GETTING OUT ON THE
BOULEVARD By Annette Higby
Tis the month of love so grab your significant other and go have some fun! Here are a few ideas to get you started. You can also check out www.zvents.com for many options all over the area. Ringers in Bonsall, 9pm-1am: Feb. 7-8, JX3, www.jx3band.com Feb. 14-15, The Decades Band, www.thedecadesband.org Feb. 21-22, Dalton Gang Feb. 28-Mar. 1, JX3, www.jx3band.com Mar. 7-8, Custard Pie www.facebook.com/ringersbar3 Sunday afternoons at Ringers: free BBQ. Open Mic night is every other Wednesday. Call Joanne at Ringers for details, 760-941-5083. Pala Mesa Resort-Aquaterra Restaurant, Fallbrook: Live music on Fridays & Saturdays 6-9pm Feb. 1, Ben Powell Feb. 7, Jesse Cox Feb. 8, Britt Doehring Feb. 14, The Buckleys Feb. 15, Leucadia Cool Club Feb. 21, Free Martin Feb. 22, Britt Doehring Feb. 28, Bell Pepperz, www.ronebel.com www.palamesa.com Valley Fort Steakhouse, Fallbrook: Open Mic Night every Wednesday, 7:30pm, live bands Friday nights, 7:30-10:30pm Feb. 7, Bell Pepperz Feb. 14, Left Coast Willie Feb. 21, Little George Feb. 28, The Decades Band, www.thedecadesband.org Mar. 7, Soul Diego Mar. 14, Bell Pepperz Mar. 21, Burning Crabcakes Mar. 28, The Rogue Devilles www.valleyfortsteakhouse.com Magee’s Tavern, Fallbrook, 8:30pm-12:30am: Live music on Fridays and Saturdays Check their website for updates: www.facebook.com/mageestavern Fallbrook Library (free): Feb. 2, Jeff Berkley, bluegrass/folk/ Americana, 2pm
Feb. 20, 4handsLA, piano duo, 7pm www.sdcl.org
Avocado Half Marathon & 5K Race Feb. 22, 6:30am, Live Oak Park, $35 www.fallbrookchamberofcommerce.org Fallbrook Art Center: Feb. 1-Mar. 16 World of Watercolor: opening reception 2/1, 5-7pm, $10, show continues 2/2-3/16, $6 Feb. 14, 4-6pm, Theater Arts West’s production of A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters, $35 includes champagne and chocolates La Caseta: Valentines Winemaker Dinner with Fallbrook Winery, Feb. 8, 5-10pm Pala Casino: They have a variety of venues, types of music and times. Go to www.palacasino. com for the full schedule. Bill Magee Blues Band: Feb. 1, Sand Crab Tavern, Escondido, 6:30pm Feb. 8, Pauma Casino, 8pm Feb. 14-16 Pala Casino, 4pm Feb. 28, Vinz Wine Bar, Escondido, 7pm Check out his website for other venues outside the area. www.billmageeblues.com
ON STAGE
FEBRUARY 2014
Feb. 26-Mar. 2, Shen Yun, musical showcase of ancient Chinese culture, $60-$200 Mar. 5, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, Christopher Dean, free Mar. 7, 8pm, Richard Elliott, Jazz, $30-$50 Mar. 15, 7pm, Ashu, Saxophone, $30-$40, with dinner $60 www.artcenter.org Vista: Moonlight Productions Winter Season at Avo Playhouse Jan. 16-Feb. 9, Nunsense Feb. 20-Mar. 9, Blithe Spirit Mar. 20-Apr. 6, The World Goes Round 760-724-2110 or VisTix www.vvba.org and www.cityofvista.com Temecula: Be sure to check out the music at the local wineries. There are too many to mention here so check out www.temeculawines. org and www.cityoftemecula.org
Jazz at the Merc, Thursdays, 7:30pm, $15 Country at the Merc, 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 7 & 9pm, $15 Classics at the Merc, every Sunday, 3pm, $12 Cabaret at the Merc, last Sunday of each month, 6:30pm and 8pm, $20 Friday Night Groove Series, 8pm, $20 each: Feb. 7, Patrice Ruskin & Ndugu Chancler, Jazz Mar. 14, Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Zydeco Apr. 25, Tony Suraci & The Highwaymen Check the websites for the full winter schedules. There is a lot to do there! Mar. 7-8 Temecula Rod Run Mar. 15-16 Bluegrass Festival http://www.temeculatheater.org/ and TemeculaPresents.org and www.cityoftemecula.org, www.temeculaevents.org
Escondido: Bluegrass music at Round Table Pizza in Escondido (Washington & Ash) will be held Feb. 4, 7-9pm (first Tuesday of each month). Welk Resorts: Jan. 3-Mar. 23, Anything Goes, tap musical, $45 Feb. 18, 21, 22 @ 1pm, Feb. 19 @ 8pm, I’m Old Fashioned with Hal Linden www.welkresorts.com or 888-802-7469 Pounders: Feb. 1, JX3 Feb. 7-8, Misty and the Mobys Feb. 14-15, Cheap Date Feb. 21-22, Str8up Feb. 28-Mar. 1, West of 5 Escondido Center for the Arts: Feb. 5, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, Sweethearts of Swing, free Feb. 15, 2pm and 7pm, In the Mood, musical revue, $24-$49 February 2014 | The Boulevard Magazine 21