David Adey: Sacrificial Bodies
As the first comprehensive mid-career survey of San Diego artist , this exhibition traces more than 25 years of a creative practice defined by a persistent exploration of what it […]
9 events found.
THINGS TO DO
The Bold, the Beautiful & the Brilliantly Weird
Events for August 29, 2026
All Day
Cat Gunn: if only by the light of a new moon
Cat Gunn’s first solo museum exhibition, if only by the light of a new moon, explores the complex terrain of inherited memory and the seemingly impossible nostalgia for a home that one has never known through materials including fabric, ceramics, and cyanotypes. This experience, familiar to immigrants, first-generation children, and anyone displaced by colonialism, war, […]
Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass
Contemporary glass becomes a powerful vessel for Indigenous knowledge, identity, and innovation in Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass, on view June 27–September 20, 2026 at Mingei International Museum. This groundbreaking traveling exhibition brings together approximately 120 works by 29 Native American artists, four Indigenous Pacific Rim artists from New Zealand and Australia, and […]
Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World
Photographer, fashion illustrator, Oscar-winning costume designer, social caricaturist, and writer Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) was an extraordinary force in the twentieth-century British and American creative scenes. This is the first exhibition dedicated to Beaton’s fashion and portrait photography, which he elevated into an art form. This exhibition showcases Beaton at his most triumphant – from shaping the public […]
38th San Diego International Summer Organ Festival
Experience one of San Diego’s most treasured summer traditions at the 38th San Diego International Summer Organ Festival, held every Monday evening from July 13 through September 7, 2026 at the iconic Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. Presented by the Spreckels Organ Society, the free nine-week festival showcases acclaimed organists from around the world […]
25th Annual Paper Theatre Festival
Tiny stages tell big stories at the 25th Annual Paper Theatre Festival Exhibition, on view July 14–September 27, 2026 at Geisel Library on the UC San Diego campus during the […]
SummerFest
SummerFest turns 40— and the celebration has never sounded better! For four exhilarating weeks, The Conrad comes alive with 21 concerts, 50+ free community events, and over 100 world‑class musicians from around the globe. Led by Music Director Inon Barnatan, SummerFest showcases unforgettable performances in the acclaimed Baker‑Baum Concert Hall where “every concert is an […]
2026 Carnaval of New Latinx Musicals
Celebrate the future of Latiné musical theatre at the 2026 Carnaval of New Latinx Musicals, taking place August 28–30, 2026 at UC San Diego’s Epstein Family Amphitheater. Produced by the […]
Ongoing
Cafés and Cabarets: The Spectacular Art of Toulouse-Lautrec
Known for his beguiling portraits of Paris nightlife and the unvarnished local characters of Montmartre, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born into an aristocratic family in the South of France in […]