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Friday, July 31, 2009:
- Band of Skulls @ X1FM Open Door Sessions (4:30p, free, all ages, BYOB)
- Transfer, Band of Skulls, Apes of Wrath, visuals by AVicious @ Casbah
- Pretty Too Bad, Art by Kelly Vivanco & Jason Limón @ Subtext (2479 Kettner, across the street from Casbah)
- A Scribe Amidst the Lions, Secret Seven, outer 7th, publicists @ Radio Room
- Iglu & Hartly, Arm The Angels, Jack Left Town @ 710 Beach Club
- Silverleaf, Jesse Bowen @ Porter's Pub
- Black Barbie, The Attack!, DJs Halloween Hallowdays, The Tooth @ Beauty Bar
- The Verbtones, The Tomorrow Men, The Secret Samurai @ Bar Pink
- "Foot Down" Critical Mass Official After Party @ Ruby Room
- 3'o clock Fridays presents The Wailers @ Del Mar Race Track (after the last race)
- Happy Hour with The Mar Dels @ Belly Up (5:30p)
- Fever, Final Warning, DJ Tommy Coxx @ Belly Up
- Wizard Wolves, Alpha Channel, Incomplete Neighbor @ Tin Can Ale House
- Superunloader, Sandollar @ Winston's
- Grizzly Circus, Trouble In The Wind, The Paragraphs @ Ken Club
- CTM Entertainment Presents: The Rocket Lounge @ Soda Bar
- Feel The Noise w/ DJs Gabe Vega & Saul Q @ U-31
- Wizard Wolves, Alpha Channel, Incomplete Neighbor @ Tin Can Ale House
- Stiletto Silhouette, Streamview, Righteous Ruckus @ O'Connell's
- 40 oz To Freedom @ House of Blues
- West of Memphis @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage)
- Gabe Bondoo, Jane Lui @ Lestat's
- The Wailers, Tribe of Kings @ Wavehouse
- Faultline Players (improv comedy) @ Java Joe's at Libertalia (8p)
- Carlos Olmeda @ Java Joe's at Libertalia (9p)
- The Deere Johns @ Whistle Stop
- Mutaytor, Vokab Kompany @ Canes
- Seconds From Disaster, She Said Sever, The Partys Over, Remains Forgotten, Forever United, Fear Is My Fate @ Soma
- Summer Smackdown feat. A City Serene, Thy Kingdom Come, Adestria, He Is The Painter, Mozart Season, The Subtle Way, Adalia, She Screams Remedy @ Epicentre
- Blank Tapes, Ancient Crux, Aristides @ Che Cafe
- Citradora, Alessa Is Red, Aces & Eights, John Miller & The Payback, The Orange Velvets, Blue Marble @ Dreamstreet
- Johnny "V" Vernazza Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
- Jim Gaffigan @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (6:30, 9pm)
- RIP Carson @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- Missing Persons @ 4th & B
- Lalah Hathaway @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm, Late Show 9:30 pm)
- Listen On Mute, The Skains, The Mulligans, Bucket of Fish, The Mayors of Sexytown, Dr. Skavra @ Channel Twelve 25
- No Where Fast @ Surf n Saddle
- Mark Brown @ Spin
- Cirque De La Symphonie @ Summer Pops at Embarcadero Park
Saturday, August 1, 2009:
- FM94/9 presents Greg Laswell, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Derren Raser @ Casbah
- The Long and Short of It, Facepilot, Fing, DJ Yalda @ Beauty Bar
- Billy Harvey, Jackie Daum @ Lestat's
- The Postals, Says Rally, Cabron @ Ken Club
- Elijah Emanuel, Kevin Kinsella and The Resolvers @ Belly Up
- May*Star presents Fashion Whore @ Ruby Room
- The Beat-Less, HFICLSI, Holy Rolling Empire @ Tin Can Ale House
- The Drowning Men @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- Eastern Sunz @ Soda Bar
- The Hipsters Revisited feat. The Loons @ Bar Pink
- The Skank Agents, Bombpops, Save the Swim Team, Bucket of Fish @ Che Cafe
- Staring At Strange, Melissa Coffey @ Radio Room
- Sycuan Presents Lights: the Ultimate Tribute to Journey @ House of Blues
