Things To Do In San Diego: Wednesday, August 17-Tuesday, August 23, 2022: The Bellwether Syndicate | Shakey Graves | En Vogue | Surefire Soul Ensemble | BeerX | The Head And The Heart | Kid Cudi |

The Head And The Heart (Taken 8.2.2019)

I don't think we're done with the pandemic, but it seems life is moving as if it is so and it's interesting to see how differently it is being handled by artists and particularly their management. On the one hand, bands who were playing small venues before the pandemic came right back to those small venues to test that their fan base was still there and seeking them out. Then there are other artists who could play smaller venues who somehow think during the pandemic that their fans just couldn't wait to see them and thus overbooked themselves...playing venues waaaaay too big for them and then crying about it when they're not moving tickets. I've always believed venues should let you know what their calendars look like moving forward, but it isn't the venue's duty to make your fans for you...if people don't know you or haven't heard you, it is on you to make them know you...not my job to introduce you to the world and sell 500 or 700 or 1200 or 2300 tickets for you. Artists need to check themselves, check their management, and come back to this reality and book appropriately. The Head and The Heart selling out two nights at Humphrey's is amazing, but some of these bands coming through are just shooting way too high. Come back to earth in this 'post-pandemic' world or start working on getting Tik-Tok famous. 

Also, if you're here reading my nonsense, thank you. For my friend that gave me a big fat Venmo tip for my work, thank you, especially. Your tip will get us an amazing takeout dinner at our favorite spot and that is kinda everything. xoxox 

New Show Announcements:

• September 19 - Atomic Sexies, Mochilero All-Stars, Taller Children @ Casbah
• September 23 - Gavin DeGraw: Face the River Tour @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• September 28 - Tyson Motsenbocker @ Casbah
• October 6 - Max Bemis @ Casbah
• October 6 - DEHD, EXUM @ Observatory
• October 9 - Remember Magic: A Tribute to Ray Raposa @ Casbah
• October 22 - Little Hurricane & The Silent Comedy @ Belly Up
• October 28 - T.S.O.L. @ Casbah
• November 3- Guster @ Belly Up
• November 10 - Trever Keith (of Face to Face) @ Casbah
• November 16 - John Craigie - Keep It Warm 2022 Tour special guest Anna Moss (of Handmade Moments) @ Belly Up (seated show)
• March 9 - Adam Melchor @ Music Box
• April 12, 2023 - They Might Be Giants @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay

Wednesday, August 17, 2022:

• Little Bird, Andrew St. James, Big Yen @ Casbah
• One Hot Planet, Some Suns, Audrey & The Sound Gallery @ Soda Bar
• Porangui, Ashley Klein @ Music Box
• Six String Society ft. Anthony Cullins and Carl Verheyen, Richard Smith @ Belly Up
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
• Twilight in the Park: Bump City Brass @ Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park (Free,6:30-7:30pm)
• POUND, Fermentor, Inus @ Til-Two Club
• Here There Are Blueberries @ La Jolla Playhouse
• Dial M For Murder @ The Old Globe
• A Midsummer Night's Dream @ The Old Globe 
• Ragtime: The Musical @ The Moonlight
• TSwiz Party @ The Holding Company
• Eyehategod and Mizmor @ Brick by Brick
• The Jazz Pocket Swing @ Tio Leo's
• Ashley Mazanec Trio @ Seven Grand
• Carte Blanche - House Music @ Park & Rec
• SummerFest: Synergy Under the Influence: Cecile McLorin Salvant @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• Chase Morrin Trio @ The Jazz Lounge
• Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
• IYP presents: Primer, Flaw Lust, Memory Theater @ Tower Bar
• Clash of the Comedians @ Winston's 
• Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Trivia Wednesdays @ QUartyard 
• Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's 
• Trivia Night @ Navajo Live
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Dustbowl Diamonds @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club

Thursday, August 18, 2022:

