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.

Friends, loved ones and blues fans are mourning the death of Tom “Tomcat” Courtney, a Texas transplant and San Diego Music Award winner who was a longtime anchor of the local blues scene.

Mr. A-Z has a busy holiday season planned: The San Diego Symphony, which wishes everyone a Noel Noel on the regular with its annual concerts of the same name, enlists Grammy-winner/local avocado farmer Jason Mraz to narrate this year’s streaming version of its holiday classic.

Aloe Blacc will be joined by a host of California musicians taking part Saturday in the live-streamed Parks California’s Wildfire Relief Fund Benefit Concert.