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Music Festivals in San Diego

10 shows coming up. Other sounds below.

Upcoming Shows

Sat Dec 57:00 PM
KSON Country Christmaswith Max McNown, Ian Munsick, Blake Whiten, Graham Barham and 1 moreFrontwave Arena Oceanside
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Sat Dec 197:30 PM
An Irish Christmas ConcertBalboa Theatre Gaslamp Quarter
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Wed Dec 303:00 PM
Temper Festivalwith Zeds Dead, Crankdat, Levity, Richard Finger and 10 morePetco Park East Village
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Thu Dec 31Time TBA
Proper NYE/NYDPetco Park East Village
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Thu Dec 313:00 PM
Proper NYE/NYDPetco Park East Village
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Thu Dec 318:00 PM
Dubbestwith Tribal SeedsThe Sound Del Mar
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Fri Jan 12:00 PM
Proper NYE/NYDPetco Park East Village
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Sat Jan 26:00 PM
Totally Tubular Festivalwith A Flock of SeagullsNewPala Events Center Pala
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2 shows from January 17 onShow fewer

Sun Jan 176:00 PM
JazzMLK Jazz FestNewHumphreys Backstage Live Shelter Island
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Sat Jul 1712:00 PM
Holo Holo Music FestivalWaterfront Park Little Italy
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San Diego does not have one giant festival weekend that the whole county plans around. KAABOO tried to be that at the Del Mar Fairgrounds from 2015 to 2019, and since it ended, the calendar has run on a spread of smaller events through the year.

The Ones That Come Back

CRSSD is the most dependable. It has set up at Waterfront Park on the downtown bayfront every spring and fall since 2015, with three stages of electronic music and a 21 and over gate. In summer, the San Diego County Fair runs its grandstand concert series at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, with headliners booked across the fair's run in June and July. Petco Park has been home to Dia de los Deftones, the band's Day of the Dead festival, since its first edition in November 2018. The Rady Shell has hosted the San Diego Smooth Jazz Festival over a June weekend.

Some of the best festival days cost nothing. Chicano Park Day in Barrio Logan fills the park under the Coronado Bridge with music and dance every April.

This page also picks up multiband bills and holiday shows that list themselves as festivals, at rooms like Frontwave Arena, The Sound and the Pala Events Center.

Festivals set their own rules on age, bags and reentry, and those can differ from the venue's usual policy. Read the event page on your ticket the week before you go, and check MTS for extra Trolley service on the big downtown dates.