Sept 2 – End of Summer Sunset Luau
Sea 180 Coastal Tavern is kicking off September in beachy style with a Sunset Luau on Sunday, September 2. Executive Chef Ken Irvine will be serving Huli Huli chicken, coconut shrimp, sweet potatoes, fresh locally caught fish, pineapple fried jasmine rice, and the pièce de résistance, a Kalua Pua’a (roasted pig). Pair the South Pacific fare with live music, performances by Polynesian dancers, fire dancers, and an unparalleled view of the sunset. $59.95 per person, to purchase tickets, call 619.631.4949.
Sept 2 – Taste of the Islands Beer Brunch at Second Chance Beer Company
Sept 7 – Pups in PB Yappy Hour benefiting Second Chance Dog RescueSpend your favorite time of the day with your favorite furry friend. Stop by The Local PB Friday, September 7 from 5-8 p.m. for a very special Yappy Hour benefiting local dog non-profit Second Chance Dog Rescue. Bring your pup and sip on drink specials from Tito’s Vodka and Second Chance Beer Co., a portion of proceeds from the featured drinks will be donated to Second Chance Dog Rescue. There will also be several dogs available for adoption.
Sept 9 – 10 Perfect Bites
A fundraiser for Friendly Feast and Feeding San Diego, the inaugural 10 Perfect Bites is a tasting experience featuring signature dishes from 10 of San Diego’s respected chefs. Guests will make their way around the event, held at Hotel Republic, to taste each inspired bite starting with the lightest appetizers and progressing to heavier dishes before ending with dessert. Chefs participating in this foodie event to help end hunger in San Diego are: JC Colón (Hotel Republic), Christopher Osborne (BIGA), Joseph Elevado (Prep Kitchen), Jason Knibb (Nine-Ten), Marco Maestoso (Maestoso), Jason McLeod (CH Projects), Alfie Szeprethy (Pisco Rotisserie & Cevicheria), Matt Lyons (Tribute Pizza), Fay Rodriguez (Faye’s Desserts) and Andrea Davis (Andrea’s Truffles). $50-60 per person, to purchase tickets, visit Eventbrite.
Sept 10 – Mavericks’ Paint Night
Let your inner artist shine, or just come for the fun atmosphere at Mavericks’ Paint Night on Monday, September 10th. Grab your friends and have a fabulous time sipping your favorite drinks while getting step-by-step instruction for creating a painting worthy of hanging up in your home. The event begins at 6:00 p.m. but come early for Happy Hour which includes $1 off beer and wine, $2 off snacks, $4 Estrella Draft beers and $6 Mavericks Mai Tais and Margaritas. Link to sign-up can be viewed here.
Sept 12 – Bartender Takeover
Known for their farm fresh ethos, Royale’s restaurateurs, Jordan and Mariah Brownwood, own and operate a 15-acre family farm here in San Diego called Nopalito. Everything from the approachable menus to the cocktails utilizes Nopalito’s produce, botanicals and ingredients. This September, Royale continues its summer guest bartender takeover series ‘In Good Company’ by welcoming San Diego’s cocktail hotspot False Idol behind the bar on Wednesday, September 12th 7-10pm.
Sept 13 – Taste of Downtown
Grab your family, friends, and appetite – the 26th Annual Taste of Downtown, brought to you by Banner Bank, is back and bigger than ever. Head into our city’s culinary core on Thursday, September 13th, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for tasty treats from more than 40 different restaurants. Sample-sized bites allow you to explore all Downtown has to offer, without the commitment of a full menu. Tickets are just $35 in advance and $40 the day of the event. With a ticket, you will be treated to loads of delectable dishes and offered a complimentary shuttle service to ensure you can taste different goodies in all of Downtown’s dynamic neighborhoods. To purchase tickets, or for more information, visit downtownsandiego.org.
Sept 13 – Rooftop Yoga for National Yoga Month
Celebrate National Yoga Month this September with a rooftop yoga class. Kimpton Solamar Hotel is hosting their next Sip & Savasana yoga event Thursday, September 13, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., with yoga starting promptly at 6:15 p.m. The light vinyasa flow yoga class will take place at the hotel’s Upper East Bar rooftop, overlooking the downtown San Diego skyline, and will feature local vendors including Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey and yoga clothing from Sunari Lifestyle. Complimentary welcomes sips from Skrewball will be served and happy hour drink and food specials will be available after the class.
