Things To Do In San Diego: Friday, February 26-Sunday, February 28, 2016

The weekend is finally here and I couldn't be more ready for it, though Nova has had a fever the past couple days, so hopefully she's better soon. It has been a week of ups and down but mostly ups...our DoSD launch was amazing and on a personal front, we got some legal business handled that has been nothing but misery for a long time. But mostly I just wanted to update because Saturday is Darren's birthday and he deserves some recognition for being the most supportive, loving, generous, and even keeled person that he is. So happy birthday, my love, thank you for making every day an adventure. There are a ton of shows this weekend. I'll be at English Beat tonight, then working at Julien Baker tomorrow, and possibly catching Cave Singers on Sunday. Among all that, hopefully we've got some nice sunshine, beach time, hike time and more on the agenda. Saturday and Sunday listings are after the jump.

Friday, February 26, 2016:

• The English Beat @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Tom Brousseau @ Java Joe's
• David Wilcox @ AMSD
• Anti-Flag and Leftover Crack with War On Women, Blackbird Raum, The Homeless Gospel Choir @ The Observatory North Park
• A Static Lullaby, Idlehands, The Calefaction @ Soda Bar
• Mono/Poly, DJ Pound, Angels Dust, Mystery Cave, Ghost Traps @ The Hideout
• 80s & 90s @ Bar Pink
• MRCH, Natalie Emmons, PRGRM, Garden Echo @ The Merrow
• Vokab Kompany, The Routine @ Music Box
• Atomic Groove Go Red, pt. 2 @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Nicki Bluhm, Della Mae @ Belly Up 
• Jazz Spirituals with Richard Thompson Sextet @ Dizzy's
• Soul Glo IV with DJ Duck Egg @ The Black Cat
• Sprung Monkey, Tsunami Bomb, Contortion @ Brick By Brick
• My Iron Lung, Keyes, Movements, Rope @ Che Cafe
• Orion String Quartet @ La Jolla Athenaeum
• Fantasy with Mario Orduno @ Whistle Stop
• The Mobros, Shilo Gold, Matthew Sucich @ Lestat's
• Kip Moore, The Cadillac Three @ House of Blues
• League of Liars, Captain Viejo, Jovi & the Issues @ The Bancroft
• RediMedia Presents: HIRIE & Arise Roots @ 710 Beach Club
• Kneebody + Daedelus @ The Loft, UCSD
• Tito Puente Jr. @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7:30pm & 9:30pm)
• Young Dubliners, Ugly Roomers @ Ramona Mainstage
• The Gap Band @ Sycuan Casino
• Suspicious Minds (Elvis Tribute) @ Tio Leo's
• Filner Headlock, Foreign Bodies, Dirtbag Surfers, Que Oso @ Tower Bar
• Father Psalms, Kali Navales, Jah Gumby meets Roots Covenant @ Winston's
• The Natives, Electric Healing Sound, Kid Galahad & The Eternals @ Til-Two Club
• Beat Kitchen @ El Dorado
• Reflex @ Fluxx
• Amtrac, Hotel Garuda @ Bang Bang
• Nicky Romero @ Omnia
• DJ Shift @ Parq
• The Village Squares @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
• Lucent 5.5 @ Spin

Saturday, February 27, 2016 (Happy Birthday, Darren!):

• Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers @ The Irenic
• Joyce Manor, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Mrs. Magician @ The Observatory North Park
• The Stone Foxes @ Casbah
• Diane Coffee, The End @ The Hideout
• Cody Lovaas @ Carlsbad City Library
• Glass Spells, Some Kind of Lizard, Big Bloom, Astral Touch, DJ Rachel Frank (ListenSD) @ Soda Bar
• Bella Novela @ Bar Pink
• The Westerlies, Riley Mulherkar @ Bread & Salt
• Nick Carter, Riley Biederer @ Belly Up
• Days of Light Gravity, Logan Greene + Lucile, and more @ Che Cafe
• Passafire, Kng Mkr, Brewfish @ Music Box
• Sonic Tonic, Xanadoodz, Arena @ Brick By Brick
• Desert Suns, Zed, Nebula Drag @ Tower Bar
• Strings & Beats @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• LIVN, Oceanside Sound System, Midnight Track, Roman Watchdogs, Punchcard, Opt Out @ Soma
• Booty Bassment with Dmitri & Rob @ Whistle Stop (9pm)
• Unwind Yourself with DJ Claire & Eric Howarth @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• SD Pug Rescue @ Whistle Stop (3pm)
• Grim Slippers @ Stone Brewing Tap Room (Downtown)
• Dancing With The Moves @ Poway Center for the Performing Arts
• Russian Tremors, Does it Explode, Rebels and Traitors, I Dare You @ The Bancroft
• Alex Reininga and Chase Goehring @ The Westin San Diego
• Stone Horse @ Winston's (5-8pm)
• SUBDVSN @ Winston's (9:30pm)
• Sleepwalking- Lowrider Oldies & Old School Funk Dance Party @ Til-Two Club
• Saturday Night Live Music @ The Black Cat
• Raelee Nikole, Mitchell Lujan @ Lestat's
• Zero To Billy @ Java Joe's
• Purple Disco Machine @ Bang Bang
• RediMedia Presents: HIRIE & Maad T-Ray @ 710 Beach Club
• Comedy @ The Bancroft
• Butts Ta Nuts @ El Dorado
• Full Strength Funk Band @ Tio Leo's
• Trade Winds @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• John Caponera (Comedy) @ Ramona Mainstage
• Gajah, Uncommon Nasa @ Kava Lounge
• Aazar, Erick Diaz @ Fluxx
• Andres Fresko @ Bassmnt
• J Vice @ Omnia
• DJ Ikon @ Parq
• Pali Roots @ Gallagher's Irish Pub

Sunday, February 28, 2016:

• The Cave Singers, Current Swell @ Casbah 
• Taurus Authority, The Krauss Brothers @ Whistle Stop
• In My Life – A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles @ Poway Center For The Performing Arts
• Dirty River Boys, The O's, The Liquorsmiths @ Soda Bar
• Tim Mudd, Podunk Nowhere @ Sycamore Den
• TobyMac, Britt Nicole, Building 429, Colton Dixon, Capital Kings, Finding Favour @ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, SDSU
• Roman v Fousey @ Balboa Theatre
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink
• Armors, The Gloomies, Kid Cadaver @ Che Cafe
• Ladino Soul @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Mozart n Hadyn @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
• Breakthru Entertainment @ House of Blues 
• Pants Karaoke @ The Hideout
• The Mobros @ Tin Roof
• The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
• Dave Good's Jazz Jam @ Java Joe's (2pm)
• Sunday Soiree Pole & Burlesque Show @ The Merrow
• Bob Butler @ The Bancroft
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• Jason Brown @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am-2pm)
• Marcus Slim Shaw & B.I.G. @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Squarecrow, Cut Up, Drunk Dial, Never Pass Go @ Tower Bar
• Fish and the Seaweeds @ Winston's (5-8pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Open Mic Comedy @ Til-Two Club
• Pleasure Pajama Party with Paolo, Adam J, Tripsy, Pro-K, Kinohou @ Kava Lounge (6am-Noon)
• Reggae Sunday @ Spin
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club