Things To Do In San Diego: March 4-6, 2015

This week feels like it has been crazy, but maybe that's because besides my regular work and my regular life and all the shows, I'm trying harder to keep on top of my email because even though I'm not going to SXSW, I'm still getting 200 press releases a day about it. It's easy to say I should just delete, but even that takes time, and eventually these artists come back around, you know? I'm also trying to get through all the submissions for The Festival of Arts in North Park, and while it sounds like a fun project, it's my least favorite part of the festival, because all those awesome bands get to be told there's only room for a dozen. Tonight Darren and I are tag teaming the Irenic. I'm working the door and he'll be slinging merch, and then we're heading to the Casbah, WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE IS NOT SOLD OUT! Are you kidding me? SWERVEDRIVER?! Adam Franklin is a gem of a human, too, so I'm excited about catching them. This weekend is going to be nuts with the return of TNT on Thursday, Reader on Tap on Friday, the opening of Quartyard on Saturday, plus a ton of other fun stuff. Listings are below and I appreciate all the people who reached out to give me updates. I promise I'll add some more music venues to that page when I can, namely The Balboa, Quartyard, Seven Grand and Kava Lounge. It just takes time and tiny 175x60 logos which nobody seems to want to send me. Wednesday through Friday archives are after the jump.



Wednesday, March 4, 2015:

• Swervedriver, Gateway Drugs @ Casbah
• Broods, Mikky Ekko @ The Irenic (SOLD OUT)
• Galactic, Kung Fu @ Belly Up
• Decker. Take By Canadians, Northern Youth, Bad & The Ugly @ Soda Bar
• DJ Grandmasta Rats @ Bar Pink
• Abbamania @ Balboa Theatre
• One Year Anniversary with Spirit Club @ The Hideout
• Robin Henkel @ Java Joe's
• Michael James, Evan Diamond @ Lestat's
• Kris Bowers @ The Loft, UCSD
• Young Lion Series Ryan Nealon @ Croce's Park West
• POSTPONED TO MARCH 23 Rae Sremmerd @ The Observatory North Park
• Karaoke with Cici @ The Bancroft
• The Lacemakers @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Gilbert Castellanos Jazz Jam @ Seven Grand
• Records with Roger @ Bluefoot
• Open Mic with Jefferson Jay @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Club Kingston Presents: Among Criminals, Jahkobeats with DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
• The Ratts Revenge- DJ Tiki Thomas & Mikey Ratt @ Tower Bar
• Hit List @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Acoustic Wednesday@ Gallagher's Irish Pub
• Lost In Atlantis, The Star Bandits, Professor Gall @ The Merrow
• Open Mic/Open Jam @ 710 Beach Club
• The Fooks @ Henry's Pub

Thursday, March 5, 2015:

• JMSN, Rochelle Jordan, Devon Baldwin @ Casbah
• TNT: REMIXED feat Jimmy Lavalle @ Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (Downtown)
• A$AP Ferg, OverDoz @ The Observatory North Park
• Tweak Bird, Ghetto Blaster, Kids In Heat @ Soda Bar
• Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience @ Belly Up
• One Year Anniversary with Kim and the Created @ The Hideout
• duping the public ( Unplugged ) w/ Gary Hankins / Mike Pope & Hezekiah Bussey @ Sycamore Den
• Dorothy Annette Jackson, Ruth Marshall, Deejha Marie Pope, Lila Brown-Smith @ Dizzy's
• John Mulaney @ Balboa Theatre
• Enslaved, Yob, Ecstatic Vision @ Brick By Brick
• The Gregory Page Show @ Java Joe's
• Days of Light Gravity, 100 Onces, Traffic Bear @ Lestat's
• Umphrey's McGee @ House of Blues
• Happy Fangs, Viva Apollo @ The Merrow
• UCSD Gospel Choir Ensemble ft. Ken Anderson @ The Loft, UCSD
• Darkwave Garden @ The Bancroft
• Dj Schoeny @ U-31
• Rickey Woodard @ Croce's Park West
• Pop Vinyl @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• The Yes Team @ 98 Bottles
• Open Jam @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Marco Benevento @ Winston's
• No Limits with Myson King @ The Office
• Hudson Falcons, Dressed For The Occasion, Lexington Field, Dead On The Wire @ Til-Two Club
• Billy Ocean @ Sycuan
• Bingo Players @ Bassmnt
• Junior the DISCOpunk & Antonio Aguilera @ Henry's
• Shamrocks & Dreadlocks @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
• Taken By Canadians @ Boar Cross'n

Friday, March 6, 2015:

• The Crawdaddys, The New Kinetics, The Bassics, DJ Tony the Tyger @ Casbah
• Eleanor Friedberger @ Whistle Stop
• Reader on Tap feat. The Burning of Rome, Blackout Party, The Nervous Records, Shady Francos, FLAGGS @ The Observatory North Park
• Grand Opening with Ed Ghost Tucker, Idyll Wild @ The Balboa (Formerly Tin Can)
• Hot Nerds (CD Release), Qui, Victis, DJ Mike Delgado @ Soda Bar
• Berkley Hart, The Lovebirds, Gregory Page @ Java Joe's
• First Friday with DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
• Super Diamond - The Neil Diamond Tribute, Graceband @ Belly Up
• Steal Dawn Happy Hour benefit the Dave, Shelley & Chainsaw Charity Fund JACK FM @ Belly Up (5pm)
• Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• The Midtown Men @ Copley Symphony Hall
• Sprung Monkey, Eyes Set To Kill, Roar Like Me! @ Brick By Brick
• Nuclear Sunday, This Plague Between Us, Here From The Start, Radio-Active, Offshore Impact @ Soma
• Joy, Harsh Toke, The Well, Cryptic Languages, Operation Mindblow @ Til-Two Club
• One Year Anniversary with Coliseum, Dangers @ The Hideout
• Industrial Jazz Group, Mesa College Band @ Dizzy's
• 22 Kings, Chris Hayzel, Shilo Gold, and Kylle Thomasson @ Rooted Kava Bar
• Tone-Loc @ Porter's Pub, UCSD
• Jamie Shadowlight @ 98 Bottles
• Bob Marley Day feat. Alika, Quinto Sol, Piracy Conspiracy, SM Familia, Jammin Green Shop, Mykol Orthodox @ Black Box Tijuana
• Victoria Martino, Jaime Valle @ La Jolla Athnaeum
• John Helix Cd Release @ Lestat's
• Rio Roma @ House of Blues
• Sad Robot, Kiven, Culprit @ The Merrow
• Some Kind of Nightmare, Revoluchix, Dramalamadingdongs @ The Bancroft
• Lee Churchill @ U-31
• Teagan Taylor Band @ Croce's Park West
• The Reflectors @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Detroit Undergrund @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Ramo Baro, ID The Poet, Scvtterbrvin, Jovi & The Issues @ Tower Bar
• Harvard Bass, Lee K @ Bang Bang
• OB Comedy @ Winston's (6-9p)
• The Brothers Comatose, Fruition @ Winston's
• I See Monsta @ Fluxx
• Bro Safari @ Bassmnt
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n