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San Diego's Live Music Scene

Music fans have flocked to San Diego's live music venues for years to discover local bands before they broke nationally.  In the 80's and early 90's, bands like Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu and Rocket from the Crypt put San Diego's music scene on the map. More recently, local indie favorites like Scarlet Symphony, Pinback, The Locust, and Louis XIV received national and international recognition.

Today, music lovers can explore San Diego's eclectic music scene, catch a show in a waterfront venue, and scout out the next big band while enjoying the region's laid-back Southern California atmosphere.  They can also party at annual outdoor music festivals and sleep like rock stars in some of the city's hottest accommodations like the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego.



Featured Fall Live Music Events

They Might Be Giants (November 17)
Grammy-award winner They Might Be Giants bring their ruckus to the Belly Up Tavern.

The Black Crowes (November 22)
The legendary Black Crowes come to the House of Blues with the Truth and Salvage Company.




 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Concerts

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    Through 11/01/2009
    Special Sunday Afternoon Pipe Organ and Navy Band Concert
    Spreckels Organ Society
    Price: Admission and parking free.
    Description: The City of San Diego and Spreckels Organ Society sponsor a special Sunday afternoon concert by Civic Organist Dr. Carol Williams and the US Navy Band Southwest.
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    Through 11/15/2009
    San Diego Symphony: Jean-Philippe Collard Plays Saint-Saëns
    San Diego Symphony Orchestra
    Location: Downtown
    Price: $20-$93
    Description: French piano master Jean-Philippe Collard joins the Symphony for a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns' multi-varied Piano Concert No. 4. Also on the program are Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5 ("Reformation") and Richard Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks.
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    Through 11/17/2009
    San Diego Symphony Chamber Music Recital
    San Diego Symphony Orchestra
    Location: Downtown
    Price: $25-$75
    Description: A special chamber music recital of music of Mendelssohn and Poulenc performed by the San Diego String Quartet and Principal Winds of the San Diego Symphony. Concert is performed at Irwin N. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall.
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    Through 11/18/2009
    David Lindley & John Hammond
    Belly Up Tavern
    Location: Solana Beach
    Price: $27.00 / $29.00
    Description: Lindley, well known for his many years as the featured accompanist with Jackson Browne, and leader of his own band El Rayo-X, has long championed the concept of world music. Lindley incorporates an incredible array of stringed instruments including but not limited to Kona and Weissenborn Hawaiian lap steel guitar, Turkish saz and chumbus, Middle Eastern oud, and Irish bouzouki. 8:00 PM Doors at 7:00 PM
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    Through 11/20/2009
    Musica ad Rhenum “The Apotheosis of Beauty: Chamber Works by Telemann and François Couperin”
    San Diego Early Music Society
    Price: $25/20 regular admission, $22/18 members, $10 students
    Description: Join us for "The Apotheosis of Beauty," performed on traverso, violin, viola da gamba, cello, and harpsichord.
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Music Venues

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    Lyric Opera San Diego
    Affordable musical theater for all, featuring exciting artists in innovative approachable productions of tuneful "classics" from Mozart to Gershwin.
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    Mainly Mozart
    All-star orchestra with top U.S. players during annual June festival and year-round chamber music concerts.
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    San Diego Civic Theatre
    Premiere venue for productions, presentations of San Diego Opera, California Ballet, La Jolla Music Society and Broadway/San Diego.
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    San Diego Opera
    San Diego Opera, home of one of America's top-ranked opera companies.
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    San Diego Symphony Orchestra
    World-class symphonic music presented year round. Featuring classical masterworks, interactive performances, outdoor summer pops.
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    Tapenade
    Dine with a bistro fare in this first class dining located in the heart of La Jolla
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    The Shout! House
    Rock-n-Roll, Sing-a-Long, Dueling Piano Bar
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    Viejas Arena San Diego State University
    12,500 seat arena located at San Diego State University. Concerts, sporting events, family shows, corporate events and conventions.
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    Viejas Casino & Outlet Center
    For great gaming, shopping, and dining, come to Viejas Casino & Outlet Center in Alpine, California. Just 30 minutes east of downtown
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    Whiskey Girl
    Quintessential San Diego Atmosphere in the Heart of the Gaslamp Quarter!
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