Things To Do In San Diego: Monday, October 15-Monday, October 22, 2018

It was a busy week of work and shows...I caught The Twilight Sad on Wednesday, then spent the next three nights working at the Irenic for Hinds, We Were Promised Jetpacks, and Jeremy Zucker. It was fun catching Dream Wife on Friday night and I know I'm not the only one who loved getting rain in San Diego. Nova's soccer was canceled on Saturday but she had a morning game on Sunday and then I intended to catch Gregory Alan Isakov but just couldn't get out of the house in time. This week there are some rad shows but I'm not sure which ones I'll get out to besides working at the Irenic on Thursday. Too much good stuff, but I'm definitely gonna hit the town at least a few nights this week. Full listings through Monday are after the jump.

91X Announces Wrex The Halls 2018 with DCFC, 3EB, and more!

Hot off the presses!

91X just sent out their email announcing the 2018 Wrex The Halls show at Valley View Casino Center, taking place on December 14th. The show is all ages, with tickets ranging from $50.00 - $95.00. Tickets go on sale Friday at 11am. 

WREX THE HALLS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

VALLEY VIEW CASINO CENTER

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE

THIRD EYE BLIND

BILLIE EILISH

LORD HURON

BARNS COURTNEY

For details, click here.

Things To Do In San Diego: Tuesday, October 9-Monday, October 15, 2018

It was a pretty awesome music for music in town. I got to shoot Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers on Monday, Courtney Barnett and Waxahatchee, and then Interpol and the Kills on Friday (an ordeal of which I'll have to tell you some other time.) Scatter in a ton of work, some soccer, Oktoberfest in La Mesa, and finally celebrating my birthday (rolled in with my niece's) at my mom and dad's and I have to say it was a pretty great week. This week has some great stuff to look forward to as well. I'll for sure be at Twilight Sad on Wednesday, I'm working at the Irenic for Hinds on Thursday, We Were Promised Jetpacks on Friday, and Jeremy Zucker on Saturday, then hopefully shooting Gregory Alan Isakov at Music Box on Sunday.

Things To Do In San Diego:Monday, October 1, 2018-Monday, October 8, 2018

Last week was so busy I can't believe I actually made it through the weekend still awake enough to get the listings together AND do three hours of Sunday math help with Nova. But, here's the quickie recap...on Monday, Darren and I got to see Liz Phair and Speedy Ortiz at the Belly Up, then caught Yuno at the Casbah. On Tuesday, we went to the Observatory for First Aid Kit and Julia Jacklin but called it an early night. On Wednesday, I went to The Boxer Rebellion at the Casbah, then went to The Office to hang with Julie. On Thursday night, I went to Tim Fears' birthday jam with Miss New Buddha, One I Red, Shoot The Glass, and Omega Three at the Casbah, and on my birthday, Darren and I went to Devotchka and Orkesta Mendoza at the Observatory then closed the night at the Ken. The weekend was mostly chill, with just me and Nova going to Adams Avenue Street Fair both Saturday and Sunday which was perfect and made me appreciate out little neighborhood. Thank you all for the sweet birthday messages. Full listings for the week are after the jump.



Monday, October 1, 2018:

• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Super Special Guest @ The Observatory
• Death Cab For Karaoke @ Soda Bar (FREE)
• Minx, Razor Nights @ Bar Pink
• Motown On Mondays @ The Office
• Amy Shark, Tyler Hilton @ House of Blues
• Whitney Shay @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Makossa Mondays with DJ Tah Rei @ Seven Grand
• Electric Relaxation @ Whistle Stop  
• Blue Monday - Dark 80s New Waave with DJ Ccamila Robina & Aaron Wallace @ Blonde
• Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo Celebration of Life @ Music Box
• Musical Monday @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Strictly Acoustic @ Navajo Live
• 80s with Junior theDISCOpunk @ The Brass Rail
• Movie Night with Beau @ Pour House  
• Sexy Salsa & Sensual Bachata with DJ Sonero @ Tio Leo's
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Trivia with Arnie @ Bancroft Bar
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• Party on A Monday @ U-31

Tuesday, October 2, 2018:

• ADULT., Plack Blague, O/X @ Soda Bar
• Dale Watson and His Lonestars, Wayne Hancock, The Sea Monks @ Casbah
• Ghostland Observatory, Gibbz @ Music Box
• Vonda Shepard, Marie Haddad @ Belly Up
• 5 Seconds of Summer: Meet You There Tour, The Aces
• The Rightovers, Gomanngo, Basscubs @ The Merrow
• Tiki Tuesday Solo Ukelele by Mr. Adrian Demain @ Bar Pink
• Zak Najor with FM Watson and Greyboy @ Winston's (9:30 pm)
• Vitamin X, Drug Control, Skullcrack, Rod Of Correction @ Space
• T Is For Techno @ Blonde
• Mercedes Moore @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Robin Henkel @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Vera Cruz Blues @ Border X Brewing
• Open Mic by Bobo Czarnowski @ Java Joe's
• Tito's Tuned Up Tuesdays - Karaoke Night @ The Rabbit Hole
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Line Dance Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• 80s music videos @ Martini's Above Fourth
• M.A.S.S. - Musical Artistry of Singers & Songwriters  @ Winston's (5pm)
• DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House
• Beer Pong @ U-31
• Trapped with DJ Ramsey @ The Office
• Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• Boogie Woogie Suesday Sue Palmer Quintet @ Tio Leo's
• Sketch Party & Videodrome @ Whistle Stop
• Comedy Night @ Lestat's
• Rockabilly and Swing @ Henry's Pub
• Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live
• Pullman Standard, Crown The Yeti @ 710 Beach Club

Wednesday, October 3, 2018:

• Courtney Barnett, Waxahatchee @ The Observatory (SOLD OUT)
• The Coronas @ Casbah (no opener. Band on stage at 9:45)
• Chelsea Wolfe, Russian Circles @ Music Box
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Kitchen Dwellers @ Belly Up
• VJ Grimm @ Bar Pink
• Ulrika Spacek, Mint Field, Witness 9 @ Soda Bar
• Sleep Signals, Avenue Army, Tzimani, Mind Divided @ The Merrow
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis presents Spaces @ Balboa Theatre
• Wild Country Wednesday @ Moonshine Beach 
• The Goddamn Gallows, The Strikers, Gutter Demons, Systematic Abuse @ Space
• TV Dinner: Eighth Grade @ The Loft, UCSD
• Sutton Papanikolas, Camino Paz @ Thorn, Barrio Logan
• MC50 Presents Kick Out The Jams - The 50th Anniversary Tour, Starcrawler  @ House of Blues
• The Matt Hall Group @ Seven Grand
• Jazz with Leonard Patton & Matt DiBiase @ Tio Leo's
• Kultura Wednesdays @ Border X Brewing
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Panama 66
• Voices of Our City Choir @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Dance Klassique with Joe Pea, Ryan Bauer, Gomez @ Blonde
• Open Mic Night @ Pour House
• Paul Gregg @ Sycamore Den
• Club Kingston Presents: For Peace Band, Ras Takura & Highland Steppers, DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
• Will & Anthony Nunziata in "From Broadway to Italy" @ Martini's Above Fourth
• DJ Mike White/ Rockin Trivia @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Farmtruck, The Humdingers @ Navajo Live
• !,2,3, with DJ EdRoc @ The Office
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Turnt Wednesdays @ U-31
• Open Mic @ Midnight Jack
• Open Mic with Jefferson Jay @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Live Music @ Henry's Pub
• Tradewinds @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Mic/Open Jam @ 710 Beach Club

Thursday, October 4, 2018:

• Warsaw, Systems Officer, Scary Pierre @ Casbah
• Nick Lowe's Quality Rock & Roll Revue Starring Los Straitjackets, PI Power Trio @ Belly Up
• Mexrrissey, Marujah @ Music Box
• Future Generations, Zuli @ Soda Bar
• Timbiriche @ Viejas Arena, SDSU
• Montreal Guitar Trio & California Guitar Trio @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Rebel Souljahz, Eli-Mac @ The Observatory
• DJ L @ Bar Pink
• Tiki Bingo @ Space (6pm)
• 80's DANCE PARTY with JOSEXXX @ Space (9pm)
• Blonde 54 Disco & Decadence @ Blonde
• Half The Animal, Matthew Phillips @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Strung Out, The Bombpops, Counterpunch @ House of Blues
• The Flatliners, Decent Criminal, Western Settings @ Brick by Brick
• Hocus, Kitty Plague, Rock + Rollies @ Pour House  
• Jacquelyne Silver- Mozart, Salieri, and Gluck @ La Jolla Athenaeum
• Salsa y Salsa @ The Loft, UCSD
• Afton Presents Jrsteezy, King Jay Ft. Featha Lee, AIM Tj / Mariachi G & Guests @ The Merrow
• Music + Makers @ Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows (6pm)
• Boomboxx Thursdays @ U-31
• Luv A Lot @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Nu Moods Jame Sesh & Art and Niche, Please- No Carve Pumpkin Designing @ Quartyard
• Miss Freda Payne in "The Classics: Motown, R&B and Jazz Favorites" @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Jimmy Ruelas @ Seven Grand
• Comedy Night @ Midnight Jack
• They Are Them @ Bancroft Bar
• Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Cherry Road, Lost Monarchs, Dulaney and Company @ Winston's
• No Limits with DJMysonKing @ The Office
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Flats
• Bill Caballero Latin Jam @ Border X Brewing
• Throwdown Thursdays @ Moonshine Beach 
• Stoner Jordan, Vee Tha Rula @ Diamond Jim's
• Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
• Thursday Night Swing @ Queen Bee's
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Tommy Price and the Stilettos @ Tio Leo's
• Liquid Courage Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• DJ Yodah @ Henry's Pub

Friday, October 5, 2018:

• Oktoberfest @ German American Societies, El Cajon
• Interpol, The Kills, Sunflower Bean @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Yoke Lore, Bay Ledges @ Soda Bar
• Roky Erickson, Death Valley Girls, DJ Mikey Turi and Andrew McGranhan @ Casbah
• Joe Jack Talcum(of Dead Milkmen), Coolzey, Year of the Dead Bird  @ Bar Pink (8 pm)
• Rock & Roll Avalanche ft. Don Felder formerly of the Eagles & Aloe Blacc @ Belly Up
• America, Formerly Alien @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• San Diego Music Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction @ OB Playhouse
• First Friday Hip Hop with DJ Artisic and Friends @ Bar Pink ($5)
• We Are Your Friends - Indie Dance Party @ Blonde
• San Diego Brews Cruise @ Adventure Hornblower
• Jon Pardi @ - The Events Center, Harrah's SoCal Resort
• Ready For The World @ Sycuan Casino 
• Botanist, Exhausted Prayer, Birth Water, Nyctophile @ Che Café Collective
• Counterparts, Being As an Ocean, Have Mercy, Varials, Upon The Water @ Soma
• Lorraine Castellanos @ Panama 66
• Paul MCP, Uglyhead, Set Fire to a Luxury Car, Tira Muli @ Black Cat Bar
• Satan, Nukem, Call Of The Wild, Manic @ Brick By Brick
• Front Country, MohaviSoul @ Winston's
• Canaan Cox @ Moonshine Beach 
• Mark Mackay @ Moonshine Flats 
• The Resinators @ De Oro Mine Co
• Led Kaapana & Mike Kaawa @ AMSD Concert, Sweetwater High Theatre
• Scarlett Bazaar: Art Show and Concert @ Queen Bee's
• Mainsail, Avenue Army, Infinite Signal @ Midnight Jack
• Tosca @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Rock En Espanol with Zenith @ Border X Brewing
• Hip Hop vs Punk Rock w/Slow Code, Bosswitch, Syfe & Alowe, The Parker Meridien @ Tower Bar
• Sisster, Tesuque Revolt, Buo, Semisweet @ The Merrow
• The Hughes Bros, All the Way Dope, The Martyrs of Mayhem @ Bancroft Bar
• Jenny and the Tramps @ Seven Grand
• Van Goat, The Soulside Players @ 710 Beach Club
• Janice & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Seepeoples, theWorst, Fishing For Chips @ The Salty Frog
• Nexus: silentART Auction @ Bread & Salt
• NITE MOVES with DJs Beatnick & Ayla Simone @ The Office 
• All-Vinyl Happy Hour w/Monsieur Turbeau @ The Office (6pm)
• Rick Estrin & The Nightcats @ Ramona Mainstage
• Bump City Brass @ Tio Leo's
• R: Tyme @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• The New Normal @ Navajo Live 
• OB Comedy @ Winston's  (6-9pm)
• Matroda @ Bang Bang
• Goodtimes @ Henry's Pub
• Genius Loci FEST San Diego Fundraiser @ Spin
• Glyph: RABIT 'Life After Death' @ Kava Lounge
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n

Saturday, October 6, 2018:

• Vinyl Junkies Record Swap @ The Casbah (11am-5pm)
• Krakatoa 15 Year Anniversary Bash feat. Goldettes, The Colour Monday, Nicey Nice World, The In-Itself, Duo442, DJ Bucky @ Krakatoa (12-8pm, Free, All Ages)
• Symphony By The Sea feat SDSU School of Music and Dance @ Pier Plaza, Imperial Beach (6:30-9:30pm)
• Oktoberfest @ German American Societies, El Cajon
• Pacific Beachfest 2018 @ Crystal Pier (11am-7pm)
• La Jolla Art & Wine Festival @ La Jolla Village (10am-6pm, Free)
• San Diego Maker Faire @ Balboa Park
• AleSchmidt Oktoberfest Celebration feat Gordon Kohl Band @ AleSmith (11am-11pm)
• Shonen Knife, The Touchies, Creepseed @ Casbah 
• The B-52s, Pinky Pinky @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Joe Jack Talcum(of Dead Milkmen), Coolzey, Year of the Dead Bird  @ Bar Pink (8 pm)
• Fayuca, Of Good Nature @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Blinkfest (Blink 182 covers), Bleed American (Jimmy Eat World covers), Poppunk Mayhem (pop punk covers), Through Being Cool DJs @ Soda Bar
• Silent, The Color Forty Nine @ Moustache Bar, TJ
• San Diego Alto Sax Summit II @ Dizzy's 
• San Diego Freakout presents CHYURCH with Mikey and Andrew @ Bar Pink (10 pm)
• Henry Diltz: Listening Though the Lens @ Museum of Making Music 
• grampadrew's Flim Flam Revue @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• Red October Celebration! feat Teachers With Guns, Revolutionary Guard, The Gay Agenda @ Che Café Collective
• Keller Williams @ Belly Up  
• The Charlie Arbelaez Quartet @ Seven Grand
• Ghost Dance, Midnight Track, Agent 86, Delma  @ Ken Club
• 80s vs 90s Dance Party with DJs Saul Q & Gabe Vega @ Whistle Stop 
• Bullets and Octane, The Focke Wolves, Dusty Mitchell @ Space
• Tron Party with Aaron Wallace, Josex & DAVE Parley of Prayers @ Blonde
• Trains Across The Sea, Al Howard, Lizabeth Yandel, Rigby Sayer @ Lestat's
• West Coast Oktoberfest: The Pursuit of Hoppiness @ Music Box
• Parade of Horribles, Nopes, Corporate Citizens @ Pour House  (9pm)
• The Nightengayles @ Pour House (5pm)
• Levitt Amp Music Series with Alice Wallace @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Lucia Micarelli @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Saving the State, Emerald Bay, We Are One, Suburban Park, E.V.E., Ending Left @ Soma
• Banshee In the Kitchen @ Pilgrim United Church of Christ
• Get the Led Out @ The Events Center, Harrah's SoCal Resort
• Downs Family, Dirty Pennies, The Heart Beat Trail @ Black Cat Bar
• Afrolicious, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble @ Winston's (9:30pm)
• Polux, The Aires, Little Heroine @ Title TK
• Los Tucanes De Tijuana @ House of Blues
• Joanne Baduria and Soul Fire @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Hey Chels, GPB, Coyote Bred @ Tower Bar
• Roman Watchdogs, Sideshow, Fatal Inertia, Critical Me, With Feeling, Toxic On Repeat @ Bancroft Bar
• East Village Oktoberfest @ Quartyard
• Brodie Stewart @ Moonshine Beach 
• Canaan Cox @ Moonshine Flats 
• Blue Jean Simmons @ Winston's (2pm)
• Metal Thunder Entertainment presents Cloven Hoof, Void Vator, Call Of The Wild @ Til-Two Club
• Graham Bonnet Band, 222, Battlefront, Killing Tyranny, Graveyard Witch @ Brick By Brick
• Electric Elms @ Midnight Jack
• The San Diego Golden Girls @ The Merrow (6:30pm)
• Bear Night San Diego @ The Merrow
• Coastal King Conquerors @ City Pub
• Strictly Business w/DJs Edroc & KanyeAsada @ The Office
• Jordan T, KL Noise Makerz @ 710 Beach Club
• Kingdom Come – 30 Year Anniversary Tour, BigToothComb, ElectroMagnetic, Taz Taylor @ Ramona Mainstage
• Alan Igleasias & Crossfire @ Tio Leo's
• Rising Star @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Lucent with Binary Finary - US Trance Classics Tour @ Spin
• Copycat Killers @ Navajo Live 
• CID @ Bang Bang 
• coast club @ Omnia
• Ascension w/ DJs Robin Roth, Severin, Fn1 @ Kava Lounge
• Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry's

Sunday, October 7, 2018:

• Oktoberfest @ German American Societies, El Cajon
• La Jolla Art & Wine Festival @ La Jolla Village (10am-6pm, Free)
• San Diego Maker Faire @ Balboa Park
• Tennis SOLO IN STEREO Tour, Matt Costa @ Belly Up
• Grieves, Greater Than, Reason The Citizen @ Casbah
• Bells Atlas, Tori Roze and The Hot Mess @ Soda Bar
• The Color Forty Nine, Joykill + Special Guests @ Whistle Stop (Early Show, 5pm)
• Hannibal Buress @ Spreckels Theatre
• HappyRon and Friends @ La Mesa Spacebar (6:30pm) 
• Breakthru Entertainment @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• House of Blues Gospel Brunch @ House of Blues (11am)
• West Coast Oktoberfest: The Pursuit of Hoppiness @ Music Box 
• Rat Sabbath with DJ Ratty @ Bar Pink
• The Garners @ Panama 66 
• Blues Kitchen @ Bancroft Bar
• Wild Kratts Live @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Keep It On The DL @ Martini's Above Fourth
• The Green River Thrillers @ Tower Bar
• The Blond Brothers @ Winston's (5pm)
• Showstopper Talent Contest @ The Merrow (6pm)
• Temblad, Deche-Charge, Orphic Eye @ Blonde
• Pants Karaoke @ Til-Two Club
• The Fall Kick Off: Scatter-Brain, Turtle Click, The Abstracts, Sociocide, Reaction Phase, Ruderalis, Effe Emme, The Industry, Rain on ... @ Brick By Brick
• Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• Uptown Top Ranking @ The Office
• The Too and One Tour: San Diego @ Kava Lounge
• Car Radio @ Navajo Live 
• Major Interval @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Almost Famous Karaoke @ Henry's
• Reggae Sunday @ Spin
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Monday, October 8, 2018:

• Songs for S.O.N.G.S. - Voices for Safe Nuclear Storage ft Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, Iron Sage Wood featuring Rob Machado, Jupiter and Okwess,  The Shift, Chris Cote, Karlos Paez of B Side Players, Nena Anderson, Latanya Lockett, Robby, Keith and Kyle from Trouble in the Wind @ Belly Up (FREE with RSVP)
• Armed For Apocalypse, The Lion's Daughter, Vedic, Mortar @ Space
• Jupiter & Okwess, The Jack Moves @ Soda Bar
• American Planning Association Party - Plan It Rock @ Casbah (FREE)
• DJ Victor Penalosa @ Bar Pink
• Motown On Mondays @ The Office
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Makossa Mondays with DJ Tah Rei @ Seven Grand
• Blue Monday @ Blonde
• Salsa & Bachata with DJ Sonero @ Tio Leo's
• The Sometimes Island @ De Oro Mine Co
• Andy & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Strictly Acoustic @ Navajo Live
• 80s with Junior theDISCOpunk @ The Brass Rail
• Movie Night with Beau @ Pour House  
• Sue Palmer @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Trivia with Arnie @ Bancroft Bar
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• Party on A Monday @ U-31

Photos: Chvrches & Lo Moon at CCCU OAT, SDSU. 9.20.2018

Of course, I was head over heels when I'd originally heard that Chvrches was returning to San Diego, but the excitement was bubbling over on Thursday, the day of show, when I found out that not only was my photo pass secured, but we'd also be able to attend the 91X X-Session at Phaser Control Studios. We felt that seeing an international artist in such an intimate setting warranted pulling Nova out of school in the afternoon and headed to the studio. I was specifically called out by name not to take photos, so I obeyed, but I'm kinda bummed after the fact because one, everyone else was doing it, and two, our picture with the band has the lighting of a 1970's shrink's office because there were these stage LED lights on in the background.

Still, it was an amazing privilege, so thanks to 91X for letting us in on the fun.

