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| This week in San Diego |
Halloween weekend, the actual plan |
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Sat, Oct 31 · 8pm · Balboa Park, Balboa Park · from $39
Blood Lovers: Dennis Ferrer, Armen Miran, Tara Brooks
Halloween night outdoors in the park with Dennis Ferrer, which is the house booking of the weekend. Armen Miran and Tara Brooks on the same bill means it gets deeper as the night goes. Costumes are the point, so commit.
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Fri, Oct 30 · 10pm · EQ San Diego, Hillcrest
FNGRS CRSSD presents Christian Loffler
Melodic, melancholy electronica from one of the better live producers out of Germany, in a small room on a Friday. This is the quieter, prettier pick of the weekend. If you want something harder, Kyle Watson is at Spin the same night.
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Fri, Oct 30 · 5pm · Beach House San Diego, Mission Beach
Palms Beach Club: Interplanetary Criminal + Madam X
UK garage on the boardwalk with the sun going down, done by 10pm so you can still make a second party. Interplanetary Criminal is the one to catch. Bring a SUNGOD for the walk down and get there before the headliner.
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Sat, Oct 31 · 8pm · Kiku Room, Little Italy · $20
The Right Stuff presents Jay Tripwire
Jay Tripwire has been making deep, dubby house for 25 years and plays long sets that reward staying put. Kiku Room is the best small room in town for exactly that. The adult alternative to the big Halloween night out.
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Sat, Oct 31 · 9pm · EQ San Diego, Hillcrest · $7.75
Night Grooves: Halloween Bloodrave
Kasama, Codak and ARP8 on techno and tech house, hundreds already going, under eight bucks. This will be the sweatiest room in Hillcrest on Halloween. Buy ahead, it will sell out at the door.
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Sun, Nov 1 · 2pm · Private location, San Diego (announced to ticket holders) · from $19
SOLUNE ft Lost Miracle (Sebastien Leger & Roy Rosenfeld)
Sunday day party with Sebastien Leger and Roy Rosenfeld playing together as Lost Miracle, melodic house that works in daylight. Done by 8pm so you are in bed before Monday. The cure for Saturday night.
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Thu, Oct 29 · 7:30pm · Balboa Theatre, Downtown
Lila Downs: Dia de Muertos
Lila Downs doing a Day of the Dead show is the right way to start this weekend. Her voice fills that room, and the Balboa is a good theatre to sit down in. Bring someone who has not seen her yet.
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Thu, Oct 29 · 7:30pm · Music Box, Little Italy
Failure and Quannnic
Failure are the 90s space rock band your favorite band cites, and they still play loud and tight. Music Box sounds great for guitars. Quannnic opens, worth getting in early for.
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Thu, Oct 29 · 6pm · Lou Lou's Jungle Room, North Park
Gilbert Castellanos & The New Latin Jazz Sextet
The best trumpet player in the city with a Latin jazz sextet in a room with real drinks and real sound. Early start, so it works as the first stop of the night. Go for the second set if you can only do one.
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Thu, Oct 29 · 7pm · Observatory North Park, North Park
Epik High
Korean hip hop veterans on their 3.0 tour, and their shows are known for being loose and funny rather than slick. The Observatory floor will be full of people who know every word. Not the show to walk in late to.
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Wed, Oct 28 · check the link · Quartyard, East Village
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Fruko, Carmelo Torres
Tonight, if you can move fast: Colombian cumbia royalty outdoors at Quartyard with La Diabla and Reza opening. Los Gaiteros have been doing this for generations. This is the one show this week we would skip dinner for.
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Wed, Oct 28 and Thu, Oct 29 · 7:30pm · Nocturne Theatre, Logan Heights
Ghost Light Masquerade 2026
The Rosin Box Project's after dark immersive ballet, built around the single lamp every theatre leaves burning overnight. It is contemporary dance you walk through, not a haunted house. The best Halloween thing in town that does not involve a DJ.
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Sat, Oct 31 · 6pm, 7:30pm and 9:30pm · Villa Montezuma Museum, Sherman Heights
Poefest
Poe stories read by actors inside the creepiest Victorian house in San Diego, with The Premature Burial on the bill. Short, dark and walkable from the Blood Lovers party afterward. Take the late slot.
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Thu, Oct 29 · 6pm · Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla
Nighttime Tide Pool Exploration
Guided tide pooling by flashlight below Scripps. Sea stars, crabs and anemones act different after dark, and the cove is quiet on a Thursday. Wear shoes you do not care about.
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Thu, Oct 29 · 10:30pm · Porto Vista Hotel, Little Italy
Get Out at Rooftop Cinema Club
Jordan Peele on a rooftop with headphones and the city behind the screen. Late start, so it is a second stop after Failure or Lila Downs. Bring a layer, it gets cold up there.
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| 🌮 Food |
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Thu, Oct 29 · 5:30pm · San Diego Made Factory, Logan Heights
Table for Many: Akitso's Annual Food Celebration
Akitso's first annual gathering of independent food people, with local cooks, art and music in the Made Factory. This is the pop-up crowd in one room. Go hungry and talk to the people behind the tables.
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Ongoing · check the link · Mama's Kitchen, City Heights
Mama's Pies Thanksgiving Bake Sale
Order a Thanksgiving pie now and the money feeds homebound neighbors living with serious illness. Twenty two years running. Do this before you forget.
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Hotel La Jolla, La Jolla
Aries is taking over Sea & Sky in La Jolla
The rooftop at Hotel La Jolla reopens in November under a new name and new owners. Rooftops in La Jolla usually mean hotel food, so we are curious whether this one is different. Read up before you book.
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Ode Cafe & Bakery, San Diego
Ode Cafe & Bakery
Robert Ledesma cooked in Thomas Keller's kitchens and now does comfort food from his family's recipes at Ode. The piece is worth a read, the cafe is worth a weekend morning.
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Sat, Oct 31 · 10am · Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park, Carlsbad · Free
Dia de los Muertos at Leo Carrillo Ranch
Altars, marigolds, music and dance at the old ranch in Carlsbad, free and no registration. A good daytime reset before Halloween night. North County folks, this is yours.
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Sat, Oct 31 · 6pm · Bar 1924, Loma Portal · Free to $10
Birds of Paradise
Deep house and dub techno from Nicko Angelo, Danial Koston, Ryan Phan and Justo, free early and ten bucks later. Starts at 6, so it is the warm up for everything else on Halloween. Small bar, good crowd.
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Sat, Oct 31 · 8am · Piazza della Famiglia, Little Italy · Free
Little Italy Mercato
Still the best Saturday market in the city, and Halloween morning will be weirdly calm. Produce, fish, eggs and enough pastry to get you through the night ahead. Go before 10 to actually move.
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Ongoing · check the link for gallery hours · Central Library, East Village · Free
Becoming Heirlooms: A Craft Desert Exhibition
Craft objects and what they carry beyond their function, put together by Kerianne Quick and Adam John Manley for Handwork 2026. Free in the library gallery. A quiet hour downtown that costs nothing.
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| This week's plate and pour |
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🍽️ Dish of the week
Rolled tacos with beans
Las Cuatro Milpas · Barrio Logan
Cash, a line, and tacos fried to order with a scoop of beans and a pile of cabbage. It has been the same for decades and that is the appeal. Go before noon on a weekday.
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🍹 Drink of the week
A glass of whatever orange wine is open
Vino Carta · Little Italy
Natural wine shop and bar with a short by the glass list that changes constantly. Ask what is open and skip the menu. A good first stop before Failure at Music Box, which is a short walk.
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| ☀️ From SUNGOD |
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the SUNGOD Team |
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