thursday, july 16
Side By Side By Sondheim
Revel in the sophistication, wit, insight, heart and genius of Broadway’s most innovative and influential artist, composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. You’ll hear familiar favorites from such shows as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum, Westside Story, Gypsy and so many more. An unmatched evening of enchantment for musical theatre fans.
North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive in Solana Beach, 8 p.m., tickets $40, 858-48-1055, northcoastrep.org
friday, july 17
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
This joint is jumpin’! Swing … Jazz … Dixieland … Big Bad Voodoo Daddy does it all. With their cool attitude, big band sound and high energy, BBVD is sure to shake things up. Put on your dancing shoes!
Embarcadero Marina Park South, 206 Marina Park Way in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $20, 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org
saturday, july 18
Ruby Rose
Australian model, DJ, recording artist, actress and television presenter Ruby Rose closes out Saturday at the San Diego Pride Music Festival. In 2015, Rose joined the Orange Is the New Black cast in Season 3. Rose plays new inmate Stella Carlin. Rose is gender fluid, saying, “I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral.”
Stonewall Main Stage at the San Diego Pride Musical Festival, Balboa Park, 9 p.m., 2-day tickets $20 adults, sdpride.org
sunday, july 19
Emma Hewitt
Catch Pride headliner Emma Hewitt on the Stonewall Main Stage. With a legendary electro-mezzo vocal style, Australian-born Hewitt owns the descriptors “haunting” and “yearning” and has every right to claim them in her bio. Hewitt says that as an artist and an individual, she is fiercely passionate about equality and is humbled to be headlining San Diego LGBT Pride this of all years on the heels of the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in favor of marriage equality.
Stonewall Main Stage at the San Diego Pride Musical Festival, Balboa Park, 6 p.m., 2-day tickets $20 adults, sdpride.org
monday, july 20
An Evening with Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
Singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers. Lovett has appeared in 13 feature films, and on stage and television. Among his many accolades, including four Grammy Awards, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award, and was recently named the Texas State Musician.
Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., 8 p.m., tickets $65, 800-745-3000, humphreysconcerts.com
tuesday, july 21
La Ley
La Ley are a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean rock band formed by Andrés Bobe, Rodrigo Aboitiz, Luciano Rojas and Mauricio Claveria with Beto Cuevas. Their last albums, Uno (2000) and Libertad (2003), consolidated the band as one of the most important in Latin America, earning it a Latin Grammy award for each of the two albums.
House of Blues San Diego, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets $46.50, 619-299-2583, houseofblues.com
wednesday, july 22
Fins & Wings
Much of automotive design took cues from the latest technological advances and cultural trends. The “fin” was no exception. The origin of fins began with the 1948 Cadillac when designer, Harley Earl, drew inspiration from the twin tailed P38 Lightning aircraft. Designs started off small and transformed into the tall piercing fin with taillights. Some looked like jet flames and others had more curves to look like the after burners of space rockets. The 1959 Cadillac had two thruster “flames” on each fin. The 1957-1959 Desoto had three. The incorporation of the tail light into the fin design was pushed to new heights and beauty. The 1960 Chrysler New Yorker and 300 were stunning examples of fin design.
San Diego Automotive Museum, 2080 Pan American Plaza in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., adult admission $8.50, 619-231-2886, sdautomuseum.org
