Greetings, San Diego. If you've been feeling spiritually congested lately, we have just the thing: Kamasi Washington live in a mountain amphitheater surrounded by pines, peaks, and people who definitely brought crystals.

We’re talking Telluride Jazz Fest. VIP access. $600 flight credit. Trombone Shorty blasting your third eye wide open. You in? Enter to win.*

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Indie sweethearts, assemble: Lovejoy hits The Observatory on 11/10. Tickets drop on Friday — don’t sleep.

• The 6th annual Dia de los Deftones just dropped a lineup so stacked it might break Petco Park. Clipse, Rico Nasty, Deafheaven, Régulo Caro & more. It’s all going down 11/1 — presale’s live now and yeah, it’s gonna sell out.

• There’s retro, and then there’s Rick f**ing Springfield. He’s bringing the I Want My 80s Tour to Frontwave Arena (8/3), and we’ve got tickets to give away. Go ahead, manifest your inner teenage meltdown.*

• Jazz? Hip-hop? Film score? Time warp? Whatever it is, Badbadnotgood’s bringing it to SOMA on 11/8. Tickets just went live.

• Plus, other just-announced shows from Teenage Bottlerocket, Lil Tecca, Trestles, Colleen Green, Rozwell Kid, William Black, and more!

WIN STUFF WEDNESDAY

It’s Wednesday. You know what that means. Free tickets. Fresh drops. No excuses. If you’re not entering by now… buddy, that’s on you.

We dug up the latest and greatest — check the picks and new adds below.

• San Diego Foundation ArtWalk Preview pARTy. 8/1 @ Liberty Station.

• Alabama Shakes, Shannon and the Clams. 8/10 @ Cal Coast.

• Heart. 8/13 @ Pechanga Arena.

• RÜFÜS DU SOL. 8/16 @ Rose Bowl.

• Same Same But Different Festival ft. Nakey Island. 9/26-9/28 @ Lake Perris.

WHENEVER

LOCALS ONLY

• NASCAR’s bringing a street race to Coronado in 2026 — on an actual Navy base. First-of-its-kind, Father’s Day weekend, jets and racecars all in one.

• Petco’s turning 60 and throwing a dog party. Catch The Sandlot at Bark at the Big Screen — 8/12, Gallagher Square. Dogs welcome, obviously.

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Happy Shark Week!