Coronado Times

Ferry Landing Weekend Concert Series
2022-08-13 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-20 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-27 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-09-03 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-09-11 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-09-18 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-09-25 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Coronado Ferry Landing, 1201 First Street, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Free weekend concert series! Join us from 2 to 5 pm by the Ferry Pier for an afternoon of great entertainment and a beautiful view.
We invite you to come and enjoy the array of local music talent. This weekend’s schedule is in the image above.
Ferry Landing restaurants are open for dining.
Don’t forget to share your pics on Instagram using #coronadoferrylanding

Concert in Spreckels Park: Hotel California
2022-08-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Spreckels Park, 601 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Photo Credit: Ken Bitar of KBdroneservices
Concerts are located in Spreckels Park at Orange Avenue between 6th Street and 7th Street. Bring chairs, food, drink and your dancing shoes!

DATE
Start Time
BAND
SPONSORSHIP

8/14/2022
6:00pm
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
Kory Kavanewsky of CMG Mortgage

The Brigantine Family of Restaurants

*8/21/2022
5:00pm
LOUIE CRUZ BELTRAN
Coronado Woman’s Club

Coronado Junior Woman’s Club

*8/28/2022
5:00pm
IT’S NEVER 2L8
Coronado Shores Company

*9/4/2022
5:00pm
SPECIAL CONCERT
The Auen Foundation (Platinum Sponsor)

Food Truck Thursday at the Coronado Island Marriott
2022-06-16 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-08 17:00 - 20:00 | Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa, 2000 2nd St, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join us on our Terrace every Thursday from 5 to 8 pm and enjoy delicious offerings from local vendors plus live music.
Food trucks, drinks and music with a view of the bay and bridge!
With rotating great local food and beverage vendors, this is a can’t-miss event.
Skyline Terrace
2000 Second Street
Find out which vendors will be there on the Marriott’s Facebook Events page.

Concert in Spreckels Park: Louie Cruz Beltran
2022-08-21 17:00 - 19:00 | Spreckels Park, 601 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Photo Credit: Ken Bitar of KBdroneservices
Concerts are located in Spreckels Park at Orange Avenue between 6th Street and 7th Street. Bring chairs, food, drink and your dancing shoes!

DATE
Start Time
BAND
SPONSORSHIP

8/21/2022
5:00pm
LOUIE CRUZ BELTRAN
Coronado Woman’s Club

Coronado Junior Woman’s Club

8/28/2022
5:00pm
IT’S NEVER 2L8
Coronado Shores Company

9/4/2022
5:00pm
SPECIAL CONCERT
The Auen Foundation (Platinum Sponsor)

Summer Festival Jazz Concert Series featuring Joe Bourne
2022-08-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Library for the 2022 Summer Festival Jazz Concerts. Sponsored by the Friends of the Coronado Library and Hotel del Coronado, concerts will take place every other Friday from June 3-August 26. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to each performance.
Closing out our Summer Festival is vocalist Joe Bourne presenting Great Gentlemen of Swing Blues and Pop. The repertoire will be a range of music from Lou Rawls, Frank Sinatra and Friends, Al Jarreau, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Louis Armstrong and a taste of Motown.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Joe Bourne was inspired by many of the big names of jazz and popular music that toured the Boston area. Whether it’s a swinging rendition of the fun song “Goody Goody,” Oscar Brown’s philosophical “Dat Dere,” Errol Garner’s romantic ballad “Misty” or his special tribute to the great Nat King Cole, Joe always captures the audience with his own style, warm mellifluous jazz baritone voice, and dynamic showmanship. Joe has shared the stage with Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Dionne Warwick and several other jazz and popular music greats.
Over the years Joe has received several prestigious awards such as The Diamond of the Year award presented by The Bund Botschafter Ohne Grenzen, and the Kunstler des Jahres (Artist of the Year award), both for top-class entertainment in Germany. He has also been honored with the Silver Orpheus in Bulgaria and the Jimmy Kennedy award in Ireland, both for his special presentation of Gershwin’s “Summertime.”

Concert in Spreckels Park: It's Never 2L8
2022-08-28 17:00 - 20:00 | Spreckels Park, 601 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Photo Credit: Ken Bitar of KBdroneservices
Concerts are located in Spreckels Park at Orange Avenue between 6th Street and 7th Street. Bring chairs, food, drink and your dancing shoes!

