Things To Do In San Diego: Friday, November 29-Wednesday, December 4, 2024: The Avengers | Shallou | Scary Pierre| Thee Sacred Souls| Better Than Ezra| Dinosaur Jr. |

I wasn't gonna publish until Friday, but ended up staying up all night working on them anyway, so here are your listings. If you need a show tonight, Bancroft is your option. Have a nice Thanksgiving and stay safe out there. The zoo has extended hours until 7pm this weekend and Seaworld is open until 8 all weekend, in case you need to know where I'll be when I'm not doing family time or working. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, November 21- Thursday, November 28, 2024: ADULT. | Lucero| Orion Sun| Rise Against| The Surfrajettes} SUUNS| HONNE| Gothsgiving|

It feels like I learned nothing with all my COVID coverage. I had a cold last week, then started feeling better again, so I did all the things, and then you kinda get knocked out again. However, I have noticed that I feel great in the daytime with just some dayquil and lots of fluids and being outside, and then when I'm home, the congestion hits, so maybe that's wall-to-wall carpet thing irritating my sinuses and less of 'sickness'. Regardless, I stocked up on new masks, though I was sad to see Costco no longer carries the N95s we loved, and am trying to mind my space from people as much as I can. 

I haven't put together a diary post because I'm still not recovered from the election, but I will say I had a super great weekend-- besides my zoo time, I hit the Sea World Christmas preview on Friday, and went to the Alpaca Ranch, the Zoo, and Sea World all on Saturday. "Great" isn't the word I'd use for Sunday, but one of my closest high school friends recently died of breast cancer, so while obviously it is horrible, she knew for several years, made an amazing podcast about her fight, and ultimately faced it in a way only she could, so memorializing her and being with old friends was pretty special. And then after all that, I got to see Blind Pilot at the Belly Up, who I realized are in my top 5 all time favorite artists (with Nada Surf, Rocky Votolato, Frightened Rabbit, and The National). I've mostly just been at the zoo this week, but did a beluga interaction at Sea World, too, and now it's Wednesday night and I'm going to see Cyndi Lauper with my mom. Which is another story for another time, but I'm super excited. I hope everyone has a really great week. 

Stay safe out there. Go get vaccinated for Flu and COVID while you still can. 

Thursday, November 21, 2024:

• ADULT., Purest Form, Joyfriend, DJs Vaughn Avakian & Camila Robina @ Casbah
• Lucero, Vandoliers @ The Observatory
• Orion Sun, Cruza @ Music Box (SOLD OUT)
• Big Head Todd and the Monsters 40th Anniversary Tour, Bob Schneider @ The Sound
• Willi Carlisle, Katie Mae @ Soda Bar
• The Expendables, Sitting on Stacy @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Gilbert Castellanos & The New Latin Jazz Sextet @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Ticketed Supperclub Event | 21+| Dinner at 7pm | Show 9pm)
• Latto, Mariah the Scientist, Karrahbooo @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• The Muse, MotherGypsy, Kahlil Nash, Julian Forest, Micah & The Messengers, Jaden G @ Quartyard (Free| All Ages| 5-10pm)
• Max Amini: Live in San Diego @ Balboa Theatre
• Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert @ Civic Theatre
• Dive Bar Saints, The Suede Grenades, Jesse Bloom @ Ken Club
• Spar Customs & Pour House present “Thursday Scene" with The Centuries @ Pour House 
• Zepparella: the Led Zeppelin Powerhouse @ The Holding Company
• Grossmont Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Led by Melonie Grinnell @ The Jazz Lounge
• Blxst: I’ll Always Come Find You Tour, Joyce Wrice @ Gallagher Square, Petco Park
• Nightshade & The Cloudmakers @ Panama 66
• Rey Wolf @ Seven Grand 
• Slappin’ Hands with Ric Scales @ Til-Two Club
• VAMP/So Say We All @ Whistle Stop 
• Buckingham Ween, The Grok @ Winston's 
• San Diego Live Aid – Benefit for Flood Survivors ft. All Fired Up, Supreme Legacy & The Mama’s & Papa’s Experience @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Jason Hanna @ Bull & Bourbon, Sycuan Casino
• The Massacred (Boston) & Prison Postumo (Santa Ana), Brazen Bull, Zaniak @ Tower Bar
• Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! @ The Old Globe 
• Henry VIII @ The Old Globe 
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• Your Local Theater presents... (First Look) @ La Jolla Playhouse 
• Just Like Us @ Stagehouse Theatre, Grossmont College (7:30pm)
• Museum Film Screening: Stewards of the Land/Serán las dueñas de la tierra @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Rodeo Rebellion @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Acoustic Sunsets @ Cannonball, Belmont Park
• Gino and the Lone Gun Men @ Tio Leo's
• Victoria Robertson @ Le Fontainebleau, Westgate Hotel
• Aztec Open Mic with featured artist Abbey Zavala @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Open Decks @ EQ 
• Che Cafe Open Mic @ Che Cafe
• How the Goblin Stole Christmas: An Improv Show @ New Village Arts
• 90s Country Night @ Renegade Country
• Art & Rec @ Park & Rec
• 4EVERFRAT @ SPIN
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, November 22, 2024:

• Rise Against, L.S. Dunes, Cloud Nothings @ The Sound
• Ricky, Buckets, Field Rush @ Casbah
• Hockey Dad, Remo Deive, Tatiana Hazel @ Quartyard
• Club K-Pop @ Soda Bar
• ZZ Ward, Angel White @ Belly Up
• Kathleen Madigan: The Potluck Party @ The Magnolia
• Xavier Wulf: HSG Street Chasers Tour, Idontknowjeffery, Quintin Lamb @ The Observatory
• Modern Wav presents IAMX, Matte Blvck, Louisahhh, Die Sexual, Soft Faith (DJ Set) @ Music Box
• Tres Minutos @ Jacobs Music Center/Symphony Hall
• Smoke & Mirror Sound System @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 8pm | 10pm)
• Chulita Vinyl Club @ Whistle Stop
• Kyshona @ Museum of Making Music 
• The Vinyl Shop, Tristian Brooks, Kyrudian @ Ken Club
• Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (5-8pm)
• Jenny and the Tramps @ Seven Grand 
• The Rat Pack Reborn @ Panama 66
• Ypsitucky, Jonny Wagon Trio @ Black Cat Bar
• Actors, Los Obskuros, The Discussion, Dj Fn1 @ Brick By Brick
• Queer/LatinX Pride Night with Kate, Undead Sunset, Porkboii (solo) @ Che Cafe
• The Sidelong Glances @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• Jesse Barrera, Albert Posis, Takayoshi @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• The Travel Agents @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Headphone, Coastal Wolves, Imagery Machine @ Winston's 
• Kenny Eng & Rob Deez @ The Rabbit Hole (6-9pm)
• Bellakeo - 2000's Reggaeton Night @ House of Blues
• Daniel Bonte & The Bona Fide @ Moonshine Flats 
• Nat Talk: Wild San Diego @ The Nat
• Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! @ The Old Globe 
• Henry VIII @ The Old Globe 
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play @ New Village Arts 
• Just Like Us @ Stagehouse Theatre, Grossmont College (7:30pm)
• CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theatre | joyUS justUS @ Mandeville Auditorium
• Your Local Theater presents... (First Look) @ La Jolla Playhouse 
• Alex Ciavarelli Trio @ The Wu Tsai QRT.yrd, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• Ode to Joy! Two hundred years of great composers @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Pocket Candy @ Riviera Supper Club
• Feed The Beast (featuring Tye Trujillo), Bastardane (featuring Castor Hetfield, son of James Hetfield), Ophidia, Nowhere Safe @ Tower Bar 
• Small Town Heroes @ Pour House (Free| 5-8pm)
• Spar & Pour present Scott H. Biram, Hooten Hollars, 8-Ball Truckers @ Pour House  
• Tube Amp'd @ Mr. Peabody's
• Taking Liberties!: Heather Hardcore, Gary Shuffler, and 13th Vendetta @ Til-Two Club
• Boogie Down Band @ Fast Times 
• Live Band Karaoke @ The Rabbit Hole (9pm)
• Mister Kenova @ Tio Leo's
• Manzanita Blues Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• 3 Car Garage @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Karlos Paez Band @ Lobby Bar, Sycuan Casino
• Evidence Band @ Rank & File, Sycuan Casino
• Jason Hanna @ Bull & Bourbon Sycuan Casino
• Nemesis @ Navajo Live 
• MCCM Kids & Triple Deez…Circus of Souls @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Just Party @ Park & Rec
• Rock en Español: Aress @ Border X Brewing
• Urban Outlaws @ Renegade Country
• Vinyl Slices feat SD Freakout with Andrew McGranahan @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Flashback Fridays with Junior theDISCOpunk @ Mo's
• FNGRS CRSSD presents Kettama, Ciara B @ EQ
• Improv Comedy Show @ New Village Arts 
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Live Music @ Le Fontainebleau Room, Westgate Hotel 
• DJ Kiki and DJ Real @ Moonshine Beach 
• SPIN presents: Detlef @ SPIN

Saturday, November 23, 2024:

• The Surfrajettes, 3LH @ Casbah 
• Trevor Hall: An Evening in a Blue Sky Mind @ The Sound
• SUUNS, Goon @ Soda Bar
• Marc Broussard: Carencro 20th Anniversary Tour, Sway Wild @ Belly Up  
• Modern Wav presents TR/ST, Spike Hellis, Nox Novacula, Soft Faith (Dj Set) @ Music Box
• Sublime With Rome: Farewell Tour 2024, Switchfoot, P.O.D. @ Gallagher Square, Petco Park
• Anthony Cullins @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 8pm | 10pm)
• Marcello Hernandez @ Balboa Theatre
• A Tribute To Ella, Billie, and Sarah @ Jacobs Music Center/Symphony Hall
• Banda El Recodo, Conjunto Primavera, Banda Los Recoditos @ Frontwave Arena, Oceanside  
• Lady Dottie and the Diamonds @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• America @ The Events Center, Harrah's Resort Southern California
• The Police Experience @ Live and Up Close, Sycuan Casino
• The Gun Show (Fest: Sands, Doll Riot, Spunk, Blair Gun, Two Headed Girl, Veto, Dadlore, Virginia Crime, Misfire Eric Schroeder, Forsythia, Preoccupied @ Che Cafe
• The Gay Agenda, Vice Algae, Bat Wings  @ Ken Club
• Los Salvajes @ Panama 66
• El Rey Beer Club End of Year Social with Los Apaches @ Black Cat Bar
• Gypsy Sally @ Seven Grand 
• Taryn Donath @ Pour House (Free| 5-8pm) 
• Heavy Rawk Tribute Night! with Sabbath Buddy Sabbath (Black Sabbath), Funhouse (The Stooges) & Starlady (Pentagram) @ Pour House (9pm) 
• Jump Start @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Trap Karaoke @ House of Blues
• Jesse Barrera, Albert Posis, Takayoshi @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Irving Flores Latin Jazz Series @ The Jazz Lounge
• Funk All-Stars @ The Holding Company
• Roman Watchdogs, Dying Species, The A-Bortz, Making Incredible Time @ Tower Bar
• LED presents CID, Shiba San @ Quartyard
• Daniel Bonte & The Bona Fide @ Moonshine Flats 
• El Kaural, Tardigrade, Rank Ocean @ Til-Two Club
• Jim Allen Band @ Mr. Peabody's
• Emergency Exit @ Fast Times 
• No Innocent Victim, Darasuum, No Luck, Purest Bond @ Brick By Brick
• Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! @ The Old Globe (10:30pm| 2pm| 5pm) 
• Henry VIII @ The Old Globe (2pm| 8pm)
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre (2pm| 8pm)
• Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play @ New Village Arts 
• Your Local Theater presents... (First Look) @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm| 8pm)
• Just Like Us @ Stagehouse Theatre, Grossmont College (2pm| 7:30pm)
• Tierra Caliente Academy of Arts – Winter Recital @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Hockey: San Diego Gulls vs. Ontario Reign @ Pechanga Arena
• High School Football: 2024 CIF San Diego Section Open Division Football Championship @ Snapdragon Stadium
• Neisha's Dance & Music Academy @ Joan B. Kroc Theatre
• Shakedown String Band  @ Winston's 
• Betamaxx @ Tio Leo's
• Kenny Neal w/ Ben Powell @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (7pm)
• Taking Care of Bizzness @ Rank & File, Sycuan Casino
• Darion @ Bull & Bourbon Sycuan Casino
• Totally 80’s Band @ Navajo Live 
• Matchbox Twenty Too @ The Rabbit Hole 
• Konrad Malinowski @ Riviera Supper Club
• Barbwire @ Renegade Country
• Jet Pack Mojo @ 710 Beach Club
• Soul Slices feat King Dutty @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Hickies & Dry Humps @ Park & Rec
• Winter Wonder/Jingle Jams @ Belmont Park
• For Those Who Need House presents Dastan, The Drake Brothers, Victor Souz, Barn-E @ EQ 
• Improvised Comedy with NCIS: North County Improv Squad @ Brooks Oceanside Theatre
• Nerd Comedy @ New Village Arts (8pm)
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Live Music @ Le Fontainebleau Room, Westgate Hotel  
  
