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MTG Friday Night Magic — TCS Rockets

Sep 11, 2026 $15–$20 entry 7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Di…

Friday Night Magic is where the local MTG community comes alive. Draft packs, battle strangers who become regulars, and trade for that card you've been hunting. All skill levels welcome — bring your own deck or join a draft pod from scratch. Doors open at 6 PM, first packs crack at 6:30.

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MTG Friday Night Magic — Game Empire SD

Sep 11, 2026 $15–$20 entry 7052 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 921…

MTG Friday Night Magic — Artificer San Diego

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MTG Friday Night Magic — Artificer San Diego

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San Diego Comic Fest 2026 — Day 2

Sep 12, 2026 From $20 Town and Country Resort, 500 Hotel…

Town and Country Resort, 500 Hotel Circle N, San Diego. September 13th. From $20. Day 2 of San Diego Comic Fest — the day when the first round of panels has already fired, the dealer room has been walked, and the convention finds the slower, more personal version of itself that people come back for year after year. Day 2 at Comic Fest is the day for the conversations. The creators in artist alley have met the people who know their work and are now talking about the next thing, the process, the reading that influenced the book you've been carrying around since yesterday. The panels are smaller and run longer because the audience is smaller and knows what it wants to ask. The hotel bar from the night before has created the kind of familiarity that makes a two-day convention feel like a community. From $20 at comic-con.org. Sunday at a boutique convention at the right scale is the day that earns the trip. The Town and Country Resort in Mission Valley handles this format well — human-scale rooms, the pool, the comfortable distance from the Gaslamp. If comics are specifically what you're there for, Day 2 is the day the show belongs to you.

Sunset Cliffs Auto Show 2026 — Presented by Hodad's

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Sunset Cliffs Auto Show 2026 — Presented by Hodad's

Sep 12, 2026 Free The Inn at Sunset Cliffs, 1370 Sun…

Point Loma Avenue on a September morning, when the marine layer burns off and the cars start arriving. The Sunset Cliffs Auto Show has always understood where it is — a neighborhood show with one of the best backdrops in San Diego, five blocks from the water, steps from the kind of burger joint that's been here longer than most of the cars on display. The 2026 show takes place September 12 from 10 AM to 3 PM at The Inn at Sunset Cliffs on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard. Presented by Hodad's Ocean Beach, it draws a mix of custom builds, classics, and community regulars — all eligible for vehicle awards and competing for the $1,000 Best in Show prize. The event includes a kids zone, vendor booths, raffles, and live music. Entry for spectators is free. Vehicle owners can enter for $30 (fire extinguisher required). The show is organized by local car clubs and benefits the Ocean Beach neighborhood through the San Diego Association of Car Clubs. September 12, 10 AM–3 PM. The Inn at Sunset Cliffs, 1370 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, San Diego, CA 92107.

Street Fighter 6 Monthly Ranking Battle — September

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Street Fighter 6 Monthly Ranking Battle — September

Sep 12, 2026 $10 GameSync San Diego, 2860 Main St, …

GameSync San Diego, September 12th. $10. The Street Fighter 6 Monthly Ranking Battle is the version of the game that matters: a room, a bracket, and the specific pressure of sitting across from someone you can see while trying to read their next input. Online sets are practice. This is the tournament. The monthly format means the San Diego SF6 community has been sharpening against each other all season. The players who show up in September know the matchup charts, know the current meta, and have been adjusting their gameplan since the last patch. Playing ranked online tells you where you stand against anonymous opponents. Playing a monthly tells you where you stand in your city, against faces you recognize, in front of people who will remember the match. $10 entry. September 12th at GameSync, 2860 Main St. If you've been playing and want to test your training mode sessions against a real bracket, this is the entry point. If you play at a high level, the monthly is the way to stay sharp between regional events. gamesync.us for the full schedule and bracket format. Show up early. The bracket fills and starts on time.

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Board Game Night — Meeples Games SD

Sep 12, 2026 Meeples Games, 3821 Ray St, San Di…

Meeples Games in North Park holds open board game night on a regular schedule, and the library is the reason people keep coming back. Thousands of titles on the shelves -- heavier strategy games, light party fillers, cooperative games, dexterity games, deck builders, tile layers, hidden role games -- with staff who have played most of them and will hand you something appropriate based on how many people you have and how much time you want to commit. You can bring your own game, or you can walk in with nothing and walk out having played something you had never heard of before tonight. Both outcomes happen regularly and both are the point. The tables are large and well-lit. The coffee runs all night. The crowd is a mix of regular groups and solo players who got folded into someone else's table by the time the evening was done. Meeples Games is at 3821 Ray St, San Diego. meeplesgamessd.com for hours and event schedule. No entry fee to play from the library. This is what a neighborhood game store does when it takes its community seriously: keeps the lights on, keeps the shelves stocked, and trusts that the right people will find it.

