Pettybreakers at Belly Up – July 2021
Hard to believe it is already August? It’s still summer time though! 💥
Two Concerts in the Garden in San Marcos will be this month, and Summer Grass in Vista. The rest of the summer concert series are on schedule, including Poway, Dana Point, Huntington Beach and Balboa Park. Carlsbad TGIF has 2 virtual concerts left. The Carlsbad Music Festival is this month. The lineup for the San Diego Blues Festival on Sept. 11 has Larkin Poe headlining.
Bill Magee:
Aug. 1, Old Town Blues Club, Temecula, 1:30pm
Sep. 26, Old Town Blues Club, Temecula, 1:30pm
Daring Greatly:
Aug. 1, Charity Concert for Sky Event Foundation for the Missing, Flawless Bistro, Escondido 4-8:30pm, $39 or 2 for $60 includes 1 drink and appetizers
Aug. 14, Old Town Blues Club, Temecula, 4:30pm, $10
Aug. 18, Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad, 6pm
Aug. 25, Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad, 6pm
Aug. 27, Winston’s Beach Club, San Diego, 9pm
Sep. 10, Hilltop Festival 2021, Murrieta, fundraiser for Murrieta Firefighters Benevolent Fund
Ron Ebel:
Aug. 13, Vista Elks, 5-8pm
Aug. 14, Brothers Bistro, Fallbrook 5:30-8:30pm
Aug. 21, d’Iacobelli Winery, Fallbrook, 3-5pm www.estatediacobelli.com
Gone Blonde:
July 31, Ebullition Brew Works Tasting Room, Vista, 6-10pm, $7 advance, $10 at the door
Aug. 7, The Landings at Carlsbad, 6-9pm
Anthony Cullins:
July 31, Harry’s Sports Bar, Fallbrook, 8-11pm
Custard Pie:
Aug. 1, Mr. Peabody’s, Encinitas 9pm
Aug. 28, The Landings of Carlsbad 6pm
Totally 80s Band:
Aug. 19, Humphrey’s Backstage Live, 6pm $5
Aug. 29, Lorimar Winery, Temecula, 1pm, free
Fallbrook:
I found out about this pretty cool website about Fallbrook you may want to check out: www.everythingfallbrook.org
Fallbrook Farmers and Artisan Market:
Saturdays 9:30am-1:30pm, on Main between Hawthorne and Fig, more info 760-728-5845 or info@fallbrookfarmersmarket.org
Summer Wine Trail:🍷
July 5-August 8: $20 for the Passport, $5 wine tasting
Wine & A Bite: Sept. 10 and Dec. 10, save the dates! Purchase tickets by phone or in-person only for now.
Harvest Faire: Oct. 17
www.fallbrookchamberofcommerce.org
Fallbrook Drum Circle:
Aug. 15, Village Square at corner of Main & Alvarado, 2-5pm, bring your rhythm instruments and flutes, free, held every 3rd Sunday of the month, email: fallbrookdrum@aol.com
Fallbrook Art Center:
July 24-Sept. 5, The Find Magnified Gift Show, Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sundays 12-3pm free
Brothers Bistro:
Live music on Fridays 5:30-8:30pm on their garden patio, great food, reservations (760)731-9761 or Dnusser@aol.com. www.brothersbistro.net
Pala Mesa Resort-Aquaterra Restaurant is open with outdoor dining on their patio. Live music 5-8pm on Fridays. Reservations recommended.
Aug. 6, Nocy, Spanish guitar
Aug. 13, Jesus Melecio, jazz/blues
Aug. 20, Frank Alves, soft rock
Fallbrook Mission Theater:
Aug. 14, Elvis by James Kruk, 7pm $20 advance, $25 at the door
Aug. 27, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, movie, $10 advance, $12 at the door 6pm, fundraiser for the Historical Society
Sep. 10, Greg Douglass & the Sidewinders, 7pm $20 advance, $25 at the door
https://fallbrookmissiontheater.com/
Vista:
Moonlight Theater:
2021 Season Performances:
July 21- Aug. 7, Beauty and the Beast
Aug. 18-Sept. 4, A Chorus Line
Sept. 15-Oct. 2, On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan
Broadway Theater is offering a soft reopening called “Stage Door Cabaret”:
July 30-Aug. 1, Icons Through the Ages
Aug. 6-8, Blurred At the Edges
Aug. 13-15, The Pinups! USO Tribute Show
Aug. 20-22, I Can Cook Too!
