🌴 San Diego Right Now

What’s on around town — food, music, sports, and ways to pitch in.

Last updated: October 4, 2026

🍽️ Food & Drink

La Jolla Art & Wine Festival — Oct 10–11, free juried art show + Wine & Beer Garden
San Diego Bay Festival — Oct 16–18, Mariner’s Point Park, music + local food and drinks
Taste of City Heights — Oct 17, 2–5 PM

🎶 Music

Empire of the Sun — Oct 5, Petco Park
Jack Johnson & Hermanos Gutiérrez — Oct 9, North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Charli xcx — Music, Fashion, Film Tour — Oct 14, Viejas Arena
Mission Bayfest — Oct 16–18, Mariners Point Park, multi-day waterfront festival

⚾ Sports

Padres in the NLDS vs Brewers — swept the Cubs in the Wild Card; Games 3 & 4 at Petco Park Oct 6–7 (FOX/FS1).
San Diego FC — in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race down the stretch.

🏚️ Seasonal

Rocky Horror Picture Show — Oct 11, 7 PM, Balboa Theatre, with Patricia Quinn + live shadow cast
San Diego International Film Festival — Oct 13–18, 25th edition, citywide
Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld — select nights through Oct 31, six haunted houses

🤝 Volunteering

Bike MS: Bay to Bay — Oct 17–18, Carlsbad to San Diego
Feeding San Diego — food-sorting shifts
40+ openings — food banks, Humane Society, libraries.

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