• LED presents Shiba San + CID @ SPIN
• DJ Kiki and DJ Real @ Moonshine Beach 

Sunday, November 24, 2024:

• Babe Haven, Rain on Fridays, Doll Riot @ Casbah
• The Thing, The Macks, Plaster @ Soda Bar
• David Shaw (of The Revivalists), Leah Blevins @ Belly Up 
• Think X, Devon Thompson @ Music Box 
• Claudia Gomez presents The SD Tap Fest Jam @ Panama 66
• The Westwinders @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• Neutral Shirt, Worthitpurchase, Stylaster, Kan Kan DJs @ Whistle Stop
• Sunday Jazz with Rob Thorsen's Dynamic Duos @ Tio Leo's 
• Devastation On The Nation Tour presented by Vox&Hops with Morbid Angel, Suffocation, UADA, Knoll, Mortiferum, Fulci @ House of Blues
• Pants Karaoke!! @ Ken Club
• Blood Stained Concrete, Regression, Influencer, Intercom, Sangre, Intermission, Meketa, Tension @ Che Cafe
• Taryn Donath Trio ft. Laura Chavez @ Til-Two Club
• Sometimes Julie, The Innocent Bystanders @ Winston's (4pm)
• Poems, Slum, Summer, Crooked Rulers @ Tower Bar (5-9pm| Matinee show)
• Elizabeth Bowersox, Em Cable Band, The New Guys Band, I-90 @ Navajo 
• Soul Sunday @ Quartyard
• Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! @ The Old Globe (10:30am|2pm|5pm)  
• Henry VIII @ The Old Globe (2pm| 7pm)
• Globe For All: As You Like It @ The Old Globe (12pm| 4pm)
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre (2pm| 7pm)
• Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play @ New Village Arts 
• Punk Rock Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• With Love and Jazz, Devlin @ New Village Arts
• Rich The Stitch presents Sunday Funday Comedy @ Pour House (Free| 7-10pm)
• Magnolco & Pour House present an all-day all-ages holiday event w vendors on the patio: Shop Small-Shop Local! Musical acts TBA @ Pour House (12-6pm)  
• Nekromantix, NIIS, The Dark Ride @ Brick By Brick
• Family Discovery Day – Dance Day: Featuring San Diego Ballet with selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker @ Spreckels Organ Pavilion (2pm, Free)
• Sunday Night Jazz @ Mr. Peabody's (6pm)
• High Noon Grateful Dead Party (12-3pm), AQUARIOKE (5-8pm) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille
• Jackiem Joyner @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (6pm)
• Museum Talk: Aquaponics and Permaculture Design with Michael Nauert @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (2pm)
• Mary Corso & Shell @ Lobby Stage, Sycuan Casino 
• Winter Wonder/Jingle Jams @ Belmont Park
• O.B.-o-ke @ Winston's (8pm)
• Karaoke @ Neon Moon
• Live Music @ Sycamore Den (6-8pm)
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• Salsa, Bachata & Vino @ New Village Arts (8pm)
  

Monday, November 25, 2024:

• HONNE: The Ouch Tour, Liang Lawrence @ The Sound
• CM Wolf & The Backbones, Rockin’ Ryan and the Real Goners @ Soda Bar
• Ranch & Coast’s Anniversary Celebration with Bonnie Foster Productions, Ryan Hiller Music @ Belly Up
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's 
• Michele Lundeen @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Holly Hofmann, flute & Rob Thorsen, flute/bass @ La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (12pm| Free Mini-Concert)
• Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, DJ Heather Hardcore @ EQ (formerly The Merrow)
• Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
• Open Vinyl DJ Night @ Til-Two Club
• Monday Monday Blues & Rock Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
• Groove Karaoke featuring Josie Day @ Navajo Live 
• Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• Industry Bags Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke (8-11pm) @ Pour House 
• Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House 

Tuesday, November 26, 2024:

• DALL, Ash Easton & The Proper, Cassie B, A'Rose @ Soda Bar
• Jimi Hendrix Celebration featuring Jeff Moore & the Witchdoctors with Isaiah Mitchell and Anthony Cullins @ Belly Up
• Soul Persuaders @ Tio Leo's
• Young & Out Of Love Tour - Blake Proehl, Haven Madison, KAIBRIENNE, KAYKO @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Polo G: The Hood Poet Tour 2024 with Skylar Blatt, Scorey, VonOff1700, TwoTiime @ House of Blues
• Madame Mackintosh @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Caballero Homey Jazz Jam @ Bread & Salt (Free, 7-10pm)
• Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! @ The Old Globe 
• Respectfully Christmas @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre
• Your Local Theater presents... (First Look) @ La Jolla Playhouse 
• Acoustic Sunsets @ Cannonball, Belmont Park
• Open Mic Night hosted by Owen Boles @ Winston's
• Vinyl Listening Sessions @ The Jazz Lounge 
• Laura Jane's Musical Trivia & Bingo @ Pour House (6-8pm)
• Familia Loteria @ Border X Brewing 
• Swing Dance Tuesdays @ Queen Bee's 
• Musicians Open Mic Night @ The Rabbit Hole 
• Line Dance Lessons @ Moonshine Beach 
• Trivia @ Fall Brewing (All Locations | 6pm)
• Karaoke @ Pour House 
• Karaoke @ Mr. Peabody's
• Trivia Night @ Fast Times
• Trivia Night/Retro Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live 

Wednesday, November 27, 2024:

• GothsGiving Dance Party with Robin Roth, 7th Stranger, Vaughn Avakian, Javi Nunez, GothCheez @ Casbah
• Queen Nation, Hot Lava @ Belly Up
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
• Robin Henkel @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Marca MP: Simplemente Marca Tour 2024 @ Civic Theatre
• Thanksgiving Eve Industry Party with Coriander @ Moonshine Beach 
• Broadway Rave @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Emo Night Brooklyn Feat. Vicky T of Cobra Starship @ House of Blues
• Kingfish @ The Holding Company
• Jason Hanna and the Swingin' Bananas @ Riviera Supper Club
• Marty Conley's Big Band Express with Daniel J Parc @ Tio Leo's
• 03 Greedo with DJ A-Tron – The Life That I Deserve Tour @ SOMA Mainstage
• Club Culture: Marujah, DJ Unite, Non-Profit @ Winston's 
• Happy Hour with Cast Invade @ Winston's (5:30pm)
• Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! @ The Old Globe (1pm| 5pm)
• Respectfully Christmas @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre
• Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play @ New Village Arts 
• Your Local Theater presents... (First Look) @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm| 7:30pm)
• Pre-Turkey Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Gand Band Woodstock Immersive Experience @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Dark Wave Garden @ Navajo Live
• Messy Era Dance Party @ Whistle Stop
• Shapeshift: Drag| Music| Art with Vivvi The Force, Desiree Dik, Dj Mystic South, Nykky Hex, Chikavara, Monica Madness, Rod Steel, Teddy Bare, Whorchata @ EQ 
• Drag Bingo Wednesdays @ American Junkie
• Trivia @ The Holding Company
• New Life: Danksgiving with Sacha Robotti @ SPIN
• Twisted Trivia Wednesdays @ Quartyard
• F*ckin Thankful @ Park & Rec
• Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
• Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
• Improv with Patrick McInnis @ New Village Arts 

Thursday, November 28, 2024 (Happy Thanksgiving). No listings for today. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, November 14-Wednesday, November 20, 2024: Black Lips| TORA| Pinback| Washed Out| Bay Ledges| Blind Pilot| Cyndi Lauper|

I have a cold and feel like crap, so I'm sorry I've got nothing much to say this week. Stay safe out there. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, November 7- Wednesday, November 13, 2024: Deaf Club | Modest Mouse| BEAT| Stop Light Observations | John Hiatt| Crowbar|

There's no way to pretend that the outcome of the presidential election isn't completely devastating, but if my kid can wake up on Wednesday morning and get himself to school (where his friends wondered at lunch if they or there parents will be deported), then certainly I can suck it up and move forward. If you need live music or to get fucked up at any of the many dance nights, or just need to belly up to a bar and watch karaoke, you have community here. On the opposite scope of things, I'm grateful I didn't drink on election night because it would've made the whole thing and next day way, way worse. Carry on, my beautiful San Diego. At least this is the place we get to call home. (and super shout out to Isaac, who generously donated to this site!)

Stay safe out there. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, October 31- Wednesday, November 6, 2024: SD Halloween Freakout | Creepy Creeps | Southern Culture on the Skids | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | La Santa Cecilia | Men At Work | ELECTION DAY!!

Art by Shepard Fairey. Reference photo by Lawrence Jackson

Great shows this week, but let's be honest. Only one thing matters: election day. 

Please vote. 

Stay safe out there. 

Thursday, October 31, 2024:

• San Diego Freak Out Halloween with Wild Wild Wets, Gary Wilson, Spacehall Sound Machine, DJ Andrew McGranahan, San Diego Liquid Light Society @ Casbah
• Disclosure vs. Fred Again.. Tribute Dance Party@ Soda Bar
• Tornillo "Estilo Fino Tour", Razz @ The Observatory
• Halloween Heat featuring 80's Heat, Bella Lux @ Belly Up
• Breakbot, Irfane, Adam Salter @ Music Box
• Fresh Veggies Micro Brass @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 7pm | 9pm)
• Blackberry Smoke: Be Right Here Tour 2024, Kelsey Waldon @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• A Halloween Extravaganza! Spar Customs presents The Sleepwalkers, Crown City Bombers, Ugly Thingz @ Pour House 
• Bachata Surf with Los Paisanos @ Pour House
• Landon Conrath, Andrew Garden @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• SAD Paramore tribute ; Savage Touch (80s tribute) @ The Holding Company
• Emilie-Claire Barlow @ The Jazz Lounge (6:15 SOLD OUT| 9pm)
• Halloween Night with Djs Kasama & Minister M, Jinxx Mirage @ EQ 
• Halloween Party with DJ Williams Band With June Bug @ Winston's 
• Farm Truck @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Thunder Thursday presents Kisstroyer with DJs Papi Yani, Art Weasel and Steph Raff @ Tower Bar
• The Rocky Horror Show @ Cygnet Theatre
• The Thanksgiving Play @ New Village Arts 
• Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors @ The Old Globe 
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• Taking Liberties! w/ This Unrest (Siouxsie & the Banshees), DJs Heather Hardcore & GothCheez @ Til-Two Club
• Drivin The Bus (6-9pm), Water Spots (3-6pm) | Halloween Costume Contest @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Gypsy Sally @ Seven Grand
• Tube Amp'd @ Mr. Peabody's
• Acoustic Sunsets @ Cannonball, Belmont Park
• Halloween with DJ Kiki @ Moonshine Beach 
• Puro Feeling @ Bull & Bourbon, Sycuan Casino
• We Call It Ballet @ Joan B. Kroc Theatre
• CLOWNHAUSE - Halloween Party! @ Park & Rec
• Victoria Robertson @ Le Fontainebleau Room, Westgate Hotel
• Aztec Halloween Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Karaoke/Halloween Costume Contest @ 710 Beach Club
• Imaginarium “Where Light Meets Magic” @ Las Americas Premium Outlets 
  