Afterward, we came home and got all of our work and homework done and then Nova and I went to the show at the OAT. Fortunately, another photog had an extra ticket, so after Darren's soccer game, he was able to join us and only missed the first couple Chvrches songs, though he did miss the moment a massive giant cockroach climbed up the seat next to mine and over the armrest to take a swim in my nacho cheese. The venue kindly replaced them for me, but there's nothing on this earth Nova hates more than roaches so we had quite the freakout.  The show itself was amazing and we had amazing seats and it was nothing but joy. If you've seen Chvrches live, you know that they put on an incredible show, and if you haven't had the chance, don't miss them next time they come around. I tried to trim down the number of photos, but they're such a joy to shoot, I couldn't resist. Check them out after the jump.

Things to Do In San Diego: Monday, September 24-Monday, October 1, 2018

What a week! September is my favorite month of the year, and not just because it's my birthday on Friday. I share the birthday month with both my mom and dad, so we definitely get a lot of family time and lots of cheesecake, too, There are also typically a ton of great shows. I laid low and tried to catch up on work the early part of the week but on Thursday, we got a Chvrches double header with an afternoon X-Session and then caught them at the OAT that same night. On Friday, I worked at the Dodie show at the Irenic, then went to the SoundDiego party at Soda Bar. While Darren worked on Saturday, I took Nova to California Center for the Arts Escondido to see a film called Lost Rivers and do a creek stroll with the San Dieguito River Conservancy. I should also mention the Levitt Amp Series was going on with Euphoria Brass Band and it's a rad and FREE concert series every weekend with bands and food trucks and local artisans. I opted not to go out on Saturday, instead binging season 2 of American Vandal on Netflix. On Sunday, we celebrated my mom's birthday with a small gathering, then I worked at the Irenic for the Hannahlyze This podcast which was thoroughly entertaining. This week, I'm trying to catch Liz Phair and Speedy Ortiz tonight at the Belly Up and First Aid Kit and Julia Jacklin on Tuesday at the Observatory. My Wednesday just opened up, so hoping I can score a photo pass for Houndmouth at the Observatory with Family of the Year, and also catch The Boxer Rebellion at the Casbah the same night. I'm hoping Thursday we can do something fun like the Safari Park or the Zoo before going to the Casbah for Tim Fears' birthday celebration, and Friday, for my birthday, I'll be shooting Devotchka at the Observatory and then probably tying one on at the Ken after. I'm going to try to spend a lot of time at the Adams Avenue Street Fair, catch Lil Hurry Saturday night, and then wrap my weekend with Conor Oberst on Monday if I can track a photo pass for that one. It's a lot but my love for this time of year will hopefully power me through. Full listings through Monday are after the jump.



Monday, September 24, 2018 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Liz Phair, Speedy Ortiz @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Grizzly Bear, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith @ The Observatory
• Yuno, Bruin, Well Well Well @ Casbah 
• No Fun At All, Sederra, CHASER @ Soda Bar
• Woe, Wvrm, Necrochamber @ Space
• djgirlgroupgirl @ Bar Pink
• Motown On Mondays @ The Office
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Makossa Mondays with DJ Tah Rei @ Seven Grand
• Blue Monday- Dark New Wave @ Blonde
• Andy & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Strictly Acoustic @ Navajo Live
• 80s with Junior theDISCOpunk @ The Brass Rail
• Movie Night with Beau @ Pour House  
• Casey Hensley @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Electronic Relaxation @ Whistle Stop
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Trivia with Arnie @ Bancroft Bar
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• 31 Flavors @ U-31

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• First Aid Kit, Julia Jacklin @ Observatory North Park
• Lincoln Durham, Bent Duo @ Casbah
• Boy George and Culture Club, Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
• U-God of Wu Tang Clan, Parker + Evolve, Tulengua @ Soda Bar
• Analog Lizards of Doom @ Rosie O'Grady's
• Inspired and the Sleep, DGTL CLR, Capyac @ Belly Up
• Reyah, Silent Vice, Lil Evil @ The Merrow
• Tiki Tuesday with The Garners @ Bar Pink
• The Floor Is Lava, Dum Cumpsters @ Tower Bar
• The In-itself, Lost Monarchs @ 710 Beach Club
• In Real Life, JAGMAC, Spencer Sutherland @ House of Blues
• The Sweet Lillies, Feathers and Lead, Ryan Bloom @ Winston's (9pm)
• Robin Henkel @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Amorphis, Dark Tranquillity, Moonspell, Omnium Gatherum, Convent @ Brick by Brick
• Mercedes Moore @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Karaoke @ Space
• T Is For Techno @ Blonde
• Vera Cruz Blues @ Border X Brewing
• Open Mic by Bobo Czarnowski @ Java Joe's
• Tito's Tuned Up Tuesdays - Karaoke Night @ The Rabbit Hole
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Line Dance Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Music Videos @ Martini's Above Fourth
• M.A.S.S. - Musical Artistry of Singers & Songwriters @ Winston's (6pm)
• DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House
• Beer Pong @ U-31
• Backroom feat Ramsey, Bldrnnr, Sovthpaw, Kota, Zoned Out @ The Office
• Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• Theo & Zydeco Patrol @ Tio Leo's
• Sketch Party & Videodrome @ Whistle Stop
• Comedy Night @ Lestat's
• Rockabilly and Swing @ Henry's Pub
• Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• The Boxer Rebellion, SUP @ Casbah
• Houndmouth, Family of the Year @ The Observatory
• Ben Howard, Wye Oak @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Boz Scaggs, Jackie Bristow @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Green Flash Concert Series: Pine Mountain Logs, Venice @ Birch Aquarium
• Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson @  San Diego Civic Theatre
• Deep Purple, Judas Priest, The Temperance Movement @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
• Dave Mason & Steve Cropper - Rock and Soul Revue @ Balboa Theatre
• Nebula Drag, The Oxford Coma, The Vaginals, Mass Delete @ The Merrow
• Featherpusher, DJ Milky Wayne @ Bar Pink
• Wild Country Wednesday @ Moonshine Beach 
• In Real Life, JAGMAC, Spencer Sutherland @ House of Blues
• Club Kingston Presents: Treehouse, DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
• Paul Gregg @ Sycamore Den
• Glass Mind, Obesity, Edena, and Trees Before Fall @ Manhattan Bar
• Ancient River, The Ghost Dance, Los Feliz @ Space
• Sister Speak, Jimmy & Enrique, The Veronica May Band @ Belly Up
• Canceled: Fat Nick Gen Numb Tour, Teddy, Bezey @ The Irenic
• Instant Crush with DJs Nastea and Zophie Felina @ The Office
• Riff City Comedy @ Whistle Stop
• Mustasch, Beitthemeans @ Soda Bar
• Kultura Wednesdays @ Border X Brewing
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Panama 66
• Dance Klassique with Joe Pea, Ryan Bauer, Gomez @ Blonde
• Open Mic Night @ Pour House
• Jazz with Ian Buss & Hugo Suarez @ Tio Leo's
• All White Party: Latin & Hip Hop Night for SDSU|UCSD|USD Students @ Music Box
• Vicki Barbolak in "Trailer Park Trophy Wife" @ Martini's Above Fourth
• My Revenge, The Wag Band @ Navajo Live
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Dan Hekate, Fire At Work, N-rgle, Tenshun, Caligears, Otherr @ Kava Lounge
• Feel Good Wednesdays @ U-31
• Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's
• Open Mic with Jefferson Jay @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Live Music @ Henry's Pub
• Blue Largo @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Office Hours with The Professor @ El Dorado
• Open Mic/Open Jam @ 710 Beach Club

Thursday, September 27, 2018 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Loudon Wainwright III, Cindy Lee Berryhill @ Belly Up
• Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (SOLD OUT)
• JAY-Z, Beyoncé, DJ Khaled, Chloe x Halle @ SDCCU Stadium
• Miss New Buddha, One I Red, Shoot The Glass, Omega Three @ Casbah
• The Pharcyde, David Twist @ The Observatory ($5) 
• The Real McKenzies, The Downs Family, Grids @ Soda Bar
• Hearts Like Lions, Loyals, LENA @ Space
• Planewrecks, Wine, Strange Creature, Life In Discord @ The Merrow
• Of Ennui, Grey Illusion, Meadow @ Pour House  
• Husky Boy All-Stars @ Bar Pink
• Jedi Mind Tricks, G-Mo Skee, 2ugli, Knowledge Over Money @ Music Box
• Johnny Tarr @ Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows (6pm)
• Wound Man, Deadbeat, Violencia,BOBXROSS, Philistine @ Che Café
• Restraint: Fetish | Fantasy | Taboo Party @ Blonde
• For the Fallen Dreams - 10 Year Anniversary Tour.Obey The Brave, Of Virtue, New Challenger, Legions @ Soma
• Mad Hat Hucksters @ Panama 66
• Burlesque Boogie Nights @ Sycamore Den
• Tom West, Sadie Hart @ Lestat's
• Gregory Page @ Java Joe's 
• Boomboxx Thursdays @ U-31
• Patrick "Bluefrog" Ellis @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Kim Jackson @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Modern Times: Nelson Over Everything + Live Music @ Quartyard
• VAMP- Local Storytelling Showcase @ Whistle Stop 
• Post/Boredom (Seattle), All Beat Up @ Tower Bar
• Nathan James, Ben Hernandez & The Rhythm Scratchers, Marty Dodson @ Tio Leo's
• Jessa Reed & Aaron Woodall in "Mormon and the Meth-Head" @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Jimmy Ruelas @ Seven Grand
• Comedy Night @ Midnight Jack
• Shawn Butzin, The Wag @ Bancroft Bar
• Girlboy (Album Release) @ Park&Rec
• CRSSD After Dark: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ Set) @ Bang Bang 
• Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Tape Heads, Audic Empire @ Winston's
• Original Stylin' (Hip-Hop) @ Til-Two Club
• No Limits with DJMysonKing @ The Office
• Craig Campbell @ Moonshine Flats
• Bill Caballero Latin Jam @ Border X Brewing
• Throwdown Thursdays @ Moonshine Beach 
• The Loosen Up with DJ Mane One @ El Dorado
• Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
• Thursday Night Swing @ Queen Bee's
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Inna Vision (Acoustic) @ 710 Beach Club (7pm)
• Wade Preston Band @ 710 Beach Club
• DJ Yodah @ Henry's Pub

