Concerts and Events

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    The Cultural Arts Division hosts a diverse range of concerts during the year. Ranging from Classical music to contemporary, these concerts bring the community together across different venues throughout the City.

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    Click on the + in each teal bar below to review learn more about each concert series.
    Moonlight Beach Concerts
    Tramonto
    Music By The Sea
    Wednesdays@Noon
    Ocean of Poetry

    Ocean of Poetry: Carly DeMento & Michael Klam

    Michael Klam and Carly Marie DeMento at Ocean of Poetry

    Celebrate the summer solstice with two ocean-loving poets—North County's own Carly Marie
    DeMento and surfer Michael Klam. Join them for the release of two new books—the 2025-2026 San
    Diego Poetry Annual and Klam's latest collection of poetry and visual art, Stay There, Garden Oak Press:
    2026.

    Carly Marie DeMento is a poet and third-generation San Diegan. Her poetry has appeared in
    the North American Review, Kestrel, and Green Hills Literary Lantern—and been hung in the best
    spot of all: friends' kitchens. Nominated for Best New Poets in 2025, Carly's work is supported by
    Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. She is the co-creator of Desire, Calling—a reading series that
    features queer writers, a dance party, and a fundraiser for local nonprofits.

    Michael Klam is associate publisher of the San Diego Poetry Annual. He is editor-in-chief of the
    bilingual edition of the SDPA. Klam hosts San Diego Central Library’s Conversations with Poets. His
    books include The Cheapest Flight to Paradise (Puna Press: 2017), Anything for a Dull
    Moment (Garden Oak Press: 2020), and Stay There (Garden Oak Press: 2026).

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