Thurs-Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm, all shows $15
www.broadwayvista.biz or 760-806-7905
Wildwood Crossing:
Live music:
Saturdays 11am-2pm, 5:30-7pm and 7:30-9pm
Sundays 11am-2pm and 4-7pm
Tuesdays-Thursdays 5-8pm
Fridays 5:30-7pm and 7:30-9pm
Aug. 6, Wild Rose and Ed Burnette
Aug. 11, Clay Colton
Aug. 24, Tequila Tasting 6:30-8:30pm, $50 includes food
Aug. 31, Central Coast Wine Tasting 6:30-8:30pm, $50 includes food
Check their website for who is scheduled for each time slot
Summer Grass:
Aug. 20-22, Bluegrass at Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, see website for lineup, details
www.summergrass.net or www.agsem.com
Escondido:
Center for the Arts
Cabaret in the Courtyard:
July 31, Aug. 1, Get Happy! A Celebration of Judy Garland, $60-$180 for table of 2-4
Aug. 20 and 22, Songs of Stevie Wonder & Ray Charles, 8pm and 6pm $30
Sep. 18, Johnny Cash & Elvis Tribute, $35-$45
Their new “improved” website is not very user friendly.
Cruisin’ Grand in Escondido is back through Sept. 24, Fridays 4-9pm, lots of cars, entertainment and people watching
Escondido Wine and Craft Beer map: https://visitescondido.com/wineries/
Castle Creek Country Club is hoping the Gopher Hole will be open by the fall.
Poway:
Summer Concert Series Lake Poway and Old Poway Park:
Aug. 1, Highland Way, Old Poway Park
Aug. 8, Pop Vinyl, Lake Poway
Aug. 15, Benedetti Trio, Old Poway Park
Lake Poway parking $10 for non-residents, no parking fee listed for Old Poway Park, concerts 5:30-7pm, food trucks onsite.
Rancho Bernardo Inn:
Live music on the veranda Sunday-Thursday 5-8pm, Friday-Saturday 5-9pm
San Marcos:
Summer Concert Series:
Aug. 7, Fan Halen, Woodland Park gate 6pm, show at 7:30pm, this show is sold out but there is a waiting list
Aug. 28, Kanan Road, Woodland Park gate 6pm, show at 7:30pm
Sep. 18, Betamaxx, Hollandia Park 3-7pm, free
Tickets on sale now, $8 online, children under 12 free, no dogs allowed
My Yard Live:
Live music Fridays-Sundays, Karaoke Thursdays, Trivia Night Wednesdays. Opening Anniversary celebration July 2-4.
Carlsbad:
The Landings at Palomar Airport, 6-9pm unless otherwise noted:
Sundays 11am-2pm
Tuesdays-Thursdays (most) 5pm
July 31, Custard Pie, Led Zeppelin
Aug. 6, Clapton Hook
Aug. 7, Gone Blonde
Aug. 13, 3 Car Garage
Aug. 14, Rolling Heartbreakers
Aug. 20, Pow-R-House
Aug. 21, Fleetwood Max
Aug. 27, Jack Attack
Aug. 28, Custard Pie, Led Zeppelin
Sep. 3, Clapton Hook
Sep. 4, Cool Rush
Friday and Saturday evenings: seating starts at 4:30pm, wait to be seated by hostess, $30/person minimum, no reservations taken
Coyote Bar and Grill:
Live Music:
Saturdays 2-4:30pm and 6-10pm
Sundays 2-4:30pm and 5-9pm
Tuesdays-Friday 6-10pm
Mondays, Karaoke 6-10pm
Aug. 8, Len Rainey & the Midnight Players 5pm
Aug. 18, Daring Greatly 6pm
Aug. 29, Jimmy & Enrique 2pm
Legoland is open with some restrictions, reservations required.