Friday, November 1, 2024:

• Dia de Los Muertos with The Creepy Creeps, Scary Pierre, Low Volts, Pavlov's Dogs @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Bikini Trill, Wavy Trees @ Soda Bar
• Ripe, Hembree @ Belly Up
• Las Cafeteras @ UCSD Epstein Family Amphitheatre
• Kimmi Bitter & The Westside Twang @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 8pm | 10pm)
• Mago De Oz: Feliz No Cumpleaños Tour @ The Observatory
• Tinzo + Jojo @ Music Box
• The Artist Collective @ Dizzy's
• ZZ Top: The Elevation Tour, Mike "The Drifter" Flanigin @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Dia De Los Muertos/Halloween Party with Ruling Party, Whatevr, Follow Coffins, Better Before @ Ken Club
• Good Gravy, Austin Stambaugh @ Black Cat Bar
• April and The Funk Junkies @ Belly Up (Happy Hour, 5-8pm)
• Dr. Gabba, DJ Burrito Boy, Heelbite316 @ Brick By Brick
• Gore Fest Presented by Icepick Records@ Che Cafe
• The Dave Gleason Trio @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• Graham Nancarrow @ Moonshine Flats 
• bodie and gio.: The Happy To Be Here With Nobody Else Tour @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Falcon Punch @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Next of Kin @ Mr. Peabody's 
• The B-Sections @ Seven Grand
• Liquor N' The Biscuits @ The Rabbit Hole (6-9pm)
• Live Band Karaoke @ The Rabbit Hole (9pm-1am)
• Strange Legends @ Bancroft Bar
• Lyfe Jennings 20th Anniversary Tour @ House of Blues
• Metalachi @ The Holding Company
• San Diego Opera Presents La Bohème @ Civic Theatre 
• Dia de los Muertos Celebration @ Sea World
• Art San Diego @ San Diego Convention Center
• The Importance of Being Earnest @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre
• The Rocky Horror Show @ Cygnet Theatre
• The Thanksgiving Play @ New Village Arts 
• The Addams Family @ San Diego Junior Theatre
• Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors @ The Old Globe 
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• 29th Annual Museum Día de los Muertos Festival @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (4-9pm)
• The Happys, Strawflower @ Winston's 
• FNGRS CRSSD x KnownUnknown present Mark Broom, Ciara B, Nathan Gorey @ EQ 
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• The Crotches, Hawk Auburn, Axxident, Dj Wenzo @ Til-Two Club
• Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas @ Fast Times 
• 3 Car Garage @ Tio Leo's
• Ristband @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Fleetwood Max @ Navajo Live 
• Amanda Portela @ Riviera Supper Club
• The Hips (6-9pm),  Jazz Jam on The Jetty with AWP (3:30-6pm) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• The Music of Sesame Street, Joe Raposo & Friends, Special Guest Aimee Nolte @ The Jazz Lounge
• Wind Up Dj Sets @ Park & Rec
• Doc Hammer, Lord Howler, -(16)- @ Tower Bar 
• Branded @ Renegade Country
• Rock en Español: Aress @ Border X Brewing
• B!ngo @ Quartyard
• Silver Panda @ SPIN
• Flashback Fridays with Junior theDISCOpunk @ Mo's
• Dj Hevrock @ The Blind Spot (Behind Seven Grand)
• Dj Real Hypha & Dj Kiki @ Moonshine Beach 
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Live Music @ Le Fontainebleau Room, Westgate Hotel 
• Imaginarium “Where Light Meets Magic” @ Las Americas Premium Outlets 

Saturday, November 2, 2024 (San Diego Beer Week):