Barrio Art Crawl San Diego — September 2026

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Barrio Art Crawl San Diego — September 2026

Sep 12, 2026 Logan Avenue, Barrio Logan, San Di…

Every second Saturday of the month, Barrio Logan transforms into San Diego's most vibrant outdoor arts district. The Barrio Art Crawl is a free, self-guided walking tour through the murals, studios, galleries, and creative spaces that define one of the city's oldest and most culturally rich neighborhoods. September's crawl is the season send-off edition — artists stay open later, food truck counts increase, and the live music spills into the evening. Expect open studio hours at working artist spaces along Logan Avenue, mural tours led by volunteer guides, printmaking demos, and local DJ sets echoing through courtyards. This is Barrio Logan at its most alive. The neighborhood's famous Chicano Park murals, part of the largest outdoor mural collection in the United States, form the backdrop for the entire walk. Galleries include contemporary Chicano art, photography, ceramics, textiles, and mixed media from both established and emerging SD artists. No start time, no wristband, no fee. The community opens its doors from 6pm to 10pm. Arrive by the 25th and Commercial trolley stop (MTS Blue Line) or park on National Avenue side streets. Dog-friendly. All ages. Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026. Time: 6pm to 10pm. Admission: FREE. Location: Logan Avenue corridor, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA 92113.

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La Jolla Rough Water Swim

Sep 13, 2026 From $40 La Jolla Cove, 1100 Coast Blvd, La…

The La Jolla Rough Water Swim has been running continuously since 1916 — making it the oldest open water swimming event in the United States. September 13 at La Jolla Cove. From the 1-mile Gatorman to the 3-mile championship course, the cove is wall-to-wall swimmers and spectators from dawn. Even as a spectator, watching a thousand swimmers enter the Pacific at once is something you don't forget. Registration at ljroughwater.com.

Pokemon TCG City Championship — San Diego Fall

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Pokemon TCG City Championship — San Diego Fall

Sep 13, 2026 $20 7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Di…

TCS Rockets, 7626 Miramar Road, San Diego. September 13th. $20 to enter. The Fall City Championship arrives at the point in the season when the metagame has had time to settle — the new sets have been analyzed, the Regional results have shaped what people are running, and the room on September 13th will be full of players who have been preparing for this exact format since August. Fall Cities have a different weight than spring tournaments. The game has had time to breathe since the last major. The tier one decks are known; the question is execution and adaptation. Playing into a field that has prepared properly means every round is a read — not just of the deck across from you but of the pilot. The TCS Rockets venue runs competitive events with the infrastructure to make the day feel like the event it is: organized rounds, experienced judges, a side event area that keeps the day going after you've dropped or finished your bracket. Register at play.pokemon.com or at the venue. $20 entry. If you've been building around the fall format, this is the room to test it in. If you've been watching competitive Pokemon and want to experience the atmosphere from inside it, a City Championship at this scale is the right entry point — large enough to be real, local enough to be yours.

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Summer Arts Fest at Liberty Station

Sep 13, 2026 2820 Roosevelt Rd, San Diego, CA 9…

Arts District Liberty Station believed that a free outdoor concert series featuring actual San Diego musicians -- not corporate bookings, not national touring acts, not a sponsored stage -- could become the neighborhood ritual that marks the summer. The North Promenade is where they tested that belief. Three months, second Saturdays, 4 to 7pm, no ticket required. The concert series runs July through September. Each month brings a different local artist: Whitney Shay opens July with her blues-soul catalog, Kogee Soul Reprise led by vocalist Kori Gillis takes August, and Bambu Sound Exchange -- an analogue dance music collective -- closes out September. Three genuinely different feels across three months. The programming is not arbitrary. Liberty Station itself matters. The former Naval Training Center was converted into a walkable arts district -- galleries, studios, restaurants, and performance space that still feels like a neighborhood rather than a development. The North Promenade is the open plaza at the center of it. Summer concerts in this space feel earned, not produced. Show up when you want, stay as long as you want. Bring kids or a dog. Grab food from one of the nearby restaurants before or after. The crowd is Liberty Station regulars, NTC Park families, and Point Loma locals who have made this their July-through-September tradition. Address: 2820 Roosevelt Rd, San Diego, CA 92106. Free admission. More at artsdistrictlibertystation.org.

