Things To Do In San Diego: Friday, June 17-Sunday, June 19, 2016

When we help Nova with homework, I try really hard to make sure to use the correct language. "You" have to do homework, not "we"; "you" did great on your test, not "we" passed! But today is Nova's last day of third grade, and WE did it! I had no idea going into the school year that we would become full time parents, that I would get an additional job (to add to the four I already have), that things would be so good, and so rewarding, and so exhausting. I'm so glad to be living in this time in history, where I can take a laptop and phone and work anywhere...playgrounds, skating rinks, pools, the beach, in the car. So summer break is official, and while she'll be in St. Louis for part of the summer, we're looking forward to long days in the sun, exploring all of our favorite parts of this city, and working my ass off. Be sure to join me on Saturday at Do The RIDE Thing, a free event (with RSVP) at SILO at Makers Quarter. The event is from 4-8pm and has both parts of Pinback playing, with Rob Crow's Gloomy Place and Systems Officer. I hope everyone has an awesome weekend. Saturday and Sunday listings are after the jump.

Friday, June 17, 2016:

• Tokyo Police Club, We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Belly Up
• Acid Varsity 2 Year Anniversary with Bostich + Fussible @ Kava Lounge
• PRAYERS, Tijuana Panthers, Marujah @ The Observatory North Park
• The Muffs Record Re-Release Party, Claw Hammer, Schizophonics, The Touchies @ Casbah
• Oysterfest @ Embarcadero
• Phillip Phillips & Matt Nathanson @ San Diego County Fair
• The Gore Horseman, The Strikers, Hard Fall Hearts @ Soda Bar
• San Diego Startup Week Startup Festival with Broken Stems, Creepxotica, DJ Yeddey @ Quartyard (5-11pm)
• Mainly Mozart Festival: Ethan Bortnick @ Balboa Theatre
• The Beach Boys @ Pala Starlight Theater, Pala Starlight Casino
• The Lyrical Groove @ Bar Pink
• The Earful, Juice Box @ Music Box (8pm)
• Oysterfest Afterparty with Boombox and Rob Garza of Thievery Corp @ Music Box (11pm)
• The Fabulous Pelicans Happy Hour - Carlsbad High School Baseball Program Fundraiser @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• People Might Scream @ Good Guys Tavern
• Peggy Watson and David Beldock @ Templar's Hall in Old Poway Park
• Short Stories, Hidden Hospitals, Culprit, Alive & Well @ Brick By Brick
• Fistfights, Wolves (EP Release), Roland (Ex Sleeping People), Shades McCool @ The Hideout
• DJ Le Silence de LaRue @ Whistle Stop (5-8pm)
• 80s vs 90s with DJs Gabe & Saul Q @ Whistle Stop
• Tierra/Malo @ Sycuan
• Midnight Track, Fighting Friction, Junkyard Pharaohs, Steal Away, Color Til Monday, SpicyCamaro @ Soda Bar
• The Fire Brothers @ Lestat's
• Sara Petite, Jacques Mees, Dave Humphries @ Java Joe's
• Kelly McGarry Presents @ House of Blues
• Tiny Moving Parts, Prawn, Free Throw, The Wild Fires @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• The Benedetti Trio fetes Paul McCartney @ Dizzy's
• Nurvana, Punkture, The Lone Pines @ The Merrow
• The Chromedomes @ The Bancroft
• Acoustic Happy Hour : Casey Turner @ 710 Beach Club (5-8pm)
• Pasadena, Sandollar & No Kings @ 710 Beach Club
• Rhythm Future Quartet @ AMSD
• Funk's Most Wanted @ Tio Leo's
• Royal Academy of Performing Arts "A Brand New Day" @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Sister Speak @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Nebula Drag, R3x @ Tower Bar
• OB Comedy @ Winston's (6pm)
• The Devastators @ Winston's (9:30pm)
• Flight 42, Boner City @ Til-Two Club
• Kyle Flesch @ Fluxx
• Another Damn 90s Night with Cros One @ El Dorado
• Louis Futon @ Bang Bang
• DJ Ruckus @ Omnia
• DJ Karma @ Parq
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
• Carolyn Wonderland @ Ramona Mainstage
• The Dangle Zone X Bass Tribe Present: Ott @ Spin

Saturday, June 18, 2016:

• Do The RIDE Thing with Rob Crow's Gloomy Place, Systems Officer, DJ Saul Q, B Rose @ SILO at Makers Quarter (4pm, Free with RSVP, 21+)
• Rogue Wave, Floating Action @ Belly Up
• Day Wave, Nico Yaryan, The Filthy Violets @ Casbah
• SoundDiego Summer Splash with The Mowgli's, Grizzly Business @ Splash at Harrah's Resort SoCal
• The Carlsbad Village Music Walk
• South Park Old House Fair and Vintage Row (4-8pm)
• Rebelution, Hirie, and The Expanders @ San Diego Oysterfest
• James Taylor @ Valley View Casino Center
• Joe Jackson @ Spreckels Theatre
• Steve Poltz @ Laurel House Concerts
• Barrows, Deep Sea Thunderbeast, Bleak Skies @ Ken Club
• Sarah Jarosz, Curtis McMurty @ Irenic
• The Pharcyde @ The Observatory North Park
• Cheap GIrls, Santa Ana Knights, Russian Tremors @ Soda Bar
• Trevor Noah @ The Events Center, Harrah's Resort SoCal
• Neon Beat- Best & Worst of the 80s @ Bar Pink
• NAIOP San Diego Presents Deal Maker's Bash @ Music Box
• Rottweiler Clothing Release party @ Whistle Stop
• Grand Funk Railroad @ San Diego County Fair
• San Diego International Beer Festival @ San Diego County Fair
• Mainly Mozart Festvial @ Balboa Theatre
• DSB - An American Journey @ House of Blues
• Rob $tone, Spooks, 1207 @ Soma
• Brad Perry @ Crossroads, House of Blues
• The Mighty Cruise Control @ The Hideout
• GIMME GIMME GIMME launch party @ The Bancroft
• Ad Seg, Systematic Abuse, Biriuk, Bukkorosu @ Tower Bar
• Chuck Perrin 70th birthday performance @ Dizzy's
• Inspired Movement Dance- Dancing Through THe Decades @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Groovesession, Shell Shock @ Winston's
• The Phantoms Record Release, The Touchies, Action Andy @ Til-Two Club
• Zoe Keating @ AMSD
• Gone Baby Gone, The End @ The Black Cat
• Devildriver, Holy Grail, Incite, Hemlock, Daemos @ Brick By Brick
• Gary Hoey, RDG @ Ramona Mainstage
• Adam Salter @ El Dorado
• Motez @ El Camino
• US Air Guitar Championships @ The Merrow
• Dazed and Confused 10 year Anniversary @ 710 Beach Club
• Comedy @ The Bancroft
• Detroit Underground @ Tio Leo's
• The Cadillac Wreckers @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Funk's Most Wanted @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Reflex @ Fluxx
• Bare @ Bassmnt
• Eric D Lux @ Omnia
• DJ Ikon @ Parq
• Skylar Spence @ Bang Bang
• Wes Hoppe & Good Ghos Present Terry Mullan @ Kava Lounge
• Soul Works presents Eden @ 3pm
• Distrikt Fundraiser @ Spin

Sunday, June 19, 2016 Happy Father's Day!):

• You Won't, Bombadil, Jocelyn Mackenzie @ Casbah
• CANCELLED: Mase, Tfame @ The Observatory North Park moved to Music Box
• Trump vs Bernie: The Debate starring James Adomian & Anthony Atamanuik @ The Irenic
• San Diego International Beer Festival @ San Diego County Fair
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink
• Point Break Live Can You Keanu? @ Belly Up
• Sight In Sound Presents: Hail the Sun, My Iron Lung, Hearts Like Lions @ House of Blues
• Pants Karaoke @ The Hideout
• Total Chaos, Resilience, The Velisha, The Hathcocks @ Brick By Brick
• Tim Mudd, Podunk Nowhere @ Sycamore Den
• Nate Currin @ Lestat's
• Dave Good's Jazz Jam @ Java Joe's (2pm)
• The Back Room @ The Merrow
• Inspired Movement Dance- Dancing Through THe Decades @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Bobs Blues Jam @ The Bancroft 3pm
• Comedy @ The Bancroft 9 pm
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• Tardeadas with Colour @ Tio Leo's
• Jason Brown @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am-2pm)
• Marvin Banks & Tyghtship @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Daikaiju, Monolith, Dinosaur Ghost @ Tower Bar
• Shades of Blue @ Winston's (5pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Open Mic Comedy @ Til-Two Club
• Marujah, Rizing Rezistance, After Hours @ Kava Lounge
• Reggae Sunday @ Spin
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club