Things To Do In San Diego: Monday, January 16-Sunday, January 22, 2017

I spent the past week kind of miserable. I mean, besides the overwhelming depression of the upcoming inauguration, I was fighting sickness--that thing where you feel like you're getting sick but you load up heavily on vitamins and fluids and sleep and mostly never get fully sick-- and I also tweaked my back last weekend, so I'm walking like I'm twice my age and suffering from hyperkyphosis. Still, it was a pretty awesome week when I did get out of the house. On Tuesday, we went to the Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve and hiked to the waterfall which I'd never seen before. I mostly laid low the rest of the week, but on Saturday we were up early to do the San Diego River Foundation annual estuary cleanup, then we had a late lunch at Ponce's and zipped up to the Safari Park, then left all the kids at my mom's so we could see Tig Notaro at the Observatory. January continues to be a slow (and depressing) month, but get out and see some shows if ya can, or hit up some of our cool locally owned spots for San Diego Restaurant Week. Monday through Sunday archives are after the jump.


Monday, January 16, 2016 (MLK Day/San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Lucinda Williams, Aaron Lee Tasjan @ Belly Up
• Captain Auzmo, Garden Echo, Cochinas Locas @ Casbah
• Metal Mondays with Luis Cendejas & Cutwater Spirits @ The Office
• Bloom @ Tower Bar
• Motown On Monday @ Bar Pink
• Atomic Monster Movie Mondays @ The Merrow 
• F*CK 2016 TRIBUTE // Mezcal Monday @ Blonde
• Kerry-Oke Pizza Party @ The Holding Company 1502
• 80s with Junior theDISCOpunk @ The Brass Rail
• Entombed, Full of Hell, Turbid North, Poison Headache @ Brick By Brick
• Michele Lundeen @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Trivia @ Whistle Stop
• Real Live Mondays with Shane Hall @ El Dorado
• Trivia with Shantih @ The Bancroft
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• Karaoke @ Til Two Club
• Industry Night @ U-31
• Double Up Mondays @ 710 Beach Club

Tuesday, January 17, 2016 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Jovi and the Issues, Hocus, Kitty Plague @ Casbah
• David Lindley, Cindy Lee Berryhill @ Belly Up
• Many A Moon, Star Jungle, The Twinfins @ Soda Bar
• Tiki Tuesday @ Bar Pink
• Hardly Human, Second Hand, Love Ethic @ The Merrow
• Filthy (TX), Svelte, DJ Rees Withrow @ Blonde
• DNCE, The Skins @ House of Blues
• Synrgy, The Seed Heads, DJ Reefah @ The Holding Company 1502
• Shen Yun 2017 @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Trivia Night - Game of Thrones @ The Loft, UCSD
• Karaoke @ The Bancroft
• Open Mic @ Brick 15
• Think n Drink Trivia @ Winston's (5pm)
• True Bass Presents: Mirth Is King, Ramsey #Trapped @ The Office
• Robin Henkel @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Mercedes Moore @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Emron & Friends Comedy Night @ Til Two
• Rad! Karaoke! @ U-31
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• Open Mic Hosted by Gaby Aparicio @ Java Joe's
• R.A. The Rugged Man, A-F-R-O, Atlantis Rizing @ Winston's
• Clay Colton @ Tio Leo's
• Videodrome @ Whistle Stop
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• Comedy Night @ Lestat's
• 50s/60s Dance Party @ Henry's Pub
• High Tech Tuesdays @ Kava Lounge
• Electric Elms @ 710 Beach Club

Wednesday, January 18, 2016 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Consider The Source, Thank You Scientist @ Casbah
• Tower of Power - An Evening With @ Belly Up
• Wanted Noise, Deep Yogurt, Bearwulf @ Soda Bar
• Temple Party @ Bar Pink
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Panama 66
• Too Sad to be Mad! EMO Night with LIVE Band: Short Stories @ The Office
• Open Oscillator 2nd Anniversary @ Whistle Stop
• Dance Klassique at Blonde ft. DJ Craig Mac (Chi-SD) @ Blonde
• Amanda Cogan & The Night Shift Band, Devan Moncrief, Gabriela & La Buena Onda @ The Holding Company 1502
• Shen Yun 2017 @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Club Kingston Presents: Bodhi Rock with DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
• ASCE Presents: You at the Loft @ The Loft, UCSD
• Fake Tides, Beach Goons, On Drugs, Cheeks, Horse Movies, Spooky Cigarette @ Che Cafe
• Grant Austin Taylor @ Lestat's
• Karaoke @ The Bancroft
• Happy Hour DJ Mike White @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• Rockin' Trivia @ Crossroads, House of Blues
• Tropical Wednesday with DJ Mo Lyon @ U-31
• Open Mic with Jefferson Jay @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Blue Largo @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• WTF Wednesday @ El Dorado
• Band Night @ Kava Lounge
• Open Mic/Open Jam @ 710 Beach Club

