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The festival celebrates Latino culture with film, food, art and music.

The Summer Sunset Live Music Series features local artists set to perform on the rooftop lounge, where patrons can enjoy the live music, cocktails and sunset views over the San Diego Bay. The performances are open to the public and each highlight a corresponding beverage partner to activate exciting giveaways and prizes. 6/25 - Clinton Davis On Saturday, June 25 traditional fingerstyle guitarist Clinton Davis will perform at Layover, the outdoor rooftop lounge and bar located on top of the InterContinental Hotel San Diego. An evening sponsored by Balcones Bourbon, guests can enjoy whiskey-centric cocktail specials and participate in complimentary giveaways from Balcones Distilling, while enjoying the sweet sounds of old-time folk from a fifth-generation Kentuckian. The event will run from 5pm until 8pm, prime time for guests to admire the sweeping sunset bay views, and is open to the public. 7/9 - TikiTronic On Saturday, July 9 Tiki-style 80s cover band TikiTronic will perform at Layover, the outdoor rooftop lounge and bar located on top of the InterContinental Hotel San Diego. An evening sponsored by Cutwater Rum, guests can enjoy tropical rum-centric cocktail specials and participate in complimentary giveaways of tiki mugs, sunglasses and more, while enjoying the sweet sounds of groovy, tropical old school hits. The event will run from 5pm until 8pm, prime time for guests to admire the sweeping sunset bay views, and is open to the public. 7/23 - Bruno Serrano Trio and Monette Marino On Saturday, July 23 Bruno Serrano Trio and world percussionist Monette Marino will perform at Layover, the outdoor rooftop lounge and bar located on top of the InterContinental Hotel San Diego. An evening sponsored by SouthNorte Brewing and Volcan Tequila, guests can sip on SouthNorte beer and Volcan Tequila drink specials, as well as participate in complimentary giveaways including prizes like giveaway hats and sunglasses. The event will run from 5pm until 8pm, prime time for guests to admire the sweeping sunset bay views, and is open to the public.

Guitarist Jeff Beck was among a wave of influential English guitar players in love with American blues. He died on Tuesday, January 10 after contracting bacterial meningitis.

A small aircraft carrying four people crashed in flames near Gillespie Field last night. Plus, the CDC released new COVID-19 guidelines on Monday that have shortened the time people need to quarantine. Then, KPBS takes a look back at some of the stories we covered over the past year. Back in April, military reporter Steve Walsh had the story of one of Naval Aviation’s few openly gay pilots, who was on his way out. In September, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance helped hatch an Egyptian vulture. Also, in August, KPBS’s Maya Trabulsi told us about a San Diego man who has dedicated his workspace to his passion for American history. Later, marriage and family therapist Shanette Smith speaks to KPBS about the holiday blues to help us parse out some of those emotions. Lastly, a television special that first aired on HBO in 1978 called “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas,” has returned as a theatrical production in Manhattan, and one of the puppeteers is from San Diego.

Alternative rock band Creature Canyon hit the stages again with the release of their new single "Pressure," a song that seeks to offer a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone struggling to break free of interpersonal difficulties. This month Creature Canyon will hit the road for a run of shows on the west coast with special guests Hate Drugs and Public Theatre. Date | Friday, March 4 at 8 p.m. Location | Soda Bar Get tickets here! General admission is $20 per person. This event is only for people 21 yeard of age or older. For more information, click here or call the venue at (619) 955-5551.

Join us for a romantic evening with Jewish love songs in Yiddish, Ladino, and Hebrew, performed by Carla Berg and her band. Light snacks and drinks will be provided. The event will also be broadcasted on Zoom.

From the South Bay to the North County Día de Muertos — or Day of the Dead — festivities are already underway in some places and others are expected in the coming days throughout the county and across the border in Tijuana.

Jack and the band will be hitting the road for a 30 date 2022 Summer Tour throughout North America and will be joined at various points on the tour by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Ziggy Marley, Lake Street Dive, Durand Jones & the Indications, and Ron Artis II & Thunderstorm Artis. See him perform at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre on October 7, 2022 at 6 p.m..

Enjoy a Purim Simkhe at Yiddishland with fantastic guests including stars of our local Yiddish music scene, Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz from Hot Pstromi. The evening will include Purim Yiddish poetry and klezmer music. English translation will be provided as so will be nosh and mashke! Date | Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 7pm Location | In person at Yiddishland California & The event will be broadcasted on Zoom. Register here! From the shtetlekh of Romania to Carnegie Hall and beyond, Hot Pstromi has performed its scintillating repertoire for audiences throughout the world. What sets the klezmer band Hot Pstromi apart from the rest is much of its repertoire comes from Yale Strom’s field research conducted during the East Bloc era among the Jewish and Romani communities. Come join Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals, baritone ukelele and hand percussion), Tim McNalley (contrabass and guitar) and 2021 San Diego Music Hall of Fame inductee Yale Strom (violin) for an evening of Purim songs, stories and much more. For further information on this event visit website: https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/purim-simkhe-at-yiddishland/

The Savannah Bananas, an entertaining baseball team, recently took on some retired Major League Baseball players in a game that proved just how much fun this version of baseball can be.