This event is free to attend! Guests need to bring their own yoga mats and can RSVP on Facebook HERE.
Sept 14 – Wine & Dine
Debate the delectable this September 14 when Baja wines go head to head with Modern Times at Vintana Wine + Dine for a 4-course showdown. Executive Chef Deborah Scott will be serving up the perfect plates to complement the distinguished flavors of select Baja wines and Modern Times beers, including Pan Seared Icelandic Cod, Venison Medallions and more. Each course will be paired with one wine and one beer, leaving the winner of each round in your hands. $79 per person, to RSVP, call 760.745.7777.
Sept 14-15 – Skydiving Championships
The world’s most dynamic and visually spectacular skydiving event heads to downtown San Diego, September 14-15, as the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Swoop Freestyle World Championships comes to the Embarcadero Marina Park South. Eighteen of the world’s best canopy pilots will fly their parachutes mere inches above the water at speeds approaching 90 mph, and spectators will have a front-row seat for the high-speed action!
In canopy piloting, often called “swooping,” skydivers fly high-performance parachutes that can generate intense vertical and horizontal speeds. By performing speed-inducing maneuvers, these skydiving pros can glide inches above the ground and water for hundreds of yards, while showcasing dynamic and complicated moves.
Free to attend and open to the public, the world championships will also include a variety of entertaining air, land and water demonstrations, including a Friday night exhibition – with solo and team canopy swooping, wingsuit skydiving, powered paragliding and more – live music, athlete meet and greets, and food vendors.
For more information about the event, visit www.swoopfreestyle.com.
Sept 15 – Experience Unique Food & Drink at Taste of South Park
Take a trip to San Diego’s favorite urban neighborhood! Boasting a growing restaurant and bar scene, South Park will host its 2018 Taste of South Park on Saturday, September 15, from 12 – 4 p.m. Foodies, bar crawlers and coffee addicts alike are encouraged to come sample all that South Park has to offer.
This all-ages event is limited to 400 people, so make sure to grab your tickets soon! Tickets can be purchased online for $35 and the day-of at the Taste of South Park info. booth for $40. Tickets include a walking map of South Park and a tasting passport valid for one sample at all participating South Park eateries, including Buona Forchetta, Café Madeleine, Captain Kirks Coffee, Communal Coffee, Del Sur Mexican Cantina, Eclipse Chocolate Bar & Bistro, Enoteca Buona Forchetta, Grant’s Marketplace, Hamilton’s Tavern, KINDRED, La Taqueria Vegiee, Mariscos Nine Seas, Mazara Trattoria, Seven Seas Roasting Co., Sombrero Mexican Food, South Park Brewing & Tacos La Mezcla, Station Tavern, The Big Kitchen Café, The Daily Scoop and The Rose Wine Bar.
Sept 15 – Guadalupe Valley Wine, Food & Music Festival
Taking place on a very special date this year—the celebration of the independence of Mexico—travelers from San Diego and farther will make the journey to Baja, California to attend the third annual Guadalupe Valley Wine, Food & Music Festival on Saturday, September 15 in the heart of Mexico’s bewitching wine country at Decantos Vinícola, a sleek 20-acre family-run winery, beautifully perched with breathtaking views of the entire Valle de Guadalupe. It’s wine unlike any other, due to their innovation process that combines tradition and modernity by decantation or gravity, completely eliminating the mechanical pumping and use only the natural law of gravity from the beginning of the process of receiving the grapes to the final bottling. Every September, the boutique festival welcomes a curated group of chefs and musicians to Mexico’s valley of vineyards, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, for a magic weekend experience and celebration of the Valle’s impressive history of local wine & agriculture, food & locally sourced ingredients, and a brilliant line-up of music under the stars, paired with over 15 different wineries including national labels such as, Casa de Piedra, La Lomita, Pijoan, Emevé, Monte Xanic, Aborigen, among others. This September, the Guadalupe Valley Wine, Food & Music Festival will feature a curated selection of the top local winemakers, musicians such as Bob Moses who will lead the line-up of the event, as well as Titan, Museum of Love—together with the legendary Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem—DJ Tennis, and additional national and international artists. The selected line-up will increase in the intensity as the day progresses, ranging from organic to eclectic sounds and fusions of funk, house, R&B, to close the night with electronic beats. Other renowned musical artists personally invited by the festival founder and celebrated Mexican DJ, Alejandro Franco will be attending too. The highly personal and intimately boutique festival consists of one full day of programming (music and food are included in the price of admission) for a limited number of 1,500 festival goers in total.
