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10th Annual New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival Returns to New Orleans Jazz Museum
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The New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival returns to the historic New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave., Thursday, January 15 through Saturday, January 17. Tickets/info: visit NewOrleansCBG.com. The festival will showcase Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductee Jonathon “Boogie” Long, sensational old-time music duo Hillary Klug & Meredith Moon, exciting French trio La Durance Blues Band, New Jersey-based Americana outfit April Mae & the […]
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OUT AND ABOUT 🎄Merry Christmas!🎄 Happy Hanukkah! 💐 There are numerous holiday events and parades going on with many listed below along with a few ice-skating rinks. Some New Year’s Eve events are listed. Areas having multiple events all month are Vista (Winter Fest and Jingle Terrace), Coastal Christmas in Del Mar, Lightscape in Encinitas, and […]
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What The Media Is Saying About New Album "Wonderlust" by Prog-Rock Legends Pavlov's Dog
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In 2024, as Pavlov’s Dog celebrated the release of the career-spanning retrospective box set Essential Recordings 1974–2018, the band was already hard at work on a new album of original material. That album, entitled Wonderlust, has now arrived on Ruf Records –- a half-century after their debut LP Pampered Menial with the hit “Julia” briefly made Pavlov’s Dog the darlings of the 1970’s progressive rock scene. […]
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Davey Jones - The Curch of Blues
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“All of these things together are helping grow the brand and my music streams,’ says Jones, who enjoyed some chart action last year with his catchy single, “Woman I Love” (listen here). Presently, Jones has over thirty songs out on all of the streaming platforms, getting over ten thousand monthly streams on Pandora. “I […]
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Out & About - Nov 2025
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Carlsbad and Encinitas are hosting Street Festivals, and the San Diego Botanic Garden has brought back their Lightscape event. Lots of holiday events are scheduled, with Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos events through this weekend. This is the last weekend for the Ren Faire. There are parades and other special events around the area […]
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DJANGO'S JAZZ CARAVAN
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Still some great seats left at www.thesixstringsociety.com
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James Barnes — known to audiences throughout the region as JB — carries the blues in his blood. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in New Jersey after his family moved east in 1965, he grew up steeped in the sound and spirit of the music. On his father’s side, JB traces his lineage back to […]
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Fred Hostetler Homecoming Concert / 'Blues Back Pages'
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Celebrating the vinyl release of his new album Blues Back Pages, eclectic singer-songwriter-guitarist Fred Hostetler returns to his hometown where his first vinyl record was released in 1967, performing at Ignition Music Garage, 120 E. Washington Ave., Sunday, October 26. Show: 3pm-5pm. Free Admission. Info: (574) 8282 or visit ignitionmusic.net. The free, informal solo acoustic set features a compilation […]
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Stevie Salas set to bring the TriCity Rollers to the Dragonfly Festival
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The Dragonfly Music Festival— the love child of music and community is ready to land on Oct 4th at the stunning Teri Campus of Life in San Marcos, CA. BackStage360 Staff Writer, Victoria Vaughn, had the chance to sit down with Stevie Salas, acclaimed Guitarist, Producer & Filmmaker from Oceanside, CA, in this behind the […]
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Out and About - October 2025
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Halloween events are happening all over along with a few Harvest or Fall Festivals including Fallbrook, plus the Fall Festival of Gems and Stagecoach Sunday in Fallbrook, and the Ren Faire in Escondido. Oktoberfest is still going on. More music, art and wine festivals in San Diego. There are International Film Festivals going on in […]