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Pop goes San Diego: Grupo Frontera, Too $hort and Warren G, Meghan Trainor
Live music, August 6-11, 2026
Meghan Trainor performing "I'm a Lady" as Smurfette in The Smurfs: The Lost Village
Grupo Frontera
Upcoming Event
Grupo Frontera
- Thursday, August 6, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
- Viejas Arena, 5500 Canyon Crest Drive, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
Formed in Edinburg, Texas, Grupo Frontera got their start playing local backyard carne asadas, weddings, and quinceañeras on the weekends, with little idea that they’d someday be selling out international arena tours and performing at major festivals like Coachella. They’re recognized for their important role in modernizing traditional border music by merging traditional norteño and cumbia rhythms with contemporary style, pop grooves, and urban cadence, blending traditional acoustic instruments (like the accordion and bajo quinto) with 21st century technology and digital elements. They first earned viral fame on TikTok with their upbeat 2022 cover of Morat's song “No Se Va,” and landed a global hit collaboration with Bad Bunny that dominated international charts and reached number one in several countries, “Un x100to,” which peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and became the band's first top-five hit on the all-genre chart. Other collaborators have included Latin acts such as Grupo Firme ("El Amor de Su Vida"), Carin León ("Que Vuelvas") and Fuerza Regida ("Bebé Dame"). They’re touring in support of a new EP released in May, Con Dolor.
Too $hort and Warren G
Upcoming Event
Too $hort & Warren G - SeaWorld San Diego Summer Concerts
- Saturday, August 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
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- Age Limit: All ages
Too $hort and Warren G helped shape the sound of ’90s rap. Too $hort kicked off his music career in Oakland, California in the early 1980s by selling custom rap tapes directly from his car trunk. He became known for his unapologetic style, with his signature use of the word “bitch” and songs about flashpoint topics such as pimping, promiscuity, and explicit street tales that seemed to both glorify and provide cautionary commentary on sexual politics and drug culture. Funk-heavy tracks engineered specifically for car stereos with the bass turned all the way up include iconic hits like “Blow the Whistle” and “The Ghetto.” Rapper, producer, and DJ Warren G rose to fame when his debut solo album reached multiplatinum sales status. He’s known for smooth, G‑funk‑defining classics like his 1994 global hit single “Regulate” featuring Nate Dogg, which peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and is celebrated for its legendary opening line, “Regulators, mount up!” Other tracks such as “This D.J.” fused melodic hip-hop with 1970s funk and soul samples, helping to shape the West Coast sound of the 1990s.
Meghan Trainor
Upcoming Event
Meghan Trainor
- Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
- Viejas Arena, 5500 Canyon Crest Drive, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
Pop superstar Meghan Trainor will be filling an awful lot of seats at SDSU with her own devotional “megatrons,” (as her fans like to call themselves, having hijacked several web domains from the hands of baffled Transformers collectors). Growing up on Nantucket in Massachusetts, Trainor says issues like female body image, self-esteem, empowerment (or lack thereof), and social status made such an impression on her that she later used those experiences and feelings to fashion several albums that she released independently before graduating high school. Her 2015 major label debut yielded three monster top ten singles, most notably the now-iconic “All About That Bass,” giving her enough career momentum to survive what’s usually the kiss of death for an emerging talent, a Grammy Award as Best New Artist. She touring in support of her seventh studio full-length that dropped in April, Toy With Me, which has so far spawned hit singles like her ode to self-empowerment “Still Don’t Care,” the confidence anthem “Shimmer,” and “Little One,” with the latter track featuring guest vocals from her own sons.
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Pop goes San Diego: Grupo Frontera, Too $hort and Warren G, Meghan Trainor
Live music, August 6-11, 2026
Pop goes San Diego: Grupo Frontera, Too $hort and Warren G, Meghan Trainor
Live music, August 6-11, 2026
Meghan Trainor performing "I'm a Lady" as Smurfette in The Smurfs: The Lost Village
Grupo Frontera
Upcoming Event
Grupo Frontera
- Thursday, August 6, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
- Viejas Arena, 5500 Canyon Crest Drive, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
Formed in Edinburg, Texas, Grupo Frontera got their start playing local backyard carne asadas, weddings, and quinceañeras on the weekends, with little idea that they’d someday be selling out international arena tours and performing at major festivals like Coachella. They’re recognized for their important role in modernizing traditional border music by merging traditional norteño and cumbia rhythms with contemporary style, pop grooves, and urban cadence, blending traditional acoustic instruments (like the accordion and bajo quinto) with 21st century technology and digital elements. They first earned viral fame on TikTok with their upbeat 2022 cover of Morat's song “No Se Va,” and landed a global hit collaboration with Bad Bunny that dominated international charts and reached number one in several countries, “Un x100to,” which peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and became the band's first top-five hit on the all-genre chart. Other collaborators have included Latin acts such as Grupo Firme ("El Amor de Su Vida"), Carin León ("Que Vuelvas") and Fuerza Regida ("Bebé Dame"). They’re touring in support of a new EP released in May, Con Dolor.
Too $hort and Warren G
Upcoming Event
Too $hort & Warren G - SeaWorld San Diego Summer Concerts
- Saturday, August 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
- ,
- Age Limit: All ages
Too $hort and Warren G helped shape the sound of ’90s rap. Too $hort kicked off his music career in Oakland, California in the early 1980s by selling custom rap tapes directly from his car trunk. He became known for his unapologetic style, with his signature use of the word “bitch” and songs about flashpoint topics such as pimping, promiscuity, and explicit street tales that seemed to both glorify and provide cautionary commentary on sexual politics and drug culture. Funk-heavy tracks engineered specifically for car stereos with the bass turned all the way up include iconic hits like “Blow the Whistle” and “The Ghetto.” Rapper, producer, and DJ Warren G rose to fame when his debut solo album reached multiplatinum sales status. He’s known for smooth, G‑funk‑defining classics like his 1994 global hit single “Regulate” featuring Nate Dogg, which peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and is celebrated for its legendary opening line, “Regulators, mount up!” Other tracks such as “This D.J.” fused melodic hip-hop with 1970s funk and soul samples, helping to shape the West Coast sound of the 1990s.
Meghan Trainor
Upcoming Event
Meghan Trainor
- Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
- Viejas Arena, 5500 Canyon Crest Drive, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
Pop superstar Meghan Trainor will be filling an awful lot of seats at SDSU with her own devotional “megatrons,” (as her fans like to call themselves, having hijacked several web domains from the hands of baffled Transformers collectors). Growing up on Nantucket in Massachusetts, Trainor says issues like female body image, self-esteem, empowerment (or lack thereof), and social status made such an impression on her that she later used those experiences and feelings to fashion several albums that she released independently before graduating high school. Her 2015 major label debut yielded three monster top ten singles, most notably the now-iconic “All About That Bass,” giving her enough career momentum to survive what’s usually the kiss of death for an emerging talent, a Grammy Award as Best New Artist. She touring in support of her seventh studio full-length that dropped in April, Toy With Me, which has so far spawned hit singles like her ode to self-empowerment “Still Don’t Care,” the confidence anthem “Shimmer,” and “Little One,” with the latter track featuring guest vocals from her own sons.