How can you be in several places at the same time?
That may be the quandary for some attendees at this weekend’s debut edition of the Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday at multiple stages adjacent to San Diego Bay.
For example, on Friday night, Miguel and Ben Harper both perform from 8:45 to 10 p.m. On Saturday, Migos and MGMT perform at those same exact times.
The good news is that the stage Harper and MGMT are playing on at Embarcadero Marina Park South is in close proximity to the stage at Seaport Village Miguel and Migos are performing on at Seaport Village.
To make your brief trek even easier, at least on paper, Wonderfront’s producers have erected a sky walk between the two sites. They also promise to clear a ground-level route, on request, for any attendees in wheelchairs.
Moreover, two of the festival’s biggest stages are both located at Embarcadero Marina Park North, while the other two largest stages are at Seaport Village. The distance between the two farthest of those four stages is “no more than 1,600 feet,” Wonderfront’s producers promise. And there will be a variety of transportation options, on land and water, between the festival’s southern-most and northern-most stages at Hilton Bayfront Park and the Broadway Pier.
To help you plan, here is the full schedule for the festival’s seven main stages. (The lineups for Wonderfront’s smaller activation stages, where a good number of performances are free and open to the public, are available online at wonderfront.com.)
And, in case you missed it, here is our interview with Wonderfront mastermind Ernie Hahn II.
Wonderfront daily performance schedule
Uncle Ed’s D*mn Good Vodka Stage, at Embarcadero Marina Park North
Pepper 4:50-5:45 p.m.
Michael Franti & Spearhead 6:45-7:45 p.m.
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals 8:45-10 p.m.
C3Bank Stage, at Embarcadero Marina Park North
Bad Suns 3:45-4:50 p.m.
Parquet Courts 5:45-6:45 p.m.
X Ambassadors 7:45-8:45 p.m.
Stella Artois Stage, at Seaport Village
Cofresi 3:30-4:10 p.m.
STS9 5-6 p.m.
Lil Baby 6:55-7:50 p.m.
Miguel 8:45-10 p.m.
KUSI Stage, at Seaport Village
Duckwrth 4:10-5 p.m.
Earthgang 6-6:55 p.m.
Aminé 7:50-8:45 p.m.
Univision & Estrella Jalisco Stage, at Hilton Bayfront Park
Greg Santos (comedy) 4-4:40 p.m.
Ximena Sariñana 4:45-5:45 p.m.
Greg Santos (comedy) 5:45-6:25 p.m.
CNCO 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Don Omar 8:45-10 p.m.
SDG&E “It’s On” San Diego 250 Stage, at Ruocco Park
Seis en Linea 4-5 p.m.
Banda Tierra Brava 5:45-7 p.m.
Los Crecidos 7:45-9:15 p.m.
Belly Up Music Box Casbah Stage, at Broadway Pier
Preservation Hall Jazz Band 4-5:30 p.m.
Schizophonics 6:15-7:30 p.m.
Alice Merton 8:15-9:30 p.m.
Saturday
Uncle Ed’s D*mn Good Vodka Stage, at Embarcadero Marina Park North
Henry + The Invisibles 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Allie X 1:15-2:05 p.m.
Common Kings 2:25-3:50 p.m.
Phantogram 4:45-4:45 p.m.
Slightly Stoopid 6:45-7:45 p.m.
MGMT 8:45-10 p.m.
C3Bank Stage, at Embarcadero Marina Park North
The Mattson 2 12:30-1:15 p.m.
Grandson 2:05-2:55 p.m.
The Knocks 3:50-4:45 p.m.
Thievery Corporation 5:45-6:45 p.m.
Bob Moses 7:45-8:45 p.m.
Stella Artois Stage, at Seaport Village
Wild Prxfits 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tokimonsta 1:05-2 p.m.
J.I.D. 2:55-3:50 p.m.
Big Gigantic 4:45-5:45 p.m.
Vince Staples 6:45-7:45 p.m.
Migos 8:45-10 p.m.
KUSI Stage, at Seaport Village
Jordan Hollywood 12:30-1:05 p.m.
Goldfish 2-2:55 p.m.
Fakear 3:50-4:45 p.m.