DATE
Start Time
BAND
SPONSORSHIP

8/28/2022
5:00pm
IT’S NEVER 2L8
Coronado Shores Company

9/4/2022
5:00pm
SPECIAL CONCERT
The Auen Foundation (Platinum Sponsor)

Autumn Concert Series featuring Irving Flores
2022-09-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Library for our Autumn Concert Series on Fridays from September 3 to October 21. Each concert will begin at 1 pm in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance. To kickoff our series, Irving Flores will play a crowd pleasing selection of music.

Irving Flores is an accomplished pianist, composer, arranger and music producer. He has performed with Bill Watrous, Charles McPherson, Abraham Laboriel, Poncho Sanchez, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Alex Acuna, Akira Jimbo, Rene Camacho, Cuba’s “El Negro” Hernandez, Gilbert Castellanos, Peter Sprague.
His music arrangements also include a “Tribute to Frank Sinatra,” performed by the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, an arrangement for strings for Luis Miguel, and an orchestral arrangement for The San Diego Symphony.

Concert in Spreckels Park: Special Concert
2022-09-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Spreckels Park, 601 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Photo Credit: Ken Bitar of KBdroneservices
Concerts are located in Spreckels Park at Orange Avenue between 6th Street and 7th Street. Bring chairs, food, drink and your dancing shoes!

DATE
Start Time
BAND
SPONSORSHIP

9/4/2022
5:00pm
SPECIAL CONCERT
The Auen Foundation (Platinum Sponsor)

Autumn Concert Series featuring Adrienne Nims
2022-09-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Library for our Autumn Concert Series on Fridays from September 3 to October 21. Each concert will begin at 1 pm in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance. This week’s series will feature flutist and saxophonist Adrienne Nims.

Adrienne Nims is a flutist and saxophonist whose passionate energy is well acclaimed. Though her early formal training focused on classical music, she quickly developed a deep interest in jazz and world music. In addition to piano and flute, by age 13 she was also playing the saxophone and performing professionally in big bands and classical ensembles. Adrienne’s group, Sprit Wind, has performed at venues such as the Getty Museum of Los Angeles, California Center for the Arts, the San Diego Zoo, and major jazz festivals and classical music series. In her professional career, Adrienne has opened for Spyro Gyra, Kirk Whalum, Joe Cocker, Fourplay, Don MacLean, Boz Scraggs, Steppenwolf, and more. She is an accomplished studio musician with credits on over 50 CDs including her own, and television soundtracks as well. In addition to her work as a performing and recording artist, Adrienne is also an educator teaching flute and saxophone as well as a masterclass presenter for institutes and foundations.

Avanti Flute Choir Concert
2022-09-11 15:00 - 16:30 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Library for an afternoon of flute music. The Avanti Flute Choir will perform works by composers including McMichael, Bartok, Menken, and Zimmer, as well as Broadway showstoppers.
A reception will follow the performance.

Autumn Concert Series featuring Regina Tolley
2022-09-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Library for our Autumn Concert Series on Fridays from September 3 to October 21. Each concert will begin at 1 pm in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance. For this week’s performance, violinist Regina Tolley will be playing romantic and popular songs from the 1920s to today.

Regina Tolley is an accomplished acoustic and electric violinist based out of San Diego.
She first fell in love with the violin at age nine, when she saw the local middle school orchestra perform. After years of orchestral and ensemble experiences throughout middle school and high school, she decided to pursue her passion for music at Point Loma Nazarene University, where she graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Music and a minor in Pre-Therapeutic Psychology.
Tolley has been a session and performing musician for over 15 year with artists like Rihanna and Louis XIV, and has toured with bands locally, throughout the United States, and in Canada and Europe.
When she’s not performing for weddings and other events, you can find her teaching private and group lessons in her music studio, tracking live strings for bands/artists or feature films, and creating her own original songs.

Rio Nova Concert
2022-09-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Enjoy the beautiful melodies and high-energy rhythms of samba and bossa nova — music made famous by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Sergio Mendes. This performance is inspired by the sunny beaches of Rio. Musicians Mark Danisovsky, Jeff Pekarek, Jim Lair, Ray Conseur, and Jean and Mike Stewart will perform an afternoon of toe-tapping fun for all ages.

