Things To Do In San Diego (Comic-Con Edition): Thursday, July 21-Sunday, July 24, 2016

It has been a really good week, even though it meant working my fingers off to get all of my ducks in a row so I can have a little freedom. Monday was quite an amazing experience as Darren and I went to Randall Christopher's zine release party at Verbatim Books, which unbeknownst to us, turned into a powerful performance of a film he's working on about the capture of Adolf Eichmann, including a talk by Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor Rose Schindler. Needless to say it was heavy, but amazing and inspiring, too. Someone asked, "how do you go on after such horrific atrocities?" and she responded, "You must live." So we had heavy hearts the rest of the night, but took advantage of a night in North Park, with drinks at Bar Pink, dinner at West Coast Tavern, then Madonna Undercover at The Office. Tuesday was a hellish workday trying to make sure the mass of work was somewhat tied together but I think I left off in a good spot. Then Wednesday, Pyles picked me up so we could pick up the Conan tickets he'd won, then found some no limit street parking in the vicinity of Monkey Paw. They're giving 20% off to Con customers, so we took advantage with some beer and food before catching an Uber to the Conan taping. It was really fun, but it was hot as hell in our balcony seats, so I can't say I was sad when it ended. Darren picked me up, we grabbed $5 happy hour burgers at The Balboa and then I worked at The Joy Formidable. And then I worked all night. So here we are, Thursday is gonna be crazy, and I'm gonna try to squeeze as much in as I can before leaving downtown again to get to work at The Irenic. Friday through Sunday listings are after the jump.

Thursday, July 21, 2016 (Comic-Con 2016):

• 91X Presents AUTOLUX, Eureka The Butcher @ The Irenic
• Culture Shock, World Inferno/Friendship Society The Downs Family, La Cantina Beat @ Casbah
• W00tstock 8.0 A Night of Geeks & Music @ Balboa Theatre (7-11pm)
• Panteon Rococo with Nana Pancha & Marujah @ The Observatory North Park
• Blink 182, A Day To Remember, All American Rejects @ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, SDSU (SOLD OUT)
• An Evening with Slayer @ House of Blues (Sold Out)
• Vinnie Caruana, Brian Warren, Alive and Well, Monk Tamony @ Soda Bar
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Mandatory World Tour @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
• Downtown at Sundown @ Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
• DJ Ikah Love @ Bar Pink
• WIRED LOUNGE/PARTY @ Omni Hotel (11am-5pm, Invite Only)
• Funny Or Die Party with Honus Honus @ Quartyard
• MTV Fandom Fest & Fandom Awards feat. Kent Jones, Pierce the Veil and Krewella @ Petco Park (6:30pm, Awards Taping at 8pm)
• Nerd Nite Presented by NatGeo: A Galactic Adventure to Mars @ Hotel Solamar Rooftop (7-11pm Free/Sold Out)
• Adult Swim Nighttime on the Green: Toonami Pre-Flight @ Convention Way & 5th Ave Pier, Behind The Convention Center (Free, 18+, 8-10PM, RSVP)
• Her Universe Fashion Show @ The Hyatt
• Hall of (Impractical) Jokers live Q&A & Karaoke Party @ Dick's Last Resort (6:30pm, Free, Open to the Public)
• MAC Star Trek Makeup @ MAC Gaslamp (11am-8pm)
• Final Fantasy Gathering 2016 CosPlay Meetup @ Convention Center (stairs in the back) 2:30-3:30pm
• BOOM! Studios Drink Up @ Odysea Bar, Hilton Bayfront (9pm-12am)
• Carry On My Wayward Cocktails @ Analog (7:30pm-12am)
• FatMan on Batman with Kevin Smith & Marc Bernardin @ American Comedy Co
• Final Fantasy Live @ Jacobs Music Center at Symphony Hall
• Jay & Silent Bob Get Old @ American Comedy Co (10pm)
• Reckless Kelly, Nancarrow @ Belly Up
• An Evening with Straight No Chaser @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Digitour Summer Jake T. Austin, Baby Ariel, Dylan Dauzat, Weston Kourey, Dylan Murray, Ricky Thompson, Plus Many More @ Soma
• Solstice, Warsenal, Faethom, Seraphic Disgust, Infernal Conjuration @ Brick By Brick
• Emmanuel Walker @ Lestat's
• Lisa Sanders @ Java Joe's
• Alexander Jean, Mark Ballas, BC Jean, Alexa Villa, Savannah Philyaw @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Darkwave Garden @ The Bancroft
• Wildside @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Karaoke with Goldilox @ Tower Bar
• Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• OB Hip Hop Social #24 (CD Release Party) Alowe, Atlantis Rizing, Left in Company, Fluid @ Winston's
• Eric D-lux and Kristian Nairn @ Omnia
• Michael vs Prince with Saul Q, Cobra Kills, B Rose, Goose^Mavrk @ El Dorado
• YIDHRA, ATTALLA, The Great Electric Quest, Supersonic Dragon Wagon @ The Merrow
• Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
• Night Skool @ Henry's
• Girls Girls Girls all female dance night with Lizeth @ Whistle Stop
• Acid Varsity wth Lee Reynolds & Machino @ Kava Lounge
• Dayna Stephens Quintet @ La Jolla Athenaeum
• Billy Watson @ Tio Leo's
• Liquid Courage Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, July 22, 2016 (Comic-Con 2016):

