Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, September 25-Wednesday, October 8, 2025: Rev Horton Heat | Lucinda Williams | Band of Horses | Stereophonics | Ice Cube | Big Thief | The Head & The Heart | PUP |

San Diego Skyline Taken From Admiral Hornblower

Oh, boy. It is not easy to try to compile two weeks of listings without some well-programmed scrapers like other sites have, especially as September ends and October is still a week out. But I've got things to do and places to go. I'm going on a trip and I'll talk all about it when I'm back, but I don't know what my internet access will be like for the next couple weeks and I would prefer not to touch my laptop at all, so I just want to let you know that I don't have first week of October listings for Aquarius, Black Cat, Til-Two, Panama 66, Blind Lady, Seven Grand, Sycuan Live & Local and a couple others. If I get a chance to update, I will, but if not, know that those venues typically have live music on weekends and you can use my venue page to check them if you're so inclined. I will try to cut the listings and break them out by week, but again, we'll see if I find a library or a place to do such things. Plus, I have so much other stuff to talk about...I got to go on the renovated Admiral Hornblower last week, checked out Samia at Music Box, and loved getting to see Suzzallo at Soda Bar on Tuesday. And going into my birthday weekend, HazPaca is open for four days!, I think I get to see and shoot Stereophonics on Saturday, and my birthday will start with Seaworld Yoga, this time in Turtle Reef, and close with Big Thief at the Shell, with a whole bunch of other stuff in between. So yay. I'm old. Happy birthday to me. Feels like a good time for a vacay. 

I'm beat. Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Thursday, September 25, 2025:

• Reverend Horton Heat, The McCharmlys @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Lucinda Williams & Her Band @ Belly Up
• Pachyman, MNDSGN @ Soda Bar
• Disclosure (LIVE) @ The Shell
• SE SO NEON: NOW North American Tour 2025, Sasami @ The Observatory
• Archer Oh: The Noise and Static Tour, Surely Tempo, Chicano Mosh @ Music Box
• Cowgirl Clue, White Ring, Touching Ice @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Rob Thorsen Band with Steph Johnson & Carter Key @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 7pm | 9pm)
• Velvet Glow, The Basanites, Changing Channels, Ian Curtis @ The Beat (Inside Humble Heart Thrift, Music & Cafe | 1129 Broadway | 5pm | All Ages | $10)
• Banda La Adictiva y Candelita (Padres Infielder José Iglesias) @ Gallagher Square, Petco Park
• The Passengers, Intermission, & Cure for Youth @ The Banshee Bar 
• Leshai, Thundermaier, Steve Skiano & The Tan Lines @ Ken Club
• Sammy Listoe @ Pour House 
• The San Diego Jazz Orchestra @ Dizzy's
• Pete Posie @ Live In The Hamm's Room, Blind Lady Ale House
• Dave Gleason @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• Nahko And Medicine For The People @ The Holding Company (SOLD OUT)
• Buriedbutstillbreathing: The Final Mosh @ Che Cafe
• Soto Six Plays "The Real McCoy" @ The Jazz Lounge
• Jack & Jack, Edwin Honoret @ SOMA Sidestage
• Drake White, Reid Haughton @ Moonshine Flats 
• Vamp | So Say We All @ Whistle Stop
• Studio Sessions Jazz Night @ Quartyard
• It&I, Sam Hears @ McGuffie's Live
• REVERB @ EQ 
• Uptown Rhythm Makers @ Panama 66
• Paul McDonald & the Mourning Doves @ Winston's 
• Stellita w/ Special Guests @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• The Prince of Egypt @ The Moonlight Amphitheatre 
• Huzzah! @ The Old Globe (7pm)
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (7pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• Daniil Trifonov @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• Rey Wolf @ Seven Grand 
• Dark Dance Night with Josexxx @ Til-Two Club
• Jimmi Ray Band @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Acoustic Sunsets @ Cannonball, Belmont Park
• Mercedes Moore @ Tio Leo's
• Cultura FC @ The Soap Factory
• Radio 80s @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad
• Victoria Robertson @ Grand Lobby, Westgate Hotel
• Twilight In Concert @ Civic Theatre
• Gabby's Dollhouse Live! @ Balboa Theatre
• Aztec Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Happy Hour & Trivia Night @ Winston's
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, September 26, 2025:

• Lucinda Williams & Her Band @ Belly Up
• Reverend Horton Heat, The Creepy Creeps @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Band of Horses • Iron & Wine @ The Sound (Almost Sold Out)
• BALTHVS, DJ Cris Herrera @ Music Box
• BLAHktoberfest with The Beer Mugs Live (5-7pm) @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Cool Company, Nic Hanson @ Soda Bar
• La Lom @ UCSD Epstein Family Amphitheatre
• Oktoberfest in El Cajon @ German American Societies (4-10pm | 1017 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon)
• Miramar Air Show @ Marine Corps Air Station
• Ali Siddiq: In The Shadows @ Balboa Theatre
• The Concert - A Tribute to ABBA @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Texico Club, Finding Violet @ The Banshee Bar (7-9:30pm)
• Conner O'Malley: Comedic Humor Tour @ The Magnolia
• Eladio Carrión - DON KBRN World Tour, Danny Towers @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Clave Especial: Mija No Te Asustes @ SOMA Mainstage
• Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (Happy Hours 5-8pm)
• Boogaloo Assassins with Dj Solrak @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Ticketed Event | 21+| 8pm)
• Sexual Purity, Mellow Code, Nechesch @ Ken Club
• HUNTR/X vs Saja Boys @ The Loft, UCSD 
• Don Carlos, Boostive, E.N Young & Imperial Sound @ Beach House
• Blues At The Brooks with Johnny Vernazza & Shane Hall @ Brooks Oceanside Theatre
• The Matt Smith Jazz Trio @ Panama 66
• Surrounded By Silence: A Tribute to Prefuse 73 @ Black Cat Bar
• VOLA, Daedric, Silent Vice @ Brick By Brick
• Yudai, Mermaid in a Manhole, Her Skin on Porcelain, Citrus Jr. @ Che Cafe
• Aimee Jacobs @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• Dalton & The Sheriffs @ Moonshine Flats 
• Arlie, Nordista Freeze, Hate Drugs @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Chris Kalafut @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Freestyle Friday hosted by Lord Dru & Angel Areeyl @ The Beat (Inside Humble Heart Thrift, Music & Cafe | 1129 Broadway | $5 | All Ages | 6-10pm)
• Jimmy Lewis @ The Rabbit Hole (6-9pm)
• Black Friday Dance Party – 80s Edition | DJs Vaughn Avakian, Stephy J & Camilla Robina @ Whistle Stop
• Pocket Candy @ Riviera Supper Club
• Live Band Karaoke @ The Rabbit Hole (9:30pm-12am)
• SOFT PLAY, KennyHoopla @ House of Blues
• Death or Glory Pre-Show: Concevative Military Image, Hoods, Usual Suspects, Legions, Traxx @ The Holding Company
• The Prince of Egypt @ The Moonlight Amphitheatre 
• Huzzah! @ The Old Globe (8pm)
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (7pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• Soccer: San Diego Wave FC vs. Orlando Pride @ Snapdragon Stadium
• Baseball: San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks | Hispanic Heritage Celebration & Fiesta In The Park@ Petco Park (6:40pm)
• MMA: Tuff-N-Uff 148 @ The Observatory
• Hidden City Film Festival @ Regal Escondido Stadium 16 & IMAX  and California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Psydecar @ Winston's (7pm)
• Karaoke with Corey Glasper @ Winston's (9pm) 
• Darkwave Night w Valgur (Mex.), 55 Castles (Oak.), Blue Worship @ Pour House  
• Jenny and the Tramps @ Seven Grand
• The Quakes, T.K. & The Deadlist @ Tower Bar
• Caustica with Grimm Beatz and BarbieSerk @ Til-Two Club
• Paradygm @ Tio Leo's
• Social Remedy @ Mr. Peabody's
• Good Mojo @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Medical Negligence, Dead Worm, Massakro, Attention Monger, Visceral Carnage, Solucion Mortal @ McGuffie's Live 
• Grooveline @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad
• Rey Condor @ Mr. Peabody's
• The Resonators (4-6pm) | Surfbirdz (6-9pm) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Paul Combs Presents: A Celebration of Jobim @ The Jazz Lounge
• Blaise Guld @ 5 o’clock Somewhere Bar, Margaritaville Hotel 
• Croome Brothers @ LandShark Bar & Grill, Margaritaville Hotel
• Cultura FC @ The Soap Factory
• Big Sky Moon @ Renegade Country
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Cassian @ SPIN
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Gui Boratto @ EQ 
• Mike Sherm @ NOVA
• Vinyl Slices feat SD Freeakout with Andrew McGranahan & Mike Turi @ Blind Lady Ale House (7-11pm)
• Flashback Fridays with Junior theDISCOpunk @ Mo's
• Shell & Bizz @ Lobby Bar, Sycuan Casino Resort
• Bingo Loco @ Quartyard
• NuVibz @ Rank & File, Sycuan Casino Resort
• Rodger's & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long @ Civic Theatre
• Improv Comedy Show @ New Village Arts 
• Karaoke @ The Banshee Bar (9:30pm-Close)
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Live Music @ Grand Lobby, Westgate Hotel 
• DJ Gary B @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad (10pm-1:30am) 
• Dj Kiki @ Moonshine Beach 

Saturday, September 27, 2025:

• Stereophonics: Tour 2025 - No Hit Left Behind @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Reverend Horton Heat, The Creepy Creeps @ Casbah 
• The Waterboys, Anna Tivel @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Ice Cube: Truth to Power - Four Decades of Attitude @ Viejas Arena, SDSU
• Bandalos Chinos, Darumas @ House of Blues
• BLAHktoberfest with The Beer Mugs Live (5-7pm) @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Beach Fossils, Launder, girlpuppy @ The Observatory North Park
• Lenny Zen, Shindigs, Nikki Falk @ Soda Bar
• The Family Stone, Surefire Soul Ensemble @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Oktoberfest in El Cajon @ German American Societies (12pm-10pm | 1017 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon)
• Chicano Music Festival with King Lil G, Los Cadetes de Linares, Sonora Dinamita, Thee Midnighters, Lighter Shade Of Brown @ Soap Factory (12pm-11pm)
• CRSSD Festival (A-Z) Alex Wann, Bay Ledges, beginagain, Ben Bohmer, Blawan, Boys Noize, BUNT., Caribou, Cassian, Claude VonStroke, Cloonee, DARKSIDE, DJ Gigola B2B MCR-T, Dombresky, Eli Brown, Elli Acula, Empire of the Sun, EREZ, Fcukers, Heminguey, Jackie Hollander, KETBOI69, Loofy, Ma Sha, Max Styler, OFF OF, Purple Disco Machine, Swimming Paul, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U @ Waterfront Park (SOLD OUT | 12pm-11pm | 21+)
• Chula Vista Art Fest @ Chula Vista City Hall (Free | Noon-6pm)
• Miramar Air Show @ Marine Corps Air Station
• Earlybirds Club Dance Party @ Music Box (SOLD OUT)
• Something WONDERful (13 piece tribute to Stevie Wonder) @ Brooks Oceanside Theatre
• Noel Miller: Live! @ Balboa Theatre
• Other Voices Dark Dance Night, DJFN1, Madame V, Dj Israel @ The Banshee Bar
• Booty Bassment with Dj Dimitri, Rob Moran, and guests @ Whistle Stop
• Shawn Rohlf @ Whistle Stop (4pm)
• World Wide Maiden (Tribute to Iron Maiden), Mind Cryme (Tribute to Queensryche), Lies n Roses (Tribute to Guns n Roses) @ Ramona Mainstage 
• Benson Boone: The American Heart World Tour, Brooke Combe @ Pechanga Arena (SOLD OUT)
• Mystery Skulls: Ultra Rare Tour, DJ Holander @ SOMA Sidestage
• Guitarist Peter Pupping & his Quartet @ Dizzy's
• Los Fabulocos, The Sleepwalkers @ Ken Club
• Matters Most, Reckless Disregard, CFA, The Colour Monday @ The Beat (Inside Humble Heart Thrift, Music & Cafe | 1129 Broadway | $10 | All Ages | 6-10pm)
• Rock This Country - The Shania Twain Experience @ The Magnolia
• Josh Blue @ Live & Up Close, Sycuan Casino Resort
• Obsidian Tongue, Abyssal, Grand Bewitchment, Galicia, Nekrofukker @ The Bancroft Bar
• Milky Wayne presents Trizz & Villain Park, Pookie Blow, Nayla Savannah @ Black Cat Bar
• Joey Harris & the Mentals @ Pour House (5-8pm) 
• Francis Blume, Pete Posie @ Pour House (9pm) 
• Aztec Open Mic Matinee @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista (1:30-5pm)
• Just Add Harmony! with the San Diego Chorus @ Lincoln High Performing Arts Center
• Video Game Death Match | Stand-Up Comedy | Videogames | Live Music @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Davies And The Jam Stallions @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs (1-4pm)
• Lady Dottie And The Diamonds @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs (5-8pm)
• Bad Rabbit @ Fast Times 
• Stolen Gin, Daniel Joseph @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Irving Flores Presents: Last Saturday Latin Jazz Series 2025 @ The Jazz Lounge
• Duke Moody, Sonafire @ The Holding Company
• Mike Fest 7 - PunchCard, Making Incredible Time, GentrOside, Corporate Citizen, New Dystopians @ Tower Bar
• Buzz and the Broncos @ The Rabbit Hole 
• R&B Block Party: Battle Of The Sexes @ Quartyard
• Dalton & The Sheriffs @ Moonshine Flats 
• Dykefest 2: Echinacea, RX Pink Noise, St. Kio, Sleeplike, Poor Timing, Transmutation, Dependable Son, No Interest, Julie F The Rulies, Spirit Assembly @ Che Cafe 
• The Gold Souls with City Soul Collective and Special Guest @ Til-Two Club
• Custard Pie @ Mr. Peabody's
• Dream Like Taylor @ Poway Arts 
• 6th Annual Reigning Cats & Dogs Art Show @ Gallery 21, Balboa Park Spanish Village Arts Center
• Brass Against: What Better Time Than Now, MojoPin @ Brick By Brick
• The Prince of Egypt @ The Moonlight Amphitheatre 
• Huzzah! @ The Old Globe (2pm | 8pm)
• SMALL @ The Old Globe (8pm)
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (2pm | 7pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm | 8pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm | 8pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre (2pm | 8pm)
• Soccer: San Diego FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes | Fan Appreciation Night Hat Giveaway @ Snapdragon Stadium (7:30pm)
• Baseball: San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks | Hispanic Heritage Celebration & Postgame Fireworks Show @ Petco Park (5:40pm)
• IDIOMA @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center (5pm & 7:30pm)
• Endea Owens & The Cookout @ The JAI, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center (5:30pm & 8pm)
• XICANA! Block Party @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (11am-3pm | Free | All Ages) 
• Hidden City Film Festival @ Regal Escondido Stadium 16 & IMAX  and California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• The Jury Experience @ Joan B. Kroc Theatre (6pm | 8:30pm)
• Electric Louie Land @ Seven Grand
• Bo & the Hobos @ Winston's 
• Futuresexuals, Slowcoast @ Winston's (9pm) 
• Konrad Malinowski Quartet @ Riviera Supper Club
• Betamaxx @ Tio Leo's (Outdoor Stage)
• Evidence Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Cappo Kelley 12-3pm |  Diego Dead 3:30-6:30pm | Electric Waste Band 7-10pm @ Aquarius Bar & Grille 
• Broken Halo, Fearie Queen, Rocker Shocker @ McGuffie's Live 
• Totally 80s @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad (6-10pm)
• Tim Apple @ 5 o’clock Somewhere Bar, Margaritaville Hotel 
• The Heart @ LandShark Bar & Grill, Margaritaville Hotel (11am & 3:30pm)
• Barbwire @ Renegade Country
• Sideswiped @ 710 Beach Club
• Ameerah The Songstress @ Lobby Bar, Sycuan Casino Resort
• Official Bizz @ Rank & File, Sycuan Casino Resort
• Darion @ Bull & Bourbon Sycuan Casino Resort
• DJ Blue @ Retreat Pool, Sycuan Casino Resort
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Eli Brown + Ma Sha @ SPIN
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Kettama + Partiboi69 @ Rich's 
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: BUNT. + Swimming Paul @ Music Box 
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Live From Earth x Boys Noize @ EQ
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Conducta + Dombresky + Will Clarke @ The Rail 
• Beginner Swing Classes with Mercedes Moore @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (2pm)
• Hidden Moments: An Evening of Innovative Improv @ Studio 219, Brooks Oceanside Theatre
• Vinyl Slices feat Soul Slices with King Dutty @ Blind Lady Ale House (7-11pm)
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Dj Real Hypha @ Moonshine Beach 
• Live Music @ Grand Lobby, Westgate Hotel  
  