Friday, September 28, 2018 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Oktoberfest @ German American Societies, El Cajon
• La Mesa Oktoberfest @ La Mesa Village (4-10pm)
• Ohana Festival @ Doheny State Beach, Dana Point
• Devotchka, Orkesta Mendoza @ The Observatory
• The Wombats, Barns Courtney, Roman Lewis @ House of Blues
• A Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Slapshot, Countime, Drug Control, Christ Killer @ Soda Bar
• Jay Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel, DJ Vaughn Avakian @ Casbah
• Western Star, The Phantoms @ Bar Pink (8pm)
• No Duh, Fooz Fighters, Pearl Jammed @ Belly Up
• The Early November, The Dangerous Summer, Jetty Bones, Save Face @ The Irenic
• In Your Neighborhood with Creature and the Woods, Coral Bells @ Pour House  
• The Montell Jordans, Ready Set Survive, Avenue Army, Nights Like Thieves @ The Merrow
• Billy Galewood's Birthday Extravaganza @ Java Joe's
• Soft Kill, Underpass, In Mirrors, DJ Jon Blaj @ Whistle Stop
• San Diego Freakout presents CHYURCH with Mikey and Andrew @ Bar Pink (10 pm)
• Dance Punk! presents We Are Yr Friends @ Blonde
• Let's Face It, Divided Heaven, Square Shapes (Hawaii) @ Tower Bar
• Kelly McGarry Presents: Anesthesia, Alice Insane, Rage Again, Wicked Tongues, DJ Professor CC @ Music Box
• MC3, Inure, Scary Pierre @ Black Cat Bar
• Terror, Harms Way, Backtrack, Year of the Knife, Candy @ Soma
• TerrorHarms Way, Backtrack, Year Of The Knife, Candy @ Soma Sidestage
• Paul Combs Quartet @ Dizzy's
• Cholo Goth Night feat. Dave Parley of PRAYERS (DJ set) & Josexx @ Space
• Art After Hours at SDMA @ Panama 66
• Revocation, Exhumed, Rivers of Nihil, Yautja @ Brick By Brick
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Kalina & Kiana, Austin Gatus, Andrew Barrack @ Lestat's
• Frankie Ballard @ Moonshine Beach 
• Georgia Chrome @ Moonshine Flats 
• Rock of Ages @ Park & Rec
• OBtuse Goose, My Mind @ Rosie O'Grady's
• Nosis @ De Oro Mine Co
• Canceled Assuming We Survive, RIVALS, Riot Child, Lost Dakota @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Michael Head "The Moneyman" @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• BlackSky Nectar, Never Come Down @ City Pub
• Musica en la Plaza: Kimba Light @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• The Best of Broadway @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Rock En Espanol with Zenith @ Border X Brewing
• Heart of Leo @ Pour House (5:30pm)
• Friyay! Giant Hungry Hungry Hippo @ Quartyard
• Latex Grenade, Snakefist, Approaching Fiction @ 710 Beach Club
• CRSSD After Dark: Will Clarke @ Bang Bang
• CRSSD After Dark: Layton Giordani, NGHT MVS @ Spin 
• Benny Benassi @ Omnia
• Janice & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
• DJ Freeman @ U-31
• Live Acoustic Sessions @ U-31 (7:30-9:30pm)
• Alias! Dance Band @ Tio Leo's
• Beta Maxx @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Madman @ Navajo Live (8:30pm)
• Up The Irons @ Navajo Live (10:45pm)
• OB Comedy @ Winston's  (6-9pm)
• Supa Fly Friday with DJ Charlie Rock & KidRiz @ El Dorado
• Jon B @ FLUXX
• Goodtimes @ Henry's Pub
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n

Saturday, September 29, 2018 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Casbah presents Wild Wild Wets, The Schizophonics, The Loons, The Andrew McKeag Band, Madly, The Knitts, The Goldettes @ Adams Avenue Street Fair
• Sonic San Diego with Creepxotica + DJ Tony Suarez @ Broadstone North Park
• CRSSD Festival @ Waterfront Park@ Waterfront Park 
• Adams Avenue Street Fair @ Adams Avenue, Normal Heights & Kensington
• Josh Fischel's Music Tastes Good @ Long Beach, CA
• Oktoberfest @ German American Societies, El Cajon
• Ohana Festival @ Doheny State Beach, Dana Point
• Bayside Brew & Spirits Festival @ Pepper Park, National City
• La Mesa Oktoberfest @ La Mesa Village (10am-10pm)
• Little Hurricane, Trouble in the Wind, Small Culture @ Casbah 
• CRSSD After Dark: The Presets, Leftwing & Kody, Blood Red Shoes  @ Music Box
• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Park & Rec
• 15th Anniversary Magic 92.5 Freestyle Explosion feat. Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, Taylor Dayne, Exposé, Trinere, George Lamond, Nu Shooz, TKA/K7, Debbie Deb @ Valley View Casino Center 
• Tom Brosseau, Donald Beaman @ North Park Vaudeville & Candy Shoppe
• Marc Broussard, The Dales @ Belly Up
• DJ Mike Delgado @ Bar Pink (10pm)
• Tekura Jegnas presents Capoeira Batizado Invitation and Graduation @ Worldbeat Center 
• Oddisee & Evidence, Warm Brew @ The Observatory North Park
• Slabratory Presents: Sick Slabs Of Sonic Sound 2 (CD Release Show), IGNITE, Skipjack, Hit The Switch, Bossfight @ Soda Bar
• War of Ages, Capsize, Ghost Key, A Hero Within @ Space
• Retra, Misc. Ailments, Yujin13. @ The Merrow
• Kim Jackson & The Routine Players, The Anodynes, Russel Ramo Trio @ Rabbit Hole
• Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop
• Mystic India: The World Tour @ Poway OnStage
• Ypsitucky @ Blind Lady Alehouse (8pm post-Adams Ave St. Fair)
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• Action Andy & The Hi-Tones, Chloe Lou and the Liddells @ Bar Pink (8pm)
• Gifted guitarists Fred Benedetti & George Svoboda @ Dizzy's
• Matt Dibiase Quartet @ Rosie O'Grady's
• Bomba de Batey @ Border X Brewing 
• Atomic Disco @ Blonde
• Bumpasonic @ Pour House (9:30pm)
• The Tighten Ups @ Pour House (5pm)
• Whit Aadland @ Pour House (1pm)  
• Levitt Amp Music Series: Ladama @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Orgy, Darky Dark and The Junkie Bunch, Warpath, The Bastard Saints, Brand of Julez, The Crowned @ Brick By Brick
• The Best of Broadway @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Pop Up Swap! Local Homemade Goods @ Whistle Stop (4pm)
• Dan DiMonte, Pinkeye, Francesca & Anahide @ Black Cat Bar
• Black Tiger Sex Machine, Apashe Lektrique @ House of Blues
• Kandace Springs @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Janice & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Frenetic Trio (Heavy Psychobilly from Brazil), Midnight Track, Busted Coffins, Delma @ Tower Bar
• .38 Special @ Viejas Concert in the Park 
• hip hop show @ Bancroft Bar
• San Diego Sake Festival @ Quartyard
• Georgia Chrome @ Moonshine Beach 
• Kidz Bop @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
• Mike Ryan @ Moonshine Flats 
• Late For Life @ Winston's (3pm)
• Midnight Track @ Winston's (5-8pm)
• Gene Evarro Jr, Boostive @ Winston's (9:30pm)
• Night Terrors @ Til-Two Club
• David Rovics @ Grassroots Oasis
• CRSSD After Dark: Cut Snake @ Kettner Exchange 
• CRSSD After Dark: Dusky, Cooper Save @ Vin De Syrah (SOLD OUT)
• CRSSD After Dark: Lee Foss, Detlef @ Bang Bang (SOLD OUT)
• CRSSD After Dark: Nina Kravitz, Helena Hauff, PTU, Wade, NGHT MVS @ Spin (SOLD OUT) 
• CRSSD After Dark: Sian & Lee K @ El Camino 
• Strictly Business w/DJs Edroc & KanyeAsada @ The Office
• Bombazo Con Redobles de Cultura @ Border X Brewing
• Pacific Dub, The Ries Brothers, The Good Tones @ 710 Beach Club
• TheDopestMatrix, C E R O, ColdLe'Roy TGC, QEDJ Flows @ City Pub
• Kearny High Class of 88 Reunion @ Tio Leo's
• Tradewinds @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Funk’s Most Wanted @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• 5th Saturday Night @ El Dorado
• Dre Sinatra @ FLUXX
• Xanadoodz (RUSH Tribute) @ Navajo Live (9pm)
• Aerosmyth @ Navajo Live (10:45pm)
• Bassjackers @ Parq Nightclub
• Tech Support Feat. EvLo, Donald Thump and Mr. Smith @ Kava Lounge
• Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry's

Sunday, September 30, 2018 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Casbah presents Dirty Sweet, Euphoria Brass Band, Stephen El Rey, The Slashes @ Adams Avenue Street Fair
• CRSSD Festival @ Waterfront Park
  Adams Avenue Street Fair @ Adams Avenue, Normal Heights & Kensington 
• Josh Fischel's Music Tastes Good @ Long Beach, CA
• Oktoberfest @ German American Societies, El Cajon
• La Mesa Oktoberfest @ La Mesa Village (10am-6pm)
• Ohana Festival @ Doheny State Beach, Dana Point
• Natalie Prass, Stella Donnelly @ Casbah
• Lost In Society, Stay Wild, Plane Without a Pilot @ Soda Bar
• Adams Avenue Street Fair: The Liquorsmiths (5pm), Chris Avetta Band (3pm), Eva & The Vagabond Tales (1pm) @ Sycamore Den
• Chris Murray Combo @ Panama 66
• A "Dark Sound-Bath" as the closing ceremony for San Diego Zine Fest @ Bread and Salt
• Guttermouth @ The Observatory North Park
• HappyRon and Friends @ La Mesa Spacebar (6:30pm) 
• Fashion Jackson, Buddha Trixie, The Happy Fits, LoveGlow @ Lestat's (8pm) 
• Performing with Professionals: A Concert with San Diego's Rising Stars @ Museum of Making Music (7pm)
• Making Vital Connections through Music @ Museum of Making Music  (2pm)
• Infinite Floyd - A Pink Floyd Experience @ Belly Up 
• DJ Dead Brains (Pall Jenkins) @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• 40 North Dance Film Festival @ Whistle Stop (9pm)
• CRSSD After Dark: Flight Facilities (DJ Set), Dena Amy @ Vin De Syrah
• CRSSD After Dark: Hayden James (DJ Set) @ Kettner Exchange 
• CRSSD After Dark: Mija @ Bang Bang
• CRSSD After Dark: Mind Against, Matador, Magdalena, Mele, NGHT MVS @ Spin
• CRSSD After Dark: Yotto @ Rich's  
• Chuponcito - USA Tour 2018 @ House of Blues
• Jerry "Hot Rod" Demink @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Stravinsky's "A Soldier's Tale" @ Dizzy's
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink
• NBA: LA Lakers vs Denver Nuggets @ Valley View Casino Center
• Red Room Tease, Hot Brass Injection @ Bancroft Bar (5pm)
• Styx @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Matinee show - Krisben-Wah, The Yucks, Masteria, Santa Ana Knights @ Tio Leo's (2-6pm)
• The Playground - Sunday Night Dance Party with DJ Heather Hardcore @ The Merrow
• Drum & Bass @ Blonde
• Shane Hall @ Pour House (9pm)
• School of Rock @ Pour House (1pm)  
• Pants Karaoke @ Til-Two Club
• Angra, Scarlet Aura, Novareign, Nightshadow, Sentinel @ Brick By Brick
• Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• Uptown Top Ranking @ The Office
• Jason Brown @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am-2pm)
• The Finns @ Navajo Live 
• Groove Squad @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Almost Famous Karaoke @ Henry's
• Reggae Sunday @ Spin
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• Sunday isfor the Girls benefit for Keep-A-Breast Foundation @ El Dorado

