Things To Do In San Diego: April 16-19, 2009

Yes, it is Coachella this weekend, but there's plenty of good stuff happening in San Diego if you're not into music festivals with thousands of people and soaring desert heat. Don't forget Record Store Day at your local independent retailers like M-Theory & Lou's, a zero-carbon footprint rock festival in OB, and Balboa Park's huge Earth Fair on Sunday. There's also a Taste of Uptown & Hillcrest happening.

Thursday, April 16, 2009:

• Black Lips, Flowers Forever, Nautical Disaster, Atoms in the Atari Lounge @ Casbah
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Wood and the Lonely Ones @ Belly Up
• Scarlet Symphony, Theart (austrailia), BRAIINS!! @ Soda Bar ($3)
• The Fever Sleeves, MNML @ Bar Pink
• The Midwinters, The Notice, Atom Orr @ Ken Club
• Lualta, The Bloodflowers, Ninja Love, The Ratbirds @ Radio Room
• DJ Greyboy @ El Dorado Bar
• Hip Hop by Omar 10.0, Flux co, Ponder @ Beauty Bar
• Blues & Jazz Showcase featuring Veronica May, Blues Wizard, Devlin Jones Band @ Ruby Room
• The Applebrown Jazz Ensemble @ Lestat's
• One Hot Minute, Boys Don’t Cry, Bitter Sober @ Brick By Brick
• Rhythm & The Method, Endoxi, Grapes of Jade @ Winston's
• Caboose feat. DJ Trail-Mix-A-Lot @ Whistle Stop
• Collie Buddz & with The New Kingston Band, Pep Love (Of the Hieroglyphics), After School Special @ Canes
• Brendan B (CD Release) @ 710 Beach Club
• Shamey Jays, Stunt Double, Soul Vox, Jen Knight, Roxanne @ Bitter End Backstage
• Animated Activists @ The Loft, UCSD
• Modern Day Moonshine @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage)
• Karaoke @ O'Connell's
• Lights: the Ultimate Tribute to Journey, Springsteen: The Premier Tribute Band @ House of Blues
• Ruby and the Red Hots @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Brian Auger's Oblivion Express @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
• Four Way Free, Talk Like June @ Marquee Theatre (835 25th St., Golden Hill)
• Wax Works @Dreamstreet
• Irish Night with Skelpin @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Ramblin' Jack Elliott @ Acoustic Music San Diego
• Boombox Thursday feat. DJ Edgartronic @ A/C Lounge
• 80’s and 90’s Hip Hop with DJ Artistic & Cros 1 @ U-31

Friday, April 17, 2009:

• WAVVES, Christmas Island, The Dabbers, Bipolar Bear, DJ Mario Orduno @ Casbah
• Calexico, Bartenders Bible @ Belly Up
• Juna, XIV, Gavin Castleton, DJ Robin Roth @ Beauty Bar
• The Vibrators (UK), Rat City Riot, Northern Towns, Larry And his Flask(OR) @ Radio Room
• Di Nigunim, Underscore Orchestra, The Yiffs @ Soda Bar
• River City & guests @ Whistle Stop
• Kevin Kinsella (John Brown's Body), Raiz Muzik, The Make Peace Brothers @ Winston's
• Happy Hour with Buick Wilson Band @ Belly Up (5:30 pm)
• Pau Hana @ Ruby Room
• Feel The Noise with DJs Gabe Vega & Saul Q @ U-31
• Perfecto Tour feat Paul Oakenfold, Liquid Todd, Kenneth Thomas @ Harrah's Rincon Casino Eclipse Pool
• Pocket @ Bar Pink
• Spaceman Spiff @ Onyx Room
• Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry @ San Diego Sports Arena
• Another Zeke Productions Presents...Strike The Design & TBA @ O'Connell's
• Samaon Irok’s Searching for my Polynesians Queenz @ Brick By Brick
• Lenny Morris, Erik Cram, Jamie Robb, Alan Silva & The Cosmic Originals @ Marquee Theatre (835 25th St., Golden Hill)
• West of Memphis @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage)
• KPRI Present The Derek Trucks Band, Jackie Greene @ House of Blues
• Diamonds Underfire, Every Good Boy, Kathryn Ostenberg @ Lestat's
• Black Metal Night, Ritual Torture @ Epicentre
• Flight To Athena Children Of Nova (CD Release), The Haven, Sound Of Surrender, The Sequence, Five More Days @ Soma
• Stay Classy Presents Rock Out Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• 108, Pulling Teeth, Lewd Acts, Skin Like Iron, 7 Generations @ Che Cafe
• Eclipse Clup Party feat. DJ Mawkus & DJ Skyblu @ The Loft, UCSD
• Sashamon, C-Money & the Players Inc, Pali Roots & Sand Section @ Canes
• Brian Levy (tenor sax) & Mikan Zlatkovich (piano), Marshall Hawkins (bass) & Brett Sanders (drums) performing George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Rockola @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Guava Belly @ PB Bar & Grill
• Tom Scott, Paulette McWilliams @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
• Hilton San Diego Bayfront & Chris Chambers Presents Raheem DeVaughn @ Anthology (Late Show 10:30 pm)
• In Silence, One Theory, Sangre, Comfort in Rage, Downspell @ Dreamstreet
• Endoxi @ Surf n Saddle
• Duane Peters @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• "Unleashed" feat. DJ Brother Darkness @ Stout House

Saturday, April 18, 2009:

• Record Store Day: In-stores by Dramarama, Anya Marina, Silent Comedy, Maren Parusel and Foosball with Menomena! Guest cashiers Pall Jenkins of Black Heart Procession & Jimmy Lavalle of Album Leaf! Cheap sidewalk sale! Food & Drinks! @ M-Theory, 10a-8p
• Record Store Day feat. DJ sets by Greaser (Thee Corsairs), Adrian Demain (Cheap Leis), Eric Castaneda (Stone Senses), Mike Keneally, Pure Boom Hi-Fi @ Lou's Records
• Spring Busker Festival @ Seaport Village (Free, Noon-5pm)
• OB Global Rock Festival feat. Cash'd Out & more @ Newport & Abbott, Ocean Beach
• Buskers After Dark @ Seaport Village (Food court, 18+, 7-10pm)
• Menomena, Calico Horse, Writer @ Casbah
• Archons, Made Out of Babies, Gort @ Soda Bar ($4)
• Steve Poltz @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm, late Show 9:30 pm)
• Lyon Crowns, Royal Campaign, Steve Carson Band (CD release), DJ Lord Nelson @ Beauty Bar
• The Strikers, Old Devil, Ghost Town Deputies, The Rotten Livers @ Ken Club
• The Cured, Blasphemous Rumours, Luv'n Rockets @ Belly Up
• Urban Acoustic Playhouse @ Marquee Theatre (835 25th St., Golden Hill, 5:30 pm)
• India.Arie, Laura Izibor @ House of Blues
• 91X Presents Cage The Elephant @ House of Blues (Delta Room)- Sold Out
• John Prine @ Spreckels Theatre
• Wizard Loves @ Marquee Theatre (835 25th St., Golden Hill, 8pm)
• Red Alien Invasion! feat. Red Sonya and Alien Tom, DJ Construct @ Ruby Room
• Neon Beat with DJs Junior and Atari @ Bar Pink
• Students of the Drum @ Radio Room
• NSD Presents...Without Papers, Blackwater Conspiracy, Flight Or Fight, Geoffro Cause, Digeridon's @ O'Connell's
• Adler's Appetite, Bullet Boys & Enuff Z'nuff @ 4th & B
• West of 5 @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage)
• Allison Lonsdale @ Lestat's (6-8p)
• Lou's Birthday Bash @ Lestat's
• Elijah Emanuel & The Revelations @ Winston's
• UFC 97, Pullman Standard, The Epilogues @ 710 Beach Club
• Transport 80s vs 90s- Vega vs. Saul @ Whistle Stop
• Seedless 4/20 Party - Andre Nickatina, Xzibit, Substance Abuse, DJ Fingaz @ Canes
• Murder On The Dancefloor, The 25th Hour, Seconds From Disaster, Aphotic Murder, Pink Sock, Eighth Round @ Soma
• Code Red @ Epicentre
• Kendra Shenk (CD release)@ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Cable Car For The Movie Star, New Age Heroes, Summit Grove, When You Wake, Off Track @ Channel Twelve 25
• Cannobliss, Back From Ashes, FM Revolver, My Elysian, Loked, 760 @ Dreamstreet
• Dolla Dolla DJs, DJ Groundfloor @ U-31
• Taryn Donath @ Hensley's Flying Elephant

Sunday, April 19, 2009:

• Earth Day EarthFair (ListenLocalSD.com Moon Stage: 10:00 AM Tori Roze, 10:40 Cathryn Beeks Ordeal, 11:20 The Flowerthief, 12:00 The Donnis Trio, 12:40 Christopher Dale, 1:20 Barbara Nesbitt, 2:00 Citizen Band, 2:40 Steph Johnson, 3:20 Deadline Friday) @ Balboa Park
• Spring Busker Festival @ Seaport Village (Free, Noon-5pm)
• The Gift/Curse, Tropical Depression @ The Office
• The Intelligence, Christmas Island, Pillow Queens @ Soda Bar
• The Beautiful View, china clippers, Roll Film @ Ruby Room
• Mod Amish @ Ken Club
• The Caburlesque Kittens, Zosia, Throwback to Now @ Beauty Bar
• The 9th Annual Seedless 4/20 Party with Diego Roots, Tribe of Kings, Sister Carol (doing "Black Cinderella") w/ Yellow Wall Dub Squad, the legendary Scientist and a special reggae set by members of P.O.D with Brigadier Jerry and Yami Bolo @ Belly Up
• Benefit Concert for the US Open Sandcastle Competition feat. Taryn Donath, Bill Magee Blues Band, Aunt Kizzy'z Boyz @ Anthology (2 pm)
• Foreigner @ Viejas Concerts In The Park
• Tribe Of Kings/Reggae Vibes @ U-31
• Novastellar, Blue in The Face, Wizard Wolves @ Radio Room
• Another Zeke Productions Presents...Londons Falling & TBA @ O'Connell's
• March of Dimes Benefit feat Goodnight Caulfield, Human Record, No K, Phalanx, and Bipolarmeltdown @ Epicentre
• Kottonmouth Kings, OPM, Sen Dog @ House of Blues
• The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
• This is Music: One Month of Forgotten Hits and Secret Gems @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• NSD PRESENTS the 5TH annual Hemp Hop Festival @ Brick By Brick
• That 70's Rock Show @ Winston's (5-9p)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's (9pm)
• Too Many Creeps feat Mario Orduno & friends @ Whistle Stop
• SkateWitches, Die Sabotage, more tba @ Che Cafe
• Jesse Davis @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (11a-1:30 pm)
• Bradley Leighton & Evan Marks @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (5:30-6:30pm)
• Reggie Smith @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (8pm-12m)
• Roots Covenant @ PB Bar & Grill