• DJ Leondis @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad (10pm-1:30am) 
  

Sunday, September 28, 2025:

• Big Thief: Somersault Slide 360 Tour, Steven van Betten @ The Shell 
• Jay Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel, DJ Vaughn Avakian @ Casbah
• TOMI, Teddy Grossman @ Soda Bar
• Men Without Hats, The 80's Underground @ Belly Up 
• Palo Verde House Concerts presents Steve Poltz (SOLD OUT)
• The Teskey Brothers, Sylvie @ The Sound
• Owl Be Damned, The Fazes, Ricky, The Sines, Lord Howler, Scapegoat | A Benefit For Alfred @ Whistle Stop (6pm)
• DUCKWRTH: All American Freak Show Tour, De'Wayne, MaZhe @ The Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
• Oktoberfest in El Cajon @ German American Societies (12-9pm | 1017 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon)
• BLAHktoberfest with The Beer Mugs Live (5-7pm) @ Blind Lady Ale House
• 29th Annual Encinitas Oktoberfest & Artisan Faire @ Mountain Vista Drive/Encinitas (11am-7pm)
• Tap Jam feat Hot Club of Bird Park & Tap with Claudia Gomez @ Panama 66
• DONDO (with Dez Cadena of Black Flag & Misfits), The Texico Club, Eye Mind @ The Banshee Bar (6-8:30pm)
• HotTrunk @ Humble Heart, OB
• Johnny Tran @ The Banshee Bar (9-11pm) 
• Kaylee  & The Manouche Å Cinq @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 7pm)
• Get The Led Out: A Celebration of "The Mighty Zep" @ Balboa Theatre
• CRSSD Festival (A-Z) Beltran, Brutalismus 3000, ChaseWest, Chris Luno, Chris Stussy, Darius, Elderbrook, Jamie Jones B2B Adam Ten, John Summit, Luke Dean, Maribou State, Max Dean, Midnight Generation, Mindchatter, Murphy's Law, Nicky Elisabeth, OGUZ, Otherwish, Pedro Borlado b2b Ian Sink, Sultan + Shepard live, TA., Tobiahs, Will Clarke @ Waterfront Park (SOLD OUT | 12pm-11pm | 21+)
• Miramar Air Show @ Marine Corps Air Station
• WASTED: Save The Food Festival @ The Soap Factory
• Insaenity Records Show with Pushing Daisies, The New Machine, Spliff, Kryptic, Set Alone, Fatalist @ The Che Cafe
• Pants Karaoke!! @ Ken Club
• Just another Punk Sunday Matinee @ Winston's (3pm)
• Huzzah! @ The Old Globe (2pm | 7pm)
• SMALL @ The Old Globe (7pm)
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (2pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (1pm | 7pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (1pm | 7pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre (2pm | 7pm)
• Hidden City Film Festival @ Regal Escondido Stadium 16 & IMAX  and California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Baseball: San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks @ Petco Park (12:10pm)
• Rich The Stitch's Bday Party & Hill St. Comedy | Sunday Funday Comedy Show! @ Pour House (7-9pm) 
• Sunday Night Jazz with Ed Kornhauser Trio @ Tio Leo's
• That Beatles Cover Band @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs (2-5pm)
• The Bedroom Guys, Promised Paradigm, Overpovr, & Formative Years @ McGuffie's Live
• The Buckleys @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad (1-4:30pm)
• The Haala Band @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad (5-9pm)
• Bobby Cressey & Leonard Patton Celebrate the Padres Regular Season End @ The Jazz Lounge (7pm)
• Douglas Kvandal Jazz Organ Trio & Jam @ The Jazz Lounge (2pm)
• DJ Sergio Gonzalez @ 5 o’clock Somewhere Bar, Margaritaville Hotel 
• The Heart @ LandShark Bar & Grill, Margaritaville Hotel
• Jewlz & Shell @ Lobby Bar, Sycuan Casino Resort
• Darion @ Bull & Bourbon Sycuan Casino Resort
• Reggae Sunday with Aaron Wolf @ Retreat Pool, Sycuan Casino Resort
• Hickies X Miles Medina @ Quartyard (3-8pm)
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Beltran, Chasewest, Jay De Lys @ SPIN 
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Adam Ten + Maribou State (DJ Set) + Laurence Guy @ Rich's 
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Darius @ Music Box 
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: OGUZ @ EQ 
• CRSSD AFTER DARK: Luke Dean, Max Dean, Murphy's Law @ The Rail 
• Concert in the Park @ Spreckels Organ Pavilion (2pm, Free)
• Guitar Center Recital @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista (1-4pm)
• Sunday Night Jazz Jam @ Mr. Peabody's (6pm)
• Fish & The Seaweeds High Noon Dead Set 12-5pm |Jp & the Mystery Band 5-7:30pm @ Aquarius Bar & Grille
• Linda Berry Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (6pm)
• O.B.-o-ke @ Winston's (8pm)
• Karaoke @ Neon Moon
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Monday, September 29, 2025:

• The Head And The Heart: Aperture Tour, John Vincent III, Tyler Ballgame @ Gallagher Square, Petco Park
• Sophia James, Zoe Sparks @ Soda Bar 
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's 
• The Kaleidoscope Kid x N.U.B.S. @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• David Archuleta: Earthly Delights, Alexandra John @ House of Blues
• Sparks - Mad! Tour @ The Magnolia
• Zavala Sol @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Intermission, Toner, Big Blue World @ Whistle Stop
• Adam Hostomsky, piano @ La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (Free Mini-Concert | 12pm)
• Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, Faux Velvet @ EQ 
• Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
• Monday Blues & Rock Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
• 2025 State of the Conrad @ Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Organist Russ Peck @ Balboa Theatre
• McCann Dance Presents: East Coast Swing @ New Village Arts (6-8pm)
• Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• Industry Bags Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke (8-11pm) @ Pour House 
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad
• Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House 

Tuesday, September 30, 2025:

• Pall Jenkins, Quadra, NHWH @ Casbah
• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: Sound of Here Tour, Hannah Cohen @ Gallagher Square, Petco Park
• Laveda, Crasher, Slacker @ Soda Bar
• The Lone Bellow, Valley James @ Belly Up
• Poppy: They're All Around Us Tour, Dying Wish, MSPaint @ The Observatory North Park
• The Steely Damned 2 @ Music Box (Seated Show) 
• Smokedope2016, Nokia Angel, Lil Fitted Cap, Bartesianwater @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues (SOLD OUT)
• Taryn Donath @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Broadway San Diego presents SUFFS @ Civic Theatre
• Huzzah! @ The Old Globe (7pm)
• SMALL @ The Old Globe (7pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• The Rey Wolf @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs (6-8pm)
• Acoustic Sunsets @ Cannonball, Belmont Park
• Counterparts, thrown, Split Chain, 156/Silence @ SOMA Mainstage
• Adversarial Productions presents Invocation Spells, Deathspell, Lucemortis @ Tower Bar
• Banshee Tree @ Winston's
• Boots by the Beach – Live Country Tuesdays @ 710 Beach Club
• Twisted Tuesdays 80s Night @ McGuffie's Live 
• Leads and Grooves @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad
• SAN DNB: Sanctuary DNB Tuesdays with Sonny D, MCS, Werd, Apaulo8 @ EQ
• Laura Jane's Musical Trivia & Bingo @ Pour House (6-8pm)
• Swing Dance Tuesdays @ Queen Bee's 
• Trivia @ Fall Brewing (All Locations | 6pm)
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Karaoke @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Karaoke @ Pour House 
• Karaoke @ Mr. Peabody's
• Trivia Night @ Park & Rec
• Trivia Night @ Fast Times 
• Trivia Night/Retro Night @ 710 Beach Club

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 (SDMTS Ride Free Day):

