Things To Do In San Diego: Wednesday, April 20, 2022-Tuesday, April 26, 2022: Hasan Minhaj | Hot Chip | Spellling | Electric Six | Dent May | Earthfair | Orville Peck | Beabadoobee |

Beabadoobee Appears At Humphrey's On Tuesday Night (Taken 10.18.2019)

I was having a conversation with a friend about whether I'll ever get back to the pre-pandemic lifestyle of three or four or seven shows a week and I was quick to answer that it's just not in the cards for me anymore. For starters, I've given up rideshare apps entirely. After they poured millions into Prop 22 and since D quit driving, I'd just rather not support, which makes some shows logistically a little more challenging. I love public transit, but it is made for daytime commuters, not so much late night revelers. Nova is older, so it's not like we can just put her to bed and head out on the town, it has to be a little more planned when we're leaving, or for those all-ages shows she might like, if I can request and secure three tickets instead of just one or two, which publicists generally hate and decline. On top of all that, we're still helping my dad three or four times a week before his bedtime, which ends up taking an hour or so with the drive, right when a headliner would be coming on at most venues, so we just have to arrange too much with our schedules. 

And I assure you, I'm not complaining, but after two years, life is different. I'm different. The risks assessment is different, where none existed before. So you might see me bopping around at shows even if that means fewer of them. And I'll work the shows I'm asked to. But I also may show up 5 minutes before a headliner and cut out halfway through the set just to get by. It's all different. But that doesn't mean that I don't thoroughly encourage massive enjoyment of the great shows coming to town. If this week was pre-pandemic, for example, you'd probably see me at Hasan Minhaj, Wallows, Hot Chip and then racing to catch Spellling afterward, Dent May, Earthfair, Pink Mountaintops, Orville Peck, and beabadoobee. In this life right now, I may actually make it to one or two of those, if I'm really ambitious. It doesn't mean I'm any less grateful that we have amazing options in this City. But I still think if you're inside you should be masking up. 

Congratulations to all the SDMA nominees and winners. I hope it was a great night. 

Stay safe out there. 

Music News:

• Belly Up to manage new Del Mar concert venue at fairgrounds. Remodeled Surfside Race Place expected to open later this year - Pacific San Diego/San Diego Union-Tribune (4.19.22)
  
• 31st Annual San Diego Music Awards 2022 Winners 
• San Diego Music Awards recognizes local artists Thee Sacred Souls, Sara Petite, Lords of the Satellite and more - kpbs (4.19.22)
• The Switchfoot Bro-Am is back on Saturday, June 18th at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas
• Live, in Photos: Coachella 2022 with Billie Eilish, Arcade Fire, Harry Styles, and More - FLOOD (4.18.22)
• Outside Lands 2022 Has Announced Their Lineup. (Official Site)
• Golden Gate Club Passes On-Sale Now
• SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Pusha T, Mitski, and More Announced to Play This Year’s Outside Lands. The event—which also sees Green Day and Post Malone claiming headlining slots—will take place on the weekend of August 5 in Golden Gate Park. - FLOOD (4.19.22)
• New Show Announcements:
• May 12 - Sextile @ Casbah
• May 21 San Diego Freak Out with Wild Wild Wets @ Casbah 
• June 2 - Colleen Green @ Whistle Stop
• June 20 Orgone, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio @ Casbah
• June 24 Bright Eyes @ SOMA
• July 21 - Purity Ring @ Observatory
• July 22 - Purity Ring @ Observatory
• July 23 - Monsieur Perine @ Music Box
• July 23 - Burning Spear: Fan Appreciation Tour @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• July 27 - The Dream Syndicate - 40th Anniversary Tour @ Soda Bar
• July 28 Guerilla Toss @ Casbah
• August 10 -Lost Dog Street Band @ Belly Up
• September 10 - Los Ángeles Azules: De Iztapalapa Para el Mundo Tour @ Viejas Arena 
• October 2 - Rosalia: Motomami World Tour @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre 
• October 6 - Ural Thomas and the Pain @ Soda Bar

