Things To Do In San Diego: Saturday, December 24, 2022-Sunday, January 1, 2022: Exile on Kettner | Christmas | Marujah | Lady Dottie | Starcrawler | The Greyboy Allstars | Trombone Shorty | Swami John Reis | NYE |

Exile on Kettner Blvd (Taken 2019)

It's officially Christmas Eve and there's so much to do, but as I mentioned in the last post, I stayed up all night and figured it's a chill week so I may as well do the listings through New Year's Day. I was actually kinda surprised how many venue calendars don't update whether or not they're open on Christmas and New Years, but I'm sure you're all smart people and can figure it out. I got some NYE stuff in here, but I'm guessing there are dozens more that I didn't include...reach out to me on socials if there's something you think is relevant to this audience. As for me, I'm on the fence about Saturday morning zoo time or crawling into bed now that I've endured both a Christmas and a Hanukkah movie in the time it took to compile these listings. Whatever I end up doing will be great because it's the weekend and it's Christmas and my only obligations are a couple trays of deviled eggs, getting some sleep, and not letting my social/COVID anxiety overtake me and getting my ass to Exile on Kettner tonight. I gotta tell you though, it isn't reassuring when people who I know were at the Casbah on Monday for the big party are now reporting that they're sick with COVID.

Whatever the day brings, be safe out there. Merry Christmas. And check back, I'll definitely be updating NYE listings as I see more things roll in. 

Saturday, December 24, 2022:

• Exile on Kettner Blvd. @ Casbah (FREE!!)
• Christmas Eve Karaoke & Jose’s Last Show @ Winston's 
• Christmas Eve // Relax, Hang, and Gather ‘Round the Jukebox @ Whistle Stop
• Bonneville 7 @ Pour House (5-8pm, Free) 
• Cosmo Gnostic + more @ Pour House (9pm) 
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Holiday Special Sales & Tunes @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Martin And The Big Nativity Scene @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
• FESTIVUS! Our annual variety show ft. musical guests, dancers, and all the traditional festivus activities @ Til-Two Club
• A Christmas Carol @ Cygnet Theatre
• 1222 Oceanfront: A Black Family Christmas @ New Village Arts
• Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas @ The Old Globe
• Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show @ The Old Globe
• Holly Hofman @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
• Wildside @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (6pm)

Sunday, December 25, 2022:

• San Diego Zoo (9am-8pm)
• San Diego Zoo Safari Park (9am-5pm)
• Sea World (10am-8pm)
• Pour House (2pm-Midnight)
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (5-10pm)
  

Monday, December 26, 2022:

• Marujah, The Zach Guiterrez Trio, True Stories @ Casbah 
• Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Tower Bar
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's 
• 42nd Annual Kwanzaa Celebration – Umoja, Unity @ WorldBeat Center
• Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, DJ Heather Hardcore @ The Merrow
• Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House 
• Monday Classic Rock & Blues Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
• Chickenbone Slim @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
• Caliente Mondays Salsa y Bachata @ Tio Leo's
• Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas @ The Old Globe
• Tequila Mockingbirds @ Navajo Live 
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Karaoke @ Til-Two Club

Tuesday, December 27, 2022:

• Donavon Frankenreiter, Iris And The Shade @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Blue Largo @ Tio Leo's
• Reggae Tuesdaze: Cappo kelley, KNG MKR @ The Holding Company
• The Bayou Brothers @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Something Funky @ The Tower Bar (Free)
• 42nd Annual Kwanzaa Celebration – Kujichagulia, Self-Determination @ WorldBeat Center
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas @ The Old Globe
• Broadway San Diego presents Annie @ Civic Theatre
• Trivia Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke @ The Merrow
• Open Vinyl DJ Night @ Til-Two Club
• Wolfman's Other Brother Band (A Tribute to Phish) @ 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 

Wednesday, December 28, 2022:

• Port of San Diego Holiday Bowl Parade (Harbor Drive,10AM)
• Starcrawler, Harshmellow @ Casbah
• Victims Family + Gibby Haynes, The Paul Green Rock Academy @ Soda Bar
• San Diego Gulls vs Henderson Silver Knights @ Pechanga Arena
• Yachtley Crew, DJ Chris Cote @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
• Karnival of the arts presents Anzio, Legit Lives, Apaulo8, Karnival act by pyrolifics @ The Holding Company
• Dreams We've Had, Bubble Tea & Cigarettes, Matchess, Spacewizardinspace @ Che Cafe
• San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl with Oregon vs North Carolina @ Petco Park (5pm)
• Jason Hanna and the Swingin' Bananas @ Riviera Supper Club
• 42nd Annual Kwanzaa Celebration – Ujima, Collective Work and Responsibility @ WorldBeat Center
• Broadway San Diego presents Annie @ Civic Theatre
• Rockin' Aces @ Tio Leo's
• Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
• Obligerant 20th Anniversary show with Fkenal and Loadblower @ Tower Bar
• Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas @ The Old Globe
• ZenZag, Beech City, Adam Bergoch, DJ Riche @ Winston's 
• Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's 
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Big Blues Jam @ Navajo Live
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Amanda DaRosa Trio @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Mark Fisher @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Trivia @ Quartyard
• Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club

