Overlooking Mission Bay Park and downtown San Diego, Kate Sessions Memorial Park is a local favorite for picnics, walking trails and summer barbeques.<\/p>\n
The long stretch of grassy hillside at the park is also home to San Diego\u2019s very own Summer Concerts on the Green series, a free five-part event throughout July and August.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s concert series organized by the Pacific Beach Town Council will kick off at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 13 with local bands, food vendors, games, activities and nonprofit groups.<\/p>\n
The first concert will feature a partnership with Pacific Records Showcase, a local Southern Californian record label that produces and distributes music. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. audiences can enjoy performances from six musical guests \u2014 Sandollar, The Tourmaliners, Kela Sako, Shane Hall, Slack Key \u2018Ohana and Kristina Bennett.<\/p>\n
Subsequent concerts from 4 to 7 p.m. will be Full Strength on July 20, Paging the \u201890s on July 27, Dirty Bird on Aug. 3 and Liquid Blue on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery concert has a different flavor to it; we don\u2019t want them all to be the same,\u201d said PB Town Council President Charlie Nieto. \u201cEach one is unique and this way we can highlight a more broad diversity of talent, and it keeps people coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first concert will be like its very own music festival, according to Nieto, because the council\u2019s partnership with Pacific Records is featuring multiple musical guests instead of just one headliner.<\/p>\n
Nieto has been a part of the PB Town Council since 2020 and this is his third year as its president. Part of his duties include organizing events like the Concerts on the Green series and ensuring the council\u2019s community projects run smoothly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event started before the pandemic, it\u2019s been going on for about a decade.\u201d Nieto said. \u201cBut originally, it was a much smaller one-day event at Kate Sessions, and then the town council picked it up and expanded it to be a five-day event. Now it\u2019s much bigger, the whole park is used and there\u2019s a big stage for musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nieto said there are usually about 5,000 people in the park for each concert.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe fill up the whole park,\u201d he said. \u201cPart of this expansion has just been taking the formula we\u2019ve built each year, this formula for success, and refining it a little so we can make the event bigger and better.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year, Nieto said they are focusing on making the concert series more family friendly. The event will feature a \u201ckid\u2019s corner\u201d where children can enter a zone dedicated to crafts, games and other activities. During the event\u2019s first hour, before the bands start playing, Nieto said there will be more activities for families to enjoy. These include a limbo game, a \u201cbaby race\u201d hosted by San Diego Running Co. and other activities organized by volunteers from King\u2019s Cross Church and the San Diego Gulls hockey team.<\/p>\n
Concertgoers can also purchase food from local PB favorites. This year a number of vendors such as Filippi\u2019s Pizza, Handel\u2019s Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt, The Crack Shack and Shawarma Shack will be selling food.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first concert has a community night theme, and this will probably be the biggest event,\u201d Nieto said. \u201cAnd as a part of that theme we\u2019re partnering with local nonprofits to have tables so they can engage and educate the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of these groups include the PB Planning Group, beautifulPB and Discover PB.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother new thing we\u2019re doing is hosting a community raffle, and this is a way to give local businesses some exposure,\u201d Nieto said.<\/p>\n
While there will be donation links to support the Concerts on the Green series and the council\u2019s work, Nieto said the best way to give financial support is by buying raffle tickets at the event. For $1 each, attendees can purchase as many tickets as they want for the chance to win a basket full of gift cards, vouchers, merchandise, food and more.<\/p>\n
Want to go?<\/p>\n
Concerts on the Green<\/strong><\/p>\n Where:<\/strong> Kate Sessions Park, 5115 Soledad Road, Pacific Beach<\/p>\n When:<\/strong> 4-7 p.m. Sunday, July 13, 20 and 27, Aug. 3 and 10.<\/p>\n Cost:<\/strong> free, but food and raffle tickets available for purchase.<\/p>\n Good to know:<\/strong> Bring lawn chairs or blankets for grass seating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overlooking Mission Bay Park and downtown San Diego, Kate Sessions Memorial Park is a local favorite for picnics,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,26060,26062,26061,26065,26064,3549,7264,26063,8735,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-30571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-concerts-on-the-green","12":"tag-free-concerts-in-pacific-beach","13":"tag-free-concerts-in-san-diego","14":"tag-kate-sessions-park","15":"tag-pacific-beach-town-council","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-sandiego","18":"tag-things-to-do-in-pacific-beach","19":"tag-things-to-do-in-san-diego","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114779483299781157","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}