San Diego scene guide
San Diego scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at 3oz Dive Club. The venues, promoters and artists shaping San Diego’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Matthew Brian: 3oz Dive Club, Wicked West, Spin
- Techno — if you like DEVZ: EQ San Diego, 3oz Dive Club, Spin
- Deep House — if you like Ali Gria: TBA - Private Location, Breakers, Music Box
- Tech House — if you like Daniel Joseph: 3oz Dive Club, The Ohana, Rich's Nightclub
- Disco — if you like Satin Jackets: Music Box, The Rail
- Electro — if you like Zack Fox: Encore Event Center, The Rail
- Afro House — if you like Apache: The Ohana, Spin
Busiest venues
How big is San Diego’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 986 club nights across 133 venues in San Diego, featuring 916 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in San Diego tonight.
Which San Diego venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do San Diego club nights actually start and end?
From the 986 listings publishing door times: the median San Diego night opens at 21:00 — 83% open before 22:00, 17% between 22:00 and midnight, and 1% after midnight. Of the 68 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 02:00, 15% run past 04:00 and 6% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in San Diego cost?
Across the 108 listings publishing prices (11% of all nights): the median advance ticket is 5, with half of all nights between $5 and $22. 19% of listed nights are free.
When does San Diego go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (35% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 65% of the week. The busiest month of the year is August.
What does San Diego sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: House 43% · Techno 20% · Tech House 14% · Deep House 7% · Minimal 5% · Disco 5%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.
Artists to watch
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