Each ticket ($200) includes food, music, and wine pairings and can be purchased here: https://apmproducciones.boletosenlinea.events/orderticketsarea.asp?p=203&a=472
Sept 15 – Cans & Jams
Gaslamp’s favorite Saturday soiree is back next weekend September 15th! Every third Saturday of the month, Searsucker San Diegoserves up more than just typical cans of brew, but they partner with local brewers from around SD! This month, Boulevard Brewing Company will be providing the beer with $1 per can sold donated to Father Joe’s Villages for their local efforts in eliminating homelessness. Searsucker will also be serving up their Old Fashion Happy Hour Menu full of unique cocktails and bites (Duck Fat Fries yes please!). Not to mention, there will be live music going all afternoon long – time to start enjoying these crisp September nights. Check out the Facebook event here for more details: facebook.com/events/
Sept 16 – Sculpt Yoga & Bourbon at Estancia La Jolla
Estancia La Jolla’s #SelfCareSunday series continues with Sculpt Yoga & Bourbon with CorePower which includes a dog adoption event in partnership with Petco. Enjoy a yoga class in Estancia’s Garden Courtyard, complimentary bourbon after the class, Moët & Chandon champagne, super-food tapas, mini-spa services from Kopari Beauty, raffle drawings and more. The ticket price also includes a pool day pass to soak up the sun after class at Estancia La Jolla. Registration opens at 10:30AM and the yoga class will start at 11AM. Leave time for a meet and greet with the adoptable dogs after class!
Sept 18 – The Smoking Gun One Year Anniversary
On September 18th, join The Smoking Gun and cheers to one year of being open! This Gaslamp retro-spot’s First Anniversary Party will have tray-passed apps and $10 You-Call-Its after 10:00 p.m., along with many other surprises that you’ll just have to be there to find out about. The party starts at 8:00 p.m., see you there!
Sept 18 – Park 101 Paint Party
Paint, mimosas and moms?! Sounds like a great way to spend a Tuesday morning up in Carlsbad. On September 18th, Moms and their little ones are invited to join the crew at Park 101 for a paint party! Check-in as at 11:30 a.m. and enjoy $15 specials on bottles of Cupcake Prosecco or Rose. All paint supplies are included and the cost is $25 per child or $40 for a mother/child combo. Get your Van Gough on under the sun at 12:00 p.m. Call for more details.
Sept 21-23– Santa Fe Marketplace at Bazaar del Mundo
The best of the Southwest – including Native American jewelry, art and crafts – will be on display and for sale at Bazaar del Mundo’s annual Santa Fe Marketplace, Friday through Sunday, September 21-23.
Transformed into a vibrant outdoor marketplace, Bazaar del Mundo (located at 4133 Taylor Street in Old Town) will overflow with exquisite collections of authentic Native American jewelry, art, crafts and décor from Navajo, Cherokee, Hopi, Pima, Isleta Pueblo and Santo Domingo Pueblo tribe members, along with other noted Southwestern artists demonstrating and selling their goods.
Visitors can take in dazzling sterling silver and multi-stone inlaid jewelry made with stunning turquoise, coral and other exotic stones, hand-woven Zapotec pillows and rugs, leather accessories, fetishes, storytellers, Pendleton blankets and more. Returning to this year’s festival, pawn trader Art Quintana will appraise visitors’ fine Indian jewelry and family heirlooms (up to two pieces each).
Sept 22 – The Wine Pub Baja Tour
Much-loved Point Loma wine bar, The Wine Pub, expands its all-inclusive, VIP trips across the border to explore Mexico’s booming craft beer and street food scene. On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 22, guests will depart from The Wine Pub for a cross-border journey in mini buses. Click here to view the itinerary for the trip! Each experience includes round-trip transportation from The Wine Pub, all street food and craft beer pairings at each stop and exclusive brewery visits with an experienced guide. Tickets are $195 a person. Reservations are required. Tax and gratuity are not included. Click here for more information.
