Things To Do In San Diego: May 14-15, 2011

This weekend has had its ups and down for me but it seems to be turning around after a therapeutic afternoon at the bayfront with Ryan Adams playing in the iPod. I'm doing merch for Urge Overkill and Astronaut Academy tonight at the Casbah and then I'm getting picked up for the North Park Festival of Arts at 6:30, which means if I'm lucky, I'll get about 4 hours of sleep tonight. For that reason, I'm posting the full Saturday and Sunday listings below.

Saturday, May 14, 2011:

• Vice Magazine/VitaminWater Uncapped Presents The Soft Pack, Dunes, Ale Mania, Devon Williams @ Til Two Club
• Urge Overkill, Astronaut Academy @ Casbah
• Karl Strauss Beach To Brewery feat. Stranger, The Blackout Party, Little Deadman, Cuckoo Chaos @ Karl Strauss Brewery (5985 Santa Fe Street, San Diego)
• Josh Damigo’s Friends with Benefits night feat. Josh Damigo, Tess Dunn @ Mueller College
• Thunder Road, The Pettybreakers @ Belly Up
• Colin Clyne, Patric Petrie, David Lally @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• The Milk Crates feat. DJ Mikey Face & Angie @ Bar Pink
• Sea World presents Viva La Musica with Belanova @ Sea World
• The Western Set, The Lonesome Heroes, Patrick Norton, Chris Hall @ Tin Can
• Roxy Blue and the Handful @ Eleven (6pm)
• Just Like Jenna, Someday Assassin, Unwynd, Vanja James @ Eleven
• Ill Repute, Shattered Badge, Subjector @ The Shakedown
• Booty Bassment with Dmitri and Rob @ Whistle Stop
• Fat Man’s Misery, Bad Craziness, Megan and The Misfits, DJ Touch @ Ruby Room
• Dawn Mitschele @ W Hotel
• Martian Horses, Black Carl, Taming The Fox @ Soda Bar
• Death Hymn #9, Spider Fever, Deadly Finns, Los Sweepers, Thee Strychnine DJs @ Tower Bar
• Live Music Showcase @ O'Connell's
• Groove International Presents Stitched Up Heart @ House of Blues
• Almost New, It Comes To This, Dying To Wake, Simple Mantra, Jon Lall @ Brick By Brick
• Ocean Beats Festival feat Freq Nasty, Salva, Epcot, Austin Speed & CRMNL @ Winston's
• Diabolical Slaughter (farewell show), Ruines of Abaddon, Fury Never Fades, Perdition, Helsott, Mad World @ Soma
• Runnin’ The Circle B-Boy event @ Epicentre
• Pueblo Estrella presents Pearl Aday, Rosie Flores @ Queen Bee’s
• John Foltz @ Marble Room
• Clay Davis Duo @ Donovan's Circle of Fifths
• SD Songwriter’s Guild @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (2-7pm)
• Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Ramshackle @ El Cajon Grand
• Loudness, Viva Halen, Back 2 Black @ 4th & B
• Marlena Shaw @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Dragon Lounge w/ DJs Kombat, Animate, Knottyboy, Arkon, Mr. Ruxpin @ Kava Lounge
• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, DJ Chelu @ Gallaher's
• Cassian, Groundfloor @ El Dorado
• Justin Martin, Worthy, Bareback DJs @ Voyeur
• Fluxx*adelic with Sid Vicious * Nico DeLargo @ Fluxx
• Extreme Midget Wrestling @ Ramona Mainstage
• San Diego Opera presents Carmen @ Civic Theatre

Sunday, May 15, 2011:

• North Park Festival of Arts. Main Stage: Jesse LaMonaca and the Dime Novels, The Heavy Guilt, Josh Damigo and the Midnight Pound, D/Wolves, The Kabbs, School Of Rock. Bar Pink Stage: Grand Tarantula, The Makeup Sex, Low Volts, The Tuggs, The Smart Brothers, Hello Trouble. 4 more stage, art, crafts, Craft Beer Block, beer garden and more @ North Park (University between 30th & 32nd. Free parking at parking structure on 30th, Free Bike Valet, All ages.
• Humanity In Motion Benefit feat. The Makepeace Brothers, Bushwalla, Jessie Payo, Dawn Mitschele @ W Hotel (2-5pm)
• The Knitters, He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister @ Belly Up
• Bad Fate, Conceptus, Revenge Club @ Soda Bar
• The Jade Element, Christine Donaldson, Amber Navran Band @ Tin Can
• Sea World presents Viva La Musica with Fonseca @ Sea World
• Zac Brown Band, Blackberry Smoke @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
• San Diego County Fair Musicpalooza Showcase @ Belly Up (1:30 pm)
• SunDaze with Myback (John Dalback & Albin Myers) @ Soundwave
• The Cactus Jacks and friends @ Winston’s 6-9pm)
• Luscious Noise @ Anthology (Early show, 6pm)
• Shawn Mullins, Callaghan @ Anthology (8pm)
• Coda Reactor, The Oddballs, Media Control @ Tower Bar
• Snatch Benefit feat. Chango Rey @ The Shakedown
• Foreign Film, Artillery Fire, Man vs Teeth @ Ruby Room
• Cancer Schmancer Fundraiser @ Bar Pink
• Trivia/Pants Karaoke @ Eleven
• Erin McLaughlin, Podunk Nowhere, Katie Leigh and The Infantry, Rob Carona, Melly Frances and The Distilled Spirits @ House of Blues
• Robert Wynia (Floater), Michael Shapiro @ Lestat's
• Cros1, Saul Q, Felt1, PWC @ El Dorado
• Jose Sinatra's OB-O-ke @ Winston's
• Tribe of Kings/Reggae Vibes @ U-31
• Joshua White Quartet @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Jose Serrano @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge Brunch (10a-2p)
• T Fox Birthday Celebration @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• The Playlist with DJ Godstopper, Legacy Pack, Pain Stu, J Dub, Young Cruz, Aims, Jamal Myxz, Cain Dubb, Problemz, MzChief, AR @ Kava Lounge
• Steve Lawler, Darius Syrossian @ Voyeur
• Butch Hancock @ Acoustic Music San Diego