There's always a party somewhere in San Diego. Clubs in diverse neighborhoods host an array of local and still independent music. We get our share of major concerts, sporting events, theater and national touring shows here, and literally thousands of emerging artists and other creatives work their magic in spaces around town with openings on Friday and Saturday nights.

We're cataloguing the SD scene by neighborhood (since getting around San Diego without a car takes arranging), age group, and a few other tags you might find useful.

Click through some of the examples below to our nightlife blog, where we update, add, delete and take your suggestions for places-- criticisms, too.

Going out in San Diego

True North First posted: May 3rd, 2009 This is a relatively new place we stopped in for lunch the other day. Big wide open space and central bar pretty inviting in the middle of the day, excellent beer selection on draft, maybe 25 or 30 selections. Whatever I drank was 8% alcohol, so I don’t remember too many details except that my [...] more....

The Field First posted: March 26th, 2009 One of the many “imported” Irish pubs around America, this version has anchored the Gaslamp Quarter on 5th Avenue for over ten years. This is the first pint of Guiness I had in San Diego, and we go back regularly. They are immensely popular, as this typical nod on Yelp! indicates “Highly recommended to hang out with [...] more....