LIVE FROM SAN DIEGO – Birdstock Music Festival in Bird Rock
SAN DIEGO Folks looking for a free day of fun in the sun will want to check out the Birdstock Music Festival on Oct in Bird Rock The day s exercises include the first Halloween Pup Parade for costumed canines a kids and family area featuring The San Diego Air Space Museum s Mission Control mobile classroom and plenty of music The event hosts five stages with an impressive talent lineup featuring more than two dozen performers topped by headliner reggae favorites Sandollar Other highlights include country singer Lissa Dee s vintage rockers The Voices and singer-songwriter Caroline Lobbin a great way to celebrate the Bird Rock neighborhood Birdstock Music Festival Saturday Oct - La Jolla Boulevard Bird Rock a m to p m Free birdstockmusicfestival com RECOMMENDED What s in a name Former Members of Oingo Boingo is cumbersome but descriptive With frontman and songwriter Danny Elfman long since departed new wave ska combo Oingo Boingo s remaining members have regrouped for a greatest hits set sure to please even the band s biggest die-hard listeners Now featuring singer Brendan McCreary Former Members of Oingo Boingo s complex uptempo songs such as Weird Science and Deadman s Party are performed with a manic vigor that promises to keep their audience on their feet for preponderance of the show Making this concert a must for fans of s music opening the night will be two more of the decade s hitmakers Dramarama Last Cigarette and The Untouchables Free Yourself Former Members of Oingo Boingo Saturday Oct at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay Shelter Island Drive p m humphreysconcerts com WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION MUSIC FESTIVAL Blues fans won t want to miss the th Annual Warrior Foundation Freedom Station Music Festival taking place at Humphreys Backstage Live on Oct It s a wonderful opportunity to take in music from five of the area s top performers with money raised going to help fund Freedom Stations in San Diego giving local ill and injured veterans access to transitional housing while they heal and prepare for their next chapter On hand will be a terrific bill featuring The Band of Gringos Blame Betty The Sea Monks Zavalla Sol and Mercedes Moore the latter being the recipient of the San Diego Music Award for Best Jazz Vocalist Blues aficionados will love every second of this event with the bonus of it also being a great way to give back to function members th Annual Warrior Foundation Freedom Station Music Festival Sunday Oct at Humphreys Backstage Live Shelter Island Drive to p m humphreysbackstagelive com DISCOVERY SERIES Classical music doesn t get much of a spotlight these days but the La Jolla Music Society is hoping to change that with its Discovery Series concerts taking place at Baker Baum Hall Featuring acclaimed young artists from around the world on Oct the venue hosts Swiss-based pianist Dmitry Shishkin winner of the Geneva International Music Competition The night s project will include works from the likes of Bach Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff but anyone who enjoys gifted piano playing will find much to enjoy at this performance Dmitry Shishkin Sunday Oct at The Baker Baum Concert Hall The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Fay Ave p m theconrad org JASON MRAZ Just back from a sold-out European tour singer-songwriter Jason Mraz headlines two homecoming shows at The Sound on Oct and One of the greatest performers to ever reside in the area it s been three decades since Mraz s first concerts at Java Joe s in Ocean Beach He remains a captivating performer and sets a high standard for other singer-songwriters following in his wake Mraz hasn t published new music since s album Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride so fans can expect a set list at these shows built around his best-known earlier songs including I m Yours Lucky and I Won t Give Up Jason Mraz Tuesday and Thursday Oct and at The Sound Jimmy Durante Blvd p m thesoundsd com LAUREL CANYON REVIVAL Inspired by the music created in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles during the late s and early s the five-piece Laurel Canyon Revival group performs at Tio Leo s on Nov A lot of great artists lived in that storied canyon responsible for several juke boxes worth of singles during that time frame and LCR showcases their biggest hits including songs by the likes of the Eagles Linda Rondstaft Carole King The Doors Jackson Browne and numerous others Anyone who appreciates classic rock will be trilling along to just about every song at this show Laurel Canyon Revival Wednesday Nov at Tio Leo s Mission Gorge Road p m tioleos com