Laugh until it hurts at ginger’s, an ultra-hip underground cocktail bar hosting Cocktails & Comedians on Thursday, September 27th. Prepare to be entertained as a hilarious lineup of comedians takes the stage, covering topics ranging from love to everyday life. The show is from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., but doors open at 7:00 p.m. and you’ll want to arrive early to score a great seat. The event is free, but there is a two-drink minimum.
Sept 27 – Cocktails & Comedians
Laugh until it hurts at ginger’s, an ultra-hip underground cocktail bar hosting Cocktails & Comedians on Thursday, September 27th. Prepare to be entertained as a hilarious lineup of comedians takes the stage, covering topics ranging from love to everyday life. The show is from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., but doors open at 7:00 p.m. and you’ll want to arrive early to score a great seat. The event is free, but there is a two-drink minimum.
Sept 27 – Culinary Couture
JSix and Fashion Week San Diego are hosting Culinary Couture, a memorable five course dining experience where the food and cocktails are as glamorous as trending world designer fashions. This year’s menu is inspired by the 2018 FAB Award recipients and models will be showcasing these looks during the event. Partial proceeds of all Culinary Couture tickets will go back to the FAB Authority, a non-profit that supports emerging fashion, art, and creative business entrepreneurs. There will also be a silent auction during the dinner with some haute items up for grab! 100% of all silent auction proceeds will also go back to the FAB Authority. The event is Thursday, September 27 at 6 p.m. at JSix in the East Village. Tickets cost $100 and can be purchased online.
Sept 28-30
Grab your steins and get ready to “Prost!,” because there’s a libation to satisfy the taste of every Mann or Frau at this year’s La Mesa Oktoberfest on September 28th, 29th and 30th. The Hofbrauhaus Biergarten and Craft Beer & Spirits Garten serving up traditional German beers and delicious cocktails with a modern twist. Pair your favorite German-inspired beverage with a giant juicy bratwurst, German-style Snitzel, or a cherished twisted pretzel the size of a small child. La Mesa Oktoberfest isn’t just your typical food and drink celebration, it’s an elevated experience for all ages. Immerse yourself in the Munich-mood between performances by local and regional Umpa bands, German polka and rock bands with brat eating contests, musical chairs, yodeling contests and more as attendees of all ages battle for the win! Explore over 200 vendor booths boasting a variety of traditional foods and German-style crafts with everything from handmade goods to unique holiday-themed décor. Bring the whole family out for a weekend of more FREE activities at the German Kinder Karneval, featuring a towering Ferris wheel, glucklich games, rock-climbing wall, massive inflatable slides, interactive art, scavenger hunts and more!
Sept 30 – Bubbly & Brunch on the Beach
What would brunch be without its bubbly partner in crime? For those looking to add a little sparkle to their Sunday brunch, JRDN Restaurant is launching a new event series: Bubbly & Brunch on the Beach. Guests will enjoy three-course morning favorites paired with sparkling wine at San Diego’s recently reimagined oceanfront restaurant. Iron Horse Winery will be pouring their renowned sparkling wines on Sunday, September 30 from 11 AM – 2 PM. Tickets for the Bubbly & Brunch on the Beach cost $70 per person (includes tax and gratuity) and can be purchased online,https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Sept 30 -Yoga under the Olive Trees
Herringbone La Jolla will be hosting Yoga under the Olive Trees on Sunday September 30th! Herringbone has partnered up with Lululemon La Jolla for a relaxing Sunday morning yoga session from 8:30am-9:15am. There is no better place to *namaste* than underneath the 100-year-old olive trees especially when the session is followed brunch. Post yoga-session enjoy a complimentary glass of bubbles or non-alcoholic beverage of choice paired with a 2-course brunch menu full of all the sweet and savory classics. You will want to refuel with a refreshing glass of champagne and dishes like Soft Shell Crab Benedict, Pecan Sticky Bun, or the signature Lobster Roll. Grab your mat, come hungry, and be sure to stretch into your Sunday with good vibes that will get you through the whole week.
The yoga class + 2-course brunch is $45 and tickets can be purchased here: https://hakkasangroup.com/store/las-vegas/event/151347.
