Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Big Foot
"They are good for 2500 to 3000 tickets." That's how one local promoter described Switchfoot's local box office draw at an all-age venue. But that estimation considers paying customers. How many fans would turn out to see Switchfoot if they played a free concert on the beach?
Since blink-182 disbanded, multiplatinum-selling Switchfoot has become San Diego's most successful locally based band. As a way to say thanks to its local fans, Switchfoot is presenting its own free concert and surf contest called the Switchfoot Bro-Am, Saturday, June 3. A stage will be erected on the sand at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. The band is absorbing all production costs, including staging and security.
Kip Locke grew up surfing with Switchfoot founders Jon and Tim Foreman and Chad Butler. He was asked to oversee the June 3 event. He said the City of Encinitas has been told to expect 3000 to 4000 people at the event.
Pro surfer Rob Machado said Switchfoot's appearance at his tenth annual Surf Classic and Beach Fair in Cardiff last year drew such a huge crowd that it had a part in getting officials to pull the plug on his annual event.
"We are working out traffic control and security right now," said Locke. "They played at the Santa Monica pier several months ago, and they drew about 3500. Luckily they had a real nice crowd with no problems."
Locke said a corresponding surf contest and an auction/dinner connected with the concert will benefit Casa de Amparo, a North County charity that helps abandoned youth.
At present, the June 3 appearance is Switchfoot's only scheduled local appearance for 2006. Locke said he did not know if Switchfoot would appear again locally this year.
Tristan Prettyman, Tom Curren, This Holiday Life, and Years Around the Sun perform from noon to 4 p.m., followed by a one-hour set by Switchfoot. Moonlight Beach is at the west end of Encinitas Boulevard.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Big Foot
Big Foot
"They are good for 2500 to 3000 tickets." That's how one local promoter described Switchfoot's local box office draw at an all-age venue. But that estimation considers paying customers. How many fans would turn out to see Switchfoot if they played a free concert on the beach?
Since blink-182 disbanded, multiplatinum-selling Switchfoot has become San Diego's most successful locally based band. As a way to say thanks to its local fans, Switchfoot is presenting its own free concert and surf contest called the Switchfoot Bro-Am, Saturday, June 3. A stage will be erected on the sand at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. The band is absorbing all production costs, including staging and security.
Kip Locke grew up surfing with Switchfoot founders Jon and Tim Foreman and Chad Butler. He was asked to oversee the June 3 event. He said the City of Encinitas has been told to expect 3000 to 4000 people at the event.
Pro surfer Rob Machado said Switchfoot's appearance at his tenth annual Surf Classic and Beach Fair in Cardiff last year drew such a huge crowd that it had a part in getting officials to pull the plug on his annual event.
"We are working out traffic control and security right now," said Locke. "They played at the Santa Monica pier several months ago, and they drew about 3500. Luckily they had a real nice crowd with no problems."
Locke said a corresponding surf contest and an auction/dinner connected with the concert will benefit Casa de Amparo, a North County charity that helps abandoned youth.
At present, the June 3 appearance is Switchfoot's only scheduled local appearance for 2006. Locke said he did not know if Switchfoot would appear again locally this year.
Tristan Prettyman, Tom Curren, This Holiday Life, and Years Around the Sun perform from noon to 4 p.m., followed by a one-hour set by Switchfoot. Moonlight Beach is at the west end of Encinitas Boulevard.
Comments