bar, a chicken coop, a vineyard with several varieties of grape vines, a patio area with a spiral stair case, a lawn that was torn out and replaced with special tiles made on site by the hosts, a beautiful view of the ocean, a meticulously tended rose garden, a built-in wine cellar, a serene babbling brook, and twin stag horn ferns. This two-day event is the major fund-raiser of the year for the San Dieguito Art Guild. Without funds from this tour the Guild would operate at a loss. Tickets are $35 per person and may be purchased at the Off Track Gallery (937 South Coast Highway 101, Suite C-103, Encinitas), at each home both days of the tour. Ticket sales begin in early April. Well behaved children 17 and under are free. This is a favorite tour of many San Diegans — many of whom take this tour year after year. In keeping with their Mission Statement, “The San Dieguito Art Guild is an organization dedicated to furthering artistic understanding and fostering artistic growth of members and the community at large by promoting interest, education, knowledge and skills in the visual arts”, 10% of the net proceeds from the tour will be awarded to several promising art students. In addition, one of the homes will host "T.E.R.i," an organization that helps people with special needs live fulfilling lives. Their clients produce charming art works, the sale of which help support their facility and teachers. Visit: 2025 Mother’s Day Weekend Art, Garden & Studio Tour

Directed by Todd Salovey This exhilarating new musical, featuring vibrant visuals inspired by the master painter himself, celebrates the life and art of Marc and Bella Chagall, chronicling their journey from their beloved Vitebsk and Gordes to America as refugees. With 15 original klezmer-inspired songs composed by Yale Strom, Chagall weaves a tale of love, creativity, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity. This production celebrates the transformative power of art and the refugee experience, featuring an all-star cast and a live klezmer band. Don't miss this extraordinary fusion of music, art, and storytelling. Visit: https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/arts-engagement/2025/the-360-project/jfest-chagall/#?startDate=2025-04-01&%3FendDate=2025-04-30 The Old Globe on Instagram and Facebook

With The Bad Plus, acclaimed artists Chris Potter and Craig Taborn revisit the formative repertoire of Keith Jarrett’s American Quartet. The project is not simply a tribute to one of jazz’s most influential ensembles, it’s a continuation of the American Quartet’s spirit: a fearless commitment to musical dialogue, emotional depth, and boundary-pushing improvisation. Founding members Reid Anderson and Dave King, whose work with The Bad Plus helped redefine modern jazz, combine with Potter’s commanding tenor saxophone and Taborn’s brilliant piano to capture the raw, exploratory energy of the American Quartet while bringing their own distinct voices to the material. Visit: https://theconrad.org/events/bad-plus/ The Bad Plus on Instagram and Facebook

For the first time in over 40 years, two living legends of Afro-Cuban jazz—Arturo Sandoval and Chucho Valdés—reunite on stage for an electrifying quintet performance. This once-in-a-lifetime concert brings together the masterful trumpet virtuosity of Sandoval with the groundbreaking piano genius of Valdés in an explosive celebration of rhythm, improvisation, and musical legacy. Don’t miss the rare opportunity to witness these icons create magic in an intimate, high-octane setting—an unforgettable night of history in the making! Visit: https://theconrad.org/events/valdes-sandoval/ Arturo Sandoval on Instagram and Facebook Chucho Valdes on Instagram and Facebook