San Diego

What’s happening in the coming weeks:

* Texas guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, right, (formerly of the Fabulous Thunderbirds) headlines the first-ever San Diego Blues Festival on May 16. Other performers include Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, Lucky Peterson, the King Brothers, Billy Thompson and Taryn Donath. Embarcadero waterfront, downtown. $15 in advance or $20 at the gate. (619) 220-TIXS.

* At the Old Globe Theatre May 28-June 28: “Tintypes.” This musical revue set at the turn of the century will feature such pre-World War I hits as “Wabash Cannonball,” “In My Merry Oldsmobile,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and more. Old Globe Theatre, Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts, Balboa Park. (619) 220-TIXS.

* At the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego in La Jolla through June 13: “Sarah Charlesworth: A Retrospective,” the first overview of the photographer’s 20-year career. 700 Prospect St., La Jolla, (619) 454-3541.

* At the San Diego Museum of Art June 27-Aug. 30: “Monet: Paintings of Giverny from the Musee Marmottan.” 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park. (619) 232-7931.

* Through Sept. 2: San Diego Wild Animal Park will be transformed into Dino Mountain, a “land before time” with 20 life-size robotic dinosaurs. 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido. (760) 747-8702.