• COMEDY BANG! BANG! LIVE! Live podcast taping starring SCOTT AUKERMAN w/special guests @ The Irenic (SOLD OUT)
• Cold War Kids @ Del Mar Summer Concert Series (After the last race)
• Boris performing Pink, Earth @ Casbah
• Blink 182, A Day To Remember, All American Rejects @ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, SDSU (SOLD OUT)
• Chris Hardwick: Id10t Tour @ Balboa Theatre (7pm)
• Harmontown Live with Dan Harmon @ Balboa Theatre (10pm)
• Archons, Bonehawk, Loom, Beira @ Tower Bar
• San Diego Ska Summer w/ Fixed Idea (El Paso, TX), The Amalgamated, Mochilero All-Stars @ Ken Club
• An-Ten-Nae and Huglife, DatPhat, Galangsta, Yakes, Russ Imperio, SpeakerGhost @ Spin (Costumes Encouraged)
• Space Command (World Premiere of the first 5 minutes) @ Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Public Library (12pm-1pm)
• Adult Swim Nighttime on the Green/Adult Swim Presents: Things You’ve Never Seen @ Convention Way & 5th Ave Pier, Behind The Convention Center (Free, 18+, 8-10PM, RSVP)
• Sonic The Hedgehog 25 Year Anniversary Party @ HoB (6-10pm)
• The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail @ American Comedy Co (8pm)
• Funko Fun Days @ The Hyatt (8-10pm)
• Ghostbusters Mass Hysteria Fan Party @ Werewolf Bar (6-10pm)
• The Radioactive Chicken Heads and Clark Chimp @ Tenth Avenue Arts Center
• Game Grumps Live! @ The Observatory North Park (7pm & 10pm)
• The Bi-National Mambo Orchestra @ Dizzy's
• VIsta Kicks, The Gloomies, Hawai @ Soda Bar
• 80s & 90s @ Bar Pink
• Cool Blue Comic-Con Art Showcase, Custom PBR Tattoos and more @ Chee Chee Club
• San Diego Brews Cruise @ Hornblower Adventure (6:30-10pm)'
• Cute, Cute Kawaii! After Party @ Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park (7-11pm)
• Baker Street Babes present SherlockeDCC @ San Diego Public Library (7:30pm-10:30pm)
• The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest @ Jacobs Music Center at Symphony Hall 
• MTV Private Party @ FLUXX
• Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque @ Brick By Brick
• Atomic Groove Mid-Summer Girlz Nite Out @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• Arise Root, Iya Terra, Ital Vibes @ Belly Up
• Shawshank Redeemed, Suntorn, End Of Flesh, Raw Dawg, Fix Our Eyes, Nebulium @ Soma
• Miss Destiny, Bosswitch, Fictitious Dishes @ Whistle Stop
• Tyler Boone, Andrew Barrack @ Lestat's
• Songwriter Night @ Java Joe's
• Disciples of the Canyon, Heart Official Intelligence, KD The Beas, Manuel Rock @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Tombstalker, Sakrifcer, Impure Consecration, Beastial Slaughter, Tideless @ The Bancroft
• Hard Fall Hearts & The Upshots @ 710 Beach Club
• Acoustic Happy Hour w/ Casey Turner @ 710 Beach Club (5-8pm)
• Hit Bargain, Bastidas, Miscegenation and More @ Che Cafe
• Backwater Blues Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Ocean Beach Comedy @ Winston's (6pm)
• Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, Bomb Squad, DJ OpenOptics @ Winston's
• Telephone Lovers, Modern Kicks, Dead On The Wire, Chamber 6 @ Til-Two Club
• Beat Kitchen with QSTN & Charlie Rock @ El Dorado
• Boombox Cartel @ Bassmnt
• Lil Jon @ Omnia
• Purps and Turqs @ Kava Lounge
• The Groove @ V Lounge, Viejas Casino
• Goodtimes @ Henry's
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n

Saturday, July 23, 2016 (Comic-Con 2016):