San Diego FC vs Philadelphia Union at Snapdragon Stadium

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San Diego FC vs Philadelphia Union at Snapdragon Stadium

Sep 13, 2026 9449 Friars Rd, San Diego, CA 92108

September 13 brings the Philadelphia Union to Snapdragon Stadium for a cross-conference matchup that carries more weight than the standings suggest. The Union are one of MLS's most technically sophisticated clubs — a high-press, technically demanding side that has built a playing identity few teams in the league can match over 90 minutes. For San Diego FC, playing against a Union side at home is a benchmark — it tells you where you are relative to the best in the East. Snapdragon on a mid-September weekend evening is one of the better environments in MLS: the Mission Valley bowl under lights, the San Diego evening cooling to exactly the right temperature for football, and a home crowd that has grown sharper in its appreciation for the game over two seasons. This is the San Diego FC that is being built for the long term — technically demanding, tactically mature, and playing in a stadium that is becoming a genuine home-field advantage. Philadelphia is a serious opponent. September 13 is a serious match.

San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies at Petco Park

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San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies at Petco Park

Sep 14, 2026 100 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101

The Colorado Rockies visit Petco Park on September 14 in a late-season series between division rivals separated by stages of their respective rebuilds. Colorado is building. San Diego is competing. But NL West matchups in September carry a weight that transcends records — these four or six games per year between division rivals accumulate into a body of competitive history that defines how both franchises regard each other. Petco Park on a mid-September Sunday draws the season-ticket holder and the fan who made it to four games this year and chose this one for the early start and the beautiful afternoon light on the bay. Against Colorado in September, the Padres are playing for the remaining NL West standings, for confidence entering October, and for the home field that matters when the calendar flips. Petco Park is at its most beautiful on Sunday afternoons in September.

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Arlo Parks: Desire Tour

Sep 14, 2026 From $76 The Observatory North Park, 2891 U…

Arlo Parks makes music that sounds like 2am realizations about people you used to know — warm, poetic, and quietly devastating. At the Observatory North Park on September 14, in a 1,000-person room that is exactly the right size for what she does, that intimacy becomes the whole experience. The Desire Tour. If you've ever felt seen by a song you heard at the wrong moment, she will do that to you again. Live.

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D&D Adventurers League — Game Empire SD

Sep 17, 2026 7052 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 921…

The belief behind D&D Adventurers League is that you should not need a standing group, a three-month campaign commitment, or six people with matching schedules to play Dungeons and Dragons. Organized play fixes that: you show up, you play, you leave with a complete story. Same time next week if you want it. Or not. The table runs either way. Game Empire SD hosts a weekly Adventurers League session every Thursday in Miramar. Drop-in format -- bring a character or use a provided sheet. The module is self-contained within the session, which means new players can join without missing anything from previous weeks. DMs are part of the AL infrastructure, not your friends doing you a favor. The crowd at a weekly AL session is not the home-campaign crowd. It is people who want the game without the overhead. Experienced players who moved to a new city. New players who do not know where to start. People who loved D and D once and fell out of a campaign years ago. The open table is where all of them end up. Rules questions welcome. Dice provided. All official AL character classes and races allowed. Walk in, walk out with a story. Address: 7052 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 92121. Every Thursday evening. Check Game Empire SD on social or at gameempire.com for the current module and exact start time.

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San Diego Bayfair 2026

Sep 18, 2026 ✨ New Crown Point Shores, Mission Bay, S…

For one weekend every September, Mission Bay turns into the loudest, fastest water in the country. San Diego Bayfair — 'the Thunderboats' to the regulars who claim the same patch of shoreline year after year — brings unlimited hydroplanes screaming across the bay at over 150 miles an hour, throwing rooster tails fifty feet high. It is the crown jewel of American powerboat racing, and it has roared across Mission Bay for more than sixty years. Beyond the racing: a car and motorcycle show, a barbecue cook-off, jet-ski freestyle, beer gardens, food vendors, and family zones spread along Crown Point and the surrounding beaches. Bring sunscreen, a low chair, and ear protection — the boats are felt as much as heard. The 62nd San Diego Bayfair runs September 18-20, 2026, on Mission Bay. Grandstand and pit-pass tickets are available through the official site; general shoreline viewing is part of the tradition.

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MTG Friday Night Magic — TCS Rockets

Sep 18, 2026 $15–$20 entry 7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Di…

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MTG Friday Night Magic — Game Empire SD

Sep 18, 2026 $15–$20 entry 7052 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 921…

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MTG Friday Night Magic — Artificer San Diego

Sep 18, 2026 $15–$20 entry 5005 Shawline St Suite B, San Dieg…

San Diego Padres vs Miami Marlins at Petco Park — September

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San Diego Padres vs Miami Marlins at Petco Park — September

Sep 18, 2026 100 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101

The Miami Marlins visit Petco Park on September 18 as the regular season enters its final two weeks. September baseball at Petco has a character that no other month can replicate — the pennant race either resolved or at its most acute, the crowd carrying the accumulated attention of six months of baseball, and every game a referendum on what the season has been worth. The Marlins in September are a younger club building toward something longer-term, but at Petco Park they will encounter a home team and a home crowd that are playing with maximum urgency. Petco Park in the last full weekend of September is where the regular season finds its conclusion. For a Padres team in contention, September 18 is not a game to be managed — it is a game to be won.

