Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, May 5-Sunday, May 8, 2016

My camera hasn't gotten much use this week, so I decided to post one from a couple weeks ago from La Jolla, attempting to capture a bird in flight. I feel super behind in everything right now. Those Coachella week shows really sucked a lot of time out of me, then Nova's planning and executing Nova's birthday, then Darren threw out his back, and while he's doing much better now, it definitely caused a little setback on my schedule. I'm not trying to whine about it, we've still had a great week, but it just means my time is stretched incredibly thin. I'm looking forward to a night out tonight to catch the opera Great Scott and then Givers at the Casbah. This weekend is nuts, too, with all the fun Cinco de Mayo stuff, Beach Slang at Casbah, Gator By The Bay, Mother's Day and trying to catch up on all of this crazy work stuff, I've got to balance the work/family/fun ratios in my life. Hopefully you can, too. Thursday through Sunday archives are after the jump.

Thursday, May 5, 2016:

• Cinco De Mayo with Nortec Collective, Javier Mena, Gepe @ Puesto, The Headquarters at Seaport Village (3:30-9:30pm, Free, All Ages)
• GIVERS, Anna Wise @ Casbah
• Mariachi El Bronx, Honus Honus, Pounded by the Surf@ Belly Up
• Hippo Campus, Riothorse Royale @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Slumber, Jack's Last Bullet, Project Analogue @ Soda Bar
• Cinco De Mayo @ Skyline Terrace, Coasterra
• Ceremony Night @ Bar Pink
• Cinco De Mayo with Hijos de Barron, Grupo Anarkia @ Music Box
• Cinco De Mayo & Prince Tribute Dance Party @ The Hideout
• Rosewood & Rye, Ezekiel Morphis @ Sycamore Den
• Fear Factory, Soilwork, Omnikage, Spades and Blades, Thrown into Exile @ Brick By Brick
• Veronica May @ Java Joe's
• Apocalyptica, 10 Years, Failure Anthem @ House of Blues
• Cumbia Machin, Marujah, Death By Snoo Snoo @ The Merrow
• Darkwave Garden @ The Bancroft
• Bumpasonic @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Karaoke @ Tower Bar
• Tritons for Israel Presents: Israeli Independence Celebration @ The Loft, UCSD
• Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• OB Hip Hop Social with Bleep Bloop @ Winston's
• Lucha Libre @ Fluxx
• Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
• Kiss & Make Up - Twee & C86 w/ Jon Blaj & Kyle Badour @ Whistle Stop
• PSILO feat Defcon Uno @ Kava Lounge
• Cinco De Mayo Party@ Tio Leo's
• Liquid Courage Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, May 6, 2016:

• Gator BY The Bay @ Spanish Landing Park
• Fiesta Cinco De Mayo @ Old Town
• Beach Slang, potty mouth, Dyke Drama, California @ Casbah
• Violent Femmes, happiness. @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (SOLD OUT)
• Jim Breuer @ The Observatory North Park
• Dethsurf, Pissed Regardless, Christ Killer @ Ken Club
• The Mesa College Jazz Ensemble @ Dizzy's
• Voodoo Glow Skulls, Pinata Protest, Oceanside Sound System @ Soda Bar
• The Amandas @ Whistle Stop
• First Friday pres. by DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
• 90s Remix with Jagged Edge, Ideal, and Wildside @ Music Box
• Atomic Groove Seis de Mayo/Dia de Madres @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• Charlie Musselwhite, Guitar Shorty @ Belly Up
• Resurrection Kings, Symbolic, Cage (CA), Dolan Brotherhood @ Brick By Brick
• Lindsey White @ Java Joe's
• Breakthru Entertainment @ House of Blues
• Cowgirls From Hell, Raise The Guns, Mursic, Dead Chaplain @ The Merrow
• Lucid Season, The City Hall, The Co Founder, Art Monk @ The Bancroft
• The Sextones & The-O @ 710 Beach Club
• Ypsitucky and the lost weekend band, PINKEYE @ Pourhouse
• The Distractions @ Tio Leo's
• Bad and the Ugly, The 131ers, Little Green Army, Wasted Days @ Che Cafe
• Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Hip Hop vs Punk Rock @ Tower Bar
• Poor Man's Whiskey (Doing The Eagles), Homesic Hitchers @ Winston's
• 13 Wolves, The Decomps, The Midnight Block, The Cat Chasers @ Til-Two Club
• Green Lantern @ Fluxx
• Funtcase, Dirtyphonics, and Habstrakt @ Bassmnt
• Throttle, Erick Diaz @ Bang Bang
• Sander Van Doorn @ Omnia
• Jaytekz @ World Beat Center
• DJ Earwaxxx @ Parq
• Grim Slippers @ Mr. Peabody's
• Daddy-O, Fresh Brunettes, Mittens, Boychick @ Kava Lounge
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
• F.A.B. Friday @ Spin

