Things To Do In San Diego: August 26-28, 2011

What a week. Honestly, I'm hanging by a string so I'm glad I have lots to do this weekend to keep my brain occupied. I'll be working at the Butthole Surfers show at Brick By Brick, so be sure to introduce yourself if we're not friends already. I'll be the ticket taker.

Friday, August 26, 2011:

• Butthole Surfers, 400 Blows @ Brick By Brick
• Hyena, Art vs Science, The Hundred Days, DJ Patrick Heaney @ Casbah
• Airborne Toxic Event @ Del Mar Racetrack Summer Concert Series
• Jesse LaMonaca @ Urban Bar
• The Fire Eaters @ Rosie O’Grady’s
• Heartbeat Trail, Black Hondo, Little Fowl @ Tin Can
• 90's night - Red Not Chili Peppers, Vitalogy (Pearl Jam Tribute), No Duh! (No Doubt Tribute) and DJ ManCat @ Belly Up
• Vaz, Pygmy Shrews, Batwings, Kenseth & Brandon (Sleeping People)@ Soda Bar
• Bonkers! EDM dance party with Vaughn & Junior @ Bar Pink
• The Bedbreakers @ Whistle Stop
• The Short Eyes, Blackfeet Braves, Keepers of the Sun, Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel @ Metaphor Café
• Oddball, Machine Gun Vendetta, Break The Cycle, Imperfex & the Scoundrels @ The Shakedown
• Hungarian Carnival Burlesque Show @ Til Two Club
• Listening To Rocks, ADD/C, Jon Kanis art opening @ Ruby Room (6pm)
• Syndicate (final show), Love, The City and Space, The Secret 6 @ Ruby Room (9pm)
• The Bloody Hollies, 321 Stereo @ Eleven
• 80s Night with Rockit Science, Lixx @ The Griffin
• Ruin of Adoban @ Tower Bar
• Feel The Noise Electro Dance w/DJs Gabe Vega & Friends @ U-31
• Decibel Pres: Metal Arise! Feat: The Devastated,The Browning, Allegaeon @ House of Blues
• Erick Macek, Erin McLaughlin, Trevor Davis @ Lestat's
• Grandmasta Rats & Charlie Rock @ El Dorado
• Love & Light @ Winston's
• Pigeon, Dying to Wake, Hit Dog Hollar, Special C, Electric Dynamite @ 710 Beach Club
• Burden Of Truth, Ruckus, Fury Never Fades, Fall From Vengeance, Suntorn, From My Cold Dead Hands @ Soma
• R Stevie Moore, Alex Miranda, Tropical Ooze, Twin Cabins @ Che Cafe
• Gilbert Castellanos brings back his quintet featuring tap dancer/percussionist Claudia Gomez Vorce, with Irving Flores piano, Evona Wascinski bass, Lorrain Castellanos vocals, & special guests @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Marcus Anderson @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Jesse Cook, Maracatu Jangada @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• The Money Band @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Seedless @ Wavehouse
• Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (Happy Hour, 5:30 pm)
• Kalifornia feat. Jose Luis Barte @ Anthology (Late Show 9:30 pm)
• FilmOut San Diego – 13th LGBT FILM FESTIVAL @ Birch North Park Theatre
• The Whitney Myer Band, DJ Arox @ Gallagher's
• Michele Lundeen @ Marble Room
• Donald Glaude, DJ Sanjay @ Voyeur
• Zenbu Fridays with DJ Leif @ Zenbu Cardiff
• Happy Days Happy Hour feat. DJ Tyrone Taylor @ El Dorado (Free, 5-9pm, Free In & Out Burgers)
• Local DJ Showcase @ Spin
• Pat Travers, LoNero, Brett Ellis, Taz Taylor Band @ Ramona Mainstage

Saturday, August 27, 2011:

• El Ten Eleven, Sister Crayon @ Casbah
• Seapony @ M-Theory (In-store, free, all ages, 6pm)
• Dead Feather Moon, Lyon Crowns, Rhino @ The Griffin
• Grave Babies, Young Prisms @ Bar Pink
• Midnight Rivals, April Ventura and the Magnolias @ Eleven
• The Nocturnes, Norman, Greg Gibson @ Tin Can
• Chad Farran, Trent Hancock @ Lestat's
• US Bombs, Pascal Briggs, Wooly Mammoth, Coda Reactor, DJ Mikey Ratt & Miggs @ Til Two Club
• Leave It To Cleavage @ Eleven (2pm)
• The Mattson 2 (CD release), In Motion Trio@ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Angry Samoans, Midnight Eagle & Battle Flask @ The Shakedown
• Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop
• Nite Jewel, Craft Spells, Yohuna, Seapony @ Soda Bar
• The Lumps, Roachspit, For Days @ Tower Bar
• Lions In Iron, The Talk In The Static, Fights Without Fears Within, and Pantheon @ Sunshine Brooks Theatre
• Vokab Kompany, Pigeon John, Crush Effect and DJ ManCat @ Belly Up
• Sunny Rude, The Filthy Violets, GED @ Ruby Room
• Groove International Presents Sound The Groove! @ House of Blues
• Pool Party @ LaFayette Hotel
• "10th Anniversary Flight 93 Benefit" with Caskets on Parade, Aizen (final reunion show), Beneath Lanston, Moxie, Comfort in Rage @ Brick By Brick
• Tommy Dubs and Friends @ Winston's
• BoomSnap, Legacy Pack, Do Jo Masters @ 710 Beach Club
• Ruinist, At They Burn Alive, Lord Of War, DepraV, Therefore, I am, Imbalanced @ Soma
• Beware of Safety, Kill The Moon, Death on Mars @ Che Cafe
• Shawn Phillips @ AMSD (Acoustic Music San Diego)
• Highland Way @ San Dieguito Methodist Church Hall
• Wayans Brothers, Damon Jr @ San Diego Civic Theatre
• Dayglow San Diego feat. Sidney Samson @ Valley View Casino Center
• Stepping Feet @ Marble Room
• Revolt-age @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (5-7pm)
• The Farmers @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Inberst @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• FilmOut San Diego – 13th LGBT FILM FESTIVAL @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Destructo Bunny, Defamation League, DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's
• Juicy Saturday with Mike Czech & Artistic @ AC Lounge
• Outlife Launch Party with WOLF + LAMB vs Soul Clap @ Analog
• Craig Smoove, Groundfloor & Blancnoir @ El Dorado
• Hatiras, Erick Diaz @ Voyeur
• Swedish Egil @ Spin
• Bobcat Goldthwait, Chip Franklin from KOGO @ Ramona Mainstage

Sunday, August 28 2011:

• Tapes ‘n Tapes, The Chain Gang of 1974 @ Casbah
• Man/Miracle, Chairs Missing @ Bar Pink
• The Carpettes, The Shadow, Northern Tigers, Shiva Trash @ Soda Bar
• Abbey Road - A Tribute to the Beatles - Walrus presents @ Belly Up
• Restrict This, Ill Intention, SummersFall @ The Shakedown
• Pete Johnson and Jus' Blues Baby featuring Tomcat Courtney @ Belly Up (3:30 matinee)
• Pool Party @ LaFayette Hotel
• SunDaze with Porter Robinson, Bag Raiders, Deth Hertz, Brazzabelle, Collin Perry, Marc Thrasher, DJ Jiffy @ Wavehouse
• Karaoke with Scotty Pants @ Eleven
• Night of the Cookers @ Whistle Stop
• Carlos Rock Experience @ Winston’s (5-8pm)
• LG Ones to Watch Presents 100 Monkeys, Kissing Club, Bleeding Horse Express, Still The Sky’s The Limit @ House of Blues
• The Robin Henkel Band@ Lestat's
• Saddle Up Sundays @ 710 Beach Club
• The Hips @ Gallagher’s (2-5pm)
• Ten Thousand Leagues, La Bella, tba @ Che Cafe
• Jose Sinatra's OB-O-ke @ Winston's
• Tribe of Kings/Reggae Vibes @ U-31
• Jason Brown @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge Brunch (10a-2p)
• Stelita @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• DMS feat. George Duke, Marcus Miller, & David Sanborn @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Intervention Pool Party @ Hard Rock Hotel
• Trippin The Sixties with Barry McGuire and John York @ AMSD (Acoustic Music San Diego)
• Luscious Noise @ Anthology (6pm)
• FilmOut San Diego – 13th LGBT FILM FESTIVAL @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Bag Raiders, TJR, Brady Spear @ Voyeur
• Reggae Sundays @ Spin