• PUP • Jeff Rosenstock: A Cataclysmic Rapture of Friendshipness, Ekko Astral @ The Sound
• Model/Actriz, AYEGY @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• DICE, Hendrix Frankenreiter @ Soda Bar
• Madison McFerrin @ Belly Up
• I'm With Her feat Aoife O'Donovan, Sarah Jarosz, and Sara Watkins: Wild & Clear & Blue, Jon Muq  @ Epstein Family Amphitheater at UC San Diego 
• Matt Maeson: A Quiet & Harmless Living Tour, slimdon @ The Observatory
• Samara Joy @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• The Funky Resurrection @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 7pm)
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
• Dorothy, Eddie And The Getaway @ House of Blues
• Jazz Jam @ The Black Cat
• Erika Jane presents: Spyk3, Uziak, Kybecca, Jampa @ The Holding Company
• Demon Hunter: There Was a Light Here Tour, War of Ages, Convictions, Cultist @ Brick by Brick
• Jason Hanna and the Swingin' Bananas @ Riviera Supper Club
• Laurel Canyon Revival @ Tio Leo's
• Discount Cadavers, Wookalars, Moon Medallion, Cotton Brain @ Tower Bar
• Club Culture: John E Rockers, DJ Unite, Non-Profit @ Winston's 
• Broadway San Diego presents SUFFS @ Civic Theatre
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (7pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• Arms and the Man @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (7pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre (2pm | 7pm)
• King Taylor Project @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• A 60th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul @ The Jazz Lounge (SOLD OUT)
• Drag Bingo Wednesdays @ American Junkie
• Standup Comedy @ Ken Club
• Video Game Night @ The Holding Company
• Twisted Trivia Wednesdays: Nickelodeon TV Shows  @ Quartyard
• Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Karaoke @ Mr. Peabody's
• Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
• MM, Seven Hours After Violet @ SOMA
• Drop-In Improv with Patrick McInnis @ New Village Arts 

Thursday, October 2, 2025:

• Acid Mothers Temple, The Macks @ Casbah
• Watchhouse, Charlie Parr @ The Sound
• Thee Sacred Souls @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• 10,000 Maniacs @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• Stiff Little Fingers: Flame in the Heart Tour, Dark Alley Dogs @ Music Box
• Above & Beyond: Bigger Than All Of Us North America, Gabriel & Dresden, HANA @ The Shell
• Rumours of Fleetwood Mac  @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Mackenzie Leighton Quartet @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 7pm | 9pm)
• Sean Brooks, Marie Haddad, A Fine Madness @ Ken Club
• Caskey: Black Sheep 5 Tour, ClicKlak @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Sparrow Blue, Hardly Human, Fuzz Huzzi, Weareok @ The Holding Company
• Stevie Wonder Classic Period In Review @ The Jazz Lounge
• The Wise Guys @ McGuffie's Live
• Joe Samba, Cydeways @ Winston's 
• Sweet Deal @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• The Manic Standstill, The Touchies, Go Scarlet @ Tower Bar
• Broadway San Diego presents SUFFS @ Civic Theatre
• Wicked Sing Along @ The Moonlight Amphitheatre 
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (7pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• Arms and the Man @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (7pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• The Servant of Two Masters @ Stagehouse Theatre, Grossmont College (7:30pm)
• Wicked Tinkers and The Frontmen @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Dark Dance Night with Josexxx @ Til-Two Club
• SDTJ Jazz Festival Opening Jazz Party @ Quartyard (Free with RSVP)
• Acoustic Sunsets @ Cannonball, Belmont Park
• Gin N' Jukes @ Tio Leo's
• Resonance Collaborative Open Mic @ Studio 219, Brooks Oceanside Theatre
• Victoria Robertson @ Grand Lobby, Westgate Hotel
• New Life 4-Year Anniversary X Trancension, Ravers R Us + Lucent Nights @ SPIN
• Aztec Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Open Mic Nite @ Renegade Country
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Friday, October 3, 2025:

• Guerilla Toss, Harry the Nightgown @ Casbah
• Thee Sacred Souls @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU (SOLD OUT)
• Jungle Fire @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Ticketed Event | 21+| 8pm)
• Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, The Shane Guerrette Band @ Soda Bar
• 10,000 Maniacs @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
• The Palms, Pink Skies @ Quartyard
• Oktoberfest in El Cajon @ German American Societies (4-10pm | 1017 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon)
• La Mesa Oktoberfest @ La Mesa Village (4-10pm)
• IvrI: The Theory Of You Tour, Computer Kill @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Upchuck, Trit 95, Band Argument @ Whistle Stop
• MIRADOR, Linka Moja @ The Observatory
• Cameron Whitcomb: I Got Options Tour, Jonah Kagen @ Music Box (SOLD OUT)
• French Fairytales: Ravel and Debussy @ Jacobs Music Center/Symphony Hall
• The Dandy Warhols, Kula Shaker @ House of Blues (Canceled At Humphrey's | Rescheduled at HoB. New tickets must be purchased.)
• Nun Trucker, Chromatic Visions, Night Channels  @ Ken Club
• 24K Magic (Bruno Mars Tribute) @ The Moonlight Amphitheatre 
• State of Filth, Set Chaos, Killing Capacity, Dementicide, Couch Cushion @ Che Cafe
• Friday Happy Hour w/ DJ Shoeshine @ Whistle Stop (5-8pm)
• Super Nacho @ Belly Up (Happy Hours 5-8pm)
• Ben Chase @ Moonshine Flats 
• Kenny Eng and Rob Deez @ The Rabbit Hole
• Scunthorpe Yobs, Tenement Rats, Mad Menace & The Murder Dogs @ Tower Bar
• Pato Banton + Layne Tadesse @ The Holding Company
• Jr De Guzman: Boyfriend Material @ Balboa Theatre
• Broadway San Diego presents SUFFS @ Civic Theatre
• Mean Girls The Movie Musical @ Brooks Oceanside Theatre
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (7pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• Arms and the Man @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (7pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• The Servant of Two Masters @ Stagehouse Theatre, Grossmont College (7:30pm)
• Football: SDSU Aztecs vs Colorado State | Hispanic Heritage & Family Weekend @ Snapdragon Stadium (7:30pm)
• Hidden City Sounds Series: Euphoria Brass Band ft. Rey Wolf @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Funk All Stars @ Winston's 
• Cadillac Fringe @ Mr. Peabody's
• Classic Punk Rock Weekender Pt. I! The Queers, Urethane, Jack Trippers, Mad Tab @ Pour House  
• The Surfbirdz @ Fast Times
• Meet Me In The Bathroom with Mike Delgado and Mandy Warhol @ Til-Two Club
• 3 Car Garage @ Tio Leo's
• Amanda Portela @ Riviera Supper Club
• Ristband @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Bluesome, Manganista @ McGuffie's Live 
• Jason Graham @ 5 o’clock Somewhere Bar, Margaritaville Hotel 
• Freddie Walton @ LandShark Bar & Grill, Margaritaville Hotel
• Thunderbird Mountain Band @ Renegade Country
• We Touch Grass: Anime Rave @ SPIN 
• Vinyl Slices @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Flashback Fridays with Junior theDISCOpunk @ Mo's
• Dj Real Hypha @ Moonshine Beach 
• Karaoke with Corey Glasper @ Winston's 
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Live Music @ Grand Lobby, Westgate Hotel  