• The Bellwether Syndicate, Then Comes Silence, DJ Robin Roth @ Casbah
• Kiltro, Lucky Spell @ Soda Bar
• Shakey Graves, Jade Bird @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (Sold Out, Standing Show)
• Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse + Randy Randall (No Age) @ Whistle Stop
• Dopapod, GrooveSession @ Belly Up
• Tedeschi Trucks Band: Wheels of Soul 2022, Los Lobos, Gabe Dixon Band @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Summer Sessions - Artists for Planned Parenthood @ Julep (1735 Hancock Street)
• Primaveras, The Howls, Smiling, No Car Garage @ Music Box
• Pink Martini @ The Shell
• Sammy Hagar Appearance, Handing Out Sammy’s Beach Bar Cocktail Co. Drinks @ Beach House (3-7pm, Hagar Drink Distribution 4-4:20pm) 
• Pre-Padres Game Happy Hour with Sammy Hagar Appearance, Handing Out Sammy’s Beach Bar Cocktail Co. Drinks @ Tin Roof (4-7pm, Hagar Drink Distribution 5-6pm) 
• Tony Jaw Karaoke Competition @ Ken Club
• Cookies Present: OhGeesy - Geezyworld Tour, BlueBucksClan, DJ Vision @ The Observatory
• Slappin’ Hands with Ric Scales @ Til-Two Club
• The Jankeys, Farnsworth, Mojo Wired @ Pour House 
• Twilight in the Park: Santana Ways @ Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park (Free,6:30-7:30pm)
• Padres vs. Washington Nationals (Joe Musgrove Bobblehead giveaway) @ Petco Park
• SummerFest: Synergy: An Evening of Kurt Weill @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• Faraway Beaches, Cannon Wildu @ Seven Grand
• Here There Are Blueberries @ La Jolla Playhouse
• Dial M For Murder @ The Old Globe
• A Midsummer Night's Dream @ The Old Globe 
• Ragtime: The Musical @ The Moonlight
• Long Beach Dub Allstars @ The Holding Company
• Victoria Robertson @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel
• Jive Chops @ Riviera Supper Club
• Chase Morrin Trio @ The Jazz Lounge
• Ron Houston & The Berry Pickers @ Salvation Stage, House of Blues (FREE)
• Vegas and the Odds, Faux Pas, Cranial Vacancy, Diana Death @ The Bancroft
• Jenny & the Tramps @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• D.Wrex, Ty. Dakota, Chocking Breath @ Tower Bar
• Aztec Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
• Thursday Social DJ Set @ Park & Rec
• Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Good Friday Nite Market @ Quartyard 
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Tommy Vext (Formerly of Bad Wolves) @ Ramona Mainstage
• Thursday Night Karoake @ Luau Bar 
• Manzanita Blues @ Tio Leo's
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, August 19, 2022:

