Top Gun Maverick Party and Movie Night at USS Midway Museum!
One night only on Friday, May 24, 2024! Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Get ready to soar into action aboard the USS Midway Museum for the ultimate Top Gun Maverick Party and Movie Night event experience! Dive into a night of sky-high thrills featuring DJ and dancing, delicious food, do a hard bank maneuver to bar services for some jet fuel, photo ops with Midway Maverick, and more on the flight deck of the USS Midway! For more information
Calling All Animal Explorers: Grades 1 & 2 – Animal Extremes at San Diego Natural History Museum!
San Diego Natural History Museum 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA
Calling young explorers (Grades 1 & 2)! Unleash your inner wildlife detective in "Animal Extremes," a week-long adventure (June 10-14, 9 AM-3 PM). Discover the wackiest animal adaptations & superpowers! Explore Museum exhibits & venture outdoors to find real-life creatures. Become a habitat hero & learn how animals survive! Members $350, Non-members $375. Register
Celebrate Make Music Day at the Museum of Making Music!
Make Music Day is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries. The Museum of Making Music joins the celebration with a variety of fun, free activities, hands-on music-making, performances, and more! Here's what you can hear, see, and do at the Museum of Making Music on Make Music Day! Tickets For Free Admission Buy Tickets Now for Evening Performance paid Event
Watch the Inspiration of OkCello at the Music of Making Music!
Okorie Johnson is an American cellist-songwriter who performs under the moniker OkCello. His artistry integrates cello performance, live-sound-looping, improvisation, and storytelling - all culminating in original compositions that collide classical with jazz, EDM, reggae, and funk. OkCello is inspired by the exploration of African Diasporic melodies and narratives and their intersection with people’s perceptions and assumptions about the classical and European nature of the cello. As well, his work with improvisation attempts to embody the phenomenon of wordless prayer. Over his career, Okorie has had the opportunity to perform and/or record with India.Arie, De La Soul, and Big Boi of...
San Diego Natural History Museum Celebrating 150th Anniversary With A Summer Filled With Fun!
San Diego Natural History Museum 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA
The San Diego Natural History Museum is going all out for its 150th anniversary with a summer full of fun. June events include: • 6/8: World Oceans Day | Shell-ebrate World Oceans day and join our Whaler volunteers to learn more about the upcoming whale migration season and how to enjoy our local marine life. • 6/9: Members Morning | Members can enjoy early access to the Museum one morning a month! • 6/15: Snapshot Cal Coast iNaturalist Walk | Join The Nat and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to record biodiversity at Tijuana Sough National Wildlife Reserve. • 6/20:...
Celebrate Independence Day in Style: BBQ, Fireworks & Maritime History Museum!
San Diego, CA - Celebrate America's birthday in a truly unique way at the Maritime Museum of San Diego! This iconic waterfront location boasts the perfect vantage point to witness the awe-inspiring Big Bay Boom fireworks display. Your Exclusive July 4th Experience is a savored delicious traditional BBQ dinner aboard the historic 1898 steam ferry Berkeley or on the aft barge, offering stunning views of the Californian schooner and San Salvador galleon replica. Double the Fun: Witness the Big Bay Boom in style from your prime-location dinner seat, offering a front-row spectacle of fireworks lighting up the night sky. Want...
Prime Spot For July 4 Fun, BBQ Dinner & Brilliant Firework Views at Maritime Museum of San Diego!
SAN DIEGO, CA – Maritime Museum of San Diego, serving as the community memory of our seafaring experience by collecting, preserving, and presenting our rich maritime heritage and historic connections with the Pacific world, invites San Diegans and regional visitors to celebrate Fourth of July 2024 at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The Maritime Museum is a premiere location to watch the Big Bay Boom, located along the north embarcadero in downtown San Diego overlooking the Bay. This year’s July 4 BBQ Dinner and Firework Viewing event includes not only the opportunity to watch the fireworks show aboard the...
4th of July Fireworks Viewing Party Aboard The USS Midway Museum!
July 4, 2024 Join the iconic USS Midway Museum for an unforgettable 4th of July Fireworks Viewing Party! Celebrate America's Independence Day with an evening filled with dazzling fireworks, live entertainment, and engaging activities for the whole family, all from Midway's Flight Deck! You'll have the best view in town to watch the spectacular Big Bay Fireworks show, San Diego’s premier Independence Day fireworks display. Tickets will go on sale June 6, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Follow USS Midway Museum on social media for real-time updates and more information. Don’t miss the chance to be part of this patriotic celebration...
Curtis Taylor: A Trumpet Voice that Speaks to the Soul at Museum of Making Music!
Award-winning trumpeter Curtis Taylor’s lyrical and melodic improvisational style displays a level of maturity far beyond his years. His unique blend of soulfulness, harmonic sensibilities and rhythm melt together for an unforgettable sound that directly connects with the soul of the listener. According to Taylor, “When played honestly, music is the ultimate conveyor of truth and beauty.” Taylor has performed and recorded with Patrice Rushen, Billy Childs, Gary Novak, Bob Sheppard, Ed Motta, Marvin "Smitty' Smith, Rodney Whitaker, Antonio Hart and great gospel luminaries Karen Clark-Sheard, Kierra Sheard and the Singletons. Taylor’s stint with jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut included a...
San Diego Symphony Orchestra Presents ‘Kodachrome: The Music of Paul Simon’
Maestro Ted Sperling brings the music of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon to The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. Simon's far-reaching catalog of songs have unquestionably become part of America’s, and the world’s, shared musical history. Paul Simon has been crafting tunes and enchanting audiences for more than half a century, penning hundreds of songs from “The Boxer” to "Bridge over Troubled Water” to the indelible music of the Graceland album, and many more. In this special symphonic program, favorite hits, as well as a few deep cuts, are brought to life by two powerhouse singers, Morgan James and Ryan Shaw, in new orchestrations that showcase the enduring...