• Southern Culture on the Skids, Alvino and the Dwells @ Casbah (SOLD OUT| 7pm)
• Día de los Deftones 2024: Idles, Sunny Day Real Estate (performing “Diary”), HEALTH, Paris Texas, Duster, GEL, Qendresa @ Gallagher Square, Petco Park 
• La Santa Cecilia, Carlos y Charlos, Vivir Quintana @ Music Box
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, King Stingray, DJ Crenshaw @ The Shell (SOLD OUT)
• King Gizzard Pre-Show Meetup with Hocus Bogus, Amerikan Bear, Echo Chamber, Illuminati Telethon @ Casbah (12pm)
• CANCELED: Bodega, Blair Gun, Honeymoon @ Soda Bar
• Benjamin Tod & Lost Dog Street Band, Nolan Taylor @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• The Music of Daniel Jackson with The Joshua White Trio @ Dizzy's
• Freestyle Explosion with Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, Exposé, SHANNON, Connie, Lime, Will to Power, Pretty Poison, Nocera @ Frontwave Arena
• Day of the Dead Concert: Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, Rey Wolf @ Quartyard
• Ryan Castro & Blessd @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Laura Cantrell @ Museum of Making Music 
• 524 Brass Band @ Seven Grand
• An evening with Demola the violinist @ Ramona Mainstage
• 11th Anniversary @ Border X Brewing 
• Hockey: San Diego Gulls vs. Abbotsford Canucks @ Pechanga Arena
• Frankie Avalon @ Poway Onstage
• Grupo Duelo: Evitame La Pena Tour @ Balboa Theatre
• Because: A Symphony of Serendipity @ Jacobs Music Center/Symphony Hall 
• Just Let Me Go, Sherblato, Rank Ocean @ Che Cafe 
• Yspitucky, The Lonesome Lowdowns| SDBW with Fall Brewing Co @ Panama 66
• Ana Barbara "La Reina Grupera Tour" @ The Magnolia
• Old Blood: Climax Over America Tour Part 1, Billy King & The Bad Bad Bad, Val Chillmore @ Pour House
• Javier Escovedo, Austin Stambaugh @ Black Cat Bar
• Mas Cafe @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• The Johnny Deadly Trio @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• Cimafunk, Karina Daza @ House of Blues
• Broadside & Bearings, Stateside, Unwell @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• The Music of Sesame Street, Joe Raposo & Friends, Aimee Nolte @ The Jazz Lounge
• Sprung Monkey @ The Holding Company
• Punk Rock Chili Dog Social - Mr Firley, The Mormons, Crap, Strychnine 99, Halloween Jax @ Tower Bar
• Brighton Street Bullies, Deadly Dispute, Heartbreak Hustlers, The Calvins @ Bancroft Bar
• Buzz And The Broncos @ The Rabbit Hole 
• Pinnacle, Cruze Roots, Ocean Natives @ 710 Beach Club
• Graham Nancarrow @ Moonshine Flats 
• City Soul Collective presents Head Hi, Elegant Tern, soul collective DJs@ Til-Two Club
• Call of Tomorrow @ Mr. Peabody's
• Felix Martin, Ando San, Stereosity @ Brick By Brick
• J Boog, Arise Roots @ SOMA 
• San Diego Opera Presents La Bohème @ Civic Theatre 
  
• Dia de los Muertos Celebration @ Sea World
• Art San Diego @ San Diego Convention Center
• The Importance of Being Earnest @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (2pm| 7pm)
• The Rocky Horror Show @ Cygnet Theatre (2pm | 7pm)
• The Thanksgiving Play @ New Village Arts (2pm| 7:30pm)
• Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors @ The Old Globe (2pm| 8pm)
• The Addams Family @ San Diego Junior Theatre
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre (2pm | 8pm)
• Sammy Miller & The Congregation @ The JAI, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center (6pm & 8:30pm)
• De Colores Youth Dance Production @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Bear Night with DJ Jon Williams @ EQ 
• Jah Ollin @ Winston's (9pm)
• A tribute to Blink -182 with Buddha Ranch, Misery Loves Company @ Winston's 
• Full Strength Funk Band @ Tio Leo's
• The Weener Pigs @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Next Level @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Santana Soul (6-9pm), Honeytones (3-6pm), Chicken Wire (12-3pm) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Headmaster, Oasiz @ Navajo Live 
• The Remnants @ Fast Times 
• Big City Hillbillies @ Renegade Country
• Stellita's Groove @ Lobby Bar, Viejas Casino 
• Ryan Tafolla @ Riviera Supper Club
• Over Easy DJ Set @ Park & Rec
• LED presents Angrybaby @ SPIN
• FNGRS CRSSD presents Anjunadeep Open Air San Diego @ Beach House 
• Dunekat @ The Blind Spot (Behind Seven Grand)
• Live DJ @ 710 Beach Club (4-7pm)
• Nerd Comedy @ New Village Arts (8pm)
• Dj Real Hypha & Dj Kiki @ Moonshine Beach 
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Live Music @ Le Fontainebleau Room, Westgate Hotel  
• Imaginarium “Where Light Meets Magic” @ Las Americas Premium Outlets 
  

Sunday, November 3, 2024 (San Diego Beer Week):

• Steel Pole Bath Tub, Owl Be Damned, Wife @ Casbah
• The Band Feel, Saguaro @ Soda Bar
• Men At Work/Colin Hay, Lazlo Bane @ The Sound
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Chickenbone Slim and the Biscuits @ Belly Up 
• La Santa Cecilia, Carlos y Charlos, Vivir Quintana @ Music Box 
• Morris Day & The Time and Sheila E @ Heritage Events Center, Sycuan Casino 
• LED presents The Bread Tour with Sofi Tukker, Shermanology, Carola @ Gallagher Square, Petco Park 
• Jaguar Sunshine Tour: JW Francis, Jaguar Sun @ The Loft, UCSD
• Origami Angel, Arms Length, Macseal, Forests @ SOMA 
• Electriclouieland Presents: Sunday Sermon feat Brian Levy @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 8pm | 10pm)
• Candlelight Aerial: The Best of Hans Zimmer @ Joan B. Kroc Theatre
• Robin Henkel with Horns @ Panama 66
• Voices of our City Community Concert @ Quartyard
• Hockey: San Diego Gulls vs. Abbotsford Canucks @ Pechanga Arena
• Vaultboy, Jordan Suaste @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Culture Clash's 40th Anniversary Desmadre @ Balboa Theatre
• Pants Karaoke!! @ Ken Club
• Sunday Punkday @ Winston's (3pm)
• San Diego Opera Presents La Bohème @ Civic Theatre 
• Art San Diego @ San Diego Convention Center
• Dia de los Muertos Celebration @ Sea World
• The Importance of Being Earnest @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (2pm)
• The Thanksgiving Play @ New Village Arts (2pm | 7pm)
• Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors @ The Old Globe (2pm| 7pm)
• The Addams Family @ San Diego Junior Theatre
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• Soccer: San Diego Wave FC vs Racing Louisville FC @ Snapdragon Stadium (2:30pm)
• Mad Caddies, Authority Zero, Belvedere @ The Holding Company
• Brawley @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• Terror in San Diego, CA with Negative Approach, Haywire, Major Pain @ Brick By Brick
• Concert in the Park Opera 4Kid: Message in a Bottle, with Victoria Robertson & Bernardo Bermúdez@ Spreckels Organ Pavilion (2pm, Free)
• Jazz Jam with Dylan Soto @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Sunday Night Jazz with Cannonball-Coltrane Quintet @ Tio Leo's
• Sunday Night Jazz @ Mr. Peabody's (6pm)
• Jazz Brunch Series @ Q&A Restaurant and Oyster Bar, Oceanside (12-3pm)
• High Noon Grateful Dead Party (12-Sunset) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille
• Sqwerv, Starsign @ Navajo Live 
• Burt Brion @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (6pm)
• O.B.-o-ke @ Winston's (8pm)
• Live Music @ Sycamore Den (6-8pm)
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
• Imaginarium “Where Light Meets Magic” @ Las Americas Premium Outlets 
  

