The Adams Avenue Street Fair is back and better than ever for its 40th year.

Disturbing news arrived on Wednesday from Blink-182 — arguably the biggest band to ever come out of San Diego County — when founding member Mark Hoppus tweeted out that he has cancer.

Remarkably, the vast majority of live-music venues, though, have survived, despite having few lifelines thrown to them during the pandemic.

As if San Diego needed any more confirmation — there are currently more than 100 live shows on the local concert calendar — the organizers of the San Diego Music Awards have announced a date and location for the 2021 gala / soiree / bash / party / adult-beverage get together.

Music fans — or just the pandemically stressed people who need a break from the house — will be heartened to hear there are more than a hundred live performances on the books around San Diego County.

Musicians, theatre buffs and others got excited a few weeks back when the state announced that live theater, concerts and other events could, with restrictions, resume April 15.

After a 13-month closure, the Casbah’s principal owner, Tim Mays — who also has the Starlite restaurant and Krakatoa cafe in his portfolio — took NBC 7 on a quick walkthrough of the iconic Kettner Boulevard club ahead of its reopening Friday night.

Local music fans are rejoicing after news came out overnight that the Casbah was coming back to life.

Mark Goffeney, a well-known San Diegan who was often spotted performing in Balboa Park and had made several TV show appearances, died this week, according to the county medical examiner’s office.

Andra Day’s voice has already earned her two Grammy nominations — now the San Diego native is hoping to take home a pair of Golden Globes on Sunday night.

Almost like it was right on schedule, Live Nation has announced a mega-tour with The Weeknd, with a stop at Pechanga Arena on — you guessed it — March 13, exactly a year since live music was halted by the pandemic.