Carlsbad Music Festival
Aug. 27-29, all kinds of music, beer garden, vendors, etc., free but can purchase seating and VIP upgrades
TGIF Concert Series:
The live concerts will be back in 2022, but 4 concerts will be recorded live, called TGIF in Your Backyard. View on their website from the date of performance and for one week after.
Aug. 6, 80z Allstars
Aug. 20, The Mighty Untouchables
https://www.carlsbadca.gov/departments/cultural-arts/performing-arts/tgif-concerts-in-the-parks
Bushfire Kitchen, live music Thursdays:
La Costa: 5:30pm
Del Mar: 5:30pm
Menifee: 7pm
Del Mar:
Del Mar Turf Club:
July 16-Sept. 6, advance ticket reservations required
Belly Up, Solana Beach:
Fridays, Atomic Groove’s Get Your Groove Back Happy Hour 5:30pm, $12
August has a full schedule of live shows, some are sold out, here are a few:
Aug. 1, Beatles vs Stones
Aug. 7, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers
Aug. 11, Six String Society featuring Taryn Donath, Sleepwalkers, Jimmy & Enrique, more
San Diego:
Humphrey’s Backstage Live is fully booked: www.humphreysbackstagelive.com/events
Tio Leo’s: live music is back Tuesday-Saturday at the Napa Street, San Diego, location. All three restaurants are open. www.tioleos.com
Aquarius Bar & Grill, Mission Bay:
Live music but the website only shows a few days. Check there for current info.
Rady Shell at Jacobs Park:
The Rady Shell’s first season is scheduled to run 8/6/21 through 11/14/21 with an eclectic variety of concerts from Gladys Knight to Jason Mraz to Mariachi to Indigo Girls to classical symphony and more. Films will also be shown with a live orchestra performing the musical soundtrack (Rocket Man, Goonies, Star Wars). Surely something will appeal to everyone. Brand new and sitting right in the bay, this looks like an amazing new venue to check out. Season ticket packages are available now as well as individual events. Food sold on site.
San Diego Zoo and Safari Park have opened. Reservations required. Live webcams are always being broadcast.
SeaWorld is open and has some new events scheduled. www.seaworld.com
Balboa Park, Japanese Friendship Garden is open. The San Diego Museum of Art has a Virtual Gallery Experience. www.balboapark.org
Balboa Park Twilight Concerts through August, 6:15pm, free www.balboapark.org/twilightconcerts
Birch Aquarium is open, reservations required, live cams, virtual events available https://aquarium.ucsd.edu/
USS Midway Museum is open, virtual events available too. www.midway.org
The Old Globe Theatre www.theoldglobe.org
City Ballet of San Diego:
Aug. 13, free performance, Joan B Kroc Theatre, San Diego
San Diego Brewers Guild has a link for the current status of local breweries that is constantly being updated here. www.sdbeer.com
Pechanga Arena:
Kobey’s Swap Meet is open Fridays-Sundays. First live concert scheduled Aug. 14
The James Taylor May date was postponed to 11/1/21.
San Diego Food Bank:
Save the date: September 11. Larkin Poe is the headliner, full details for the San Diego Blues Festival are listed on the website. Advance general admission $40, at the gate $50, VIP $175 (limited), Super VIP $350 (only 30 will be sold). www.sdbluesfest.com
Pre-Covid, the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank fed about 350,000 military and civilian people per month, year-round. During this Covid-19 crisis, they are feeding around 600,000 people each month. Every dollar you contribute provides 5 meals. Please help them feed the hungry in our local communities. They are doing an enormous job!
http://www.sandiegofoodbank.org/
Liberty Station, San Diego:
Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay:
Concerts are on the schedule beginning August 13, Cheap Trick just added, see website for details.
Santee Summer Concert Series, Thursdays 6:30pm:
Aug. 5, Young Guns, Country Night
Aug. 12, Pop Vinyl
https://www.cityofsanteeca.gov/our-city/santee-summer-concerts
San Diego Spirits Festival:
Sept. 11-12, Port Pavilion at Broadway Pier, 12th Annual Cocktail Festival, entertainment, food $75+, designated driver $25+
www.sandiegospiritsfestival.com
San Diego Festival of the Arts:
Sept. 11-12, 150 artists, various mediums, live music, vendors, beer/wine garden
Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, open and with a fully booked schedule, reservations. Buddy Guy is scheduled Sept. 8.