Monday, November 4, 2024 (San Diego Beer Week):

• I Am, Life Cycles, Maul, Serve the Blade @ Soda Bar
• Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters, Fran Moran and The Nervous Wrecks @ Belly Up
• Inhaler, Benches @ SOMA  
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's 
• Willow Avalon, Noah Rinker @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Final Gasp & Upon Stone, Doomslayer, Sangre @ Brick by Brick
• The Jukes @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Sqwerv @ Navajo Live 
• Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet & Alin Melik-Adamyan, piano with guest Alex Greenbaum, cello @ La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (7:30pm)
• Trio Arpavioluta @ La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (12pm | Free Mini-Concert)
• The Voyagers (5-8pm) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Words of Welcome: A Conversation with Roxane Gay @ UCSD Epstein Family Amphitheatre
• Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, DJ Heather Hardcore @ EQ 
• Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
• Monday Blues & Rock Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
• Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• Industry Bags Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke (8-11pm) @ Pour House 
• Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House 

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 (ELECTION DAY!):

• Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra @ Tio Leo's
• nobigdyl.:"the people we became" Tour, Jon Keith, Aklesso @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Real Friends,  Can't Swim, Carly Cosgrove, Slow Joy @ House of Blues
• Joe Bonamassa @ Civic Theatre
• Glen Fisher Jazz Jam @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Caballero Homey Jazz Jam @ Bread & Salt (Free, 7-10pm)
• Mark Fisher (5-8pm) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Acoustic Sunsets @ Cannonball, Belmont Park
• Twilight Movie Night: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind @ UCSD Epstein Family Amphitheatre
• Laura Jane's Musical Trivia & Bingo @ Pour House (6-8pm)
• Familia Loteria @ Border X Brewing 
• Swing Dance Tuesdays @ Queen Bee's 
• Trivia @ Fall Brewing (All Locations | 6pm)
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Karaoke @ EQ (formerly The Merrow)
• Karaoke @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Karaoke @ Pour House 
• Karaoke @ Mr. Peabody's
• Trivia Night @ Park & Rec
• Trivia Night/Retro Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live 
• Imaginarium “Where Light Meets Magic” @ Las Americas Premium Outlets 

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 (San Diego Beer Week):

• Fat Evil Children, Eric Schroeder, JERM @ Casbah
• Meatbodies, Keepers, Chorduroy @ Soda Bar
• The Record Company, Nat Myers @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Wild Child, Susto, Motenko @ Music BoxNduduzo Makhathini @ The Loft
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
• Hanson: Underneath Experience Tour (Acoustic Show), Opener TBD @ House of Blues
• Kaitlin Butts - Roadrunner! Tour, Fancy Hagood @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Hanson - Underneath Experience Tour - DJ Afterparty @ House of Blues
• Slawdog Showcase: Young Fla$h bday and album release party @ The Holding Company
• Rendez-Vous. Velvet Wounds, Dj Fn1 @ Brick by Brick
• Jason Hanna and the Swingin' Bananas @ Riviera Supper Club
• Bonneville Seven, Rip Carson @ Tio Leo's
• Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet: A Birthday Tribute to Joni Mitchell @ The Jazz Lounge
• Club Culture: High & Mighty, DJ Unite, Non-Profit @ Winston's 
• The Cedar Shakers @ Winston's (5:30pm)
• The Importance of Being Earnest @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (2pm | 7pm)
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• Not All Dead (5-8pm) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• The Locals @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Dark Wave Garden @ Navajo Live
• Drag Bingo Wednesdays @ American Junkie
• Trivia @ The Holding Company
• Trivia Wednesdays @ Quartyard
• Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
• Improv with Patrick McInnis @ New Village Arts 
• Imaginarium “Where Light Meets Magic” @ Las Americas Premium Outlets 

Some Thoughts On The Election: Stop Targeting Trans People

While TVs everywhere are tuned into the final innings of tonight's World Series Game, I'm sitting here giving trigger warnings to our kid who is trying to sit in the room while we are force-fed the bigoted, fear-mongering ads that are absolutely full of lies from TFG. 

So let me tell you just a little bit of what being the parent of a trans teen has been like for the past year and a half that our kid had the COURAGE to come out to us. For the greater part of two years, Toby has had a weekly therapy session with a LICENSED THERAPIST (not some fake "church counselor" or "advisor"). Toby has had to see his primary care doctor and his gender counselor and his gender-affirming doctor too many times to count ---just to see if this is real, true, connecting all the gender-dysphoria and depression together. Toby has also had to go through extensive legal legwork, to figure out how to legally change his name, get a proper ID and passport, all while trying to assure his uber-Christian biomom is on board and going to support all steps of this process without backing out at any moment.  He also goes nearly daily to youth centers and peer groups to find support and to just be a kid instead of wearing his gender-identity on his forehead. They do group activities, have a band that marched in Pride, and offer full support services. 

I could literally go on an on about how many clinics, blood draws, psychiatrists, testing centers, etc this kid has had to endure.. We WISH we knew sooner and could've gotten on board with puberty blockers. We wish we knew so he could've been in counseling before things got dark and he was silently suffering alone, trying to find any reason to stay alive one more day.