- Kids Are Noteworthy Benefit for Albert Einstein Academy feat. Willow Kirk, Lea Caughlin & Nadia Ferrari @ Brick By Brick
- Mitch Feingold presents Live Improv Comedy @ Swedenborg Hall
- Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
- Help (Beatles Tribute) @ 710 Beach Club
- Transport feat. Gabe Vega & Saul Q @ Whistle Stop
- Stranger, UpRoot, Pau Hana @ Canes
- Lindbergh Skies, Somato Sensory, Chrysalis, Elizet, Pristine, He Is The Painter @ Soma
- Reel Big Fish, The English Beat, The Supervillains @ Wavehouse
- The Gregory Page Show @ Java Joe's at Libertalia
- Vanguard, I Am The Heart Attack, With Liberty, Denial Runs Deeps, We Set Fire, Mortify Your Enemies @ Epicentre
- The Hinges (Live improv/sketch comedy) @ Sews & Shows Theatre (7860 Golden Ave, Lemon Grove)
- Greenseed Productions Presents Green Street Fest @ Dreamstreet
- First Friday Gomango Kids Concert @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (2-4p)
- Rising Star @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
- Chops & Rods Show @ Hensley's Flying Elephant (4-8p)
- Radio Exa Party @ 4th & B
- Sinatra & Martinis @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
- Wild Child (Doors Tribute) @ Anthology (Late Show 9:30 pm)
- Broken Beat @ Kadan
- We Five @ Acoustic Music San Diego
- The Interracial Experiment, Strange Fruit, Bewilderness, Kelsey Decoito, Extension To You, Andrew Schlegel @ Channel Twelve 25
- Fish Out of Water @ Surf n Saddle
- Robin Roth & Tom King present Club Ascension @ Kava Lounge
- DJ Artistic & Cros 1 @ U-31
- Congorock @ Spin
- Cirque De La Symphonie @ Summer Pops at Embarcadero Park
Sunday, August 2, 2009:
- (RED) NIGHTS Presents Gomez, Blind Pilot @ House of Blues
- Gregory Page @ Ken Club
- Desert Diamonds, Sangre Sangre, Empty Orchestra, Justin John Rodriguez @ Radio Room
- Food Co-op Benefit: Charles Musket, A Book About Elephants, Dirty Birds, Cuckoo Chaos @ Che Cafe
- Company of Thieves, Endless Hallway, Black Hondo, and guests @ Casbah
- Rebelution, Iration, Tribal Seeds @ Belly Up (sold out)
- Volts, The Ultra-Twist (Italian garage rock), Pipsqueak (LA) @ Ruby Room
- BRAAIINS!!, Nightmares, Pipsqueak @ Soda Bar
- Park The Van Showcase feat. Golden Boots, Floating Action, The Generationals @ Bar Pink
- The Script, Parachute @ Epicentre
- The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
- Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
- Dueling Pianos @ 710 Beach Club
- Too Many Creeps feat Mario Orduno & Friends @ Whistle Stop
- Reggae Sundays feat. A Conscious Few @ Canes (4-6p, free)
- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Monty RI, The Dares, Go Radio @ Soma
- Disconnected @ Kadan
- Lloyd Hemmings, Roots Covenant @ Dreamstreet
- Jesse Davis @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (11a-1:30p)
- Fattburger @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
- HIPPIEFEST: A Concert For Peace & Love with The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie, Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night, Felix Cavaliere of the Rascals and Badfinger featuring Joey Molland @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
- Dilana @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- Marcus Johnson @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
- Open Mic @ Java Joe's at Libertalia
- Left In Company, Night Caps, City of Ashes, One Nighters @ Kava Lounge
- Tribe of Kings Present DJs Jestor, Peril Dash Eye, Unite and Rashi @ U-31