Concerts/Music
Turnpike Troubadours with Steve Earle and Reckless Kelly
6:00 PM–10:00 PMGallagher Square at Petco Park · East Village$90.25
Red-dirt country headliners Turnpike Troubadours with Steve Earle and Reckless Kelly on the Petco Park lawn.
This Weekend in San Diego: Oct 15-18, 2026
San Diego Events Thursday, October 15, 2026
7 events from this week’s verified list.
Last verified Oct 11, 2026. Times and prices can change, so check with the organizer before going. Each listing links to the page we checked it against.
Concerts/Music
Easy Star All-Stars: Dub Side of the Moon
8:00 PMBelly Up · Solana Beach$25 adv / $28 day of show
Reggae collective Easy Star All-Stars play their dub take on Pink Floyd, with Double Tiger; doors 7 PM.
Concerts/Music
Akeem Ali: The Texture Tour
8:00 PMMusic Box · Little Italy$25 adv / $30 day of show
Akeem Ali brings The Texture Tour to Music Box in Little Italy; doors 7 PM.
Food & Drink/Community
Noche de Mole
6:30 PM–9:00 PMSherman Heights Community Center · Sherman Heights$75-$125
Mole tastings, drinks, live entertainment and a preview of 25-plus altars to open the center's 32nd Dia de los Muertos celebration.
Film/Festivals
SDIFF Films and Studio Premieres
Runs through Sun, Oct 18AMC UTC 14, Westfield UTC · La Jolla
Independent features, documentaries, shorts and studio premieres with filmmaker Q&As, Thu-Sun. See the festival schedule for showtimes.
Theater/Arts
Topdog/Underdog (The Old Globe, final week)
7:00 PMRuns through Sun, Oct 18Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, The Old Globe · Balboa ParkFrom $44
Suzan-Lori Parks's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, closes Oct 18.
Arts (Free)
Kelly Akashi: Artist Talk
5:00 PM–6:50 PMUC San Diego, Department of Visual Arts · La JollaFree (RSVP)
This year's Longenecker-Roth Artist-in-Residence talks about her work in glass, casting and other materials.