Dana Point Concerts in the Park, Sea Terrace Park 3pm, August 1, 8 and 15
CA Wine Festival: August 27-28, Dana Point www.californiawinefestival.com
Huntington Beach Summer Concert Series July-Sept. Central Park, www.hbconcertband.org
Temecula:
Summer Sunset Concert Series, Temecula Amphitheatre, Thursdays:
Aug. 5, Pulp Vixen
Aug. 12, Bad Chemistry
Aug. 19, Chris Fast Band
Aug. 26, Undercover Live
Pre-registration required, $5/pod of up to 8 people, 7pm
http://www.temeculaevents.org/
Thornton Winery’s Champagne Jazz Concert Series will return Aug. 28. Two of the 6 concerts are sold out. All but one of the gourmet supper packages are sold out. General admission $95+. Friday night concert series: July 28 Santana Ways, $25
Old Town Blues Club, live music Thursday-Sunday
Aug. 1, Bill Magee, 1:30pm
Aug. 14, Daring Greatly, 4:30pm $10
Shakespeare in the Vines:
August 5-28: Taming of the Shrew
Tickets on sale June 30
Check this link for the latest on community events held outdoors or virtually (not everything is updated) www.TemeculaCA.gov/VirtualCS
Wineries:
This website has a comprehensive and detailed list of the status of the wineries and what they are currently offering.
Here are some more links for Temecula activities:
Pala Casino, all times 8pm and $15 unless noted otherwise:
July 31, Nowhere Fast, tribute to Morrissey & The Smiths
Aug. 6, George Michael Reborn Tribute
Aug. 7, The Fabba Show, tribute to Abba
Aug. 20, Hot August Nights, tribute to Neil Diamond
Aug. 21, Ragdolls, ultimate female Aerosmith tribute
Pala Casino Starlight Theater (outside) all times 8pm unless noted otherwise:
Aug. 6, 24k Magic, tribute to Bruno Mars $15
Aug. 13, Yachtley Crew, titans of soft rock $20
Aug. 15, LaSonora Dinamita Con Vilma Diaz 6pm $10/$20
Aug. 21, Ramon Ayala $45
Aug. 27, The Stylistics, $20/$40
Aug. 28, Journeyman, tribute to Journey $15
Sep. 19, Bronco 6pm $35-$75
Sep. 24, Arnel Pineda & Bamboo $68-$128
Harrah’s Rincon Casino:
Aug. 27, 3 Doors Down
Sep. 4, Dane Cook
Sep. 11, Little Joe Y La Familia
Sep. 25, Brian McKnight 4
Pechanga Resort & Casino:
Aug. 20, Hotel California, tribute to the Eagles 8pm $20+
Aug. 22, Paris by Night live show 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Aug. 27, Sebastian Maniscalco, comedy, 7pm and 9:30pm
Sept. 19, Chicago, 7:30pm $90+
Oct. 2, Air Supply, 8pm $40+
Valley View Casino in Valley Center, all 8pm:
July 31, Upstream
Calendar not updated past July 31
Pauma Casino: Open www.casinopauma.com no events
Bates Nut Farm, Valley Center:
Aug. 20, Bates Celebrates 100 years! dinner and dancing, $40, 5:30-9:30pm, reservations required
Aug. 21, Summer Food Festival, live music, hayrides, food! 4-8pm
Quotes for the moment in honor of summer:
💜Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink in the wild air. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century American essayist
💖A little bit of summer is what the whole year is about. John Mayer, American singer/songwriter
💙Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me, those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. Henry James, 19th century American author
👏Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. Sam Keen, American author
💜It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine…it’s summertime! Kenny Chesney, American singer/songwriter
As always, feel free to forward this to anyone who may appreciate it. Today, and always, I send blessings of love and laughter to all!! May you all stay safe and healthy and well!
Mahalo,
Annette 😇
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BY: ANNETTE HIGBY – August 2021
Disclaimer: times and events may change after publication.