⚡ Kilowatt Brewing’s 11th Anniversary Party ⚡
Celebrating 11 years with Convoy Nights.
Eleven years of eclectic beers, boundary-pushing art, and the San Diego locals who made it all possible. A local maker and artist market, live rock and roll blues, and an animation legend, all in one night at Kilowatt Brewing Kearny Mesa. All of San Diego is invited.
One night, two events. The afternoon and early evening is a local maker and artist market with 40+ vendors, food trucks, cultural performances and live rock and roll blues. Then, after dark, a film screening with a genuine animation legend. Free, all ages, and open to everyone.
The Essentials
📅 Saturday, September 12, 2026
🕓 Market 4–9PM · Kilowatt open till midnight
📍 Kilowatt Brewing Kearny Mesa · 7576 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111
🎟️ FREE · ALL AGES · EVERYONE WELCOME
Please note: 4–9PM is the market. The night keeps going. The film screening starts at 9:15PM and we are open until midnight.
Run of Show
🕓 4:00PM · Convoy Nights Market opens. Local makers and artists, 40+ vendors and food trucks.
🎶 4:00 – 6:30PM · Live cultural performances.
🎸 6:30PM · Doghouse Blues Band takes the stage. Rock and roll blues.
🕓 9:00PM · Market wraps. The party does not.
🎬 9:15PM · HELLO MAGGIE! screening, followed by a conversation with Willie Ito and James Lopez, moderated by Mindy Johnson.
🎂 10:00PM · Social hour, with cake.
⚡ Midnight · We close. That was a lot of fun. Thanks for eleven years.
🎬 Movie Screening: HELLO MAGGIE! with Willie Ito
At 9:15PM we are screening HELLO MAGGIE!, directed by Tony Tarantini, and the man at the center of it will be in the room.
Willie Ito has been drawing for a living since 1953. If you have seen Lady and the Tramp, you have seen his work: he animated on the spaghetti-kissing scene, the single most recognizable moment in the film. From there he went on to Looney Tunes, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Beany & Cecil, The Wuzzles and The Gummi Bears. He retired from Disney in 1999 as Director of International Character Art.
Along the way he collected the Winsor McCay Award from the Annie Awards, a Comic-Con Inkpot Award, Cartoonist of the Year from the Nemo Academy in Florence, and two separate Lifetime Achievement Awards.
After the film, Willie sits down with fellow Disney animator James Lopez for a conversation moderated by animation historian and author Mindy Johnson. Books will be available and Willie will be signing.
This is a rare thing. An animator whose work is in the permanent memory of several generations, in a brewery in Kearny Mesa, talking about it in person. It is free, and you do not need a ticket.
hellomaggiefilm.com · willieito.com
🎨 Featured Artists
The featured artist program is curated by Simeon Jessica of Blossom Garden Collective, who has brought together a lineup of San Diego artists showing and selling work throughout the night.
Kilowatt has always been as much an art project as a brewery. The walls, the labels, the murals, the drink-and-draw nights. The anniversary is when that side of the building gets the floor.
🍻 Beer & Cocktails
🍻 Specialty anniversary beer releases. Limited-edition brews poured for the first time that day, alongside the fan favorites that got us here.
🍹 Full craft cocktail bar, including exclusive AAPI-inspired drinks built for the night.
🍜 Food trucks and 40+ vendors across the Convoy Nights market.
🛍️ Vendors: Applications Are Still Open
Makers, artisans, food vendors and small businesses: we still have room. Convoy Nights is one of the best-attended market nights in the Convoy District and it is free to attend, which means real foot traffic.
Getting Here
📍 Kilowatt Brewing Kearny Mesa
7576 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 715-3998
Kearny Mesa sits in the heart of the Convoy District, so make a night of it. Our speakeasy, Forbidden Cove, is in the same building if you want dinner and cocktails before the party. Reserve a table.
⚡ Eleven years. Free, all ages, and open to all of San Diego. Come celebrate with us in the heart of Convoy. ⚡