• Arts & Amps with Little Hurricane @ Karl Strauss Brewing Company, PB
• Ziggy Shuffledust and The Spiders From Mars, Electric Warrior @ Casbah
• RJ @ The Observatory North Park
• Chris Hardwick: Nerdist Podcast Live! @ Balboa Theatre (7pm & 10pm)
• Food Truck Festival @ Del Mar Racetrack
• The Verigolds, Pearl Charles, Garden Echo @ Soda Bar
• 2016 Chicano-Con @ Border X Brewing
• VICELAND Party feat Anamanaguchi, Yung Jake, DJ Doggpound, Franki Chan, and Dem Ham Boys @ House of Blues (Free, 18+)
• Impractical Jokers Block Party @ The Park at Petco Park (3:00-8:30)
• Adult Swim Nighttime on the Green: Rick and Morty @ Convention Way & 5th Ave Pier, Behind The Convention Center (Free, 18+, 8-10PM, RSVP)
• Earper Meetup @ Embarcadero Marina Park South (5:30pm)
• The Aquabats, Nerf Herder @ HoB
• Heroes Brew Craft Beer Fest @ Waterfront Park (3:30-6:30pm)
• Heroes vs Villains Art Exhibition @ La Bodega (5-9pm)
• Nerdist Podcast Live! @ Balboa Theatre (7pm & 10pm)
• The Final Girls & The Future of the Midnight Movie @ The Grand Horton Theatre (5:30-6:30)
• The Final Girls Midnight Screening @ Ken Cinema (Midnight)
• Once Upon a Time: The Rock Opera Screening and Cast Singalong @ 10th Avenue Theater (7pm-12am)
• The Underground Lightsaber Fighters Battle @ The Fountain, Balboa Park
• Hollywood Babble On @ American Comedy Co
• Hiroshima Mockingbirds, Mittens, Pleasure Fix @ Bar Pink
• The Robert Cray Band, Hamish Anderson@ Belly Up
• Phish @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
• Trio de Janeiro @ Dizzy's
• Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop
• The Aquabats, Nerf Herder @ House of Blues
• Conveyer, Prophets, High Hopes, Lords&Wolves, Plus Guests @ Soma
• Fastplants (chicago), Selfish Giant @ The Bancroft
• Gloomsday, JJCNV, French Girls, Badabing @ Tower Bar
• Shawn Mendes, James TW @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Same as Yesterday and Mango Melody @ Winston's (6-8pm, Free)
• KAABOO DISCOVERY TOUR with Broken Stems, Alexa, Bang Pow, Casey Turner, Grim Slippers @ Winston's
• Sleepwalking: Lowrider Oldies and Old School Funk Dance Party @ Til-Two Club
• Mezzanine, Of Ennui, Year of the Dead Bird @ The Black Cat
• SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque Tour @ Brick By Brick
• Home, Summer Underground @ Lestat's
• Zero To Billy @ Java Joe's
• TTNG, Strawberry Girls @ Che Cafe
• Mega Ran with Bitforce, Kirby's Dream Band, Vic Viper, The Koopas @ The Merrow
• Weezerton & Spiral Out @ 710 Beach Club
• Comedy @ The Bancroft
• Joey Harris @ Tio Leo's
• Billy Strings @ Pilgrim United Church of Christ
• Butts Ta Nuts @ El Dorado
• Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry's
• Trade Winds @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Beta Maxx @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Brett Bodley @ Fluxx
• Gladiator Challenge @ Sycuan Casino
• Porter Robinson and Posso @ Omnia
• Party Favor @ Bassmnt
• Craze @ Bang Bang
• Dance For Ecuador @ Kava Lounge
• Jack Broadbent @ Ramona Mainstage

Sunday, July 24, 2016 (Comic-Con 2016):

• The Jayhawks, Fernando Viciconte @ Belly Up
• Twenty One Pilots, Mutemath, Chef'special @ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, SDSU (SOLD OUT)
• Inter Arma, Withered, Strange Planet @ Soda Bar
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink
• #SDCC The 2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./Agent Carter/Most Wanted Fan Party, Wrap Party hosted by S.H.I.E.L.D. TV and Agent Carter News @ Henry's Pub (5-8pm)
• #SDCC Sailor Moon Cosplay Meetup @ Planters outside Hall H, Convention Center (5:30-6:30pm)
• National Tequila Day Celebration @ Coyote Cafe
• Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, Colt Ford @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre in Chula Vista
• House of Shem @ Music Box
• Hopped Up: Tap Takeover with Pizza Port @ Crossroads, House of Blues
• Pants Karaoke @ The Hideout
• Cool Blue Comic-Con with Ashen Earth, Voices of Ruin, Ratt Black, Christ Killer @ Brick By Brick
• Mango Habanero @ Winston's (5pm, Free)
• The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
• Summer Festival with Gustavo Romero @ TSRI
• Gaby's Showcase @ Java Joe's
• Travis Scott @ Parq
• Tardeadas, Color @ Tio Leo's
• Third Place (canada), Survive The Era (Sacto), Failed to Study (LA) @ The Bancroft
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• 2000-2006 Indie Night @ Whistle Stop
• Dave Gleason Trio ft. Trevor McSpadden @ Whistle Stop
• Stellita @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am-2pm)
• Marvin Banks & Tyghtship @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Beira, Xantam, Empty Gods @ Tower Bar
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Almost Famous Karaoke @ Henry's
• Wild Honey, Older Sun, Zachary Oakley, Mother @ Til-Two Club
• Club Works 003 @ Kava Lounge
• Reggae Sunday @ Spin
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club