jquery form validate not catching blank sumbission - validation

Question

I can submit my form whether it is blank or partially filled in, this shouldn't happen since I'm using the jquery validator plug in. I have the plug in script in the right place and the validate method is properly attached to the right form selector. What else could be the problem?
$("form").submit(function(){
(".selector").validate({
rules: {
performance : {
required: true,
customvalidation: true
},
location : {
required: true,
customvalidation: true
},
date : {
required: true,
customvalidation: false
},
time : {
required: true,
customvalidation: true
},
guests : {
required: true,
customvalidation: true
},
price : {
required: true,
customvalidation: true
}
},
messages: {
performance : {
required: "enter a show name"
},
location : {
required: "enter a location"
},
date : {
required: "pick a date"
},
time : {
required: "give a time"
},
guests : {
required: "how many people do you need?"
},
price : {
required: "what is the cover price?"
}
},
submitHandler: function(form) {
console.log("now validated");
}
}); //closes validate
$.validator.addMethod("customvalidation",
function(value, element) {
return (/^[A-Za-z\d=#$%#_ \-]+$/.test(value));
},
"Sorry, no special characters allowed"
);
var date = $("#date").val();
var showName = $("#performance").val();
var venue = $("#location").val();
var time = $("#time").val();
var guests = $("#guests").val();
var price = $("#price").val();
//this is where I submit to my database//
});//closes submit

Answer 1

Modify your submit function to run event.preventDefault() if validation fails.
Normally you can use return false, but since you've added this event using a jQuery event, you have to use event.preventDefault() instead as discussed here at stackoverflow.