Here’s the deal: midweek deserves something better than leftover coffee and your seventh rewatch of whatever comfort show you’re clinging to. So we’re throwing a wrench in your routine with a 4-pack ticket giveaway to Nitro Circus: Off The Rails.

It hits Pechanga Arena on 12/6 and brings the kind of jaw-dropping chaos that only happens when top-tier athletes decide gravity is optional. Enter to win!

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Broadway baby turned pop star Reneé Rapp is hitting Cal Coast on 10/18 with the pipes, the chaos, and the heartbreak. Probably gonna sell out.

• Duran Duran is still hungry like the wolf, and they’re coming to Viejas Arena on 1/4. New Year, same synth-pop legends.

• All hail! The Iron Maidens are rolling into Music Box on 1/16, and yeah — they shred. It’s Iron Maiden, but all women, all talent, and all-in on the drama.

• Carlsbad Oktoberfest is turning 43 and throwing the biggest German bash west of Munich. Bavarian bands, brats, biergartens, and even a wiener toss. All this weekend!*

• Plus, other just-announced shows from Seven Lions, Alejandro Fernández, Planet Booty, and more!

WIN STUFF WEDNESDAY

It's Win Stuff Wednesday, aka your favorite excuse to scroll through a bunch of giveaways and enter all of them with reckless abandon. Concerts? Check. Staycations? Yup. Free dinners that make you look fancy? Absolutely.

Go ham:

• $150 to Roman Wolves. Ends 9/21.

• Portola 2025. 9/20 - 9/21 @ Pier 80.

• Air. 9/24 @ Cal Coast.

• Joshua Tree Music Festival. 10/9 -10/12 @ Joshua Tree Lake Campground.

• La Jolla Art & Wine Festival. 10/11 - 10/12 @ Girard Ave.

WHENEVER

LOCALS ONLY

• Big changes are coming to PROPER NYE – including fewer people, more stages, and a smoother entry flow. Redemption arc loading.

• The San Diego Zoo just welcomed its first okapi calf since 2021, and she’s already slaying hearts in the new warm-weather habitat. No notes.

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Enjoy the rain! If she wants to even make an appearance.