Thursday, January 19, 2016 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Daniela Andrade @ The Irenic
• Martin Sexton, The Accidentals, Lee Coulter @ Belly Up 
• Tropical Popsicle, Blood Ponies, Hours Exasperation @ Casbah
• American Wrestlers, Lightning Cole, Aviator Stash (fka The Art Dealers) @ Soda Bar
• Zakk Sabbath, The Shrine @ Brick By Brick
• DJ Ikah Love @ Bar Pink
• Phil Crosby Jr., Orchestra feat. Sacha Boutros, Anna Danes @ Music Box
• Aesthetic Perfection @ The Hideout
• Ceremony Night w/ Haunted Summer, Lightworks, Amnesia, Deadmatter @ Blonde
• Ari & The Alibis @ The Holding Company 1502
• Bad Penny & The Pistols @ Sycamore Den
• Abigail Stauffer, Lindsay White @ Brick 15
• Shen Yun 2017 @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Blue Oyster Cult @ Sycuan Casino 
• L-E-V Dance Company @ Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD
• The Low Points, Fractions @ The Merrow
• Some Kind of Nightmare, Final Drive, BossFight, Research @ The Bancroft
• Live Band Karaoke @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
• The Fabulous Ultratones @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Karaoke With Goldilox @ Tower Bar
• Shots Fired & PRO Present: Welcome Back Cypher - 30 Below @ The Loft, UCSD
• Variety Show:Eva Cassel, Zaid Tabani, Ruben Ramirez, Deep Yogurt @ Che Cafe
• Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Meeting of the Meyends with Huggapuppy, EMROZE Damf, D Monkey Slap @ Winston's
• No Limits with DJMysonKing @ The Office
• PB&J Presents Rios, B. Rose, Bidi, Paola, Saul Q @ El Dorado 
• Brian Bomeisler- Drawing On The Right Side of the Brain @ La Jolla Athenaeum
• Felix Jaehn @ Bang Bang
• Bad Royale @ Omnia
• State Of Mind @ SPIN
• Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
• Night Skool @ Henry's Pub
• Girls! Girls! Girls! with DJ Lazer Lizeth @ Whistle Stop
• Stanton Warriors @ Kava Lounge
• Mercedes Moore @ Tio Leo's
• Steez 76D Presents! @ Boar Cross'n
• Liquid Courage Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, January 20, 2016 (Inauguration/San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Presidential Inauguration: Celebrate or Commiserate @ Whistle Stop (9am-12pm)
• Protest Trump on Inauguration Day @ Balboa Park (Park & President's Way Lawn, 1
• 12pm)
• SoundDiego Live with Schizophonics, Dani Bell and the Tarantist, Dani Bell and The Tarantist, Spooky Cigarette @ Casbah
• Gazebos, Boyfriends, Some Kind of Lizard @ Soda Bar
• Ari Hest @ Brick 15
• Class Project: The Ladies With Professors DJ Grim & Old Man Johnson @ Bar Pink
• Kronos Quartet @ Sherwood Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art
• Erotic City Prince Tribute, DJ Steve West @ Music Box
• A Jim Morrison Celebration Concert with Wild Child @ House of Blues
• The Inauguration Consecration with Foreign Bodies, Warsaw, Mice Elf @ Tower Bar
• Mike Delgado @ El Dorado
• Atomic Groove Happy 2017 @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• The PettyBreakers, SantanaWays @ Belly Up
• Some Kind of Nightmare, Reckless Disregard, N.O.K., Revoltchix, Dr Bobs Nightmare @ Til-Two Club
• Ninja Nightrace, Rue Snider, Coretracks @ Black Cat Bar
• Paul Gilber, Points North, RDG @ Brick By Brick
• F#ing in The Bushes with DJ Dan Sant @ Whistle Stop
• Gran Sonic Theory @ V Lounge, Viejas 
• Shen Yun 2017 @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Rainbow Girls, Caitlin Jemma @ Lestat's
• Serenade & Strum @ Crossroads, House of Blues
• The Pussy Grabs Back: Burlesque By the People, for the People @ The Merrow
• ! The Match (Italy), The GrooVster @ The Bancroft
• Super Karaoke! @ 710 Beach Club
• starRo, Graham Elliot @ The Loft, UCSD
• Kingdom Of Lights, Those Darn Gnomes, Ignant Benches, plus guests @ Soma
• Funks Most Wanted @ Tio Leo's
• Homesafe, Life Lessons, Chase Huglin @ Che Cafe
• The Reflectors @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Wildside @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
• Ocean Beach Comedy Satellite Show for the San Diego Comedy Festival @ Winston's (6-9pm) 
• The Routine @ Winston's
• Ginuwine, Dre Sinatra @ Fluxx
• Mitis, Kicks N Licks @ Bassmnt
• Hector @ Bang Bang
• Dubbest @ Manhattan Bar (Chula Vista)
• Bingo Players @ Omnia
• Goodtimes @ Henry's Pub
• Marques Wyatt, Purps N Turqs @ Kava Lounge
• Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n