• A Conversation with Authors Nabil Ayers My Life In The Sunshine & James Spooner (Creator of AfroPunk) The High Desert, + Performance by The Color Forty Nine @ Vinyl Junkies Record Shack (Music at 6:15pm, Author Discussion 7pm, Free, All Ages)
• San Diego Magazine Best of San Diego Party @ Legacy Plaza, Liberty Station
• Emo Nite @ Casbah (Tickets at the Door)
• The Bombpops, The Last Gang, Sands @ Soda Bar
• En Vogue @ The Park at Viejas Casino 
• Beatles vs Stones @ Belly Up
• Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: "Who Do I Think I Am?" Tour, Mal Hall @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (Sold Out)
• F!#KIN In The Bushes @ Whistle Stop
• Disco Inferno: A '70s Celebration @ The Shell 
• Padres Countryfest/Game vs Nationals @ Petco Park 
• The Temple of Mercy (Sisters of Mercy Tribute), DJ sets by Aaron Wallace @ Ken Club
• Chase Atlantic: Cold Nights Tour 2022, Leah Kate, Xavier Mayne @ SOMA
• Protrctorvalley Monsters, The Microblades, The Inflorescence, TheREnters @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
• Matt Smith Organ Trio @ Panama 66
• Markus Schulz, Jonathan Lestat, ADRO @ Music Box
• Atomic Groove's Summer Groove @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• Church of the Cosmic Skull, Black Box Revelation, Ruby The Hatchet, Lord Buffalo, Psychlona @ Brick By Brick
• SummerFest: Encounter: Dance For PD @ The Jai, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• SummerFest Community Concert @ The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• Here There Are Blueberries @ La Jolla Playhouse
• Dial M For Murder @ The Old Globe
• A Midsummer Night's Dream @ The Old Globe 
• Ragtime: The Musical @ The Moonlight
• Kung Fu Hussle, South End, Bortree, Alex Beccari, Arm and Hammers, Honey Pot @ Che Cafe
• Rank Ocean, Zen & The Birds of Appetite @ Black Cat Bar 
• The Rocketz, The Lonely Stars, Wreckin’ Katz @ Til-Two Club 
• Ben Zinn @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
• Coriander @ Moonshine Beach 
• True Villains @ Moonshine Flats 
• Sonjorombe @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• The Jamberries @ The Rabbit Hole
• Live Music @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
• Full Strength Funk Band @ The Holding Company
• Tyler Ray @ Salvation Stage, House of Blues (FREE)
• TAH REI @ Riviera Supper Club
• The Good Vibes Band @ Seven Grand
• DJ Boogie Blanco & Friends @ Park & Rec
• The B Sections @ Fast Times 
• Universe Peoples @ Winston's 
• Marked;Life, Young Misery, Sullen Eyes @ Tower Bar 
• The M80s @ Pour House (5-8pm)  
• Taryn Donath @ Pour House  
• Empowered Art Society's - Art Show @ The Merrow
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Kino Village presents Casmalia (Insomniac | Night Bass) @ SPIN
• Soul Persuaders @ Tio Leo's
• Rising Star @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Sonic Moonshine, Stone Velvet Pilots @ Navajo Live 
• Sonic Tonic @ Mr. Peabody's
• The Highwayman Show @ Ramona Mainstage
• Sake and Karaoke Fridays @ Mikami

Saturday, August 20, 2022:

