Things To Do In San Diego: February 20-22, 2015

I have to say that for the last few weeks (months?) I've been feeling out of sorts. I don't deal with health issues well, and with illness bouncing around my house and  my dad being near death at Christmas, I didn't know how much more I could take. Throw in new owners of the theatre and trying to find my place in all of it, plus managing my actual day to day work between Casbah, SoundDiego and The Festival of Arts in North Park and my role at The Observatory, and I've just been spent. This week, however, I feel like I'm getting a grip. My dad looks better than he has in a decade, my uncle is in town, Casbah has been selling out every weekend, and I'm working things out in all the other pieces, inserting myself where I'm of use, and backing off where I'm not. It kinda works for me. So this weekend is busy- I'll be at Surfer Blood, then merching for Lucinda Williams on Saturday and Cursive on Sunday, and I have a whole bunch of work to do in between. But that's a good thing. Busy is what I do best.

Friday through Sunday archives are after the jump.



Friday, February 20, 2015:

• Surfer Blood, Talk in Tongues @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Guttermouth, Counterpunch, Caskitt, Castoff @ Soda Bar
• Con Brio, Taurus Authority @ The Merrow
• Rock In The Park with Venice, Michael Tiernan @ Reuben H Fleet Science Center
• Paul Thorn, Nancarrow @ Belly Up
• Kina Grannis @ Porter's Pub
• Winter Brew Fest with Euphoria Brass Band, Headshine @ San Diego Hall of Champions
• Steve Aoki, Headhunterz, Caked Up @ Soma
• Turn It Loose with Mr Blow & Friends @ Bar Pink
• Atomic Groove Mardi Gras Happy Hour @ Belly Up (5pm)
• Lyrical Groove @ Seven Grand
• Shen-Yun: 5,000 Years In One Night @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Capsula, Wild Honey, Nebula Drag, The Love Me Nots @ Brick By Brick
• Colour Vision & Louis The Child, The Latin Lovers @ The Hideout
• Dead Rock West, David J Carpenter, Phil Parlapiano @ Java Joe's
• Sara Petite @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Alan Jackson, Brandy Clark, Jon Pardi @ Valley View Casino Center
• Back In Black: A tribute to AC/DC, Kissed Alive, Cheapest Trick @ House of Blues
• Groove International: Rise N Grind @ Delta Room, House of Blues
• The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
• Anton Jon, REN, Corey & The Tribe, RiboFlavin, Mainsail @ Epicentre
• Groove International @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• DJ R-You @ U-31
• ArtPower! presents: Zeit der Jannialen (Time of the Cannibals) @ The Loft, UCSD
• Allison Adams Tucker @ Croce's Park West
• Pop Vinyl @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Supersonic Dragon Wagon, Sun Giants, Corrosive Company @ Tower Bar
• OB Comedy @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Psydecar @ Winston's
• The Moan, JQ & The Revue, The TTOCS Innumerable Combo, Josh Whittemore & King Steady Beat @ Til-Two Club
• Groove Grease with Marsellus Wallace @ El Dorado
• F'ing in the Bushes with Rob Moran & Daniel Sant @ Whistle Stop
• Tropicana Launce with Made Monster @ Fluxx
• Bassjackers @ Bassmnt
• Bob Marley Day Tijuana feat. Pato Banton, Alika, Mad Professor, Aisha, Piracy Conspiracy, SM Familia, Jammin Green Shop @ Black Box, (6th & Revolucion, Tijuana)
• 145th Street @ 98 Bottles
• Full Moon Fever @ Tio Leo's
• Funk's Most Wanted, DJ Arox @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
• Autograf @ Bang Bang
• Air Supply @ Sycuan
• Death Nation presents: Joe Letz of Combichrist @ Spin
• Alestorm's Pirate Des MMXV feat Alestorm, Rainbowdragoneyes, Helsott, Gunslinger @ Ramona Mainstage

Saturday, February 21, 2015:

• San Diego Chinese New Year Festival @ San Diego Chinese Center, 3rd & J Downtown 10am-5pm
• No Friends Fest 2015 feat Shady Francos, Beach Goons @ 1835 Main St, San Diego
• Lucinda Williams, The Kenneth Brian Band @ The Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
• Steve Poltz's 6th Annual 50th Birthday with The Rugburns, Mr Gregory Page, Tim Flannery, Bushwalla @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Wild Child, Desert Noises, Goodnight, Texas @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• The Parlor Mob, Gods, Spero @ Soda Bar
• Kris Orlowski, Moonsville Collective @ Quartyard Mosaic
• Neon Beat- The Best & Worst of the 80s @ Bar Pink
• Torch & Hammer Redux, The Bassics @ Ken Club
• Bondurant @ Seven Grand
• Tori Roze & The Hot Mess @ Wine Lover
• Shen-Yun: 5,000 Years In One Night @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Palomar Performing Arts presents Brass, Wood, and Leather @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Agua Dulce @ Croce's Park West (7pm)
• August Burns Red, Miss May I, Northlane, Erra @ House of Blues
• NYC pianist Larry Fuller with Katie Thiroux bass, Matt Witek drums, & special guest guitarist Graham Dechter @ Dizzy's
• Alive & Well, Jagged Lines, Somewhat Aces, Echoed Silence @ Epicentre
• Allison Lonsdale and Eben Brooks @ Lestat's (6-8pm)
• Aaron Bowen and his friends from Paris @ Lestat's (9pm)
• Mac Sabbath, Black Fag @ The Hideout
• Kawehi @ The Loft, UCSD
• Clint Westwood @ Tin Roof
• Smarter Than Robots, It All Starts Here, Always The Understudy, Blackcast, Undercurrent @ Soma
• Dave Humphries, Bass Clef @ Java Joe's
• The Routine @ The Rabbit Hole 
• An Evening Penny & Sparrow @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Gilby Clarke, Dirty Work @ Brick By Brick
• Mike Mago @ Bang Bang
• 80s vs 90s Gabe Vega vs Saul @ Whistle Stop
• SD Union Presents: Akl200 @ The Merrow
• Ravens Moreland, They Feed at Night @ The Bancroft
• DJ Qenoe @ U-31
• Mark Fisher @ Croce's Park West (12pm)
• Lotus the Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Gloomsday, Western Midwest, Rex Goliath @ Tower Bar
• The CalPhonics @ Winston's (5-8:30pm)
• Piracy Conspiracy, Aloha Radio @ Winston's (9:30pm)
• The Moan, Thee Old Worries, The Budrows @ Til-Two Club
• Tropicana with Whiiite @ Fluxx
• Hair Force @ Tio Leo's
• Dannic @ Bassmnt
• The Fooks, DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
• Safety Orange @ Boar Cross'n
• Dazed & Confused @ 710 Beach Club
• Eden @ Spin

Sunday, February 22, 2015:

• San Diego Chinese New Year Festival @ San Diego Chinese Center, 3rd & J Downtown 10am-5pm
• Cursive, Beach Slang, Twinsmith @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Gregory Alan Isakov, The Shook Twins @ The Irenic (SOLD OUT)
• Casbah presents Jim Adkins, Reubens Accomplice (acoustic) @ Bar Pink (SOLD OUT)
• POSTPONED TIL SEPTEMBER El Tri @ Observatory North Park
• Zap Mama, Antibalas @ Belly Up
• The Mary Onettes, ÆMPIRE, Sundrop Electric @ Soda Bar
• Sean Chen @ The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
• Tim Connolly, James Ledbetter, Phili Villalobos @ Lestat's
• Mike Maury & Friends @ Wine Lover
• Shen-Yun: 5,000 Years In One Night @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Love, Song, and Dance "Pag-ibig awit at sayaw" @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Pants Karaoke @ The Hideout
• Ashley Pond @ Sycamore Den
• Hurricane Chris @ Porter's Pub
• Reggae SD: Jah Army Soundsystem @ U-31
• Motorcycle Graveyard Meetup @ Whistle Stop (3pm)
• Patrick Berrogain @ Croce's Park West (12pm)
• Spanish Sundays: Besos de Coco @ Croce's Park West (6pm)
• Jesse Davis @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (Brunch 10-2)
• Gail Johnson & 3 Piece @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Sandi Shaners Songwriting Competition @ Winston's (4-8pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-Ke @ Winston's
• Open Mic Comedy @ Til-Two Club
• Adam Salter @ El Dorado
• Open Mic @ Java Joe's
• Salsa Sunday @ Tio Leo's
• T.I. @ Fluxx
• Reggae Sunday @ Spin