The Craving: San Diego Food + Drink News – Week of August 31, 2026

The Craving is ThereSanDiego's weekly guide to what's worth eating and drinking in San Diego right now. Every Tuesday, we surface new restaurant openings, standout happy hours, limited-time menu specials, and upcoming food events across the city - so you know what's happening before everyone else does.

LA/NY

American cities have helped define the American character through bold, striving architecture and the resulting social impacts and inspirations. This program of music by John...

Birth of the Cool: A West Jazz Salute

A night not to be missed! Series curator Gilbert Castellanos celebrates the music that made the “west coast sound,” paying homage to some of...

Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli stands as one of the world’s most talented and most accomplished Hip Hop artists. Whether working with Mos Def as one-half of Black...

La Santa Cecilia

La Santa Cecilia started their career by serenading passersby on the embellished corners of Downtown Los Angeles’ Olvera Street. They are a musical phenomenon which...

Art of Elan

Art of Élan returns to the Chamber Music Series! The highly acclaimed classical chamber music collective presents a program of colorful works that were “made...

Our American Music: A Free Festival Concert

This exciting concert, headlined by the San Diego Symphony, features musical highlights of works that will be performed throughout the month of January as part...

Americans and Paris

American composers Aaron Copland and George Gershwin both made significant visits to France during their formative years, and some of their resulting impressions are expressed...

State Champs

State Champs with Against the Current, With Confidence, Don Broco Live.

Elephante

Elephante is the recording and performing moniker of Tim Wu, a Los Angeles-based EDM DJ/producer known for his big-room progressive house anthems and remixes of...

Tiger Army

Tiger Army with T.S.O.L. & Gamblers Mark. Live.

Sander Van Doorn

Sander van Doorn is a Dutch electronic dance music DJ, producer and label owner of DOORN Records. He has consistently ranked in DJ Mag’s Top...

Vicetone

Vicetone are a Dutch EDM duo who are equally comfortable crafting cinematic instrumentals and vocal-driven club anthems. Victor Pool and Ruben den Boer, friends since...

Subhumans with The Love Songs

Subhumans are an English anarcho-punk band formed in the Warminster and Melksham area of Wiltshire in 1980.

Jauz

Genre blending has always been a core tenant of Jauz – the project of 21 year old LA-based and Icon Collective graduate, Sam Vogel. His...

Savi

Los Angeles & Las Vegas based DJ/Producer Savi has spent the last half decade touring the globe performing at several of the top nightclubs. His...

William Singe with Alex Aiono

Liam Anthony “William” Singe is an Australian singer, songwriter, and producer. Live with Alex Aiono.

Eric Dlux

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Grammy nominated songwriter and producer, Eric Dlux first made a name for himself in the music industry as a...

Cosmic Gate

German based Cosmic Gate, comprised of Nic Chagall and Bossi, have created pulsating dance floor hits over the past decade. While showing impressive success with...

Gnash

Gnash “the sleepover tour”. Live

Party Favor

Party Favor’s edgy style has helped pioneer the festival trap genre, exhilarating and thrilling audiences and turning heads across the globe. Party Favor, AKA Dylan...

Jake Miller

Jake Miller with special guests MAX and Spencer Sutherland

Gareth Emery

British DJ and producer, Gareth Emery, has created his own distinct style by meshing variations of trance, house and progressive into his music. Trained...

Common

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., better known by his stage name Common, is an American rapper, actor, film producer and poet from Chicago, Illinois.

Matoma

Norway’s Tom Stræte Lagergren (aka Matoma) is a DJ and producer known for his dance-oriented, tropical house music. He initially started out playing classical piano...