thursday, july 9
Boz Scaggs
“I’m at a point where I’m having a lot of fun with music, more than ever,” Boz Scaggs says about his spellbinding new album, A Fool to Care. “It’s like I’m just going wherever I want to go with it.” You can hear that sense of fun, as well as that ability and willingness to wander in any musical direction throughout the album’s twelve tracks. The inspirational heart of those songs lies in the sounds of Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma that played such a vital role in shaping Scaggs’ musical sensibility.
Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., 7:30 p.m., tickets $65, 800-745-3000, humphreysconcerts.com
friday, july 10
Lady Antebellum
Planes, trains and automobiles. Lady Antebellum has spent plenty of time in all three. Driven by the need to continually evolve, the country trio always seems to be in transit, pushing toward a newer, bolder sound one minute and hitting the road for a worldwide tour the next. Sometimes, those two things happen at once.
Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 2050 Entertainment Circle in Chula Vista, 7 p.m., tickets from $24.50, 619-671-3500, ladyantebellum.com/events
saturday, july 11
Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek’s bigger, badder 2013 sequel, Star Trek into Darkness comes to Summer Pops. Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his Enterprise crew match wits with super-genius and terrorist Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) as the San Diego Symphony Orchestra performs Michael Giacchino’s heart-pounding film score live. Come early for our pre-concert Star Trek Costume Contest and win some cool ST swag! Sign up when you arrive, judging will begin at 7p.m.
Embarcadero Marina Park South, 206 Marina Park Way in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $30, 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org
sunday, july 12
Anjelah Johnson presents Bon Qui Qui Live in Concert
Anjelah Johnson became an Internet sensation with her viral video, Nail Salon which led to many stand up, television and film opportunities. That same year she joined the cast of, MADtv as a series regular, which spawned another Internet sensation, “Bon Qui Qui.” This original character, a disgruntled fast food employee with no filter, has been enjoyed, viewed and replicated by over 65 million people worldwide.
House of Blues San Diego, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets $35.50, 619-299-2583, houseofblues.com
monday, july 13
Centennial International Summer Organ Festival Concert
The Centennial International Summer Organ Festival Concert series continues with Aaron David Miller, prize-winning composer and renowned concert organist. Program includes a premiere of newly commissioned music for the Spreckels Organ including four Argentinian dances.
Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Pan American Road E. in Balboa Park, 7:30-9:30 p.m., free, 619-702-8138, spreckelsorgan.org
tuesday, july 14
Hendrik Kerstens: Model and Muse
Inspiration comes from many sources. For the artist Hendrik Kerstens, it is his daughter, Paula, who inspires his photographic explorations. For more than two decades, self-taught photographer Kerstens’ primary subject has been his daughter. From the beginning his images were not the traditional snapshots of a child growing up, rather his formalized portraits of her had, and continue to have, far more in common with traditions in painting – light, gaze, gesture and scale.
Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., adult admission $8, 619-238-7559, mopa.org
wednesday, july 15
The Music Man
Described as American as apple pie, The Music Man is family entertainment at its very best. The show follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy’s band that he will lead despite the fact that he doesn’t know the difference between a trombone and a treble clef! Before he can skip town, his heart is stolen by the town librarian who transforms him into a respectable citizen.
Moonlight Amphitheatre, 1200 Vale Terrace Dr. in Vista, 8 p.m., tickets from $24, 760-724-2110, moonlightstage.com