Saturday, October 4, 2025:

• Josh Johnson: The Flowers Tour @ Balboa Theatre (4pm | 7pm | 9:30pm)
• Honky Tonk Honkies: Jason D. Williams, Supersuckers, Wayne The Train Hancock @ Casbah 
• UB40, The English Beat @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
• Jawbreaker, Bully @ The Observatory North Park
• W1SE Summit - Ancient Future @ The Sound 
• The Legendary Pink Dots: So Lonely in Heaven North American Tour 2025, Orbit Service @ Soda Bar
• B.o.B.: Adventures of Bobby Ray 15th Anniversary Tour, Chiddy Bang @ Belly Up  
• Oktoberfest in El Cajon @ German American Societies (12-10pm | 1017 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon)
• La Mesa Oktoberfest @ La Mesa Village (10am-10pm)
• Reggie Watts @ UCSD Epstein Family Amphitheatre
• Paco Versailles @ Music Box
• Rachael Sage, Tom Goss @ The Clark Cabaret, Diversionary Theatre
• Flim Flam Revue @ Whistle Stop (5-8pm)
• 80s vs 90s vs Y2K! with DJ Gabe Vega and Guests @ Whistle Stop (9pm)
• Nashville Nights with Trey Hill @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 8pm | 10pm)
• Dream Theater: Parasomnia & A Change of Season @ Frontwave Arena
• Conan Gray: The Wishbone Pajama Show, Hemlocke Springs @ Viejas Arena
• The Intruders @ Live & Up Close, Sycuan Casino Resort (SOLD OUT)
• Joey Harris And The Mentals @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs (1-4pm)
• Amanda Portela Y Los Brujos Atomicos @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs (5-8pm)
• The Marshall Tucker Band @ The Events Center, Harrah's Resort Southern California 
• Shoreline Mafia: Back In Bidness Tour @ SOMA Mainstage
• Pop 2000 Tour @ The Moonlight Amphitheatre
• San Diego Humane Society for the 39th annual Fur Ball @ San Diego Humane Society (Gaines St)
• Totally 80s Band @ Fast Times
• The California Rangers feat. Tom Boren @ Pour House (5-8pm) 
• Classic Punk Rock Weekender Pt. II! rADOLESCENTS (playing the entire Blue Album feat. Rikk Agnew, Casey Royer, Frank Agnew Jr.), Spice Pistols, Fuklempt. @ Pour House (9pm) 
• Los Paisanos @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Woke up on a Throne, Loudmouth, The Eruption, Johnny Martin @ The Bancroft Bar
• Jamie O'Neal @ Poway Arts 
• The Struts: celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Everybody Wants, Dirty Honey @ House of Blues 
• harf., Beeson @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Motorbreath and Nirvanish @ The Holding Company
• Hyper Minds, Substitute Gym Teacher, Scuffs @ Tower Bar
• West Coast Klassique with Sunshine Jones, Marques Wyatt @ Quartyard
• Trouble Man: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye @ Brooks Oceanside Theatre
• Ben Chase @ Moonshine Flats 
• The New Brown Sugar Band @ Mr. Peabody's
• Broadway San Diego presents SUFFS @ Civic Theatre (2pm | 8pm)
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (2pm | 7pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm | 8pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (2pm | 8pm)
• Arms and the Man @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (2pm| 7pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre (2pm | 8pm)
• The Servant of Two Masters @ Stagehouse Theatre, Grossmont College (2pm| 7:30pm)
• MASHUP: A Creative Industry Symposium @ Soap Factory
• San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (3-9pm)
• Basketball: Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves NBA Preseason Game @ Pechanga Arena
• We Call It Ballet @ Joan B. Kroc Theatre (6pm | 8:30pm)
• Bear Night @ EQ 
• Easy Wind @ Winston's (9pm)
• Brian Jones Rock N Roll Revival @ Winston's (5pm)
• Full Strength Funk Band @ Tio Leo's
• June & Johns @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
• Wildside @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• Plea Deal, High Compression, The Imbeskulls, Aggrevate @ McGuffie's Live (12-5pm)
• White Hot Red w/Loaded Guns & LA Cult ( Ozzy, LA Guns & Cult Tributes) @ McGuffie's Live (8pm)
• Love On The Weekend @ Riviera Supper Club
• Hank Easton @ 5 o’clock Somewhere Bar, Margaritaville Hotel 
• Russell Paihinui @ LandShark Bar & Grill, Margaritaville Hotel (11am)
• Ryan Hiller @ LandShark Bar & Grill, Margaritaville Hotel (7pm)
• Dawson Country @ Renegade Country
• Lakeview, Cody Carter, Hayden Coffman @ Ramona Mainstage 
• Taking Liberties! with Heather Hardcore @ Til-Two Club
• Beginner Swing Classes with Mercedes Moore @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (2pm)
• S.H.R.I.M.P.: The Colloquium: Part 1 with Zumo, Nilets, Barbie Fish, Crypt Keepers @ SPIN 
• Sidepiece @ NOVA
• Vinyl Slices @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Dj Kiki @ Moonshine Beach 
• Karaoke @ Luau Bar
• Live Music @ Grand Lobby, Westgate Hotel  
  