Saturday, May 7, 2016:

• Gator BY The Bay @ Spanish Landing Park
• Fiesta Cinco De Mayo @ Old Town
• Manic Hispanic, The Touchies @ Casbah
• Hotline Spring Tour: Magic Man & The Griswolds, Panama Wedding @ The Observatory North Park
• Anamanaguchi, Lindsey Lowend @ The Irenic
• The Wild Fires, King Shelter, Free Roary @ Soda Bar
• DJ Mike Delgado @ Bar Pink
• Solana Beach Bash @ Belly Up (4pm)
• Fiesta De Fido @ Quartyard (2pm)
• Wayward Sons, Way Cool Jr. @ Belly Up
• The Slackers, Viernes 13 @ Music Box
• Abba The Concert Tribute @ Sycuan Casino
• Records Collecting Dust screening and RCD 2 fundraiser @ Whistle Stop (5-8pm)
• 80s vs 90s w/ DJ Saul & Gabe Vega @ Whistle Stop (9pm)
• Saul Hernandez @ House of Blues
• Brad Perry @ Crossroads, House of Blues
• Torche, Wild Throne @ The Hideout
• Stairs & Towers @ The Bancroft
• Los Shadows, Noble War, The Art Dealers, Fake Tides, + Guests @ Soma
• Gregory Porter @ Copley Symphony Hall
• Exhumed @ Queen Bee's
• Druden, Hours, Spectral Death @ Tower Bar
• Poor Man's Whiskey (Doing The Allman Brothers), Homesic Hitchers @ Winston's
• AM Gold @ Winston's (5pm)
• SD Metal Swap Meet Official Afterparty with Ruthless and More @ Til-Two Club
• Dropdead, Magrudergrind, Yautja, Thanatology @ Brick By Brick
• Peter Bolland @ The Grassroots Oasis
• Zero To Billy @ Java Joe's
• The Gloomies @ Shaper Studios
• Lily & Madeleine @ The Loft, UCSD
• AUTHOR, Sea Cycles, Traffic Bear @ Che Cafe
• MetalSucks presents, So Hideous (Prosthetic Records), Bosse-de-Nage, Griever, Empty Gods @ The Merrow
• Bad Neighborz & Ocean Natives @ 710 Beach Club
• Comedy @ The Bancroft
• Los Fabulocos @ Tio Leo's
• Trade Winds @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Chachi @ Fluxx
• Patrizia The Sultry Lady Of Jazz @ Tango Del Rey
• Wiwe @ Bassmnt
• Ookay @ Omnia
• DJ Kon Flikt @ Parq
• Cut Snake @ El Camino
• Wax Motif, Klatch @ Bang Bang
• Ascension@ Kava Lounge
• Project N-fidelikah @ Ramona Mainstage
• Robot Ears & Divinity Present Carlo Lio @ Spin

Sunday, May 8, 2016:

• Gator By The Bay @ Spanish Landing Park
• Fiesta Cinco De Mayo @ Old Town
• X, Los Lobos, The Blasters, and LP3 & The Tragedy @ Observatory North Park
• MC YOGI  @ Casbah
• A Wilhelm Scream, Implants, Heartsounds, Castoff, Out To Lunch @ Soda Bar
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink
• The Residents present Shadowland @ Belly Up
• Four Tet, Andy Stott, Ben UFO @ Music Box
• Eli Young Band, Eli V @ House of Blues
• Alec Holcomb @ California Center For The Arts, Escondido
• Pants Karaoke @ The Hideout
• The Big Decisions @ Sycamore Den
• Craig of Suede @ Lestat's
• Nina Francis Showcase @ Java Joe's @ Bang Bang
• Tardeadas with Colour @ Tio Leo's
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• Flying Panther 10 Year Anniversary Party @ Whistle Stop
• Jason Brown @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (Mother's Day Brunch 10am-2pm)
• Dee Lucas @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Scorpion vs Tarantula, Bat Lords, Assquatch, Nervous Defects @ Tower Bar (3pm)
• The Aquarium @ Winston's (5pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Los Monjo, Ruleta Rusa, Dead On The Wire, Cruz Radical @ Til-Two Club
• Reggae Sunday with Christopher Martin Live @ Spin
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club