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| Wet Leg at Music Box (Taken 3.24.22) |
San Diego has long had a venue problem. Obviously we have an incredible small venue network for up-and-coming touring acts -- Casbah, Soda Bar, Merrow, Pour House -- that feed into midsize venues like the Belly Up and Music Box. But then we get a little grim. We have the Observatory, House of Blues, SOMA, Open Air Theatre, Viejas Arena, Pechanga Arena, and North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. All of those venues are run by one corporation. Balboa Theatre and Humphrey's by another. I thought The Shell being built on a PUBLIC park would mean accessibility for the average person but free yoga on Sundays isn't what I had in mind for that and it is not enough. And while we can love the venues -- I love seeing shows at The Observatory and Open Air Theatre -- and a lot of people I know and respect work for these venues and the conglomerate, but it doesn't mean that I don't look back on 'the good ol' days' when tours were more grassroots, concert routing would seek out the local promoters to make rad shit happen, and when service charges and fees didn't exceed the value of the baseline ticket prices, and when the resale markets and bots didn't artificially inflate ticket prices and lock actual fans out of the market entirely. Add in $6 plus gasoline in California, and we shouldn't be so surprised when the big tours just skip San Diego or Southern California altogether. If you object, please watch "Tickets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)"
All of that said, let's be grateful for those artists who do route through town and support them when we can.
Stay safe out there.
Thursday, March 31, 2022:
Stay safe out there.
Music News:
- New Shows:
- April 26: Hip Hop Battle Bot @ Casbah
- May 8: Son Rompe Pera @ Casbah
- May 26: DE’WAYNE @ Casbah
- June 1: Planet Booty @ Casbah
- June 4: Negative Blast, Agonista, Therapy, All Beat Up @ Casbah
- June 15: cass mccombs + band @ Casbah
- July 9: Jim Rao Fan Club feat MIA, Total Massacre, Hamapple, Strychnine Ninety Nine and more at Casbah
- August 5: The Australian Pink Floyd Show @ Humphreys Concerts By The Bay
- August 06: Man Man @ Casbah
- August 14: Cracker @ Belly Up
- August 24: Switchfoot & Collective Soul @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
- September 22: Joe Satriani: Earth Tour Emporium) @ Balboa Theatre
- October 12: Florence + The Machine, Sam Fender @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
- December 08 The Sheepdogs @ Casbah
- Milwaukee's Summerfest Announces 2022 Headliners
- June 23-25, June 30-July 2, July 7-9
- Steve Gunn, Jeff Parker @ Casbah
- Rodrigo Amarante, Sophia Bolt @ Soda Bar
- The Infamous Stringdusters, Dustbowl Revival @ Belly Up
- Riff City Comedy @ Whistle Stop
- Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
- Julia., Highline Trail, Stealing Automatics @ The Merrow
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Wu Man and Folk Traditions @ The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
- Love Is A Rose (A Linda Ronstadt Tribute) @ Tio Leo's
- Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
- IYP Presents: Crisman, MILLY, Sparkler @ Tower Bar
- Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's
- RBT - Swan Lake @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Big Blues Jam @ Navajo Live
- Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
- Billy Watson @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- Sip and Paint "Northern Lights" @ Quartyard
- Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
Thursday, March 31, 2022:
- Good Morning, PACKS @ Soda Bar
- Nebula Drag, Dream Burglar, Matelotage @ Casbah
- The Go-Go's @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (SOLD OUT)
- Tristan Prettyman + Yovee, DJ Juni - A Concert to Benefit Mental Health @ Belly Up (6pm, SOLD OUT)
- San Diego Sockers vs Florida Tropics @ Pechanga Arena
- VCTRE, Sumthin Sumthin, Saka B2B Connor Q B2B Player Dave, Black Carl! B2B Fly, Mirror Maze B2B Nik P @ Music Box
- Dwrex, The Passengers, Hexa @ Ken Club
- All Vinyl DJ Night with DJ Will Ayyy @ Pour House
- Victoria Robertson @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel
- Nat Geo Live: Ocean Soul @ The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
- VAMP/So Say We All @ Whistle Stop
- A Different Kind of Giant, Cochino, Getaway 95 @ The Merrow
- OB Hip Hop Social @ Winston's
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Aztec Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
- Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
- Eyes Set to Kill, Sullen Eyes, Young Misery, Super Destroyer @ Brick by Brick
- Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
- Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
- The Surf Birdz @ Tio Leo's
- Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's
