USD Magazine Fall 2026

TOREROS MAKING WAVES

2002 November 22 Home Grown The Starting Line C24C 2003 April 25 Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Joseph Arthur November 5 The Ataris Vendetta Red 2004 March 4

2008 December 4 Little District December 11 Third Eye Blind

2013 October 11 Young the Giant Tribal Theory 2014 October 10 Magic! Sweet Talk 2015 February 27 Banks Anna Lunoe October 16 Atlas Genius The Mowglis 2016 April 28 Cashmere Cat Tribal Theory October 7 MisterWives Brasstracks 2017 October 13 B.o.B Sage the Gemini BJ the Chicago Kid 2018 April 24 Jhené Aiko Kamaiyah October 12 J-Boog Tribal Theory 2019 March 29 Marc E. Bassy Jay Sean October 5 Bryce Vine Luke Christopher

LOOKING BACK ON HALF A CENTURY OF LIVE ACTS, LEGENDS AND UNFORGETTABLE SETLISTS AT ALCALÁ PARK.

The College Circuit 1968 October 27 José Feliciano

2021 October 15 Kid Ink Social House 2022

2009 October 16 Sean Kingston 2010 May 9 Shiny Toy Guns and Lupe Fiasco played at the inaugural Olé Music Festival with profits going to the Invisible Children. October 8 Hellogoodbye White Apple Tree 2011 May 5 Taking Back Sunday Mike Posner September 30

1979 March 2 Tom Chapin October 5 Elvin Bishop Blue Steel November 16 Stephen Stills

1996 October 16 Better Than Ezra 1999 April 17 Reel Big Fish

April 8 Aminé Carmen DeLeon October 14 Loud Luxury 2023 March 31 The Driver Era Phony Ppl October 27 Surfaces 2024 May 3 070 Shake NOTD October 18 Tinashe DJ Veggi 2025 April 4 Blxst Alemeda October 10 Malcolm Todd

1969 January 26 Marvin Gaye February 23 Eighteen-year-old Stevie Wonder swooned students at the first joint Homecoming.

1987 October 9

Goldfinger 2000 April 15 Save Ferris Ozomatli November 9 Wallflowers Everlast

O.A.R. April 23 The Roots

Simply Red ’s Mick Hucknall and the seven-piece band put on a stellar performance after the Scottish pop-rock band Danny Wilson opened. 1988 March 3 The Altar Boys March 22 played to a raging crowd of more than 2,000 at the USD Sports Center. April 28 Food for Feet Boracho y Loco 1990 May 10 It took more than a year to contract the new wave band The Psychedelic Furs . The Alarm along with opener, The Brandos ,

The Pharcyde CeeLo Green

1971 April 17/18 The Sons The Elvin Bishop Group Stoneground May 28 Love and Arthur Lee The Spencer Davis Group Starbuck 1977 April 22 Mike Bloomfield October 21 Steppenwolf and guests Delaney Bramlett and Friends rocked the Camino Theatre with two shows.

1980 March 21 Jerry Riopelle Thumper 1981 October 10 A move to reestablish more mellow concerts brought

The White Panda Eric Hutchinson December 3

2005 May 9 Maroon 5 , who just won their first Grammy, played at the Jenny Craig Pavilion with

94/9 FM’s holiday concert rocked USD’s campus with My Morning Jacket , Two Door Cinema Club , Matt and Kim and Delta Spirit .

2001 October 7 Jack Johnson played his surf film September Sessions after Glen Phillips opened the show. December 4 Matt Nathanson

2012 October 14

The Thrills . September 2 Rufio 2006 May 1

Syd Taylor 2026 April 24

Imagine Dragons , the alternative indie band, got the crowd swaying and grooving like JELL-O on Torero Way.

The John Klemmer Group and his warmup act, jazz vocalist Carl Anderson . November 20 John Lee Hooker 1984 July 26 The Dick Braun Big Band

Chance the Rapper took over the stage after soulful sounds from AKIA .

Rapper and actor Common shared the spotlight with the hip-hop group Jurassic 5 . 2007 May 9 Jack’s Mannequin Ben Kweller

September 25 Pato Banton October 12 Social Distortion December 6 Brothers Figaro

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November 20 Ron Hudson

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