Monday, October 1, 2018:

• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band @ The Observatory
• Death Cab For Karaoke @ Soda Bar (FREE)
• Minx, Razor Nights @ Bar Pink
• Motown On Mondays @ The Office
• Amy Shark, Tyler Hilton @ House of Blues
• Whitney Shay @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Makossa Mondays with DJ Tah Rei @ Seven Grand
• Electric Relaxation @ Whistle Stop  
• Blue Monday - Dark 80s New Waave with DJ Ccamila Robina & Aaron Wallace @ Blonde
• Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo Celebration of Life @ Music Box
• Musical Monday @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Strictly Acoustic @ Navajo Live
• 80s with Junior theDISCOpunk @ The Brass Rail
• Movie Night with Beau @ Pour House  
• Sexy Salsa & Sensual Bachata with DJ Sonero @ Tio Leo's
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Trivia with Arnie @ Bancroft Bar
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• Party on A Monday @ U-31

Things To Do In San Diego: Tuesday, September 18-Monday, September 24, 2018

Last week was a good one. I got to catch Murder By Death and William Elliott Whitmore at the Belly Up, I worked at the Dreamers show at the Irenic, and went to the Casbah on Friday for Black Joe Lewis. On Saturday, we hung out in Chula with my family, and on Sunday I took Nova to the weak Fiestas Patrias celebration at Bayfront Park before heading to the Casbah for Kississippi, Ratboys, and Foxing. This week is going to be amazing because Chvrches is coming back to town! I'm also working at the Irenic for dodie on Friday and Hannahlyze This on Sunday. Thursday is also my mom's birthday, so we'll probably celebrate on Saturday with the fam. I hope everyone has a great week...let's hope this is the week Kavanaugh withdraws his nomination. Full listings through Monday are after the jump.

Things To Do In San Diego: Tuesday, September 10-Monday, September 17, 2018

It was a good and short week. I worked at the Samantha Fish show on Wednesday, on THursday, Darren and I got to go to opening night of The Heart of Rock n Roll at The Old Globe, and Friday we spent the night celebrating my dad's 70th birthday. On Saturday, Nova played her first game of the soccer season, and Saturday evening I got to interview Jade Bird at the Casbah. She was lovely to chat with and her show was exceptional, with Field Report's Chris Porterfield opening, who was also very nice to chat with. On Sunday we just had a low key day, walking to NOrth Parkk for dinner and enjoying the finally-bearable weather. I'm looking forward to the Belly Up tonight with Murder By Death and WIlliam Elliott Whitmore. I'll be working at the Irenic for Dreamers on Thursday, and I'll play it by ear the rest of the weekend. I am selling a Saturday KAABOO ticket for face value if anyone is looking. Full listings through Monday are after the jump.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018:

• Murder By Death, William Elliott Whitmore @ Belly Up
• Lyle Lovett and His Large Band @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• The Naked I, Band of Gringos, Nick Bone & The Big Scene @ Casbah
• DREAM & Soda Bar presents Kommunity FK "40th Anniversary Tour", DJs Vaughn Avakian & Javi Nunez @ Soda Bar
• Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience @ Viejas Arena, SDSU
• Bad Gyal @ Music Box
• Sir Coyler & His Asthmatic Band, the Fast Camels, Murder Pony @ The Merrow
• Tiki Tuesday with Stephen El Rey @ Bar Pink
• Karaoke @ Space
• The Score, Birthday @ House of Blues
• T Is For Techno @ Blonde
• Backwater Blues @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Shakedown String Band, Rosa's Catina  @ Winston's (9:30 pm)
• Open Mic by Bobo Czarnowski @ Java Joe's
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Line Dance Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Music Videos @ Martini's Above Fourth
• M.A.S.S. - Musical Artistry of Singers & Songwriters @ Winston's (5pm)
• True Bass Tuesdays with DJ Ramsey & Raji Rabbit @ The Office
• DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House
• Beer Pong @ U-31
• Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• Big Time Operator Orchestra @ Tio Leo's
• Videodrome/Sketch Party @ Whistle Stop
• Comedy Night @ Lestat's
• Rockabilly and Swing @ Henry's Pub
• Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live
• Rude Creation, The Gentle Giants @ 710 Beach Club

Wednesday, September 12, 2018:

• Lost Dog Street Band, Matt Heckler, Sam Hell @ Casbah
• Azealia Banks, Riston Diggs @ Music Box
• Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Gin Blossoms @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Unwed Sailor, Early Day Miners @ Soda Bar
• Todd Snider, Reed Foehl @ Belly Up
• Kocktails with Katrina High Glam Female Impersonation Revue @ Bar Pink
• SiriusXM Hair Nation Tour 2018 feat. Jack Russell's Great White, Bulletboys, Enuff Znuff @ House of Blues
• Unleash the Archers, Striker, Helion Prime, Malison @ Brick by Brick
• Modern R&B/Hip-Hop Videos @ Whistle Stop
• Wild Country Wednesdays @ Moonshine Beach 
• Paul Gregg @ Sycamore Den
• Instant Crush w/DJs Nastea & Vanessa Chap @ The Office
• Make Yourself at Home//1 YEAR Anniversary! Emo/Hardcore/Pop Punk @ Space
• Jazz with Tripp Sprague & Danny Green @ Tio Leo's
• Escalera Sessions @ Bar Sin Nombre
• Rose Bingo with Guest callers Gen & Justin @ Quartyard 
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Panama 66
• Dance Klassique with Joe Pea, Ryan Bauer, Gomez @ Blonde
• Open Mic Night @ Pour House  
• Club Kingston Presents: Marauak, Raggabond, DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
• An Evening with Jan Daley @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Robert Allen Shepherd @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Planet Shred, Project Stroke @ Navajo Live
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Feel Good Wednesdays with DJ Mo Lyon @ U-31
• Open Mic @ Midnight Jack
• Open Mic with Jefferson Jay @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Live Music @ Henry's Pub
• Len Rainey @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Touchy Feely with Mike Delgado and friends @ El Dorado
• Open Mic/Open Jam @ 710 Beach Club

Thursday, September 13, 2018:

• Taste of Gaslamp 
• Dreamers, Weathers, Morgxn @ The Irenic
• The Replacements' Tommy Stinson's Cowboys In THe Campfire @ Whistle Stop 
• Chayanne Desde El Alma 2018 @ Valley View Casino Center 
• Radio Moscow, Featherstone, Petyr @ Casbah
• The Alan Parsons Live Project @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• DJ’s Dunekat and RT @ Bar Pink
• ROSTAM, Buzzy Lee @ Belly Up
• O.A.R. - Just Like Paradise Tour, Matt Nathanson @ Harrah's SoCal Resort
• Halsey @ Music Box
• Summer Cannibals, Bosswitch, Runs Deep @ Soda Bar
• Slappers Only! Past & present Rap/Hyphy/Trap dance party @ Space
• Yarrow, Mortar, Hong Kong Fuck You, Axis Evil @ Che Café
• Rock en Espanol Night with Mala Vida @ Blonde
• Kelly McGarry Presents with A Perfect Tool (tribute to A Perfect Circle & Tool), Hardwired (tribute to Metallica), Sonic Moonshine, Fiends,  Powerslaves (Tribute to Iron Maiden) @ House of Blues
• UpShots @ Panama 66
• Sir Coyler and His Asthmatic Band @ Pour House  
• Micahel James, Shane J Hall @ Sycamore Den
• Mike Officer @ Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club, and Bungalows
• The Rinds, Whole Milk, Street Surfers @ Lestat's
• Surface Club, the Autonomics, the Colour Monday @ The Merrow
• Gregory Page @ Java Joe's 
• Boomboxx Thursdays @ U-31
• Summer Beach Party with The Mar Dels @ Bahia Hotel (6-9pm)
• Robert Allen Shepherd @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Groove Squad @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Throw, Se Vende, Static On The Stereo @ Tower Bar
• The Dead Daisies, Hookers & BLOW, Murder of Five @ Brick by Brick
• Jackie Beat & Sherry Vine in "Battle of the Bitches!" @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Jimmy Ruelas @ Seven Grand
• Comedy Night @ Midnight Jack
• Thursday Evening Swing @ Queen Bee's
• DJ Bingo @ De Oro Mine Co 
• Little Heroine, Foghorns Music, Fingerprints, Deep Yogurt @ Bancroft Bar
• Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Uptown Rhythm Makers @ Black Cat Bar
• OB Hip Hop Social with Locness and A-Lowe Birthday Bash @ Winston's
• Original Stylin @ Til-Two Club
• No Limits with DJMysonKing @ The Office
• High Valley Live @ Moonshine Flats
• Throwdown Thursdays @ Moonshine Beach 
• Gasolina! with Kid Wonder, A-Boogie and guests @ El Dorado
• Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
• DEEVA San Diego w/ Arivi, Naomi, & Laura Peck @ Kava Lounge
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Gino and the Lone Gunman @ Tio Leo's
• Liquid Courage Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• DJ Yodah @ Henry's Pub

Friday, September 14, 2018:

• KAABOO feat Foo Fighters, Halsey, Post Malone, Incubus, Gucci Mane, Blondie, Jimmy Eat World, Nelly, Tower Of Power, Everclear, The Zombies, The English Beat, THe Spencer Lee Band, Katie Toupin, Diego's Umbrella, Charlie OVerbey, Hunter & The Dirty Jacks, Courtship. Comedy by Craig Ferguson, Tom Papa, Nikki Glaser, ERik Griffin @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Sorrento Valley Beer Festival @ Party Pals (5-9pm)
• Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Fall 2018 Tour, Paul Cherry @ Casbah
• POSTPONED Yob, Acid King, CHRCH @ Brick By Brick
• Rayland Baxter, Trouble In The Wind @ Belly Up
• Miniature Tigers - Tell It To The Volcano 10th Anniversary Tour, Jasper Bones @ Soda Bar
• Incite, Lody Kong, Defy The Tyrants @ Space
• CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS KSON presents Rascal Flatts: Back To US Tour 2018, Dan + Shay, Trent Harmon @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
• Victoria Martino and James Lent - Lenny's Centennial @ La Jolla Athenaeum
• Splavender, Havnauts, Slay Dean @ Whistle Stop
• Dance Punk Indie | Blog | Haus | Dance Party @ Blonde
• Julia Sage and The Bad Hombres & Guests @ Ken Club
• Grrrl Independent Ladies presents Harms, Broken Baby, DJ Miss Lady D @ Bar Pink
• Besos Trio & Art After Hours @ Panama 66
• Desert Dwellers, Bluetech, Just Emma, Maggie Moontribe @ Music Box
• Phil Vassar @ Sycuan Casino 
• Super Nacho Happy Hour @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• Russian Tremors, Crooked RUlers, Contact @ Black Cat Bar
• Amiensus, Ashbringer, Kanok @ Tower Bar
• Louisiana Love Act with Sarah Rogo Band @ Winston's
• Wes Cook Band @ Moonshine Beach 
• Jerry Jacobs @ Moonshine Flats 
• Cuarto Menguante, The Lite @ De Oro Mine Co
• Emo Night Brooklyn @ House of Blues
• Patrick "Bluefrog" Ellis @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• t.w.i.g., Nathan Collins Band, BSU presents Poetry @ Lestat's
• Musica En La Plaza: Trio 3 Amigos Huapangueros @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Idiot Bombs, Tankerays, Punchcard, Roman Watchdogs @ Bancroft Bar
• Clay Walker @ Poway Center For The Performing Arts
• KBong, Dubbest, Kash'd Out @ 710 Beach Club
• Janice & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
• After Hours w/DJs Adam Salter & Ayla Simone @ The Office 
• DJ Freeman @ U-31
• Live Acoustic Sessions @ U-31 (7:30-9:30)
• Big Daddy Orchestra @ Tio Leo's
• Mercedes Moore @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Wildside @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Street Heart @ Navajo Live 
• OB Comedy @ Winston's  (6-9pm)
• Delta Heavy, Jampact @ Bassmnt 
• Hot Cakes with Mister Hek, Siene and guests @ El Dorado
• Le Youth @ Bang Bang
• Rich Medina, Oscar P, Matthew Brian @ A/C Lounge
• DJ Beatnick @ FLUXX
• Goodtimes @ Henry's Pub
• Desert Hearts: Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Marbs, Porky @ Spin
• Digital Cocoon with Jon E Thin @ Kava Lounge
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n

Saturday, September 15, 2018:

• KAABOO fat Imagine Dragons, N.E.R.D., Earth Wind & Fire, Billy Idol, Cake, Big Boi, Stone Temple Pilots, Melissa Etheridge, Bebe Rexha, Better Than Ezra, Robert Delong, The Wailers, SWMRS, Soul Asylum, ,Emily Warren, The National Parks, Shane Hall, Stealing Oceans, Ccreeature Canyon, CVBZ, Raelee Nicole, Oblivion Her Majesty, Fitness, Mamfesta, Comedy by Iliza Shlesinger, Craig Robinson, Whitney Cummings, Louie Anderson, Orny Adams @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Casbah, Vinyl Junkies, and DoSD.com present Sonic San Diego with Brian Karscig performing Louis XIV, Convoy, The Nervous Wreckords + DJ Ian Utero@ Broadstone North Park (FREE, 4pm)
• Taste of South Park 
• Margaritas y Mas Festival @ Chula Vista Bayfront
• Santee Bluegrass Festival feat. Vulcan Mt Boys, MohaviSoul @ Town Center Community Park East
• Dani Bell and The Tarantist, The Midnight Pine, Sights and Sages, Low Volts @ Casbah 
• Ship In The Woods presents Fata Morgana. Music by  Peaking Lights, Ingonoir & Snapghost, Ethics, Ditches, Shindig @ A Ship In The Woods
• Youth Brigade, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, Dead on the Wire @ Soda Bar
• Shawn Rohlf & The Buskers @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• 80s vs 90s Dance Party with DJs Saul Q & Gabe Vega @ Whistle Stop
• Tainted Love, Metal Street Boyz @ Belly Up  
• Neon Beat - the Best and Worst of the 80s @ Bar Pink
• Art Farmer Tribute w/Derek Cannon & Reka Parker @ Dizzy's
• Fishing For Chips, The Rough, Hardly Human, The Dangerfield @ Ken Club
• Tunnel Vision: A Queer Club Night w/ Sasha Marie (Soulection) @ Space
• Bump presents Peaking Lights @ Blonde
• Erika Davies @ Panama 66
• Brasstracks, FATHERDUDE @ Music Box
• Chris Hahn Band and Failing Up @ Pour House  
• Levitt Amp Music Series: Sidewalk Chalk @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Chloe Lou & The Liddells, Songs For People @ Black Cat Bar
• Songwriter Showcase feat. Berkley Hart, Gregory Page, Veronica May, Nina Francis, Isaac Cheong, Gaby Aparicio, Rob Deez, Kenny Eng, The Brothers Burns, Cici Artemisa, David Beldock @ Java Joe's
• One Drop Redemption, Tribute to Bob Marley & the Wailers @ House of Blues
• Graham Gillot @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Joanne Baduria and Soul Fire @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Shoreline Mafia Only The Xclusives Tour @ Soma
• Krang (Czech Republic), Punchcard & This Is A Train Wreck @ Tower Bar
• League of Liars @ De Oro Mine Co
• The Happys, The Rock and Rollies, Ringo Kid, Peace and Painkillers @ Bancroft Bar
• Jerry Jacobs @ Moonshine Beach 
• Wes Cook @ Moonshine Flats 
• Blue Jean Simmons @ Winston's (2pm)
• Making Incredible Time, The Experiments and Frequency 1 @ Winston's (5pm)
• Electric Mud with Casual Yak @ Winston's (9pm)
• September Mourning, Kaleido, Charcoal Tongue, AndEver @ Brick By Brick
• Samer Bakri with Max Oestreicher, Joel Sullivan, Ben Roberson, Chase Fickett, Jahnathan Neret@ Lestat's
• Dr. Sketchy's (Anti) Art School San Diego @ The Merrow 
• Karina Frost & the Banduvloons, Tennessee Tina, Q Ortiz, the Social Animal, Dairrick, Khalil Hodges @ The Merrow
• Strictly Business w/DJs Edroc & KanyeAsada @ The Office
• Indie Goes 80s Pop @ 710 Beach Club
• Arsenal Efectivo @ El Gran Patron Night Club
• DJ Freeman @ U-31
• Santana Ways @ Tio Leo's
• The Reflectors @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Gruvmatic @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• DJ Bamboozle @ FLUXX
• BK Lounge with DJs Billie Knight, Tone Capone, Dub-B @ El Dorado
• Vicetone @ Bassmnt
• Techniche + Overdrive with Leo Blanco @ Spin
• Curt Reynolds @ Hard Rock Hotel 
• Nemesis @ Navajo Live 
• Medasin @ Bang Bang 
• DIVINITY presents: Techno Sabbath 013 ft Memo Rex @ Kava Lounge
• Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry's

Sunday, September 16, 2018:

• KAABOO feat Katy Perry, Robert Plant and the Sensational Spacec Shifters, Wiz Khalifa, Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, Alice In Chains, Jewel, TLC, Quinn XCII ,The All-American Rejects, War, Candlebox, Elvin Bishop, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, Boulevards, Vista Kicks, Tall Heights, Chelsea Cutler, Elise Trouw, L.A. Edwards, Bay Ledges, Sully, David Francisco. Comedy by Judd Apatow and Friends, Kevin Nealon, Pauly Shore  @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Foxing, Kississippi @ Casbah
• Oxbow, Blood Ponies @ Soda Bar
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ Harrah's SoCal Resort
• Lex & The Jewel @ Sycamore Den
• Ghostface Killah & Raekwon @ The Observatory North Park
• We Like 2 Party**90's pop dance party**@ Space (No Cover)
• Whitney Shay, The Routine, The Sleepwalkers @ Belly Up 
• Future Human, Headphone @ Vin De Syrah
• The Rent Party with DJs Scotty J & Uncle Bud @ Whistle Stop 
• The Depicted Vibration vol.8 (Herbie Hancock/Joni Mitchell Project) @ Dizzy's
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink
• Chad & Rosie @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Coastal Cities Jazz Band @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Keep It On The DL @ Martini's Above Fourth
• MAOLI with Tenelle and Joseph Soul - An Intimate Acoustic Storyteller Series with DJ Akrite @ Winston's (5pm)
• In Concert Variety Show @ The Merrow
• The Playground - Sunday Night Dance Party @ The Merrow
• Spectrum- A Diverse Dance Party @ Blonde
• All Gone Pete Tong with Pete Tong & Felix da Housecat @ Quartyard
• Pants Karaoke @ Til-Two Club
• Alex Skolnick Trio: Conundrum Tour with special guests @ Brick By Brick
• Lutryal & The Minneapolis Sound Machine @ Tio Leo's
• Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
• Abandoned By Bears, Light Up The Sky, Boys of Fall @ Midnight Jack
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• Uptown Top Ranking with Tribe of Kings @ The Office
• Jason Brown @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am-2pm)
• Karisma @ Navajo Live 
• Luv A Lot @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Almost Famous Karaoke @ Henry's
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• Sunday Groove with The Professor & Juni Flo @ El Dorado

Monday, September 17, 2018:

• Gringo Star, The Lucy Ring, Mt. Pleasant @ Casbah 
• Blacks Beach Boys, Boychick, Heavenly Bother, Dum Cumpsters @ Soda Bar
• MIGUEL: The Ascension Tour, OVO's DVSN @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
• Dirty Pennies, Clean Girl and the Dirty Dishes, Luna Bee @ Bar Pink
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Makossa Mondays with DJ Tah Rei @ Seven Grand
• Blue Monday - Dark 80s Night @ Blonde
• Night Terrors Featuring Rubella Ballet, Shrouds, Karbönite @ Space
• Andy & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Strictly Acoustic @ Navajo Live
• Live Prize Trivia @ Pour House  
• Fuzzy Rankins @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Electric Relaxation - 90s Hip Hop/Chill Beats/Board Games@ Whistle Stop
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Trivia with Arnie @ Bancroft Bar
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• 31 Flavors @ U-31
• Sensamotion, Ital Vibes, Seedheads @ 710 Beach Club

Things To Do In San Diego: Wednesday, September 5-Monday, September, 10, 2018

I was trying to figure out why I didn't have much in the way of new photos this week. I only went to a couple shows...on Thursday I went to Blonde for Wyatt Blair, The Slashes, and Ariel Levine and on Saturday I caught Slothrust. But I finally filed a claim for my cracked screen and spent most of the weekend transferring and updating to a new phone. There was also a lot of soccer, Back To School night at Nova's new school, and we had a super awesome time spending Friday evening at the Zoo, Sunday in Balboa Park for our little Jonze's birthday and then again on Monday evening for the Zeppelin and Pink Floyd Tribute at the Organ Pavilion. Ariel, Daniel, T-Bone, and Shelbi all did a great job accompanying the new Civic Organist, Raúl Prieto Ramírez. This week should be pretty chill, too. I'll be working at the Samantha Fish show on Wednesday. On Thursday, a dear friend hooked up tickets to opening night of The Heart of Rock n Roll at the Old Globe followed by Pinback at the Casbah, and I'm interviewing Jade Bird on Saturday for NBC. I'll probably mix in a couple extra shows if I can, though I'm super sad to be missing Indie Jam again this year. Full listings through Monday are after the jump.