Saturday, January 21, 2016 (Women's March/San Diego Restaurant Week):

• San Diego Women's March @ San Diego Civic Center Plaza (11am)
• The Raveonettes, Gateway Drugs @ Music Box
• Mattson 2, Kid Trails, DJ Jordan Blackmon (Toro y Moi), Creature and the Woods @ Casbah
• In Your Neighborhood w/ Lou Niles 2017 kick off with BFSB, Western Settings @ Pour House
• The Generators, Channel 3, Slaughter Boys @ Soda Bar
• Neon Beat- The Best and Worst of the 80s @ Bar Pink
• Miguel Migs, Cris Herrera @ World Beat Center
• Tainted Love, DJ Hunk Golden @ Belly Up 
• 80s vs 90s DJs Gabe Vega & Saul @ Whistle Stop (9pm)
• PostCard Radio with DJs Trop Pop & Britt Pop @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• Lady Lush @ Blonde
• Chevelle, Black Map, Dinosaur Pile Up @ House of Blues
• Lola Demure's Burlesque & Variety Show @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds @ Poway OnStage
• Mango Habanero @ Winston's (5pm)
• The Moves, Bomb Squad and Joe Marcinek Band featuring Shaun Martin of Snarky Puppy @ Winston's (9:30pm) 
• Imbalanced, The Noctambulant, Sergulath, Orphic Eye @ Til-Two Club
• Shen Yun 2017 @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• The Focke-Wolves, The Smoke Bombs, Amigo @ Black Cat Bar
• Silver Snakes, Aeges, Vagus Nerve @ Brick By Brick
• Aubryn, Witherward, Chi McClean @ Lestat's
• ArtPower Presents: New Orleans Swamp Donkeys @ The Loft, UCSD
• Standing Rock Benefit Show @ Che Cafe
• SubWOOFer @ The Merrow
• Chugboat, The Brewhahas, Max Fite @ 710 Beach Club
• Russian Tremors, Masteria @ The Bancroft
• Bless Your Heart Burlesque @ Tio Leo's
• Jessy J. @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Adam Salter @ El Dorado 
• Chachi @ Fluxx
• Bobby Detroit @ Winston's (5pm)
• Craig Shoemaker @ Ramona Mainstage 
• DJ Vice @ Omnia
• Strictly Business w/DJs Edroc & KanyeAsada @ The Office
• DJ 4B @ Bassmnt
• Jesse Perez @ Bang Bang
• Ocean vs Orientalis @ Kava Lounge
• Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry's

Sunday, January 22, 2016 (San Diego Restaurant Week):

• Portland Cello Project @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Warbly Jets, DJ Mario Orduno @ Whistle Stop
• Rooney, Swimm @ The Holding Company 1502
• The Toasters, Unsteady @ Casbah
• Robby Krieger of The Doors: Celebrating 50 Years of The Doors Music @ Music Box
• Xavier Omar x Avalon Young, Julius @ Soda Bar
• Rat Sabbath @ Bar Pink
• Charley Hoffman Foundation Charity Event featuring Daughtry (acoustic trio) @ Belly Up
• Teenage Kicks Rock N Roll Dance Party @ Blonde
• Shen Yun 2017 @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Lorin Walker Madsen (AZ) Ron Houston (The Sickstring Outlaws) The Focke-Wolves Slig Horsefly @ Tower Bar
• Pants Karaoke @ Til-Two Club
• Mojo Jackson @ Sycamore Den
• Back Alley Leather Night @ The Merrow
• Muscle Beach, VISHNU @ The Bancroft
• Reggae Sunday @ U-31
• Uptown Top Ranking w/ Tribe of Kings @ The Office
• Jason Brown @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am-2pm)
• Monette Marino @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-o-ke @ Winston's
• Almost Famous Karaoke @ Henry's
• Generik- Qwel Tour @ Kava Lounge
• Reggae Sunday @ Spin
• Sunday Funday Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club