Things To Do In San Diego: May 22-25, 2008

Thursday, May 22, 2008:

• Sycuan Presents Dresden Dolls, Smoosh, May Star @ House of Blues (This is an early show. May*Star is on at 7:30 on the dot. Don't be late!)


• Von Bondies, Die! Die! Die!, Transfer, io Echo @ Casbah


• Hostile Combover, The Fever Sleeves @ Bar Pink Elephant


• Scarlet Symphony, Red Feathers, Jamuel Saxon @ Beauty Bar


• Dan Padilla, Ninja Gun, Cortez The Killer, Pretty Boy Thorson @ Tower Bar


• Mayfield, The Howls @ Lestat's


• ADHD, Whiskey Dicks, Exit21 @ 710 Beach Club


• Graveyard BBQ, Genghis Con-job, Whole Hog @ Brick By Brick


• Stephen Marley @ Viejas Dreamcatcher Lounge


• Hal Ketchum, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash @ Belly Up


• Karaoke @ O'Connell's


• Eken is Dead(LA), Trigger Effect (Canada) @ Zombie Lounge


• Emarosa, Take The Crown, Lower Definition, Jamies Elsewhere, Dead And Devine @ Soma


• Leisure Society presents Crash Encore, Sam Suicide @ U-31


• Rockin Johnny White Presents - Jen Knight & One Lonely Robot, Deny the Silents, Sirens of Shipwreck @ Canes


• Tribal Seeds @ Winston's


• Ruby and The Red Hots @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge


• Anthology House Band @ Anthology (7:30 early show)


• Benefit Jazz Concert featuring Gerald Albright and Phil Perry @ Balboa Theatre

Friday, May 23, 2008:

• The Donkeys, Pen & Ink, Derek Papa @ Ken Club


• The Modlins, The Apple Miner Colony (NM), Red Pony Clock @ Chasers


• Club Pop Noir feat. fashion show by Nuclear Clothing, Fables by Barrie and Infamy Designs @ Static Lounge


• French Kicks , The Weather Underground, The Parson Redheads @ Casbah


• WAZ, Arrica Rose, The Wrong Trousers @ Lestat's


• Floater, Vocoder @ Brick By Brick


• Wild Weekend, The Spanks(LA), Embalmers @ Zombie Lounge


• Microphone Mike, AddiQuit, LeTron, Kink!Bot @ Beauty Bar


• Four Minutes Til Midnight, Funky A, The Big Provider @ San Diego Sports Club


• The Cult, Year Long Disaster @ Viejas Concerts In the Park


• hello marquee, five more days, out of my league, truth ends there @ Epicentre


• Bankhead Press, Illuminatus Trio, Roxy Monoxide @ Whistle Stop


• Rock For Darfur Benefit @ Che Cafe


• Sycuan Presents Nightwish @ House of Blues


• Capleton's Red Hot Summer Tour! w/ Jah Thunder, Kulcha Knox all backed by The Prophecy Band and Dubconcious with DJ Carlos Culture @ Belly Up


• Kindle To Ember @ O'Connell's


• Mad Juana's Voodoo Room @ Bar Pink Elephant


• Tony The Tyger, Mateo Londres @ Tower Bar


• As Blood Runs Black, Stick To Your Guns, Winds Of Plague, Veil Of Maya, Belay My Last @ Soma


• Feel The Noise presents Book of Martyrs, DJs Gabe Vega, Saul Q @ U-31


• Out of My League @ Epicentre


• 40 oz To Freedom, Sandollar, Social Green @ 710 Beach Club


• Buck O Nine, Sprung Monkey, One Pin Short @ Canes


• Vegitation, Plump @ Winston's


• Patty Zlakett @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (early show, 6-8p)


• Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (late show 9:30p)


• Poco @ Anthology (7:30 early show, 9:30 late show)


• Dizzy’s does the blues with guitarist/vocalist Nathan James, Ben Hernandez vocals/harmonica/jug/washtub bass, & gifted, Olivia Pierson @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)


• Latin Comedy Night @ 4th & B


• Chris Williamson, Vicki Randle @ Acoustic Music San Diego


• Vicente Fernandez @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre

Saturday, May 24, 2008:

• Donita Sparks (of L7), Roses on Her Grave, Revenge Club @ Casbah


• Dynamite Walls, Stripes and Lines, This Holiday Life @ Belly Up


• Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Foot Foot, Donkeys and The Sentient Manifesto @ Che Cafe


• The Howls, Longstay, Foreign Bar Fight @ Epicentre


• Nihilist, Sentinel, Lazarus @ Music Trader Sports Arena


• Attractive and Popular, Lipstick Terror, Anavan, Maniqui Lazer, Fkenal @ Chasers


• Ari Hest, Jake Newton, Ryanhood@ Lestat's


• SuperUnloader, Society! @ Winston's


• Teitur, Jessi Baylin, Kemistry @ Brick By Brick


• Breaker Breaker One Niner, Behind The Wagon @ San Diego Sports Club


• Delta Fiasco & Danger Danger w/ Shark Attack DJ’s @ Beauty Bar


• Orangello, Heaven is For Sinners @ Filter (4096 30th St.)


• Motus, Fight the Fear, Starline Theorie, Candy Asylum @ O'Connell's


• D.P.I, The Mercenaries, The Penetrators, Nuclear Tomorrow @ Zombie Lounge


• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Tower Bar


• The Higher, Eye Alaska, Young Goodman, Building Rome In A Day, New Age Heros @ Soma


• Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop


• DJ Reflex (LA), Kid Wonder @ U-31


• DJ Bad Andy @ Bar Pink Elephant


• Aeromyth, Pyromania & UFC 84 Broadcast @ 710 Beach Club


• Cash'd Out (Tribute to Johnny Cash), Grizzly Circus, Mystery Train @ Canes


• Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge


• Karla Bonoff @ Anthology (7:30 early show, 9:30 late show)


• Guitar virtuosos Fred Benedetti & George Svoboda @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)


• Legend of Roots feat. Sammy Dread, Johnny Clarke, The Heptones, Roots Covenant @ 4th & B


• Jazz 98.1 Gaslamp Festival feat. Dave Koz, George Benson, Mindi Abair, Nick Colionne, Nils @ Gaslamp District, Downtown

Sunday, May 25, 2008:

• The Local 94/9 Presents A Free Show - Bedford Grove, May*Star, Jamuel Saxon - Free Food - followed by Jivewire/One Nation Under a Groove @ 10pm @ Casbah


• Foals, Crocodiles @ Brick By Brick


• The Muslims, Mike B, Ikah Love & Dimitri, Saul Q, Yusef @ Ivy Hotel Roof


• Reason to Rebel, Savalas (Italy), Mothers Anger , Joint Method, Object , Automatique @ Zombie Lounge


• Swami Record Swap @ Bar Pink Elephant


• Dave Bodda, Chad Boyer @ San Diego Sports Club


• Victory Nightlife Presents Club Massive: Memorial Day Weekend @ House of Blues


• SALSA SUNDAY Feat. Orquesta Primo @ Belly Up


• Quiet the Moon, Janu and the Whale Shark @ Lestat's


• Corey Biggs Memorial Day Bash @ Beauty Bar


• Sunday Sessions- Roots Reggae @ O'Connell's


• Action Andy, Bobby Sanchez Combo @ Tower Bar


• Set Your Goals, Hit The Lights, I Am The Avalanche, The Years Gone By, Dear Life @ Soma


• Claire's End of the Month Happy Hour Party @ Whistle Stop


• Tribe of Kings @ U-31


• We Shot The Moon, Everybody Else @ Epicentre


• Cipes and The People, Escape Note, Andrew Ripp @ 710 Beach Club


• Atomic Punks (Tribute to Van Halen) Monsters of Rock @ Canes


• Earl Thomas @ Winston's (5-8p)


• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's (9pm)


• Reggie Smith @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (early show, 10a-2p)


• Memorial Day Jazz Celebration @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge


• Rickie Lee Jones @ Anthology (7:30 early show)


• The San Diego Youth Symphony Stage Band under the direction of Carl Hammond @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)