Photos: The Fratellis at the Observatory, May 4, 2018

Here's another post that got caught in my drafts but never posted. This was back in May at the Observatory with the Fratellis. I can't remember anything particularly noteworthy of the night. Not to say the band wasn't great---they were and are--but I remember racing to get to the show on time, feeling a little flustered once I actually arrived, and then seeing a show with great lighting all in the shade of a kinda ridiculous fedora/Panama hat kinda bummed me out. I'm no stylist, I'm defnitely no fashionista, but if men never wore hats on stage again, I'd be super okay with it. I guess that and chewing gum are my two big stage peeves. That's neither here nor there. The band is super energetic and it's definitely infectious with their audience. More pictures are after the jump. 

Toxic Masculinity and the Safety of Girls & Women

Some things on my mind that I had to share, after the jump.

Things To Do In San Diego: Tuesday, August 28-Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Seeing as I already updated my week on Friday, I'll mention that later that night I went to the Casbah and it was insano. I didn't even bother shooting that night, but it was a pretty fun night. On Saturday night, I went to the Observatory to shoot Madison Cunningham, the opener for Punch Brothers. I shot them a little, too, but it was challenging because we weren't allowed in the pit because the show was being filmed for KPBS. After that show, I met up with Darren at Soda Bar for Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever. It was the first night of their US tour and it was super great. The rest of the weekend was super mellow, Nova and I have been hanging out a ton while Ddarren works, and of course I had to catch the Sharp Objects finale. This week is super chill, I might head to the Office on Wednesday and I might try to find an in for the Observatory on Thursday. Other than that, I'm just gonna go with the flow. Since it's Labor Day weekend, I've done listings through Tuesday. You can find the after the jump.



Tuesday, August 28, 2018:

• Rodrigo y Gabriela, Robert Ellis @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Emo Nite LA presents Emo Nite San Diego @ Casbah
• Corsicana, Free Paintings, Chutes @ Soda Bar
• The Phantom of the Opera @ Civic Theatre
• Color Coated, Turtle Click, Hug @ The Merrow
• Tiki Tuesday with The Garners @ Bar Pink
• La Escalera Records presents Hilltop Rats, War Fever, JSR @ Tower Bar
• Cave Bastard, Wretched Fuck, Flaunt @ Til-Two Club
• Karaoke! @ Space
• T Is For Techno @ Blonde
• Casey Hensley @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Maturation Sol, House Gone Wild @ Winston's (9:30 pm)
• A Killer's Confession, Tallah, New Fiction, Pigweed @ Brick by Brick
• Open Mic by Bobo Czarnowski @ Java Joe's
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Line Dance Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Leigh Scarritt Productions presents "Stars of the Future" @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Think n Drink Trivia @ Winston's (5pm)
• True Bass Tuesdays with DJ Ramsey & Raji Rabbit @ The Office
• Robin Henkel @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House
• Beer Pong @ U-31
• Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• The Coffee Club Sextet @ Tio Leo's
• Sketch Party & Videodrome @ Whistle Stop
• Comedy Night @ Lestat's
• Rockabilly and Swing @ Henry's Pub
• Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live
• Skanks Roots Project, Wakane @ 710 Beach Club

Wednesday, August 29, 2018:

• Taste of the Cove
• Peter Frampton @ The Events Center, Harrah's SoCal Resort
• Rodrigo y Gabriela, Marc Scibilia @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• New York Dolls Undercover @ The Office
• GRRRLs Independent Ladies present Lucy & La Mer, Tulengua, Los Hollywood, DJ Laura Se Fue @ Casbah
• Tyrone Wells, Michael Tiernan @ Music Box
• Moon Ensemble, Twin Ritual, Downers @ Soda Bar
• Gili Yalo @ San Diego Center for Jewish Culture
• The Exploited, U.S. Bombs, D.I., Total Chaos @ The Observatory
• Instant Crush w/DJs Nastea & Anna Zeltins @ The Office
• The Phantom of the Opera @ Civic Theatre
• Chloe Lou and the Liddels, Normandie Wilson and friends @ Bar Pink
• Jak Night and guests- Live Stand-Up @ Whistle Stop
• House Party Wednesdays @ Moonshine Beach 
• Paul Gregg @ Sycamore Den
• Fresh Pots! Presents: Terminally Chill @ Space
• Escalera Sessions @ Bar Sin Nombre
• Latin Jazz with Kali Rodriguez-Peña Quintet- Dinner and Wine Concert @ Queen Bee's
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Panama 66
• Dance Klassique with Joe Pea, Ryan Bauer, Gomez @ Blonde
• Open Mic Night @ Pour House  
• Club Kingston Presents: Ital Vibes, DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
• Ria and Kevin @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Chad & Rosie @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Rosa's Cantina, Spiritual Motels @ Navajo Live
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• DJ Freeman @ U-31
• Open Mic @ Midnight Jack
• Open Mic with Jefferson Jay @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Live Music @ Henry's Pub
• January Berry @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Mic/Open Jam @ 710 Beach Club

Thursday, August 30, 2018:

• Inspector, Marujah @ The Observatory
• Mrs. Henry, Sacri Monti, Volcano, Professor Colombo, Stranger Liquids Light Show @ Casbah
• The Expendables, Nattali Rize, Bikini Trill, Amplified @ Belly Up
• Radio Latina presents: HA-ASH @ Music Box
• Los Blenders, Minor Gems, Los Shadows, Pout House @ Soda Bar
• Family Thief, Lighterburns, Mammoth Indigo, Daytrip @ The Merrow
• Cemetery Lipstick Presents: New Skeletal Faces & Dominator @ Space
• The Phantom of the Opera @ Civic Theatre
• Trivia @ Space (7-9pm) 
• Remo Drive w/ Field Medic, Beach Bunny @ Che Café Collective
• Wyatt Blair, The Slashes, Ariel Levine @ Blonde
• Parkway Drive, August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Polaris @ Soma
• Rebecca Jade @ Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows (6pm)
• Big Time Operator - Thursday Evening Swing @ Queen Bee's
• Hard Fall Hearts, The Zipheads @ Pour House  
• Night Owls presents Mix Tape: Members’ Choice @ La Jolla Athenaeum
• Burlesque Boogie Nights @ Sycamore Den
• Redneck Rodeo @ Dive, Harrah's SoCal Resort
• Shuffle & Bang @ Panama 66
• VAMP: Burned- Local Storytelling Showcase @ Whistle Stop
• Solace @ U-31
• Summer Beach Party with The Mar Dels @ Bahia Hotel (6-9pm)
• Robert Allen Shepherd @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Kimberly Jackson @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Old City, Se Vende, Missing Limbs @ Tower Bar
• Labor Day Weekend Kick-Off Bash: DiVad, Blunites, Blameless, Casual Yak, Servants of Sound, Thread the Lariat, Suburban Park @ Brick by Brick (6pm)
• Ty Herndon in "Under the Covers with Ty Herndon" @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Jimmy Ruelas @ Seven Grand
• Comedy Night @ Midnight Jack
• Kick-Stomp Ensemble @ De Oro Mine Co 
• Alejandro Hilton @ Bancroft Bar
• Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• DevvLov, DJ Milky Wayne @ Black Cat Bar
• Ocean Beach Hip Hop Social with SCARUB from the Living Legends - Hosted by Atlantis Rizing @ Winston's
• No Limits with DJMysonKing @ The Office
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Flats
• No Duh @ Moonshine Beach 
• Rachet Shit with DJ Kev Mighty and guests @ El Dorado
• Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
• Undone on Thursday @ Omnia
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Liz Grace & The Swing Things @ Tio Leo's
• Liquid Courage Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• A Night To Honor The Horse Fire Victims & Heroes @ FLUXX
• DJ Yodah @ Henry's Pub

Friday, August 31, 2018:

• Cafe Tacvba @ Del Mar Racetrack
• Goldfinger, Buck-O-Nine, The Suicide Machines, Suburban Legends @ House of Blues
• Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
• Lost 80's Live  feat A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung, Bow Wow Wow, Missing Persons, Naked Eyes, Animotion, Gene Loves Jezebel, Boys Don't Cry, Farrington & Mann, Dramarama @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Black Friday - an evening of Gothic, Dark 80's, and Post Punk Dance Music - DJ Vaughn Avakian, DJ Mario Orduno, DJ Camila Robina, DJ Bidi Cobra, DJ Jon Blaj, Quali @ Casbah
• The Loons, The Heartaches, Teazed @ Che Café Collective
• Black Uhuru, The Originators @ Belly Up
• The Phantom of the Opera @ Civic Theatre
• Koffin Kats,Systematic Abuse, The Cat Chasers @ Soda Bar
• 1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular @ Embarcadero Marina Park South
• Swing Dancing Finale: Zzymzzy Sextet @ California Center For The Arts Escondido
• Christopher Hollyday's "Telepathy" CD Release @ Dizzy's
• Dance Punk! Indie X Blog Haus X Electro @ Blonde
• Fang, Authentic Sellout, Billyclub, Revolt-Chix, Filner Headlock @ Ken Club
• Modern Day Moonshine, Fresh Veggie Brass, Jefferson Jay @ Winston's
• Fishing for Chips, Midnight Block, Neurotic Mirage, Smarter Than Robots, Ready Set Survive, Lineup Rookie @ Soma
• Low and Be Told, Shoot the Glass @ Bar Pink (8pm)
• DJ Mike Turi @ Bar Pink (10pm)
• Ypsitucky @ Panama 66
• Voices & Vibrations @ Space
• Collie Buddz, New Leaf @ Music Box
• Norm Macdonald and Colin Quinn @ The Events Center, Harrah's SoCal Resort 
• Vigil and Thieves @ City Pub
• Giuliana, SISSTER, Carlos Se @ Manhattan Bar
• True Stories Live Recording Show@ Lestat's
• UltraSound Happy Hour @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• Skull Drug, Terminally Ill, Surface Report, Sculpins @ Tower Bar
• Meadow, Belladon, AJ Froman @ Black Cat Bar
• Chris Shrader @ Moonshine Beach 
• Martin McDaniel @ Moonshine Flats 
• Cyan Rising @ De Oro Mine Co
• Dylan Gardner @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Nowhereland, Bosswitch, Joan and the Rivers @ Midnight Jack
• In Your Neighborhood with Lou Niles feat. The Oxen, Red Wizard @ Pour House  
• The Nightengayles @ Pour House (5pm)
• Trick: On the DL, Victor Rodriguez @ The Merrow
• Smomid, Poor @ Bancroft Bar
• The Debonaires, Mochilero All Stars, DJ Non-Profit (SD City Soul Club) @ 710 Beach Club
• Janice & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
• The Atta Boys, Alex Sharps & Nate Copeland, Leah Keane @ Ramona Mainstage
• Cool Party Bro. feat Heminguey & Ikah Love @ The Office 
• Live Acoustic Sessions @ U-31 (7:30-9:30pm)
• DJ Junior theDISCOpunk @ U-31
• Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas, The Bayou Brothers @ Tio Leo's
• Mal Hall presents The Gaslamp Comedy Show @ The Tipsy Crow
• Beta Maxx @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Asteroids, Blaze of Jovi @ Navajo Live  
• OB Comedy @ Winston's  (6-9pm)
• Bump with DJs Dazzla, Shige, The Andres Affair and guests @ El Dorado
• NGHTMRE @ Omnia
• FNGRS CRSSD feat Fisher, Harvard Bass @ Spin
• Catch + Release feat Fisher, Omnom @ Float, Hard Rock Hotel (3-9pm)
• Hotel Garuda @ Bang Bang
• DJ Bar1ne @ FLUXX
• E-Rock @ Oxford Social Club, Pendry
• Goodtimes @ Henry's Pub
• D.C. & Friends: Labor of Love @ Kava Lounge
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n

Saturday, September 1, 2018:

• Sunset Cliffs Music & Art Fair @ 4700-4800 Blocks of Pt Loma Ave.
• Slothrust @ Casbah 
• Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Aimee Mann @ Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall
• The Smashing Pumpkins: Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour, Metric @ Viejas Arena, SDSU
• Sam Smith, Beth Ditto @ Valley View Casino Center
• The Vandals, Down By Law, The Creepy Creeps @ The Observatory North Park
• Midge Ure & Paul Young @ Belly Up  
• The Phantom of the Opera @ Civic Theatre (2pm & 7:30pm)
• 1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular @ Embarcadero Marina Park South
• The Widows, Gross Polluter, Slaughter Boys, Geese @ Soda Bar
• Jake Najor & The Moment of Truth @ Panama 66
• The Colour Monday, Blacks Beach Boys, Rockford @ Bar Pink (8 pm)
• DJ Rocket Rio @ Bar Pink (10:30 pm)
• B Side Players, the Routine, Puscie Jones Revue @ Music Box (9pm)
• The Rinds, Material Boys, The Shed, Sideyard, Mdrn Hstry @ Soma
• Country Music Beer Fest with The Morgan Leigh Band, Nancarrow, Lady Dottie and the Diamonds, DJ Famous Dave @ Music Box (2pm
• Escorted Trips: Music and Art Festival @ Che Café Collective (1:30pm)
• grampadrew's Flim Flam Revue @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• 80s vs 90s Dance Party with DJs Saul Q & Gabe Vega @ Whistle Stop
• Reggae Splash feat. Sister Nancy, DJ Unite, DJ Artistic, Mike Pinto @ Inspiration Hornblower   
• Pocari Sweat + Vaporwave + Future Funk w/ sp. guest Literature @ Space
• Tron Themed '80s & New Wave Dance Party with Aaron Wallace, Josex, Dave Parley (Prayers) @ Blonde
• Beatles Brunch with Come Together @ Quartyard
• Daniel Champagne @ Lestat's
• Don Cardenas' Punk Show @ Pour House (9pm-12am)  
• Coyote Blues Redemption @ Pour House (5-8pm)
• Whit Aadland @ Pour House (1-4pm)
• Clinton Ross Davis with Dominick Gambini @ Black Cat Bar
• The Who Generation, Heart Love Alive @ House of Blues
• Joanne Baduria and Soul Fire @ Martini's Above Fourth
• The Rocketz, Screamin' Rebel Angels, Hard Fall Hearts, The Zipheads @ Tower Bar
• Josiah and the Uplift @ De Oro Mine Co
• Mean Friends, A Dozen Letters @ Bancroft Bar
• Martin McDaniel @ Moonshine Beach 
• Chris Shrader @ Moonshine Flats 
• Pysdecar, Eldorado Slim & the Commodore Hotel Orchestra - Celebrating Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus! @ Winston's (9:30pm)
• Fire Train @ Atomic Gaslamp
• A Benefit Honoring the Heroes of 9/11 with A Hero Within, Contortion, Godhammered, Nightshadow @ Brick By Brick
• Bear Night San Diego with DJ Jon Williams @ The Merrow
• Strictly Business w/DJs Edroc & KanyeAsada @ The Office
• Bulevar Descarga @ 710 Beach Club
• DJ Qenoe @ U-31
• Provocative Showcase Salsa Extravaganza with DJ Sonero @ Tio Leo's
• Fabulous Ultratones @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Funk’s Most Wanted @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• DJ Drama @ FLUXX
• Mat Zo @ Bang Bang 
• Sunburn Pool Party @ Float, Hard Rock Hotel (12-8pm)
• Nightswim @ Float, Hard Rock Hotel (8pm-2am)
• Spin Fighter II feat. Cristo vs Memo, Mitch Dodge vs DJ Ideal, Cole Vabballo vs Evlo, ?? vs Susio @ Spin
• Serious Guise @ Navajo Live 
• DJ Vice @ Omnia
• DJs Robin Roth, Ladynoir, Kaerie @ Kava Lounge
• Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry's

Sunday, September 2, 2018:

• In Your Neighborhood presents Moments from the Seen - Photos by Eric Rife, Sean McMullen, Miki Vuckovich, Ted Drake, Greg Jacobs, Mark Water, Cari Veach @ Casbah ($5, 3pm)
• Ice Cube @ Del Mar Racetrack
• Work It! Bar Pink Day Drink Fest feat Super Buffet, The Powerballs, the touchies, The Heart Beat Trail, The Downs Family, Hurricane Kate @ Bar Pink (2-9pm)
• The Phantom of the Opera @ Civic Theatre (1pm & 6pm)
• 1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular @ Embarcadero Marina Park South
• Booty Bassment @ The Casbah ($10, 9pm)
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink (10pm)
• New Kingston, Tatanka @ Dive, Harrah’s SoCal Resort  
• Jenna and the Pups, Spirited Away, Charlie Kay @ Che Café Collective
• Sarah Rogo @ Sycamore Den
• Matthew Smith Music feat. Rob Thorsen and Tamir Kedem @ Panama 66
• Pedal Steel Party SD with Adam Gimbel @ Nates Garden Grill (1-3pm)
• Labor Day Luau @ Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows (12pm)
• An Aural History of Femme Punk- Vinyl DJ Set @ Tower Bar
• One Drop, Tunnel Vision @ Belly Up 
• Fantasy @ Whistle Stop
• The Steely Damned II @ Music Box 
• Lisa De Novo, Sky Noblezada, Dave Dersham @ Lestat's
• Keep It On The DL @ Martini's Above Fourth
• LDW, Betamaxx @ Moonshine Beach 
• The Playground - Sunday Night Dance Party with DJ Heather Hardcore @ The Merrow
• Drum & Bass @ Blonde
• The Night Howls @ Pour House (9pm-12am)  
• Whit Aadland @ Pour House (1-4pm)
• Bachateando Salsa Extravaganza with DJ Travieso @ Tio Leo's
• Pants Karaoke @ Til-Two Club
• Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
• Young Dolph @ FLUXX
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• Uptown Top Ranking @ The Office
• Mercedes Moore @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am-2pm)
• Becca Jay Band @ Navajo Live 
• LED presents Adventure Club @ Float, Hard Rock Hotel (2-9pm)
• Major Interval @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Robin Schulz @ Omnia
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Almost Famous Karaoke @ Henry's
• Stay Sweet- '80s Labor Day Weekend Party @ 710 Beach Club

Monday, September 3, 2018:

• Rocking Balboa:  A Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin Tribute @ Spreckels Organ Pavilion (Free, All Ages, 7:30pm)
• Agave, BirdRock 319 @ Winston's (2pm)
• Rudy's Foodies @ Winston's (6pm)
• Motown On Monday @ The Office
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Makossa Mondays with DJ Tah Rei @ Seven Grand
• The Vibrators, Kids In Heat, Heavy Cessna @ Tower Bar
• DJ’s Mia and Matty @ Bar Pink (4-9pm)
• DJ Morosi @ Bar Pink (9 pm)
• Blue @ Blonde
• Karaoke! @ Space
• Sexy Salsa and Sensual Bachata with DJ Sonero @ Tio Leo's
• Forty Feet Tall @ De Oro Mine Co
• Strictly Acoustic @ Navajo Live
• Live Prize Trivia @ Pour House  
• Whitney Shay @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Electric Relaxation - 90s Hip Hop Chill and Board Games @ Whistle Stop
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Trivia with Arnie @ Bancroft Bar
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• 31 Flavors @ U-31

Tuesday, September 4, 2018:

• The Lagoons, Tim Atlas, Harry Paradise @ Soda Bar
• The Marcus King Band, Bishop Gunn @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Teyana Taylor, Dani Leigh, Jade Novah @ The Observatory
• Tiki Tuesday with Mr. Adrian Demain @ Bar Pink
• Young's Market Industry Battle of the Bands @ Humphrey's Concert Lawn
• Fiddler On The Roof @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Soundwave, Black Leather Couch @ 710 Beach Club
• T Is For Techno @ Blonde
• Michele Lundeen @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Mic by Bobo Czarnowski @ Java Joe's
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Line Dance Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• The Deadset @ Tower Bar
• Music Videos @ Martini's Above Fourth
• Think n Drink Trivia @ Winston's (5pm)
• Bass Music Tuesdays with DJ Ramsey & Raji Rabbit @ The Office
• DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House
• Beer Pong @ U-31
• Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• Suesday Sue Palmer Quintet @ Tio Leo's
• Videodrome @ Whistle Stop
• Comedy Night @ Lestat's
• Rockabilly and Swing @ Henry's Pub
• Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live