Jean and Mike Stewart (guitar/vocals)
Jim Lair (keyboard and vocals)
Jean, Mike and Jim formed the “Raggle Taggle Band” over 30 years ago, providing themed entertainment at most of San Diego’s landmarks such as the San Diego Zoo, San Diego Safari Park, SeaWorld, the Star of India and the grand openings for Seaport Village, The Old Globe, and Horton Plaza. The band performed jazz, swing, bossa nova, Celtic, traditional sea shanty and English Renaissance music. Jean and Mike also specialize in live music programs for young children, and performed beloved weekly storytimes at Coronado Library for 10 years.
Mark Danisovszky (Accordionist and Piano) Mark is a masterful musician performing professionally for Italian, French, Jewish, Oktoberfest, Irish, tango and jazz concerts and events as a soloist and in ensembles.
Jeff Pekarek (aka Basile) (Bass, Guitar, Cello and Bouzouki) Jeff has over 30 years of experience as a professional musician and entertainer in numerous musical genres. He is also a music arranger and recording producer, an expert in international traditional folk music, and has taught classical and electric guitar, string bass and cello at The Bishop’s school in La Jolla.
Ray Conseur (Drums/Percussion) Ray is a drummer, as well as a master of the cajon (rhythm box) and various exotic percussion instruments. He fine-tuned his craft playing traditional jazz at a number of well-known jazz festivals. He has performed in various groups ranging from Celtic, flamenco, Brazilian and steampunk, and has traveled with numerous successful jazz, rock and world-beat bands.

GenerateHope Presents "A Story of Freedom" Gala
2022-09-22 | Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
Learn all about the gala HERE.
The gala will be hosted at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, so you can sip, dine and be inspired, all with a stunning view of the Pacific Ocean!
NBC7 News Anchor Monica Dean will be emcee for the evening, with a keynote presentation by San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan, plus there will be full access to all exhibits, including the newly installed Little Blue Penguins!
Lauren Monroe – singer, songwriter, and healing artist – and husband Rick Allen, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Def Leppard drummer, will perform.
This is going to be a night to remember!
For tickets visit: GenerateHope.givesmart.com
GenerateHope is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization EIN 26-3405689

Autumn Concert Series featuring Fred Benedetti
2022-09-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Library for our Autumn Concert Series on Fridays from September 2 to October 28. Each concert will begin at 1 pm in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance. At this week’s performance, guitarist Fred Benedetti will perform Spanish classical and flamenco pieces, along with original and popular music, tunes played on an instrument built in 1830, and some ukulele music.

Benedetti has been playing the guitar since he was nine years old. He loves playing all styles of music and switches among a ukulele, baritone guitar, and double-neck guitar. His biggest influences are his father, The Beatles, and Andres Segovia. Benedetti’s guitar has taken him throughout the United States, England, Germany, the Czech Republic, Canada, Taiwan and Mexico. He has played locally as a solo act, as part of a guitar duo, and in a trio with his daughters. Benedetti has appeared onstage with the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, Starlight Opera, American Ballet Company, Luciano Pavarotti, and Dave Brubeck. He is an emeritus professor of music at Grossmont College where he is the head of the guitar studies program. Dignitaries he has performed for include the King and Queen of Malaysia, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Ravi Shankar. And he did get to play for his idol Andres Segovia, in 1986.

Autumn Concert Series featuring Eric Brelsford
2022-09-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Library for our Autumn Concert Series on Fridays from September 2 to October 28. Each concert will begin at 1 pm in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance.

This week’s performance by classical pianist Eric Brelsford will feature pieces by Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff.

Eric Brelsford has appeared on concert stages since 10 years of age. His training in classical performance is extensive and spans the globe. Eric decided to depart from the concert scene after completing his undergraduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Since then, his personal life and musical/artistic journey (being one and the same) have flourished. Eric’s artistic philosophy is: as in music, so in life. sometimes vice versa.
Eric’s arrival on the San Diego recital scene began a few years ago with a foray into various piano “meetup” groups using the ‘meetup’ app on his smartphone.
From there, he participated and received accolades for his three days of performance presentations at the Conrad in La Jolla during the San Diego Int’l Piano Competition for Amateurs (2019). Eric immediately withdrew from the recital scene again, to consider deeply the next steps of his journey. He will share the results with his performance at the Coronado Public Library.
