Take a musical leap! Famed Italian opera composer Gioachino Rossini, born February 29, 1792, turns 55-leap-years-young today! And if Google is celebrating a musical leap day, who are we to argue? In no particular order, here are 29 reasons to listen live in San Diego.
- The Belly Up Tavern– voted “San Diego’s Best Live Music Venue” even before it was made famous by a visit from Prince Harry of Wales
- Celebrating singer-songwriter Jim Croce with great food, wine and nightly live music at Croce’s Restaurant and Jazz Bar. Here, here!
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at 4th and B on March 30, 2012
- All-you-can-eat Southern inspired buffet and gospel performances at the House of Blue’s World Famous Sunday Gospel Brunch. Hallelujah!
- Donning a fedora and pretending you are a part of the Rat Pack at Anthology supper club.
- Emerging art and pop culture collide at The Loft: UCSD, with Jenny Owen Youngs on March 2, 2012.
- The Casbah’s guaranteed cool factor- whatever you decide to see.
- DJ Scooter “playing all the coolest s*%t you’ve never heard of” at Analog Bar every Tuesday at 9 pm.
- A place that takes jazz seriously, Dizzy’s: where music matters most.
- MIXTAPE– the Greatest Hits of the 80s, at the Horton Grand Theatre, extended through April 29, 2012.
- Seeing a concert at Humphrey’s by the Bay, whether you buy a ticket, or pull up a boat. 😉
- San Diego Symphony’s annual outdoor Summer Pops concert series performed on San Diego Bay.
- Flamenco fever at Café Sevilla with rumba guitarist Joef of the Gypsy kings family.
- Listening FREE to music ranging from folk to rockabilly at Adam’s Avenue Unplugged, April 21-22, 2012.
- Music worth seeing at San Diego Opera with Don Pasquale, March 10-18, 2012.
- Catching home grown talent with the potential for national greatness: The Silent Comedy, Cuckoo Chaos, Hyena perform regularly around town.
- Treating club music as an art and a DJ as a god, at Voyeur, voted #68 of the Top 100 Clubs in the WORLD by DJ Magazine in 2011.
- Listening to the San Diego Symphony in the original Fox Theatre, opened in 1929.
- Van Halen at the Viejas Arena June 14, 2012.
- Celebrating the Saxophone with SAXibit at the Museum of Making Music, May 19-November 30, 2012.
- The VIP experience of Taylor Guitars Private Dining Room at Anthology, named after the locally based, world renowned guitar manufacturer and Anthology sponsor, Taylor Guitars.
- Free shows in the hippest of hoods, Bar Pink in North Park.
- Elvis Costello or Rufus Wainwright at Humphrey’s by the Bay. How to choose?
- The balance of intelligence and entertainment at ArtPower UC San Diego.
- Close proximity to a slew of buzz-worthy bands at Soda Bar.
- The highly entertaining, audience request-driven duel of two talented piano players at The Shout House.
- The recently renovated and restored 83 year old Balboa Theatre, hosting a diverse line up of performances.
- Street fairs! Whatever the fair, live music is there! Try OB Street Fair and Chili Cook-off Festival, Cinco de Mayo in Old Town, Pride Festival, holiday block parties in the Gaslamp Quarter or ArtWalk in Little Italy.
- And last but certainly not least, San Diego Opera celebrates birthday boy Rossini’s “55th” with The Barber of Seville, April 21-29, 2012.
What are your reasons for listening?