• Surefire Soul Ensemble, Helena Holleran, Divina @ Casbah 
• 6th Annual Festival of Books @ USD (10am-5pm, Free, All Ages)
• BeerX feat. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Chicano Batman, Pachyman, Smoke & Mirrors Sound System, Los Tortugas @ Waterfront Park
• Summer Fun Food Festival @ Bates Nut Farm (4-8pm)
• Top Ranking Boxing: WBO World Featherweight Championship: Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete vs Eduardo “El Gemelo” Baez,  Welterweight: Giovani “Gallo de Oro” Santillan vs TBA, Middleweight Rematch: Nico Ali Walsh (grandson of Muhammad Ali) vs Reyes Sanchez @ Pechanga Arena (3:30pm)
• Noche De Verano Sin Ti: Celebración de Bad Bunny! @ Soda Bar
• OneRepublic: Never Ending Summer Tour, Needtobreathe @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre 
• Same Same But Different Pre-Party: BoomBox featuring The BackBeat Brass, Sunsets, Nok Nok @ Quartyard
• Oceans (Pearl Jam tribute), @ Pour House (9pm) 
• Undead Sunset, Flower Animals, Mother Grundy, Pastel Cells @ Che Cafe
• Be Maeva @ Seven Grand 
• The Real Fast Times All Class Reunion / Band Jam - Clairemont High School @ Belly Up  
• 80s vs. 90s vs. Y2K w/ DJs Gabe Vega & Friends @ Whistle Stop
• Joshua White & his trio perform the music of Wayne Shorter @ Dizzy's
• Marc Ford @ Museum of Making Music 
• The Ragman Band @ The Rabbit Hole 
• Giselle @ Panama 66
• Klub Nocturno @ Music Box
• The Oddz, Heart Of Blondie (Blondie tribute) @ Pour House (5-8pm) 
• Here There Are Blueberries @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm & 8pm)
• Nicey Nice World, Dramedy @ Black Cat Bar 
• Dial M For Murder @ The Old Globe (2pm & 8pm)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream @ The Old Globe 
• Ragtime: The Musical @ The Moonlight
• Padres vs. Washington Nationals @ Petco Park
• SummerFest: Synergy: The Planets @ The JAI, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• Cabaret in the Courtyard: Elvis Presley - The King is Alive! @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• The Brass Cats, The Oddz, Tuesday and the Gypsy @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• The Fountain of Youth, Swive and the Letdown @ Fast Times 
• Fast Heart Mart @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
• Norma Jean, Emery, Watashi Wa, Aaron Gillespie, Idle Threat @ House of Blues
• Captain Morgan Lee @ Salvation Stage, House of Blues (FREE) 
• Cuffin DJ Sets @ Park & Rec
• Machine Politik, Broke Bastards @ Bancroft Bar
• Quel Bordel! @ The Holding Company
• Red Headed Strangers @ Riviera Supper Club
• Art Buzz - Corpus, Winter Wind, Rank Ocean, Fög, Mountain Tamer, Trit 95, Kan-Kan @ Tower Bar
• True Villains @ Moonshine Beach 
• Cassie B Project @ Moonshine Flats 
• Sad Girlz Club, Awesome &roid (Japan), Matt Caskitt @ Til-Two Club (5-8pm)
• Eternal Night @ Til-Two Club (9pm)
• Joey Harris & The Mentals @ Mr. Peabody's
• Incantation, Goatwhore, Bewitcher, Mongrel @ Brick By Brick
• Holly Hofman @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
• Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• TECHNICHE X OVERDRIVE @ SPIN
• Live Music Cover Band @ 710 Beach Club
• WCK Full Rules Muaythai @ Heritage Event Center, Sycuan Casino 
• Kevin Kinsella, Dylan Keawe @ Winston's (9:30pm)
• The Travel Agents @ Winston's (4pm)
• Suede Radio Birthday and Farewell Par-tay @ Winston's (1pm) 
• Tradewinds @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Groove Line @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Serious Guise @ Navajo Live
• LV/DC (Sin City’s Tribute to AC/DC) @ Ramona Mainstage 

Sunday, August 21, 2022:

• Gipsy Kings feat. Nicolas Reyes, Al Olender @ The Shell 
• Francis Blume, Lauren Leigh, Lindsay White, Gypsy Sally @ Casbah
• Spud Cannon, Sorry It's Over, small talk. @ Soda Bar
• Beach Punx Fest feat Moe and the Failure, Strychnine Ninety Nine, The Touchies, The Calvins, Upper Downer, Midnight Track, War Fever @ Winston's (2pm)
• Mad Hat Hucksters @ Panama 66
• Benefit Concert For Robert Bush feat. Rob Thorsen, Holly Hoffmann and more @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel (6-8pm)
• Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: "Who Do I Think I Am?" Tour, Mal Hall @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (Sold Out)
• Twisted Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac Re-Imagined) @ Belly Up 
• Sunday Organ Concert with Civic Organist Raul Prieto Ramirez @ Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park (Free, 2pm)
• Padres vs. Washington Nationals (Padres KidsFest) @ Petco Park
• Toiling Midgets, Suburban John (ex Suburban Lawns), Hector Penalosa, LMA, Robert Lopez @ Tower Bar
• Doll Riot, Inflorescence, Messy Hera @ Pour House (5-9pm)
• Sasquatch, Hippie Death Cult, Nebula Drag @ Brick By Brick
• Here There Are Blueberries @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm & 7pm)
• Dial M For Murder @ The Old Globe (2pm & 7pm)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream @ The Old Globe 
• Ragtime: The Musical @ The Moonlight
• Rob Thorsen @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel (10:30am-1:30pm)
• Karaoke "Jose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke - San Diego's Best Karaoke" @ Winston's (8pm)
• San Diego Jazz Fest with Uptown Rhythm Makers @ Tio Leo's (1-4pm)
• Cabaret in the Courtyard: Elvis Presley - The King is Alive! @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Salsa y Bachata @ Moonshine Beach 
• In Concert Variety Show @ The Merrow (5pm)
• Jazz Jam with Dylan Soto @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Live Music @ Sycamore Den (6-8pm)
• Chiddy Bang Live @ The Holding Company
• Red Heeled Stranger @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
• The Cover Brothers @ Fast Times 
• Sunday Sessions with West County @ 710 Beach Club (3pm)
• Anthony Ortega Jazz Quartet @ Mr. Peabody's
• Soul Sunday @ Quartyard (5-9:30pm)
• Sunday Funday w/ DJ Julz & Friends @ Park & Rec (3pm)
• Robin Henkel @ Salvation Stage, House of Blues (FREE)
• Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
• Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Dream Gypsy, Waltz + Wyatt, Wili Flemming, Zach G @ Navajo Live 
• Karoake @ 710 Beach Club
• Trivia and Sake Nights @ Mikami
  

