25th Annual LGBTQ Film Festival
FilmOut San Diego's 25th Annual LGBTQ Film Festival returns Aug. 21–24, spotlighting diverse LGBTQ+ stories through film, events, and community celebration.
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THINGS TO DO
The Bold, the Beautiful & the Brilliantly Weird
Events
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DEBUTS
This August, The Rosin Box Project presents DEBUTS, a bold evening of world premieres by choreographers Garrett Smith, Ching Ching Wong, and Carly Topazio—celebrating fresh creative collaborations in contemporary ballet.
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Shuuluk Wechuwvi – Where Lightning Was Born
Shuuluk Wechuwvi – Where Lightning Was Born is a powerful new play and comic project by the Eyaay Ahuun Foundation that blends storytelling, cultural memory, and environmental justice to confront the ecological crisis in the Otay River Valley and beyond.
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Asian American Dance Festival
Celebrate heritage, resilience, and identity at a dynamic AAPI dance festival. Experience powerful performances that honor the past, embrace the present, and explore what it means to be Asian American today.
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KPBS San Diego Book Festival
Join KPBS for the first-ever San Diego Book Festival on August 23, featuring award-winning authors, live entertainment, bilingual programming, kids’ activities, and more. Free with registration.
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Clothes Story
Clothes Story at Mesa College Art Gallery highlights African American women’s stories through 30+ recreated garments, Sept. 6–Oct. 15, 2025.
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It’s OK, But It Ain’t Right
Meta description: It’s OK, But It Ain’t Right brings national artists together in a bold, messy exhibition confronting discomfort, humor, and quiet resistance through fearless contemporary art.
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TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR
Meta description: Don’t miss the San Diego Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Spectacular at The Rady Shell, featuring Stephanie Childress, Kiron Atom Tellian, and fireworks over the bay.
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Soul Science Lab: Make a Joyful Noize
Make a Joyful Noize (MAJN) is a multimedia experience that blends music, film and movement to capture the visceral and contagious energy of Black joy. Joy gives us a reason […]
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Palpitations: The Cadence of Heartbeats
Palpitations unites painter Marianela de la Hoz and sound artist Marc Urselli in an immersive installation where sound and image pulse with themes of life, death, and resilience.
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Alfredo Castañeda: Beyond Surrealism
Alfredo Castañeda: Beyond Surrealism brings together thirty-five paintings from outstanding private collections in North America and Spain for the first museum retrospective of the artist’s work in the United States.
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Homegrown ArtBeat
Through painting, photography, sculpture, textile arts, interactive performance, and live music, Homegrown ArtBeat reveals how deeply art lives in our everyday surroundings, often unnoticed.
