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Pop goes San Diego: CRSSD Festival, Nothing, Besos Jazz Trio
Live music, March 14-18 2026
CRSSD Festival
Upcoming Event
CRSSD Festival
- Saturday, March 14, 2026, 2 p.m.
- Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego
- Age Limit: 21+
Upcoming Event
CRSSD Festival
- Sunday, March 15, 2026, 2 p.m.
- Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego
- Age Limit: 21+
The two-day CRSSD Festival returns to Waterfront Park with a curated experience featuring craft food vendors (including vegan and vegetarian options, as well as specialty items like Lobster Mac ‘n’ Cheese), a June Shine kombucha bar, domestic and specialty beer, pop-up cocktail booths, and a Stella Artois beer cart. In addition, attendees can browse art installations and explore the shoreline scenery, fountains, grassy lawns, and views of downtown San Diego and the bay. Operating as a fully cashless event with electronic payment setups and easy access to refillable water stations, the festival also offers the opportunity to participate in contests and raffles. Three separate stages - Ocean View, City Steps, and The Palms – will host both underground and established electronic artists. The bill includes headliners Dom Dolla, Cirez D, Amelie Lens, The Martinez Brothers, Vintage Culture, Lane 8, and Polo & Pan. Live/electronic acts include Tycho, TOKiMONSTA, Cut Copy, Franc Moody, La Roux, and Modeselektor. DJs spinning techno and house include Space 92, Deborah De Luca, Clara Cuvé, Ben Sterling, HoneyLuv, Franky Rizardo, Alignment, and Collabs 3000 (Chris Liebing + Speedy J). Various event-related After Dark parties will be happening later in the evenings at clubs and venues all around the city.
Dom Dolla, one of the headliners at this year's CRSSD Festival
Nothing
Upcoming Event
Nothing
- Sunday, March 15, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
- Soma, 3350 Sports Arena Boulevard, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
Nothing was formed around 2010 in Philadelphia by Domenic "Nicky" Palermo, a one-time member of the hardcore punk band Horror Show and a former prison inmate who served two years for aggravated assault and attempted murder in the early 2000s. Citing influences such as the Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, and Cocteau Twins, the band combines loud, distorted guitar layers with soft, melodic vocals to create dense shoegaze music. Their introspective lyrics often focus on existential dread, while playfully addressing basic realities such as the band’s own revolving lineup, which has seen over a dozen membership shifts. While rooted in shoegaze, the band blends elements of grunge, punk, heavy metal, and indie rock on albums like their 2014 debut Guilty of Everything, as well as Tired Of Tomorrow (2016) and Dance on the Blacktop (2018), with later releases bordering on a dream pop style. They’re touring in support of their 2026 full-length A Short History of Decay.
Besos Jazz Trio
Upcoming Event
Besos Jazz Trio
- Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
- Wu Tsai QRT.yrd, 7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Age Limit: All ages / Free
Melding music and dance since 2017, The Besos Jazz Trio is known for its world-inspired mix of jazz, swing, sambas, and boleros, as well as for blending diverse genres and disciplines. With roots in Mexican ballet folklórico, Claudia Gomez (Thousand Butterflies) plays percussion and utilizes that skill with movement, often tap dancing as a primary percussive rhythmic element, frequently accompanied by cajón. Evona Wascinski (Escencia), from Poland, brings a classical virtuosity to the upright bass. Beston Barnett (Zzymzzy Quartet, Flimz), a Nashville native, plays manouche guitar and sings in five languages, adding to their global approach to making music. “We keep it loose but alive,” says Wascinski in the band’s promotional bio. “We leave space for what each of us does best.” Performances often utilize exotic instrumentation such as musettes (a small French bagpipe) in order to customize their presentation of jazz and Latin-inspired music, as they improvise, sing, and dance their way through a mix of swing tunes, sambas, and boleros.