We are finally at the stage where Toby can actually start hormone therapy, and even that has been a hassle; we have the script but have to have the prescribing doctor administer the first dose, with weeks to wait for that appointment. 

I have shared all of this with his permission, because this election is personal. We are overjoyed every day that Toby is finding joy in his life, has hope in his life, and is actually thinking about a future, Seeing these insane ads from a misogynistic bigoted CONVICTED FELON who nearly killed us all the first time around compelled me to write during the final two innings of this game. Your life may not depend on this election, but the life of MY FAMILY certainly does.

There is no choice except Harris-Walz this election. None. 

Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: Hippo Lupe Makes A Splash| Voting Centers Open| Las Cuatro Milpas Chisme| County FINALLY Audits Shady Flood Response and more...

I think Lupe believes if she opens her mouth for the people, she might get treats.
(Taken 10.28.25)

I know I skipped a couple weeks of diary/newsy posts, but I have been working a lot, had quite a few family things come up (not vague-booking, just have a senior in high school so there are a lot of extra-curriculars and whatnot), and I spent several days with an ear infection that was irritating and kinda knocked me out, in addition to getting my flu and COVID booster on the same day as my Urgent Care. When I wasn't working, I was trying to enjoy as much time as I could at the zoo for HalGLOWeen, particularly spending hours with my (human) friends as we have been obsessed with Lupe, the new hippo, and enjoying watching the sometimes tenuous but mostly fascinating introduction period as she gets to know Funani and Amahle. Sunday was the last day of extended hours, so that means that zoo hours are back to 6pm close for the rest of the month, and then Friday, November 1st, the zoo starts closing at 5pm!! Ugh. Maybe I'll break in my hiking shoes or perhaps take advantage of later hours on certain nights at Sea World. Cozy nights at home won't be bad, either. Nonetheless, things are good, for now, though I'm not gonna lie, the election is definitely giving me hope and dread simultaneously. The ads are bonkers, the news DOES NOT need to show snippets of rallies, and I seriously am sick of the email and polls, and I'm tired of the trauma dreams. If it isn't clear, we are a Harris-Walz household. I've got a couple merch nights lined up this week, but I also plan on sitting with my ballot and the many voter guides I generally consult so I can go into my in-person voting on election day; I just prefer it. I hope you do the same.

Stay safe out there. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, October 24-Wednesday, October 30, 2024: Michigander | Clem Snide | Dream Baby Dream| Orville Peck| RFTC| FIDLAR| THICK| Black Heart Procession| Aimee Mann | Y La Bamba & Kiltro

I am really really trying to get up early on Thursday, so I don't have a whole lot to say this week. Halloween is in a week, but that makes this weekend the big party weekend so on top of a lot of really huge shows, there are also quite a few "Halloween Bash"-type events. Being that it is the last weekend of late hours at the Zoo, that's probably where I'll be, but I've got my eye on a couple other fun things, too. I'll be working tonight at Quartyard for Michigander and on Sunday our kid is performing at the Organ Pavilion with San Diego Youth Symphony. The North Park Book Fair also seems pretty fun, though the last thing I need is more books. If you're looking for a really good show, may I recommend the Y La Bamba and Kiltro show at Belly Up. Both bands kill it at the Casbah, so playing together up there will be a pretty rad show if you can make it. 

Stay safe out there. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, October 17-Wednesday, October 23, 2024: Boogarins| Hiss Golden Messenger| Gin Blossoms| Charli XCX| Cole Chaney| Babe Rainbow| Moon Hooch| Nada Surf| Chaos Chaos|

Matthew Caws of Nada Surf (1.18.2020)

Keeping it short this week. I've got an ear infection so I want nothing more than to crawl back into bed. Lots of good shows this week, but right now the only one on my radar is Nada Surf at the Belly Up on Monday. I figure my infection will be cleared up by then. The following night, Chaos Chaos plays at the Casbah and I might have to make that one. Back in 2007, Smoosh played at the Casbah when the youngest sister was just 10 years old, which I believe means they still hold the record for youngest band ever to play the Casbah. It's crazy to think they're adults now and it might be cool to check them out. 

I think I'm also working for Babe Rainbow but we haven't confirmed. In all honesty, I wish I was going out to the desert on Thursday or Friday before we get another heat wave, but it looks like that might have to wait. Anyway, good stuff this week, but judging by the line at urgent care, everyone is sick right now, so stay safe out there. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, October 10-Wednesday, October 16, 2024: Etr| Foxing| Mumiy Troll| Unwound| Touché Amoré| Pinback| Mo Lowda| Hinds| Cancerslug| Psymon Spine| Melissa Etheridge| Kiesza|

As I've been saying, October shows are bonkers. There are so many rad shows coming up that it's easy to feel a little overwhelmed. The bad news for venues, though perhaps it's good news for you, is that people are spread a little thin right now. Of course there are some sold out shows, and for those you're outta luck, but there are plenty of shows that should be sold out that aren't, which give you the freedom to get a wild hair and check out a lot of these shows on a whim, with chances pretty high that you can grab a ticket at the door. And you should. Because there's a lot of good stuff. As I mentioned in my last post, I'll be working at the Quartyard on Friday and Saturday and it's been a little mind-blowing how many tickets for those shows have sold this week, when typically those shows would be sold out well in advance. Same goes for the incredible Etran de L'Aïr, playing tonight at the Casbah. But then you look at the competing shows on the same night, and maybe it's not so hard to believe people aren't making up their minds until the last minute. So, be kind to yourself, you can't do it all, but you should definitely take a chance on some great live music. Unlike sportsball, at the end of a show, half the crowd won't leave heartbroken. (Ideally nobody does, but there is the occasional crying girl in the bathroom.)

Go to a show. Participate in one of the free community events. The heat wave that was promised never really hit, so we're in a really perfect time in San Diego at the moment. Take it all in. 

Stay safe out there.