SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

KISSING UP IN FONTANA Headliners Kiss, Eminem and Blink-182 are coming to the Epicenter Twenty Ten music festival, Sept. 25 and 26 at Auto Club Speedway. The event also features Rise Against, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Bush, B.O.B., Bad Religion, Papa Roach, A Day to Remember, Suicidal Tendencies, and The Black Pacific. See EpicenterFestival.com for schedule. The Auto Club Speedway is at 9300 Cherry Ave., Fontana. One-day tickets $79.50; $199 VIP. Two-day tickets $149.50; $395 VIP. Hotel and camping packages available; see autoclub speedway.com/epicenter.

Terri Nunn and Berlin are working on a new studio album they plan to release this year. Expect their Sept. 18 concert at Wiens Family Cellars in Temecula to combine old favorites like “Take My Breath Away” and “No More Words” with some new material. Emcee Richard Blade opens the evening with his Flashback Show. Singer-songwriter Jenn Grinels also performs. Wiens Family Cellars, 35055 Via Del Ponte, Temecula. 7:30 p.m. General admission $40; with gourmet meal, $75. (951) 658-2411, goldencrownproductions.com

Temecula will also be hosting the 16th annual Temecula Valley International Film and Music Festival Sept. 15 to 19, with feature films, shorts, and documentaries from around the world. A MusicFest takes place Sept. 17 and 18, a Marketplace is on Sept. 18, and workshops are Sept. 18 and 19. Most events are at Tower Plaza, Ynez and Rancho California roads, with the closing awards gala at Pechanga Resort & Casino, 45000 Pechanga Pkwy. Films $10 each, or a $200 All Access Pass gets you in to all events. tviff.com Big Bear also has a film festival and screenwriting competition. See bigbearlakefilmfestival.com

The Route 66 Rendezvous Sept. 16–19 in San Bernardino gives you a chance to admire classic cars or cruise your own vintage Chevy or Ford. Plenty of entertainment is also on tap, including performances by The Legendary Mustangs, Deadbeat Daddies, Restless Blues Band, Barela, and more. See route-66.org for schedule and locations.

Mariachi fans are in luck this month with concerts by Mariachi Divas Sept. 18 at the Lewis Family Playhouse in Rancho Cucamonga’s Victoria Gardens, Mariachi USA Fiesta Sept. 19 at Pomona’s L.A. County Fair, and the Riverside Mariachi Festival Sept. 25 in Fairmount Park. See individual listings on the following pages.

ON STAGE • AT THE FAIR The L.A. County Fair opens Sept. 4 with a lively concert lineup. Most shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Limited general admission seating for concerts is free with Fair admission, but you may want to pay to reserve a seat for your favorite performers. Reserved seating $18.50 to $25, box seats $22.50 to $45 and stageside seating $75 to $125. (Fair admission is required in addition to concert ticket.) Buy tickets at the Fairplex credentials office, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, or at Ticketmaster locations and www.ticket master. com. The credentials office is open weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed from 1 to 2 p.m.). Box office (909) 865-4590. lacountyfair.com
Sept. 4 ASA World Championships of Freestyle Motocross
Sept. 5 Teena Marie, Heatwave and Lenny Williams
Sept. 6 Lifehouse, Carolina Liar, Alana Grace Sept. 9 Monster Truck Madness
Sept. 10 Rick Springfield
Sept. 11 Gretchen Wilson
Sept. 12 Darius Rucker
Sept. 16 Creedence Clearwater Revisited
Sept. 17 Tower of Power and Average White Band
Sept. 18 Selena Gomez and the Scene ($15 for general admission tickets)
Sept. 19 MARIACHI USA Fiesta
Sept. 23 Boyz II Men and En Vogue
Sept. 24 WAR
Sept. 25 ’70s Soul Jam featuring The Stylistics and Friends
Sept. 26 Happy Together Tour 25th Anniversary, with The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, The Grass Roots featuring Rob Grill, The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz, The Buckinghams and Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & the Raiders Sept. 30 Demolition Derby presented by Jeffrey Scott Fine Magnetics
Oct. 1 Daryl Hall & John Oates
Oct. 3 3OH!3 LOGGINS TIME IN TEMECULA Kenny Loggins will be honored at the Temecula Valley International Film and Music Festival’s Pechanga gala,
Sept. 19. Loggins, once teamed with Colton’s Jim Messina, later became a solo act. Hits include “Whenever I Call You Friend” and “Celebrate Me Home.” MUSIC, MAESTRO Conductor Tomasz Golka says producing a memorable concert is a lot like creating a great meal—you need the “comfort food” of familiar classics, plus a bit of novelty to add spice to the evening. Golka, 34, the Riverside County Philharmonic’s new musical director, promises a little extra zest for the
Oct. 16 opening concert at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside. Concertgoers may remember him from last October, when he conducted a program of music by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Lutoslawski, a Polish composer who offers a hint of the feast to come. While Golka says, “Bach had a profound experience on my life,”.