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Daily Email - Friday - 4/4/2025

April 04, 2025

Another Friday, another excuse to close your laptop at 3 and call it “work-life balance.” While you're easing into weekend mode, we’re jumping ahead to Cinco de Mayo weekend – specifically, the San Diego Frida Fiesta Bar Crawl happening 5/2–5 in Gaslamp. We're giving away a pair of tickets, so go ahead and lock in your future bad decisions now and enter to win!

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • The Hives are coming to The Sound on 9/22, so start stretching – your neck, your sarcasm, your taste in chaos. Sweden’s sharpest export since ABBA (don’t @ us). Tickets go on sale next Friday!

  • Summer nights hit differently when there’s a dance floor involved. Catch Hayden James spinning the perfect summer soundtrack at Beach House on 6/20.

  • Father’s Day weekend with George Lopez? Bold move. Bring your uncles, your opinions, and your thickest skin. He’s hitting San Diego Civic Theatre on 6/21 with jokes sharp enough to cut generational trauma. Tickets dropped today!

  • Mildly unhinged, meticulously genius – Sparks hits The Magnolia on 9/29. The Mad! Tour isn’t mad, it’s just... Sparks being Sparks. Tickets drop next Friday. Tell your art-school friend.

  • Plus, other just-announced shows from The Adicts, Dilated Peoples, Souls Of Mischief, Ub40, Sacri Monti, Smokey Mirror, Dizz Brew, Summer Walker, and more!

FREE FUN FRIDAY

Photo: Lou Lou’s Jungle Room

Free fun in this economy? Wild, we know. But we pulled together a list that proves “costs nothing” doesn’t have to mean “scrolling in bed.” No catch, no strings, no pyramid schemes – just solid ways to leave the house without checking your bank app first. Check out the list and live a little (for zero dollars).

TONIGHT

🤣 Wanda Sykes

Tonight @ San Diego Civic Theatre (7:30PM)

Wanda Sykes is bringing the Please & Thank You Tour to town, which is ironic because she’s not asking – she’s telling, roasting, and probably side-eyeing the front row. Keith Robinson’s tagging in too, so brace yourself.*

🤠 El Fantasma, Los Dos Carnales, Gerardo Diaz

Tonight @ Petco Park (7:30PM)

This one’s for the boots, the brass, and the heartbreak that hits harder after two tequilas. El Fantasma, Los Dos Carnales, and Gerardo Díaz are rolling into the park. It’s not a concert, it’s a three-act saga in cowboy hats.

🎉 Quartyards 10 Year Anniversary w/ Willis

Tonight @ Quartyard (6PM)

Quartyard is continuing their birthday celebration with a little help from Willis. It’s been 10 years of beer, beats, and community... might as well toast to that with a soundtrack worth remembering.

🪩 Electric Feels: Indie Rock + Electronic Dance Party

Tonight @ The Observatory (8PM)

Take the week’s stress, your ex’s texts, and that one unread email – drop them all on the dance floor. Electric Feels is fully committed to making you forget Monday exists. Dance the week’s hard moments away and call it therapy.

🌱 San Diego Vegan Night Market

Today @ AleSmith Brewing Company (5PM)

Vegan Night Market is back the first Friday of every month, slinging plant-based everything and just enough chaos to keep things interesting. Pizza? Yes. Cannolis? Also yes. You can even work off all the bites with a little axe throwing!

LOCALS ONLY

  • The fun kicks off this Sunday at Coin-Op Gaslamp! Doors open at 2pm for First Sundays – enjoy FREE games all day, including unlimited pinball, 4-player Pac-Man, and tons more arcade favorites.

  • Good news, San Diego! SDG&E customers will see an automatic energy credit on April bills – $81.38 for electricity and $54.21 for gas. It’s all thanks to the California Climate Credit, part of the state’s effort to fight pollution.

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  • Pro Soccer Game @ Snapdragon Stadium

  • Legendary Rock Band @ Music Box

  • Buzzy Alt-Punk Trio @ House of Blues

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