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Dizzy's Jazz — September 18

Sep 18 – Sep 19, 2026 Dizzy's Jazz Club, 1717 Morena Blv…

Dizzy's is San Diego's essential small-room jazz venue — a listening room run by musicians for musicians and their audiences, operating out of a community arts space in Bay Park. Dizzy's books the working jazz community: local artists, touring musicians who want a real room, and the occasional special event that brings the entire scene together. This is not a slick jazz supper club with dinner service and a dress code. Dizzy's is a music room where the listening is serious and the drinks are secondary to the performance. The audience comes because they love jazz, which makes the room different from a bar that happens to book jazz occasionally. The performers play differently when the audience is really listening. Shows at Dizzy's are irregular — they book specific performances rather than running a weekly format — which means each show is its own event rather than an episode in a series. The capacity is small, the sight lines are good, and the acoustics are appropriate for the music. Tickets are modest and available in advance at dizzysjazz.com. Dizzy's Jazz Club, 1717 Morena Blvd, San Diego, CA 92110. Bay Park neighborhood, inside Arias Hall behind the Musicians' Association building. Show times and ticket prices vary by event. Check dizzysjazz.com for the current schedule. Street parking on Morena Blvd. The venue is a listening room — arrive on time, phones down during performance.

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Pop-Up Anime Museum — San Diego

Sep 19, 2026 Free / $15 premium Westfield UTC, 4545 La Jolla Villa…

Westfield UTC, 4545 La Jolla Village Dr, San Diego. September 19th — free entry, $15 premium access. The Pop-Up Anime Museum arrives in San Diego for a limited run, bringing the kind of immersive exhibition experience that makes anime's visual world take physical space. The Pop-Up Anime Museum is built around the art — official production art, recreated scenes, large-format installations from anime titles that the community has been in love with for years. The experience is designed for sharing: the environments photograph well because they were designed with the visual logic of anime itself. You move through rooms that feel like you walked into the show. Free entry covers the open gallery. $15 premium access unlocks additional installations and the full experience. September 19th. popupanimemuseum.com for the schedule and ticket options. Westfield UTC is accessible from all of San Diego — parking is straightforward, the mall gives you a meal before or after. If you've ever wanted to be inside the shows you've been watching, this is the event. Limited run — it won't be here long.

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Front Row Card Show San Diego 2026

Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026 10.0 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego,…

Someone decided San Diego collectors deserve better than a swap meet. That someone set up 425 tables of sports cards, comics, and collectibles inside Town and Country Resort, hired CGC to grade cards on-site and JSA to authenticate autographs, and built in $1,000 shopping spree giveaways and free swag bags for the first 200 through the door each day. This is Front Row Card Show — two days in September at one of San Diego's most accessible convention venues. The floor is the mix you would expect if you built the hobby from scratch: raw cards and graded slabs, vintage comics and modern sets, sports memorabilia alongside new releases. Dealers range from the serious slab hunters to the weekend box-breakers, and CGC grading with JSA autograph authentication available on the show floor means you are not just shopping — you are doing real hobby work. Trade Night runs Saturday evening from 5 PM to 9 PM for collectors who want to deal without the daytime crowd. The Sunday $1,000 shopping spree drawing is open to all attendees. If you have been waiting for a show that treats cards as serious collectibles and collectors as the point of the room, this is the one. Saturday and Sunday, September 19-20, 2026. VIP entry at 10 AM, general admission at 11 AM daily. General admission $10 in advance ($15 at door). VIP 2-day pass $25 in advance. Children 10 and under free with adult. Town and Country Resort, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108.

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K-Pop Takeover San Diego 2026

Sep 19, 2026 TORO, 672 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA…

K-Pop Takeover comes to San Diego for a high-energy afternoon where K-pop fandom meets club culture at TORO on Fifth Avenue in the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter. This is the event for fans who want to celebrate their favorite artists, hear the hottest tracks, and connect with the local K-pop community in a real venue setting. The K-Pop Takeover format mixes DJ sets of fan-favorite tracks, from classic 2nd generation hits to the latest from 4th gen groups, with a social atmosphere that encourages cosplay, fan outfits, and merch displays. The crowd is mixed: hardcore stans who know every B-side, casual fans who want a fun afternoon out, and first-timers discovering the genre through friends. All of them end up knowing each other by the end. Doors open at noon with last entry at 1:00 PM. Under-18 attendees must be accompanied by an adult 21 or older. No outside food or beverages permitted. The event includes flashing lights and high-volume music. Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026. Time: 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM. Last entry: 1:00 PM. Venue: TORO, 672 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101. Tickets: Available via Like It Love It Events. Ages: All ages; under 18 must be accompanied by an adult 21 or older.

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