- Karaoke @ The Luau Bar
- Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
- July Talk, Shilpa Ray @ Casbah
- Deap Vally, Dani Bell & The Tarantist @ Soda Bar
- Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, Anthony Cullins @ Belly Up
- Charli XCX: CRASH The live Tour 2022, Baby Tate @ The Observatory
- San Diego Gulls vs Iowa Wild @ Pechanga Arena
- Millikin Chamber, Child Of Night, Profit Prison @ Whistle Stop
- Ariel Quartet @ Department of Music’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UC San Diego
- The Grossmont Symphony principal players, with pianist Joanne Stohs @ Dizzy's
- Greg Douglass, Fred Benedetti, Story and Tune @ La Jolla Athenaeum
- Nonage, The Miles, Beech City, Elephantricity @ Ken Club
- Jason Hanna & The Swinging Bananas @ Panama 66
- Lars Frederiksen, Joe Sib, DJ Cris Powerhouse @ Music Box
- High Tide Society Happy Hour @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
- Romeo Et Juliette @ Civic Theatre
- Morning Glory Family Band @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (6-8pm)
- Canaan Cox @ Moonshine Beach
- Payton Taylor @ Moonshine Flats
- Schaffer The Darklord, LEX the Lexicon Artist, TBA @ Tower Bar
- Kisstroyer @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
- Aaron Markland @ The Rabbit Hole
- Gilbert Castellanos @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel
- Anything For Selenas! A Selena Tribute Party with Amor Prohibido @ House of Blues
- Khia @ The Holding Company
- Disney's The Little Mermaid @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- The Music of Freddie Walton @ The Luau Bar
- Badfish: Tribute to Sublime with with Aaron Wolf Band and DJ Green T @ Winston's
- A Local Showcase feat. Audrey & The Soundgallery, Experimental Lover, The Reckless, Turtle @ Queen Bee's (5pm)
- Roi Bars, The Band Cope, F+ @ Pour House
- Jesse Daniel, Summer Dean @ Til-Two Club
- 3 Car Garage @ Tio Leo's
- bo•lo & Kino Village present Ofier x Oren @ SPIN
- Cassie B Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
- West of 5 @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
- Stone Horse, Black Star Sinners, Alvadan @ Navajo Live
- Bob Mould, H.C. McEntire @ Casbah
- Al Franken: The Only Former US Senator on Tour Tour @ Balboa Theatre
- Quartyard Anniversary with Thee Sacred Souls, Devvlov, Kahlil Nash, Feelit Records Vinyl Set @ Quartyard
- 91X PRESENTS the 13th Annual North Park Festival of Beers with Mrs. Henry, Signal For Pilot, The Petty Saints @ El Cajon Blvd, in front of Lafayette Hotel
- Tennyson, Sunsets @ Soda Bar
- Mustache Harbor, DJ CG 8.0 @ Belly Up
- 80s vs. 90s vs. Y2K w/ DJs Gabe Vega & Friends@ Whistle Stop
- San Diego Gulls vs Iowa Wild @ Pechanga Arena
- Community Yard Sale, Pony & Tractor Hayrides @ Bates Nut Farm, Valley Center (7:30am-12:30pm)
- Los Sleepwalkers, Cumbia Machin, La Beat Cantina @ Ken Club
- Ypsitucky @ Panama 66
- Zeptune: Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Oceans (Tribute To Pearl Jam), Verado @ Music Box
- Whiskey Bleu @ Rabbit Hole
- MercyMe: Inhale (Exhale) Tour, Rend Collective, Andrew Ripp @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
- San Diego Sings! Festival 2022 @ The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
- 11 a.m. San Diego Children's Choir, Premier Choir, Pacific Coast Chorale, San Diego Saints Choir, Pacificaires, Director’s Cut
- 3 p.m.: San Diego Women's Chorus, San Diego Chinese Choral Society, Christian Children's Chorus, San Diego Festival Chorus, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Chorus San Diego
- 7 p.m.: Encore Vocal Ensemble, USD Choral Scholars, La Jolla Symphony Chorus, Musica Vitale, San Diego Chorus of Sweet Adelines
- Scripps Jazz at the Athenaeum Series | Spring 2022 with Eubanks-Evans Experience @ La Jolla Athenaeum
- Son Of Kane @ Pour House (5-8pm)
- I-90 @ Navajo Live
- Dark Alley Dogs, Deathboys, The Rob Jones Band (OC) @ Pour House (9pm)
- Disney's The Little Mermaid @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (2pm)
- North County Unplugged @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista (1-6pm)
- Desert Throne @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista (6-6:$5pm)
- Milk Money @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista (7-10pm)
- The Sea Monks @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (1-4pm)
- Club 90s Present Midnight Memories One Direction Night @ House of Blues
- Orgie Alcasid @ Sycuan Heritage Event Center
- FIT Yoga @ The Shell, Embarcadero Park South (9:30am)
- The Routine @ The Holding Company
- The Runts, Desmadre, All Beat Up, Peace Clinic, Gass @ Tower Bar
- @III.exist presents Joule$, Yung Mhoon, Stigma, T-Chronic, Ari Daniels, Ignored by Myself, and Bobby Jr. @ Queen Bee's
- Payton Taylor @ Moonshine Beach
- Canaan Cox @ Moonshine Flats
