Things To Do In San Diego: May 22, 2008

Thursday, May 22, 2008:

• Sycuan Presents Dresden Dolls, Smoosh, May Star @ House of Blues (Show starts at 7:30 on the dot. Do not miss these openers!)
• 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
• Eden Sundays feat. DJ Steve Aoki @ The Ivy Hotel rooftop bar (2pm-dusk)
• 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)