Monday, August 22, 2022:

• The Head and The Heart - Every Shade of Blue Tour 2022, Dawes @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (Standing Show, Sold Out)
• Poison Hearts A.C., Rogue Stereo, JAWS @ Casbah 
• Loving, Sam Burton @ Soda Bar
• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Tower Bar 
• “Biking is For Everyone”: Bike the Bay Invites Community to Bike In-Person Along San Diego Bay 
• San Diego International Summer Organ Festival with Musart Duo (Maria Teresa Sierra - piano & Raul Prieto Ramirez - organ) @ Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park (Free, 7:30pm)
• 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
• Ghorot, Kushtaka, Lvcifierian Death Mechanism @ Til-Two Club
• Paradise Lost, Samael, Year of No Light @ Brick by Brick
• Lauren Leigh & the Low Keys @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
• Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• Caliente Mondays Salsa y Bachata @ Tio Leo's
• Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• Majestic 12, Kris Olsen, Lucky Lehrer and The Banned @ Navajo Live 
• Writer's Round @ Park & Rec (6pm) 

Tuesday, August 23, 2022:

• The Head and The Heart - Every Shade of Blue Tour 2022, Dawes @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay (Standing Show, Sold Out)
• Frau Eva, Tuxedo Cake, Pip Lewis @ Casbah
• Soft Cell @ The Magnolia
• Kid Cudi, Denzel Curry, Strick @ Pechanga Arena
• Theo and The Zydeco Patrol @ Tio Leo's
• Flying Lotus, Hiatus Kaiyote @ The Shell 
• Twilight in the Park: Stars On The Water @ Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park (Free,6:30-7:30pm)
• Sketch Party @ Whistle Stop
• Tuesday Boogaloo with Zach Najor @ Tower Bar 
• Dial M For Murder @ The Old Globe
• A Midsummer Night's Dream @ The Old Globe 
• Padres vs vs. Cleveland Guardians @ Petco Park 
• Reggae Tuesdaze Presents The Resinators, DJ Marko @ The Holding Company
• Lauren Leigh & the Low Keys @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• SummerFest Artist Lounge: Caroline Shaw @ The Atkinson Room, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• SummerFest: Open Rehearsal @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center (Free, 2:30pm)
• LP Live Five (Leonard Patton) @ The Jazz Lounge (10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 7:30pm)
• Amenra, Liturgy @ Brick by Brick
• Open Mic Comedy Night @ The Rabbit Hole 
• Open Vinyl DJ Night @ Til-Two Club
• Trivia Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke @ The Merrow
• Karaoke @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Line Dancing @ Moonshine Flats 
• 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