Wednesday, April 20, 2022:

• Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester @ Civic Theatre
• Marc Cohn, Chelsea Williams @ Belly Up (Seated Show, SOLD OUT)
• Molchat Doma, Pompeya @ Music Box (SOLD OUT)
• King Whisker, C.Gibbs, Beech City @ Casbah
• Value Select, Jazz Emu @ Soda Bar
• San Diego Gulls vs Abbotsford Canucks @ Pechanga Arena
• Les Filles de Illighadad @ The Loft
• Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres @ Petco Park (1:10pm)
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
• Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• The Corncakes Kiki Ball @ The Merrow
• Tai Verdes, renforshort @ House of Blues
• Bob Fosse's Dancin' @ The Old Globe
• Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Half Hour Late, The Resinators + DJ Apaulo @ The Holding Company
• Militarie Gun & Mil-Spec, Headcount, Glean, Bent Blue @ Che Cafe
• Jazz Pocket Swing @ Tio Leo's
• Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
• Carte Blanche - House Music @ Park&Rec
• Little Stranger, Big Yen @ Winston's 
• Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's 
• Slam Diego: Pro Wrestling & Lucha Libre @ Quartyard
• Blues Jam @ Navajo Live
• Open Blues Jam @ Bancroft Bar
• Skrewball Comedy Night @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club

Thursday, April 21, 2022:

• Wallows, The Regrettes @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (SOLD OUT)
• WILLIS, The Hails @ Casbah
• Dan Andriano & The Bygones, Emily Wolfe @ Soda Bar
• All That Remains, Miss May I, Varials, Tallah @ The Observatory
• Tempers & Leya @ Whistle Stop 
• The Maine, The Happy Fits, Charlotte Sands @ House of Blues
• An Evening With The Music of Cream ft. Will Johns & Kofi Baker @ Belly Up
• The Fall of Troy, Hail The Sun, Seeyouspacecowboy, InTheBackground @ Music Box
• Slappin’ Hands w/ Ric Scales, DJs Root & Dunekat @ Til-Two Club
• Tony Jaw presents Karaoke Madness Tournament @ Ken Club
• Twista @ The Holding Company
• Victoria Robertson @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel
• Ultraviolet with DJ Instagator, My Digital Habit, Warren D @ The Merrow
• Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony @ Joan B Kroc Theatre, Kroc Center
• Bob Fosse's Dancin' @ The Old Globe
• 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
• DJ Mancat @ Mr. Peabody's
• Latin Jazz @ Border X Brewing
• DJ Fresco @ Park & Rec
• Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Manzanita Blues @ Tio Leo's
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, April 22, 2022:

• Hot Chip, Hard Feelings @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Spellling, Carrie Feller, Dear Donna @ Casbah
• Boy Harsher, Troller, Adam Miller @ The Observatory
• 91X Inspired By The Music: SKEGGS, Miloe @ Music Box (SOLD OUT)
• Knocked Loose, Movements, Kublai Khan, Koyo @ Soma (SOLD OUT)
• MIKE + Na-Kel Smith + Mercury @ Soda Bar
• Ultra Q, Benches, Fashion Jackson @ Bridges
• Queen Nation, Lies N Roses @ Belly Up (Sold Out)
• Adam Miller & Inner Magic (formerly of Chromatics) @ Whistle Stop
• DakhaBrakha @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center (SOLD OUT)
• Rent: 20th Anniversary Tour @ Civic Theatre
• Zarak Warak Comedy Show @ The Magnolia
• Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres @ PETCO Park (6:40pm)
• Padres BeerFest (Dodgers) @ Gallagher Square
• Decent People, The Gravities, Heaping Teaspoon, Jehlad & Moonshine Soul @ Ken Club
• Besos Trio @ Panama 66
• Troubadours: The Music Of Carole King & James Taylor @ The Moonlight Theatre
• Atomic Groove’s Parents Nite Out Express Soccer Club Benefit @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• Cold, University Drive, Black Satellite, Dead, In the Headlights @ Brick By Brick
• Lady Psychiatrist Booth @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
• Haley Mae Campbell @ Moonshine Beach 
• Lightning Drive @ Moonshine Flats 
• Rosalyn @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Blake Den @ The Rabbit Hole (6-9pm)
• Spinnie Cooper @ The Rabbit Hole (9pm)
• Gilbert Castellanos @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
• Rival Squad, Missing Limbs, Sucio, Inner Vision @ Til-Two Club
• Band of Gringos @ The Holding Company
• Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony @ Patrick Henry High (2pm)
• Sonic Tonic @ Fast Times
• Dj Thomas Fernandez & Stack-Aly @ Tower Bar
• ONCE @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Rock En Español Live @ Border X Brewing
• Bob Fosse's Dancin' @ The Old Globe
• The San Diego Black Artist Collective @ The Old Globe 
• Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Israel Maldonado Live in the Greenhouse @ Park & Rec
• Mike Pinto @ Winston's 
• Jeff Dunham @ Pechanga Arena
• The Mellow Downs @ Pour House (5-8pm)
• DJ Will Ayyy, Chopper Flynn (album release), Jupiter Flight @ Pour House  
• Locker Room with DJ Eli @ The Merrow
• Calisamba @ 710 Beach Club
• Tube Amp'd @ Mr. Peabody's
• Parmalee @ Live & Up Close, Sycuan
• BB & Company @ Tio Leo's
• DJ Shasta @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9:30pm)
• Daring Greatly @ Navajo Live 
• SD UNION W/ LTJ Bukem & Submorphics, Ghost MD, Horge, DJ Desi @ SPIN

Saturday, April 23, 2022:

• RSD! Record Store Day! Check out your local shops for DJs, Live Music, and RSD limited releases. Vinyl Junkies Record Shack, Lou's, m-Theory, Reanimated, Red Brontosaurus, and more! 
• Landis Bikeway Grand Opening @ Park de la Cruz (3901 Landis Street, San Diego, CA 92105)
• The Evolution of Transportation Illuminated at the Green Transpo Expo @ Westfield North County
• City of Oceanside “Earth Day of Service and Celebration” @ Buccaneer Park (9am-1pm)
• Spring Food Truck Festival @ Bate's Nut Farm (10am-3pm)
• Electric Six, Volk @ Casbah 
• Dent May, Jimmy Whispers @ Soda Bar
• Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mercury Rev @ The Observatory North Park
• An Evening With Grateful Shred @ Belly Up  
• The Farmers @ Navajo Live
• Punks for Autism Presents: Hoods, The Cutthroats, Legions, Triste @ Ken Club
• RIo Peligroso @ Rosie O'Grady's
• BOOTY BASSMENT w/DJs Dimitri and Rob Moran @ Whistle Stop (8:30pm) 
• Shawn Rohlf & Friends @ Whistle Stop (4pm)
• ONCE @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (2pm & 7:30pm)
• San Diego Gulls vs Tucson Roadrunners @ Pechanga Arena
• Pancho Barraza, Banda Cuisillos @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Suicide Dies Tonight with Blackcast, Deadrise, Revitalize, Pudre, Mouthguard, Sidewalk Ends @ SOMA Sidestage
• Tori Roze and The Hot Mess Quartet @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (1-4pm)
• The Chats, Mean Jeans, THICK @ House of Blues
• Joy Again @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres @ PETCO Park (5:40pm)
• Rent: 20th Anniversary Tour @ Civic Theatre
• San Diego Gay Men's Chorus: Broadway, Our Way @ Balboa Theatre
• The San Diego Sound Project: Alex Arango @ Museum of Making Music (7pm, Live or Free Livestream)
• Robin Henkel with Horns @ Panama 66
• Haliene, Escalation @ Music Box
• Dr. Jordan B. Peterson: Beyond Order @ The Magnolia
• Chickenbone Slim @ Pour House (5-8pm) 
• Big Rig Dollhouse, Three Chord Kings, Legendary Swagger @ Pour House (9pm) 
• Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Isata Kanneh-Mason @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center (SOLD OUT)
• Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees Tribute @ The Moonlight Theatre
• Fast Times 5th Anniversary Party with Sonic Moonshine, Big Tooth Comb, Left On Everest @ Fast Times (5-10pm)
• Bob Fosse's Dancin' @ The Old Globe (2pm & 8pm)
• The San Diego Black Artist Collective @ The Old Globe 
• Cabaret in the Courtyard: Simply Sondheim @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (7pm)
• Comedy Show: Ryan Talmo @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Ascension with DJ Robin Roth, DJ Kaerie @ The Merrow (9pm)
• Hickies & Dry Humps @ Park & Rec
• Rosecolored Glasses & American Fire @ Queen bee's 
• Puente @ The Rabbit Hole (9pm)
• Queercore Show: The Gay Agenda, Middle-Aged Queers, Razor Nights @ Che Cafe (7pm)
• Nightmare on 80's Street @ The Holding Company
• IYP Presents: Jagged Baptist Club @ Tower Bar
• Live Music with Slack Key Ohana @ Luau Bar
• R&B Block Party: All White Everything - Attire & Affairs @ Quartyard
• Lightning Drive @ Moonshine Beach 
• Haley Mae Campbell  @ Moonshine Flats 
• Throwback Jams w/ DJs Root & Dunekat (80s/90s/hip hop/funk/RnB) @ Til-Two Club (9:30pm)
• Tim Cappello (Lost Boys, Tina Turner)@ Til-Two Club  (Early Show, 7-9:30pm)
• Resurrection Radio @ Mr. Peabody's
• Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Night Club "Die In The Disco Tour 2022" with Holy Wars @ Brick By Brick
• Kevi Kev & Pho King present the Hillcrest Variety Pack Cabaret and Drag Show @ The Merrow (6-8pm)
• Holly Hofman @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• Diggin Dirt, Lost Monarchs @ Winston's (9:30pm)
• Kevin Thomas Band @ Winston's (4pm) 
• Betamaxx @ Tio Leo's
• Ron Houston & the Berry Pickers @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• bo-lo Presents Alex Kislov @ SPIN 

Sunday, April 24, 2022:

• 30th Annual Multi-Cultural Earth Day @ WorldBeat Center
• EarthFair 2022 @ Balboa Park (10am-5pm)
• Mogwai, Nina Mastasia @ The Observatory North Park
• Pink Mountaintops, Ashley Shadow @ Casbah
• Ways Away, Crossing I's Dotting T's, Sparkler, Yujin13 @ Soda Bar
• The Record Company - Play Loud Tour @ House of Blues
• Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters, Francis Blume @ Belly Up 
• Enjoy, Tommy Midnight, The Mainliners @ Music Box 
• ONCE @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres @ PETCO Park (1:10pm)
• San Diego Sockers Playoffs Round 2 @ Pechanga Arena
• Rent: 20th Anniversary Tour @ Civic Theatre
• San Diego Gay Men's Chorus: Broadway, Our Way @ Balboa Theatre (3pm)
• #IMOMSOHARD: The Getaway Tour @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• John 5, The Haxans @ Brick By Brick
• Turnstyled, Junkpiled (songwriters in the Round) @ Til-Two Club
• Sprague Plays Simon @ Dizzy's
• Beach Punx Sundays@ Winston's (5pm)
• Karaoke "Jose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke - San Diego's Best Karaoke" @ Winston's (8pm)
• Madde, Tarnish, DSCO, The Renters @ Che Cafe (7pm)
• Mama Cass' Birthday Extravagana - In Concert Variety Show @ The Merrow (6pm)
• The Cryptics@ Bancroft Bar
• /si-um/ @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• Karaoke - Special Early Edition @ The Merrow (12pm)
• Jazz Jam @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• The Morning Glory Family. / The Good Gravy Blues Brand @ Sycamore Den (6-8pm)
• Local Band Showcase Presented by Red Hairing @ The Holding Company (4:30pm)
• Vic Mean Guitar Licks @ Fast Times (3-6pm)
• Jungle Poppins @ Pour House (4-6pm)  
• Rip Carson @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (1-4pm)
• The Sunday Wind Down w/Dj Spinnie Cooper and Cariposadar @ Park & Rec (3pm)
• Bob Fosse's Dancin' @ The Old Globe
• The San Diego Black Artist Collective @ The Old Globe 
• Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
• Anthony Ortega Jazz Quartet @ Mr. Peabody's
• Rob Thorsen @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel (10:30am-1:30pm)
• Jess Wright band @ Navajo Live 
• Karoake @ 710 Beach Club

