September 2019 It’s finally here! The San Diego Blues Festival with Taj Mahal headlining is Sept. 7! Remember, all proceeds benefit the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, more details and link below. (And be sure to bring a couple cans of food to donate.) Daring Greatly is back in town, as is Kaaboo […]
After a busy summer, I admit it makes me kind of sad to delete so many fun things that happened in July. I didn’t get to enjoy them all, but I did make an effort! Rest assured that although the summer is flying by, you can still make it out for the last of the […]
The Del Mar Fair ends next week but there are still plenty of things going on this summer, aside from the fireworks, like the Wine & A Bite and Summer Nights in Fallbrook. The Willowbrook Jazz series starts this month and Hacienda de Vega Rancho Santa Fe now has live music on their patio on […]
There are a significant number of concert schedules and festivals added….Wine & A Bite, Wine, Brews & Blues, Concerts in the Garden, Carlsbad TGIF, Margaritas, the Fair, Scottish Highland Games, Art Festival, Wine Festival, Liberty Station, San Luis Rey Pow Wow and more…it will be a busy month (and summer)! Bill Magee Blues: May 31, […]
Happy Mother’s Day! Things are starting to heat up with Cinco de Mayo, Gator by the Bay, the Doheny Blues Festival, the Rhythm & Blues Festival, Strawberry Festival, Fiesta del Sol and more…. The San Diego County Fair even starts May 31 this year. I am honored to share that BackStage360, the online music magazine, […]
Daring Greatly, in case you haven’t heard yet, is the new band to go see and listen to. The band was recently invited to play at the Whiskey a Go-Go in West Hollywood on the Sunset Strip. Lucky for me and more than 40 other fans, Dail had the brilliant idea of chartering a bus […]
PAT BENATAR and NEIL GIRALDO BY : Annette Higby / BackStage360 Pat Benatar with her husband, Neil Giraldo, was the middle portion of the first night of the 2012 Journey/Pat Benatar/Loverboy concert at the San Manuel Amphitheater in hot San Bernardino, California, appropriately beginning with their hit “All Fired Up”. The drummer […]
LOVERBOY by: Annette Higby / BackStage360 Loverboy kicked off the first night of the 2012 Journey/Pat Benatar/Loverboy concert with their hard-hitting lyrics at the San Manuel Amphitheater in hot San Bernardino, California, beginning with their hit “Queen of the Broken Hearts”. The crowd joined in the second song, “Loving Every Minute of It”, followed by […]
Journey by: Annette Higby / BackStage360 After another extremely fast and efficient stage equipment change, Journey began their first night of the 2012 Journey/Pat Benatar/Loverboy concert at the San Manuel Amphitheater in hot San Bernardino, California, with an introduction of “Majestic” followed by “Never Walk Away”. The back drop of the amphitheater stage was a […]
The Mike Reilly Band Carlsbad Village Theatre, Carlsbad, California By: Annette Higby / BackStage360 April 21, 2012 The Mike Reilly Band performed at the historic Carlsbad Village Theatre recently, which was fitting as the concert was presented along with a historical pictorial review of the band’s history. You couldn’t have asked for a better […]