Thursday, December 29, 2022:

• The Greyboy Allstars 30th Anniversary, DJ Greyboy @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Glass Spells, De Lux @ Soda Bar
• Easy Wind @ Belly Up
• Pierce The Veil, Dragged Under, Dead American @ SOMA (SOLD OUT)
• TBA @ Pour House 
• 90s Throwback Party feat. Henry, DJ Pac Man, DJ Ms. Mo, DJ Symphony @ The Holding Company
• Vamp/So Say We All @ Whistle Stop
• 42nd Annual Kwanzaa Celebration – Ujamaa, Cooperative Economics @ WorldBeat Center
• Victoria Robertson @ Veranda Bar, Westgate Hotel
• Leonard Patton Sings Song From the Past Year @ The Jazz Lounge
• Brian Levy with Mikan Zlatkovich @ Dizzy's
• Karaoke @ The Merrow
• Eureka Sound, Sammy Roots and the Equal Right Band @ Winston's
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas @ The Old Globe 
• Broadway San Diego presents Annie @ Civic Theatre
• 4 Way Street @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Shaynie Rhoads @ Mr. Peabody's
• Aztec Open Mic with feat artists The Breedloves @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
• Thursday Social DJ Set @ Park & Rec
• City Soul Collective @ Til-Two Club
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, December 30, 2022:

• The Greyboy Allstars 30th Anniversary, DJ Greyboy @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• L'Eclair, Pearl & the Oysters, Rogê, San Diego Freak Out DJs @ Soda Bar
• Pants: A Bad Cover Version of Pulp & Oasiz: San Diego's premier tribute band to the kings of Britpop music - Oasis!, DJs - Heather Hardcore, Terryn S, Bcar @ The Merrow
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, TheRattyShow @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Dizzy Wright, Lutan Fyah, T-Irie Dread, Tony Dee9, Rhymestyletroop, Layne Tadesse @ Music Box
• OMFG! NYE 2022 - NIGHT 1:Porter Robinson (DJ Set), 2TD, Acraze, Autograf, Jessica Audiffred, Said The Sky, San Holo @ Pechanga Arena 
• Legions + more tba @ Ken Club
• Pierce The Veil, Dragged Under, Dead American @ SOMA (SOLD OUT)
• Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
• Jonathan Ford @ Luau Bar
• Whiskey And Burlap @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
• The Breedloves @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• The Reflectors @ Fast Times
• Wild Planet 1980s Dance Party  with Camila Robina, Steph Raffe, Vaugn Avakian @ Whistle Stop
• Revenge Bodies @ Bancroft Bar 
• Live Music @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas @ The Old Globe (11am & 3pm)
• Broadway San Diego presents Annie @ Civic Theatre
• DJ Boogie Blanco & Friends @ Park & Rec
• Doah's Daydream, Lot 49, Dj Doralee @ Winston's 
• Audio Perdisco, Anthony Cullins @ Pour House  
• Cassie B Project @ Moonshine Beach 
• Coriander @ Moonshine Flats 
• Rock Out For Chris: A Benefit Show feat. Doc Hammer, Roger!, Zaniak @ Til-Two Club
• The Luvalot Band @ Tio Leo's
• Wildside @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Jiggawatt, Black Star Sinners @ Navajo Live 
• Halo Effect @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Wotown @ Quartyard 
• John Murray Quartet @ The Jazz Lounge
• Proper After Dark: Colyn + Azzecca + Simone Glad @ SPIN
• Sake and Karaoke Fridays @ Mikami

Saturday, December 31, 2022 (New Year's Eve):

