The Big List of Things To Do in San Diego This Weekend

Check out this week’s Big List of Things To Do in San Diego this Weekend and make your plans!

San Diego is bustling with St. Patrick’s Day festivities, museum exhibit debuts, and unique movie experiences at the Rooftop Cinema Club. From cultural celebrations to artistic explorations and cinematic magic under the stars, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!

If that’s not enough…there is plenty more below! Have a great weekend!

Top Concerts in San Diego This Week

From electrifying hip-hop beats to soulful R&B melodies, classic pop to raging metal, the San Diego concert scene has it all. So grab your tickets, gather your friends, and get ready to experience the magic of live music!


The Dish

The Dish is your source for the latest menu updates, new cocktail programs, happy hours, and special offers from San Diego’s best restaurants and bars!


Friday, March 29

spring at ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station

March Into Creative Arts and Culture Experiences at ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station

With everything from kid-friendly floral workshops and creative First Friday events to exciting exhibitions, ARTS DISTRICT is the ultimate destination to make the most of springtime in San Diego.


Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero Presents Raiders of the Lost Ark

When Dr. Indiana Jones—the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist—is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.


Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience

Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, a multimedia exhibition featuring over 300 of Van Gogh’s works with advanced projection technology and music, returns to San Diego’s Wyland Center, offering tickets from $36.99 and a new virtual reality experience.


Youth Art Show

ArtReach Opens a Call for Youth Art Submissions

ArtReach San Diego is seeking youth artists (aged five to 18) to submit a mini-masterpiece for an upcoming Youth Art Show. Each mini masterpiece created for this open call should be exactly six inches wide by six inches tall, following the prompt, “Where do your dreams take you?”


Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero Presents Love and Basketball

Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.


Saturday, March 30

Big list of things to do in San Diego this weekend

Last Night! THE ROSIN BOX PROJECT Kicks Off 2024 With “Empower”

Featuring three brand new creations from San Diego-based emerging female choreographers Bethany Green and Carly Topazio and a special commission from guest choreographer Cherice Barton, the program launches TRBP’s most ambitious season yet!


Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero Presents Wonka

Willy Wonka—chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time—is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.


big list of things to do in san diego

Hold Fast Immersive Art Exhibition Opens at Birch Aquarium

Hold Fast is a powerful and immersive art exhibit that invites us to explore the impact of climate change on our local kelp forest through the lens of three local artists and scientists.


Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero Presents Shrek

It ain’t easy bein’ green—especially if you’re a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot—a wisecracking donkey.


Experience Awe at the Beyond Monet Exhibit

Step into the mesmerizing world of Beyond Monet Exhibit and prepare to be captivated by stunning visual masterpieces. Immerse yourself in a breathtaking display of artistry and creativity that transcends traditional boundaries, promising an unforgettable journey through color, light, and imagination.


The New Children’s Museum Debuts Exhibit of Science-Fiction Writer Octavia E. Butler

You’ll explore a large-scale installation inspired by Butler’s childhood influences and experiences growing up in Southern California and features murals by collaborating artist Mithsuca Berry. This installation imaginatively embodies the early creative influences of Butler’s early life.


Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero Presents Fight Club

An insomniac office worker looking for a way to change his life crosses paths with a devil-may-care soapmaker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.


Sunday, March 31

Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero Presents The Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.


Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero Presents Twilight

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest to live with her father, she meets the reclusive Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward’s repeated cautions, Bella can’t help but fall in love with him, a fatal move that endangers her own life when a coven of bloodsuckers tries to challenge the Cullen clan.


Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero Presents Migration

After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip from New England to New York City to tropical Jamaica.


See you there, San Diego!

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