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Wacken Metal Battle - Final Round with Blackcast, Kosmic Dragon, Tzimani, Naranca, Mythraeum, California Villain @ Brick By Brick
- Bear Night, DJ Jon Williams @ The Merrow (9pm)
- The San Diego Golden Girls @ The Merrow (5:30pm)
- Holly Hofman @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel
- Kiss Tribute Dressed To Kill @ 710 Beach Club
- GrooveSession @ Winston's (9:30pm)
- Pat McBride Band @ Winston's (2-5:30pm)
- 3rd Project @ Tio Leo's
- Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
- Backwater Blues @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
- Hood Politics — Naughtical Nonsense: Night Fade @ SPIN
- Well Well Well, Pink Skies, Nitelapse, Purple Kief @ Casbah
- Ronny Chieng @ Balboa Theatre
- Mo Lowda & the Humble, Airpark @ Soda Bar
- Trever Keith (of Face to Face), Sammy Ruiz @ Whistle Stop
- Watkins Family Hour, Alex Woodard @ Belly Up
- Mad Hat Hucksters @ Panama 66
- San Diego Sockers vs Ontario Fury @ Pechanga Arena
- Teddy Swims - Tough Love World Tour, Stephen Day @ The Observatory North Park
- We Are The Union, Half Past Two, Eichlers @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
- Velocity Irish Dance @ Poway Arts
- Dayseeker, Holding Absence, Thornhill, Caskets, Ikana @ Soma Sidestage
- Tumua Tuinei @ Music Box (Doors 4pm & 7pm)
- Elyssa's Birthday Bash with Spray Allen- Punk Cover Project- Thrill Killers- Jokers Hand- Cappo Kelly and Split Finger @ Winston's (2pm)
- Silkroad Ensemble: Home Within @ The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
- Karaoke "Jose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke - San Diego's Best Karaoke" @ Winston's (8pm)
- Disney's The Little Mermaid @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (2pm)
- Asylum of Ashes, Kushtaka, Living Darkness, Blackcast @ Til-Two Club
- Bears SD Sock Hop & Easter Basket Drive @ The Merrow (5pm)
- Karaoke - Special Early Edition @ The Merrow (12pm)
- Jazz Jam @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista (6-9pm)
- Jazz Night. with Miss Erika Davies & Co. @ Sycamore Den (6-8pm)
- Sara Petite @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (1-4pm)
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Anthony Ortega Jazz Quartet @ Mr. Peabody's
- Rob Thorsen @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel (10:30am-1:30pm)
- Sunday Soulstice @ Quartyard
- Destroyer of Light, Mezzoa, Formula 400 @ Brick By Brick
- Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
- Thea the Band, Dirty Confetti @ Navajo Live
- Lovalot @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (6pm)
- Marcelo D2 US TOUR San Diego @ SPIN
- Karoake @ 710 Beach Club
- Spacewizardinspace, Francis Roberts, Dark Friends, Fredrik Farnstrom @ Casbah
- Summer Salt, Renata Zeiguer, Kate Stephenson, John Myrtle @ Soda Bar
- IYP Presents: Black Ends (Seattle), Moon Talk, No Interest @ Tower Bar
- Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
- Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, DJ Heather Hardcore @ The Merrow
- Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House
- Monday Blues Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
- Monster Energy/Outbreak Tour: Zero 9:36, Fame On Fire, Yung Garzi @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
- Michele Lundeen @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (6pm)
- Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Karaoke @ The Holding Company
- Skarhead @ Bancroft
- Caliente Mondays Salsa y Bachata @ Tio Leo's
- Karaoke @ The Holding Company
- Markland RetzerBand, Slack Key ‘Ohana @ Navajo Live
- Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach
- Mic'd Up at Moonshine @ Moonshine Flats
Tuesday, April 5, 2022:
- Pinegrove, Peaer, Drench Fries @ The Observatory
- Rebecca Jade - A Tribute to the Music of Sade @ The Jazz Lounge
- Marujah, Chloe Lou & The Liddells, Smoke & Mirrors Sound System @ Casbah
- Delta Sleep, Caracara, Positioner @ Soda Bar
- Zak Najor, Alex Ciavarelli & Ken Dow @ Tower Bar
- Katastro, Kat Hall Band, The Resinators, Alific feat. Man of the Forests @ Music Box
- Jesse & Joy, Cliches Tour, Little Jesus, Chule @ SOMA
- Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra @ Tio Leo's
- Reggae Tuesdaze Presents Dylan Keawe & DJ Larry Lux @ The Holding Company
- JG – James Gossett @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (6pm)
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Blues Berry Jam @ Queen Bee's
- Trivia Night @ 710 Beach Club
- Karaoke @ The Merrow
- Karaoke @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
- Bluesday Tuesday - Open Blues Jam @ Winston's
- Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
- Terrible Tuesday All Vinyl DJ Night wtih DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House
- Karaoke @ Peabody's
- Trivia Night @ Park & Rec
- Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live
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