• New Years Eve Boogaloo with The Greyboy Allstars 30th Anniversary, DJ Greyboy @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Swami John Reis (Full Band) & Mrs Magician @ Soda Bar
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, TheRattyShow @ Belly Up  
• Pierce The Veil, Dragged Under, Dead American @ SOMA (SOLD OUT)
• Low Volts NYE with Midnight Whiskey Toast @ Seven Grand (Free, Music at 10am)
• CRSSD Proper NYE feat Lane 8, Chris Lake and more @ Petco Park (3pm)
• 2023 New Year's Eve Party: Ziggy Shuffledust and the Spiderz from Mars, Electric Warrior, DJ Heather, DJ Camilla Robina @ The Merrow
• Time Warp New Years Eve Party with No Duh @ Encore Event Center
• NYE with DJ Mike Delgado, Josexxx, Mars @ Til-Two Club
• NYE Booty Bassment 2022/2023 Edition @ Whistle Stop ($20)
• NYE Soiree with The Ryan Hiller Band @ Bernardo Ballroom
• Alternative New Year’s Eve Ascension 2023 @ WorldBeat Center
• Bob Moses @ Bloom
• OMFG! NYE 2022 - NIGHT 2:  RL Grime, Gryffin, Isoxo, JSTJR, Mayko, Nurko, Ship Wrek, Tsu Nami @ Pechanga Arena
• Big Night San Diego with Schmidt Happens, Maximo, DJ Artistic, Pat Premier, Carter Cruise, FlashPants, D-Rock, DJ Shy, DJ Felt One, DJ Mane One,  DJ Pancakez, Bozito @ Hilton Bayfront 
• NYE Goth Prom Featuring DJs: Bidi Cobra, Lance Liquidgrey, Vannah Vicious, 7th Stranger @ Ken Club
• Beats Antique, Red Giant Project @ Music Box
• NYE Soiree with Black Cat Wax @ Black Cat Bar
• FREE NYE with Vaughn Avakian @ Live Wire 
• This New Years Eve with Mamabear, Nervous Recs, Famous Lee @ Part Time Lover
• A Classic Metal New Year with Great Electric Quest!, Black Mercy Riffs (LA), Condor @ Pour House (9pm) 
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• NYE 2023 with The Gravities + champagne toast @ The Rabbit Hole 
• NYE Beach Party (All Inclusive Open Bar & Hors D'ouevres) @ The Catamaran
• NYE 2023 with DJs & Dancing, Drink Specials, Champagne Toast @ West Coast Tavern
• NYE @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• NYE at The Office with DJ Qure & Jamie Selects @ The Office 
• Glitz & Glam @ The Hard Rock
• Dj Mo Lyon, DJ Gamma Ray @ Queen Bee's
• Old Fashioned NYE with Jenny & The Tramps @ Prohibition
• Shrek Rave @ House of Blues
• Captain Morgan Lee @ Salvation Stage, House of Blues (FREE) 
• Leonard Patton's NYE Hang @ The Jazz Lounge
• Skrew the Toast! New Years Celebration featuring DJ Ms. Mo and DJ Dirty D @ The Holding Company
• NYE Dance Party @ The Luau Bar 
• Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas @ The Old Globe (11am & 3pm)
• Broadway San Diego presents Annie @ Civic Theatre (2pm & 7:30pm)
• NYE with Coriander @ Moonshine Beach 
• NYE with Cassie B Project @ Moonshine Flats 
• Holly Hofman @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel 
• Electric Waste Band New Years Eve Party @ Winston's 
• 3 Car Garage + party favors, champagne toast, NYC ball drop @ Tio Leo's
• Zedd @ Nova SD
• Ball on Broadway @ Parq
• NYE Bash at the Park with DJ Gemini Nikki @ The Park at Viejas Casino 
• Dinner & Dancing with Mercedes Moore @ Humphreys Restaurant
• New Years Eve with Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Sol Sacrifice @ Aquarius Bar & Grille (10pm-1am) 
• The Shenanigans @ Aquarius Bar & Grille (5-8pm) 
• Proper After Dark: Hot Since 82 + Will Clarke + Maxinne @ SPIN
• PRI @ Mr. Peabody's
• Copycat Killers @ Navajo Live 
• Tao NYE @ LAVO
• New Year's Bender @ Bang Bang

Sunday, January 1, 2023: 

• CRSSD Proper NYD feat Fisher, Kaskade, Sofi Tukker and more @ Petco Park (2pm)
• Rip Carson and The Carin-O-Genics @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado (1-4pm)
• Love Machine: New Years Day with Jimi Jules, Tiefschwarz, Kitsch, Bix King @ Quartyard
• High Noon Grateful Dead @ Aquarius Bar & Grille (12-3pm) 
• Santana Soul @ Aquarius Bar & Grille (5:30-8:30pm)
• Karaoke @ The Merrow (2pm)
• Northern Lights @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (5-10pm)
• Ian Livingstone @ The Holding Company (Rooftop Brunch 10am)
• Football Sunday @ oonshine Beach 
• Broadway San Diego presents Annie @ Civic Theatre (1pm & 6:30pm)
• Proper After Dark: Eli Brown @ SPIN (10pm-4am)