thursday, april 14
Laugh out loud!
Martini’s Above Fourth premieres The Laugh Out Proud Comedy Show, featuring local LGBT comedians Sean Wherley, Lauren Holiday, Larry Tadlock and headliner Sarah Burford. The show showcases the region’s top LGBT and allied comedians in a safe environment for the LGBT community. Come early to enjoy a full dinner menu at Martini’s Above Fourth before the show.
Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave., in Hillcrest, 8 p.m., free with two-item minimum purchase, 619-400-4500.
friday, april 15
The Temptations
The legendary Motown group comes to Copley Symphony Hall. “Get Ready” for The Temptations, featuring original Temptation Otis Williams.
Relive your favorite Temptations memories including hits like “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “My Girl,” “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” “I’m Losing You” and more. Principal pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch and the San Diego Symphony lend silky support to this powerful music that defined a generation.
Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B Street, in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $20, 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org.
saturday, april 16
A tasty event
Gather your friends and get ready to satisfy your culinary cravings at this year’s Taste of Hillcrest, featuring your old, new and soon-to-be favorite restaurants.
From cafés and bistros to five-star dining, enjoy more than 50 restaurants on one afternoon in Hillcrest. Experience this self-guided culinary adventure as you spend the afternoon strolling through Hillcrest. Indulge your taste buds with flavorful bites from tantalizing appetizers to heavenly desserts and hearty dishes to American classics, come prepared to please your appetite and get your nosh on.
Taste of Hillcrest, throughout the neighborhood of Hillcrest, noon – 4 p.m., $30 in advance or $35 the day of the event, 619-233-5008, fabuloushillcrest.com.
sunday, april 17
China Philharmonic Orchestra
La Jolla Music Society presents the China Philharmonic Orchestra, one of Asia’s leading symphonic ensembles. The China Philharmonic Orchestra, created by the former China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, marks both the beginning of a new chapter in the history of symphonic music in China, and the start of China’s increasingly active role in the performance of western classical music.
Maestro Long Yu, artistic director of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts the concert and Renaud Capuçon is the violin soloist on the tour.
Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B Street, in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $25, 858-459-3728, ljms.org.
monday, april 18
Literary power of Joanna Baillie
Combine a tale of gentlemen rivalries, plotting servants, wise women and a good old fashioned duel. What more could you ask for? Chronos Theatre Group presents Joanna Baillie’s The Election: a Comedy on Hatred. Directed by Justine Hince, this staged reading marks the west coast premiere of this play, written in 1802.
10th Avenue Theatre, 930 Tenth Ave., in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets $7.50, 858-245-3575, chronostheatre.com.
tuesday, april 19
Stomp!
Broadway San Diego presents Stomp, an explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy and utterly unique show that appeals to audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered an armful of awards and rave reviews, and has appeared on numerous national television shows.
The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms. USA Today says, “Stomp finds beautiful noises in the strangest places.” Stomp. See what all the noise is about.
Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave., in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets from $20, 619-570-1100, sandiegotheatres.org.
wednesday, april 20
Snoop Dogg
Rock Hill presents Snoop Dogg – Seedless 420. It’s his natural appeal to both the hood and to Hollywood that has allowed Snoop Dogg to stay tremendously relevant through 11 releases and numerous side projects. Since bursting into our collective consciousness alongside famed producer Dr. Dre on the 1992 classic “The Chronic,” Snoop has remained a constant force in hip-hop and a household name around the world.
4th and B, 345 B Street, in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $57, 619-231-4343, 4thandbevents.com.