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Pop goes San Diego: CRSSD Festival, Nothing, Besos Jazz Trio
Live music, March 14-18 2026
Pop goes San Diego: CRSSD Festival, Nothing, Besos Jazz Trio
Live music, March 14-18 2026
CRSSD Festival
Upcoming Event
CRSSD Festival
- Saturday, March 14, 2026, 2 p.m.
- Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego
- Age Limit: 21+
Upcoming Event
CRSSD Festival
- Sunday, March 15, 2026, 2 p.m.
- Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego
- Age Limit: 21+
The two-day CRSSD Festival returns to Waterfront Park with a curated experience featuring craft food vendors (including vegan and vegetarian options, as well as specialty items like Lobster Mac ‘n’ Cheese), a June Shine kombucha bar, domestic and specialty beer, pop-up cocktail booths, and a Stella Artois beer cart. In addition, attendees can browse art installations and explore the shoreline scenery, fountains, grassy lawns, and views of downtown San Diego and the bay. Operating as a fully cashless event with electronic payment setups and easy access to refillable water stations, the festival also offers the opportunity to participate in contests and raffles. Three separate stages - Ocean View, City Steps, and The Palms – will host both underground and established electronic artists. The bill includes headliners Dom Dolla, Cirez D, Amelie Lens, The Martinez Brothers, Vintage Culture, Lane 8, and Polo & Pan. Live/electronic acts include Tycho, TOKiMONSTA, Cut Copy, Franc Moody, La Roux, and Modeselektor. DJs spinning techno and house include Space 92, Deborah De Luca, Clara Cuvé, Ben Sterling, HoneyLuv, Franky Rizardo, Alignment, and Collabs 3000 (Chris Liebing + Speedy J). Various event-related After Dark parties will be happening later in the evenings at clubs and venues all around the city.
Dom Dolla, one of the headliners at this year's CRSSD Festival
Nothing
Upcoming Event
Nothing
- Sunday, March 15, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
- Soma, 3350 Sports Arena Boulevard, San Diego
- Age Limit: Not available
Nothing was formed around 2010 in Philadelphia by Domenic "Nicky" Palermo, a one-time member of the hardcore punk band Horror Show and a former prison inmate who served two years for aggravated assault and attempted murder in the early 2000s. Citing influences such as the Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, and Cocteau Twins, the band combines loud, distorted guitar layers with soft, melodic vocals to create dense shoegaze music. Their introspective lyrics often focus on existential dread, while playfully addressing basic realities such as the band’s own revolving lineup, which has seen over a dozen membership shifts. While rooted in shoegaze, the band blends elements of grunge, punk, heavy metal, and indie rock on albums like their 2014 debut Guilty of Everything, as well as Tired Of Tomorrow (2016) and Dance on the Blacktop (2018), with later releases bordering on a dream pop style. They’re touring in support of their 2026 full-length A Short History of Decay.
Besos Jazz Trio
Upcoming Event
Besos Jazz Trio
- Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
- Wu Tsai QRT.yrd, 7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Age Limit: All ages / Free
Melding music and dance since 2017, The Besos Jazz Trio is known for its world-inspired mix of jazz, swing, sambas, and boleros, as well as for blending diverse genres and disciplines. With roots in Mexican ballet folklórico, Claudia Gomez (Thousand Butterflies) plays percussion and utilizes that skill with movement, often tap dancing as a primary percussive rhythmic element, frequently accompanied by cajón. Evona Wascinski (Escencia), from Poland, brings a classical virtuosity to the upright bass. Beston Barnett (Zzymzzy Quartet, Flimz), a Nashville native, plays manouche guitar and sings in five languages, adding to their global approach to making music. “We keep it loose but alive,” says Wascinski in the band’s promotional bio. “We leave space for what each of us does best.” Performances often utilize exotic instrumentation such as musettes (a small French bagpipe) in order to customize their presentation of jazz and Latin-inspired music, as they improvise, sing, and dance their way through a mix of swing tunes, sambas, and boleros.