DJ Arkon celebrates his birthday with a U.K. invasion at the Kava Lounge.

Dragon Lounge, one of San Diego’s longest-running electronic dance music monthlies held at the Kava Lounge, garnered international attention over the last year for their future jungle showcases. “This sub-genre is a combination of break beats and jungle that resurrects …

Drink your charitable donations at Green Flash Brewing Co. in Mira Mesa.

Since June 2012, Green Flash Brewing Co. has been engaging the community with their Brewing it Forward program, which supports a designated grassroots charity by doing what we all do best: drinking beer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsKzIDvEb9Q This Saturday, April 27 (3 to …

El Cajon Boulevard is better by bike.

El Cajon Boulevard has a long-standing and ongoing reputation as a nexus of vice and debauchery, but beyond the short-hewn skirts of nightwalkers and shifty alleyway lurkers thrives a vibrant avenue that is home to a number of destinations championed …

Geek rock and video game covers at the Ruby Room in Hillcrest

Even if you don’t consider yourself especially nerdy, there’s a good chance you’ve heard a song or two from Santa Barbara pop punk poindexters Nerf Herder, a self-proclaimed “geek rock” outfit best known for composing the theme song to Buffy …

Mission Hills record store offers discount LPs, CDs, and live music from Teenage Burritos and The Plateaus

M-Theory Music's (915 W Washington St. - Mission Hills) 2013 Record Store Day is set for Saturday, April 20 starting at 10 in the morning with $.50 LPs, $1 CDs, and a huge list of limited, exclusive titles. Live music …

Whistle Stop monthly says so-long with Maniqui Lazer, Moonshake, Machino, and more.

Three years ago, a rare and mystical union of Weird was forged between two entities known as Monsterpussy and Freak Sauce. Like a modern day Megazord, they fused together to form a formidable beast that was greater than the sum …

The traditional temascal and purification dance will be held in Baja between Mexicali and Tecate.

A temascal is a permanent, circular structure often made of volcanic rock, cement, and mud. A relative of the Native American sweat lodge, the temascal (“house of heat”) dates back to pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican times, when it was used for purification …

Animated Fox comedy cast comes to North Park on May 6

The cast of Fox's Emmy Award-nominated animated comedy Bob’s Burgers is coming to The Irenic on Monday, May 6 as part of a rare, first-time, five-city live tour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mws3IgkUN8c Voice actors H. Jon Benjamin (Home Movies, Archer), Eugene Mirman (Delocated), …

Alternative tour service offers a taste of Tijuana on April 20

Turista Libre continues to surprise both regulars and first-timers in Tijuana with atypical tours intended to get visitors away from the usual traps and into a genuine, one-of-a-kind experience. On Saturday, April 20, Turista Libre invites you on a taco …

TV Girl recently released an interactive video for their catchy single "Girls Like Me" that allows viewers to make a cameo via webcam shots. Directed by L.A.-based duo fourclaps, the video was filmed via Skype with TV Girl fans and …

Experimental performance theater with Margaret Noble, Justin Hudnall, and director Lisa Berger

On Saturday April 13, 2013, Righteous Exploits will premiere at the new White Box Theater (2590 Truxtun Road, Building 176) - an intimate, 135-seat venue that opened in May, 2012 at the Liberty Station site of the San Diego Dance …

East Village art and performance space hosts local doom/drone metal, pointilistic soundscapes, and psych-rock.

Stay Strange continues their legacy of outsider art and music - which relocated from the Kava Gallery to Space 4 Art (325 15th Street - East Village) at the beginning of the year - with a Saturday, April 13 showcase …

Art, music, and wellness festival relocates to Temecula with biggest lineup to date.

Lightning in a Bottle just announced the lineup for their July 11-14 art and music festival at a Toonami and Adult Swim. Australian glitch hop gypsy Kayla Scintilla conjures visions of the deep East and inner realms with organic instrumentation …

UCSD hosts multi-venue experimental music and performance art festival.

A couple of years ago, my former roommate Eli took me to a party on a fire road in the hills of Descanso, where a handful of UCSD kids had built a small stage and projector screen to showcase a …

The nation's largest solar sound and stage setup comes to Point Loma

Alternative comedy was popularized in the ‘80s. Alternative music broke through in the ‘90s. Alternative media found a new outlet via the user-generated information boom of the ‘00s. Now, local pioneers of alternative power and wellness are coming together to …

In honor of National Empanada Day on April 8, customers will receive a history lesson in food with one free traditional empanada from Papa Luna

Thousands of Argentineans like their empanadas stuffed with chicken. Parts of Colombia pack their empanadas with peanuts and top them with a spicy aji sauce. In El Salvador, people take 'em with plantains and sour cream, while many in Ghana …

Circle Circle dot dot presents a theater production about local Roller Derby girls.

Roller Derby girls. Maybe you’ve seen them unwinding after a match at a neighborhood dive, celebrating rollerskate conquests over a local beer. Maybe you’ve seen posters around town or even been to a match or two and wondered, what draws …

Local booker/manager hosts fundraiser for friend suffering from a rare congenital disorder.

Damian and Spencer met seven years ago while working at In-n-Out. Spencer played in bands during his freetime while Damian worked toward his bachelor’s degree at UCSD. They became good friends as they both progressed toward their goals until three …

New York interactive art festival debuts in Barrio Logan on April 7

If upper-crust art openings at exclusive venues leave you feeling alienated from creative expression, FIGMENT is for you. “The primary intention of FIGMENT is to build community through art,” says festival co-producer Nicole Hickman, who also volunteers as a Burning …

"Motown with keyboards" quintet drops sophomore album in North Park.

Just back from a weeks of nonstop shows at SXSW in Austin, Hills Like Elephants will be celebrating the release of the sophomore album, Feral Flocks (Requiemme Records/BMG Chrysalis), on Friday, March 29 at Bar Pink with Barbarian and Keith …