Things To Do In San Diego: July 31-August 2, 2009

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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