Monday, April 25, 2022:

• Orville Peck - Bronco Tour, Teddy & The Rough Riders @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (SOLD OUT)
• Canceled: Ringo Deathstarr, Rosegarden Funeral Party @ Casbah 
• Supercrush, Mo Troper, Jinx!, Sustains @ Soda Bar
• James Arthur: It'll All Make Sense Tour, Nina Nesbitt @ The Observatory
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's 
• Paul Galbraith, 8-string guitar @ La Jolla Athenaeum (7:30pm)
• Christian Hell (hong kong fuck you), i.O. (canada), Those Darn Gnomes, Zendejas (i.O sitting in on all sets) @ Til-Two Club
• Ines Irawati, piano & Sophie Webber, cello @ La Jolla Athenaeum (Mini-Concert, 12pm)
• Chronic Tiger, Ritz Vanity @ Navajo Live 
• Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, DJ Heather Hardcore @ The Merrow
• Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House 
• Monday Blues Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
• Itzhak Perlman @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• The Bachelor Live @ The Magnolia
• Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
• Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• Caliente Mondays Salsa y Bachata @ Tio Leo's
• Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• Writer's Round @ Park & Rec
• Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Bancroft Bingo Night @ The Bancroft
• Mic'd Up at Moonshine  @ Moonshine Flats 

Tuesday, April 26, 2022:

• beabadoobee, Luna Li, Wallice @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Keb' Mo', Jackie Venson @ Belly Up (Seated Show, Sold Out)
• Hip Hop Battle Bot @ Casbah
• Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin: Stygian Bough, Vouna, Abyssal @ Soda Bar
• together PANGEA: “How to Dye” Tour 2022, Tropa Magica, Sad Park  @ SOMA
• The Offspring: Let The Bad Times Roll, Radkey, Blame My Youth @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Yumi Kurosawa and renowned table player Eric Phinney @ The Loft
• Ric Scales and Its Raw Poke present a night of Hip Hop @ Winston's
• Theo & The Zydeco Patrol @ Tio Leo's
• SKETCH PARTY- Drink & Draw! @ Whistle Stop
• Reggae Tuesdaze Presents Sandollar & Crucial Blend 4 Krystal Dyers Bday Party + DJ Lexy Love @ The Holding Company
• San Diego Gulls vs Stockton Heat @ Pechanga Arena
• Bob Fosse's Dancin' @ The Old Globe
• Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
• Dr. Jordan B. Peterson: Beyond Order @ Balboa Theatre
• Blues Berry Jam @ Queen Bee's
• Trivia Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke @ The Merrow
• Karaoke @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Comedy Open Mic Night @ The Rabbit Hole
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Trivia @ Quartyard
• Terrible Tuesday All Vinyl DJ Night wtih DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House 
• Karaoke @ Peabody's
• Trivia Night @ Park & Rec
• Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live