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| This week in San Diego |
Yoyaku in a secret room, Alan Dixon on a Sunday |
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Fri, Nov 6 · 8pm · Venue TBA, San Diego · $15
Yoyaku Showcase: Tomoki Tamura, Shakèd, Daizz
Yoyaku is the Paris label and record shop that minimal and deep house people treat as gospel, and this is the night the RA crowd is actually going to. Address goes out to ticket holders, it runs until 4am, and 15 bucks for this lineup is a steal. Our pick of the week.
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Sat, Nov 7 · 10pm · Spin, Midway
FNGRS CRSSD x knownunknown: BAUGRUPPE90 + 6 SENSE
Proper late night techno on the best sound system in the city, booked by the people who do CRSSD when they want to go small. Goes until 3am. Price is on the link.
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Sun, Nov 8 · 4pm · Spin, Midway · $25
Sunlight Social with Alan Dixon
Alan Dixon makes the kind of warm, disco leaning house that works at 4pm on a Sunday, which is exactly when this is. Simone Glad opens. Done by 9 so you can still function on Monday.
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Fri, Nov 6 · 8:30pm · Shift Gallery & Gatherings, Ocean Beach · from $15
Overdrive: Low Poly + Hellgnar
Drum and bass in an OB gallery, which is a sentence we did not expect to write. Small room, loud, the opposite of a Gaslamp club. For people who miss when parties felt like this.
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Sun, Nov 8 · 4pm · Quartyard, East Village · $20
Bag Raiders with Mekunda B2B Eric Medina
The Australian duo behind Shooting Stars, outdoors in East Village on a Sunday afternoon. More of a sing along than a rave, and that is fine. If you want deeper, go to Alan Dixon instead.
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Thu, Nov 5 · 7:30pm · Soda Bar, City Heights
Alex Cameron with Josh da Costa
Cameron writes synth pop about losers and creeps with more affection than anyone working, and he is funny on stage. Soda Bar is small enough that you will see the sweat. Best show of the week.
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Mon, Nov 9 · 7:30pm · Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach
King Buffalo and L.A. Witch
Heavy psych from Rochester paired with LA's garage goth trio. A Monday, yes, but this is the bill we would lose sleep over. Worth the drive up the 5.
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Wed, Nov 4 · 8pm · Lou Lou's Jungle Room, North Park
The Funky Resurrection
Tonight. Players from Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, The Greyboy Allstars, B-Side Players and Jungle Fire in one band, in a room built for exactly this. Go if you have ever danced to a horn section.
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Sun, Nov 8 · check the link · The Harp, Ocean Beach
King Yellowman with Synergy and DJ Unite
Yellowman is a dancehall legend and The Harp is a small bar on Newport, so this is about as close as you will ever get to him. Sunday night in OB, keep it loose.
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Thu, Nov 5 · 6pm · Folk Arts Rare Records, North Park
Sound Praxis: Jakob Heinemann, Kate Mohanty and friends
Improvised music in the back of a record store, with Nathan Hubbard and a quintet of locals. Not for everyone, and that is the point. If you like your music with no rules, this is your Thursday.
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Thu, Nov 5 · 7:30pm · Observatory North Park
José Madero with Wonderfox
The former PXNDX frontman, now solo and still filling rooms with people who know every word in Spanish. If you grew up on Monterrey rock this is non negotiable. Expect it to be packed.
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Thu, Nov 5 through Sat, Nov 14 · check the link · Digital Gym Cinema, East Village
San Diego Asian Film Festival
190 plus films over ten days from Pacific Arts Movement, who have been doing this for 27 years and know what they are doing. Opening weekend is where the premieres land. Pick two and stop overthinking it.
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Wed, Nov 4 through Sun, Nov 8 · check the link · Hotel del Coronado, Coronado
Coronado Island Film Festival
Five days of features, docs and the Oscar contenders everyone will be arguing about in January, screened across the bridge at the Del. Put a SUNGOD in the cooler and walk the beach between films. Dressier crowd than SDAFF, better sunset.
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Wed, Nov 4 · 7:30pm · Porto Vista Hotel, Little Italy
Interstellar at Rooftop Cinema Club
Tonight, on a roof, with the fire pits back on for the season. Three hours of Nolan is a lot but this is the one to do it with. Bring a jacket, it gets cold up there now.
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Sat, Nov 7 · check the link · chance's coffee, North Park
Book + Puzzle Swap
Bring the books and puzzles you are done with, leave with someone else's. Low key Saturday thing at a coffee shop on El Cajon, and a decent way to meet people without anyone calling it a mixer.
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Thu, Nov 5 · 9pm · 3oz Dive Club, Pacific Beach · Free
Platform 1 Collective Launch Party
A new techno and house collective throwing its first night in a PB dive bar, no cover. First parties are usually the best ones because everyone involved still cares. Worth a look if you are nearby.
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Wed, Nov 4 · 7pm · Panama 66, Balboa Park · Free
Gilbert Castellanos Jazz Jam
The longest running weekly jazz jam in the city, in the courtyard behind the art museum. Young Lions at 7, open jam at 8:30. Get a beer, sit outside, stay longer than you planned.
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Thu, Nov 5 · 3:30pm · North Park Way at 30th, North Park · Free
North Park Thursday Market
The good neighborhood market, rain or shine. Produce, bread, fish, eggs, and enough street food that you can skip dinner. Go early before the bread is gone.
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Daily · check the link for hours · Central Library, East Village · Free
Becoming Heirlooms: A Craft Desert Exhibition
Craft objects treated as things that carry weight, not just things that sit on shelves, put together by Kerianne Quick and Adam John Manley for Handwork 2026. Quiet, free, and a good excuse to see the library.
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| This week's plate and pour |
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🍽️ Dish of the week
A Thanksgiving pie from Mama's Pies
Mama's Kitchen · Home Avenue, San Diego
The 22nd year of the bake sale that funds free, home delivered meals for people living with serious illness. Order a pie now, pick it up before Thanksgiving, and nobody at your table needs to know you did not bake it.
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🍹 Drink of the week
Victory at Sea, on Victory at Sea Day
Ballast Point Brewing · India Street, Little Italy
The imperial porter with coffee and vanilla that made Ballast Point's name gets its own day on Saturday, Nov 7, with a dark takeover of the taps. It is 10 percent, so one is a drink and two is a plan. Time is on the link.
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| ☀️ From SUNGOD |
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Cheers,
the SUNGOD Team |
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