Easter isn’t the only big thing happening this weekend.

FRIDAY –

The SAN DIEGO GULLS will be at Pechanga Arena against Bakersfield.

The RED PEARS are at the Observatory in NORTH PARK.

The SCHIZOPHONICS are bringing their punk rock to the Casbah DOWNTOWN.

For tribute bands, there’s Sublime and No Doubt at the Belly Up, and Led Zepagain at the Magnolia Performing Arts Center.

SATURDAY –

Lots of venues are doing Easter egg hunts or photos with the Easter Bunny.

For sports, SAN DIEGO FC is in San Jose, but you can listen on San Diego Sports 760 starting at 7pm.

For music, ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES are at the Sound in DEL MAR.

THE THING with THE MACKS are at the House of Blues DOWNTOWN.

For jazz fans, the DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET’S TIME OUT will play the Jacobs Music Center DOWNTOWN.

Comedian, actor, musician REGGIE WATTS is at the Epstein Family Theater in LA JOLLA.

If you’re sponge worthy, well…SPONGE is at Brick by Brick in SAN DIEGO.

And there’s a Neil Diamond tribute at the Belly Up Tavern in SOLANA BEACH.

SUNDAY –

Lots of brunches and Easter Egg hunts, obviously. 

If you want to get your sports fix in, women’s volleyball is happening with the SAN DIEGO MOJO vs Dallas, at Viejas Arena. And there’s a bobblehead giveaway 

ON STREAMING… 

Jon Hamm returns in season 2 of the dark comedy YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS on Apple TV. 

If you can’t get enough of the Real Housewives franchise, they’re now in our tiniest state – Rhode Island. THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF RHODE ISLAND debuts April 6 on Peacock.

AT THE MOVIES…

THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE

I don’t know much about the Mario Brothers universe, but I was pleasantly surprised with the animated Mario Brothers movie a few years ago, with Jack Black, Charlie Day, and Seth Rogen voicing the characters. I couldn’t rally to see this movie, and I’m glad I didn’t. It’s currently getting below 45% on Rotten Tomatoes; but if you like the Mario Brothers world, this weekend you can see it.

MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE

I remember as a kid watching “Heaven Can Wait” and thinking it was the best movie ever made. Then I saw Dyan Cannon at a Lakers game, and thought – she’s my dream woman! Great movies and we can go watch Magic Johnson together. At that time I looked up all her old movies, and was surprised by the title of her film that came out the year of my birth – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (in a weird coincidence, it ended up being one of the stars of that, Elliot Gould, that I’d sit next to at a Lakers game once, but I digress). I thought of that 1969 movie with that weird title. I liked the premise of this movie. That could be because, after I first saw Vince Vaughn in “Swingers” and “Made” (both with Favreau, before they were famous), and then the hysterical “Wedding Crashers” (with Owen Wilson replacing Jon) – I wanted him cast in every comedy. And he seems perfect as a hit man for the mob that goes back in time (only 6 months back), and tries to save a guy he was responsible for having killed (James Marsden). It’s a shame talented character actor Keith David was wasted in this garbage. The problem is that the characters are rather dull. I wanted Vaughn to have a bunch of his snarky comments (he did have a few). There were a few laughs, but not many. The logic makes no sense either. The fact that he’s able to go back in time and kidnap the other version of himself; or the fact that he knows the guy is sleeping with his wife, yet the guy opens the door to let him in at the hotel (where he has candles going and is ready for her arrival)…or when this guy is sure Nick is going to kill him, but he still goes along with him. Oh, and if Nick knows this guy thinks he’s going to kill him, and he’s really not (he’s instead framing him), why not just tell him, “Look, I know you’re having an affair with my wife. This isn’t about that.” My wife and I only got through an hour of this, and we disliked it so much, we turned it off. 1 star out of 5 for me. You can catch it on Hulu or Disney+.