Bryce Vine 5:45-6:45 p.m.
Flatbush Zombies 7:45-8:45 p.m.
Univision & Estrella Jalisco Stage, at Hilton Bayfront Park
Nohemy 12:20- 12:50 p.m.
Chesca 1:20-1:50 p.m.
Chris Estrada (comedy) 1:50-2:35 p.m.
Jhay Cortez 2:45-3:45 p.m.
Chris Estrada (comedy) 3:45-4:30 p.m.
Reykon 4:45-5:45 p.m.
Nicky Jam 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Zion & Lennox 8:45-10 p.m.
SDG&E “It’s On” San Diego 250 Stage, at Ruocco Park
Brewfish Noon-1 p.m.
Grandma 1:40-2:40 p.m.
Tony Hawk Huckjam 2:45-3:35 p.m.
Jesse Baez 3:45-4:45 p.m.
The Vandals 6-7 p.m.
Tony Hawk Huckjam & DJ Z-Trip 7-7:45 p.m.
Pennywise 7:45-9 p.m.
Belly Up Music Box Casbah Stage, at Broadway Pier
The Routine Noon-1 p.m.
Steve Fulton Music 1:45-2:45 p.m.
Wild Belle 3:30-4:40 p.m.
Andy Frasco & The UN 5:20-6:30 p.m.
Capyac 7:10-8:15 p.m.
BoomBox 8:55-10 p.m.
Sunday
Uncle Ed’s D*mn Good Vodka Stage, at Embarcadero Marina Park North
Haddon Cord 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Broods 1:15-2:05 p.m.
Grace Vanderwaal 2:55-3:50 p.m.
Tribal Seeds 4:45-5:45 p.m.
Walk the Moon 6:45-7:45 p.m.
“Guitar Legends,” featuring Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes, Steve Lukather, Nancy Wilson, George Thorogood, Charlie Starr & Ellis Hall 8:30-10 p.m.
C3Bank Stage, at Embarcadero Marina Park North
SunSquabi 12:30-1:15 p.m.
Japanese Breakfast 2:05-2:55 p.m.
Hippo Campus 3:50-4:45 p.m.
Manchester Orchestra 5:45-6:45 p.m.
Busta Rhymes 7:45-8:30 p.m.
Stella Artois Stage, at Seaport Village
Exmag 11:45-12:15 p.m.
BAS 1:05-2 p.m.
Jonas Blue 2:55-3:50 p.m.
Big Wild 4:45-5:45 p.m.
Tyga 6:45-7:45 p.m.
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike 8:45-10:00 p.m.
KUSI Stage, at Seaport Village
SoDown 12:15-1:05 p.m.
Chrome Sparks 2:00-2:55 p.m.
Khea 3:50-4:45 p.m.
3LAU 5:45-6:45 p.m.
Lil Dicky 7:45-8:40 p.m.
Univision & Estrella Jalisco Stage, at Hilton Bayfront Park
Jesus Mendoza 12:30-1:15 p.m.
Victoria La Mala (comedy) 1:45-2:30 p.m.
Frankie J 3-3:45 p.m.
Rick Izquieta (comedy) 3:45-4:30 p.m.
Banda Los Sebastianes 4:45-5:45 p.m.
Rick Izquieta 5:45-6:20 p.m.
Los Tucanes de Tijuana 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Los Angeles Azules 8:45-10 p.m.
SDG&E “It’s On” San Diego 250 Stage, at Ruocco Park
Glades Noon-1 p.m.
Cydeways 1:40-2:40 p.m.
Tony Hawk Huckjam 2:45-3:35 p.m.
Aviator Stash 3:45-4:45 p.m.
X 6-7 p.m.
Tony Hawk Huckjam & DJ Z-Trip 7-7:45 p.m.
Suicidal Tendencies 7:45-9 p.m.
Belly Up Music Box Casbah Stage, at Broadway Pier
Donna Missal Noon-1 p.m.
English Beat 1:45-2:45 p.m.
Moon Taxi 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Donavon Frankenreiter 5:15-6:30 p.m.
Rob Machado & Friends 7:10-8:15 p.m.
Ghost Light 8:55-10 p.m.
