Hello San Diego!

It's feeling a lot like summer! Time to get out and explore!The San Diego County Fair continues at the Del Mar Fairgrounds featuring seemingly endless expressions of Americana as well as a goodly number of internationally-flavored concerts and events.

Tonight, the documentary Black Man will be shown and discussed at the Educational Cultural Complex.

Saturday and Sunday, the annual San Diego Scottish Highland Games will return to Brengle Terrace Park in Vista. At Art on 30th, there will be a 2-day Art Workshop on German Abstractionism.

Saturday, the First Annual Raza Fest will take place at Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park. The Music en la Calle festival at Tierra Central on University Avenue will feature Irving Flores Latin Jazz, Opera de Tijuana, Naruwan Taiko Drumming, Akayaa Atule & Bolga Zohdoomah, Tracy Lee Nelson, and more. Arraiá do Portal at Estacionamento Clairemont Fellowship will be a celebration of Brazilian Culture featuring food, music, and dance. A 2nd Annual Celebracion Mexicana will take place at Legacy Pavilion Theater in Mission Valley. A Pachanga de Frida event will take place at the LGBT Community Center. At El Cajon's Magnolia Theatre, the Wilayat Batikh Iraqi Sketch Comedy Show will take place. Grupo Marca Registrada will perform at the Civic Theatre.

Sunday, a Juneteenth Day of Restoration will happen at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido. The House of Sweden will hold their annual Lawn Program at the International Cottages. The Samahan Junior Concert of Philippine Dances & Music will take place at Clairemont High. At the Dance House, there will be an Afro-Cuban Orisha Workshop.

Monday, Amanda Portela and Los Brujos Atómicos will perform at Madam Bonnies.

Tuesday, the Japanese Comedy film Tampopo will be shown at the Digital Gym. Studio Ghibli film Howl's Moving Castle will be shown at the Angelika Film Center, and it will be rescreened the following day. Six The Musical will open at the San Diego Civic Theatre with performances continuing until the 9th of July.

Next Thursday, El Primer Instinto will perform at Music Box.

Next Friday, Amanda Portela will perform at the Golden Island restaurant. The Portuguese Hall of San Diego will present A Night of Fado (Uma Noite de Fados). At Mic Drop Comedy, panelist for Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Helen Hong will perform 2 stand-up shows. She has an additional 2 shows the next day. Musica en la Plaza at the California Center for the Arts will feature Latin artist Fercho.

Next Saturday, as part of the San Diego County Fair, there will be an International Beer Festival at the Fairgrounds. Kensington Library presents an outdoor program of Iranian music for Tîrgan (Persian Summer Festival) by the music collective known as Dornob. At the Front Arte Cultura, there will be an opening for El Viento O El Polvo, Tal Vez featuring the work of artist Mariel Miranda. At Little Italy's Firehouse Museum Theater, the music documentary L'Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio will be shown. Metalachi will perform at Music Box.

Next Sunday, at Bread & Salt there will be a Valle de Guadalupe Wine Fundraiser for the Friends of Friendship Park.

Local theatrical productions include Destiny of Desire at the Old Globe in Balboa Park, Oliver! at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater and Twelfth Night at the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre at the Old Globe. Six the Musical opens at the San Diego Civic Theatre for a limited run.

Please note that after two weeks in the main calendar section, ongoing events (such as exhibitions and plays) can be found in Ongoing and Extended Events.

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