Sunday, October 5, 2025:

• Shiner @ Casbah
• Knapsack, Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), Eastern Bleeds @ Soda Bar (SOLD OUT)
• The Chameleons: Arctic Moon Tour 2025, The Veldt, Scary Pierre @ Belly Up 
• Big Wild: Wild Child Tour, Shallou @ The Sound
• SWMRS, Pancho and the Wizards, Dolphins on Acid, Spliffriff @ Music Box 
• Jawbreaker, Bully @ The Observatory North Park
• Oktoberfest in El Cajon @ German American Societies (12-9pm | 1017 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon)
• La Mesa Oktoberfest @ La Mesa Village (12pm-8pm)
• Air Supply - 50th Anniversary Celebration @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
• Sandi King @ Lou Lou's Jungle Room, Lafayette Hotel (Complimentary Entry | 21+ | No Reservation Required | 7pm)
• The World of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension @ Pechanga Arena
• French Fairytales: Ravel and Debussy @ Jacobs Music Center/Symphony Hall
• Mammoth Grinder @ Whistle Stop
• Kurtis Conner: The Goodfellow World Tour @ Balboa Theatre 
• San Diego Latine Pride 2025 @ Soap Factory (Noon-6pm)
• Autumn Kings, SUNBURNT, Home By Five @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• An Evening With Phil Rosenthal Of "Somebody Feed Phil" @ The Magnolia
• Pants Karaoke!! @ Ken Club
• Intimate Classics – New Hollywood String Quartet @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido (3-4:30pm)
• Cannibal Corpse: North America 2025 Tour, Municipal Waste, Full of Hell, Fulci @ SOMA Mainstage 
• Kurtis Conner: The Goodfellow World Tour @ Balboa Theatre
• MASHUP: A Creative Industry Symposium @ Soap Factory
• Broadway San Diego presents SUFFS @ Civic Theatre (1pm |6:30pm)
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (2pm)
• The Heart @ La Jolla Playhouse (1pm | 7pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (1pm | 7pm)
• Arms and the Man @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (2pm)
• Beside Myself: A World Premiere Comedy @ North Coast Rep Theatre (2pm)
• Fall Pops Choral Concert @ Southwestern College Performing Arts Center (4pm)
• Benefit for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: The Oxen, The Band Cope, Shy Deer, In Mazes, Ray, The Zonatas, DJ Lou Niles @ Pour House (2-7pm | All Ages)  
• Jeff Berkley And The Banned @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs (2-5pm)
• Kulta, Ale & Only Pure Euphoria @ McGuffie's Live (6-10pm)
• Sunday Night Jazz @ Tio Leo's 
• DJ Danny Kaffer @ 5 o’clock Somewhere Bar, Margaritaville Hotel (5pm)
• Dominic Blas @ LandShark Bar & Grill, Margaritaville Hotel (11am)
• Concert in the Park @ Spreckels Organ Pavilion (2pm, Free)
• Aztec Jazz Jam with Dylan Soto @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
• Sunday Night Jazz Jam @ Mr. Peabody's (6pm)
• Late Night Jackin: Wax & Groove with Dj Nonficiton @ SPIN 
• High Noon Grateful Dead Party (12-3pm), AQUARIOKE (5-8pm) @ Aquarius Bar & Grille
• The Emergency Exit Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
• O.B.-o-ke @ Winston's (8pm)
• Karaoke @ Neon Moon
• Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club

Monday, October 6, 2025:

• Dog Magic, Cat Wizard, Estereo Mono @ Soda Bar
• George Kahumoku Jr. ft. Daniel Ho & Tia Carrere: Masters of Hawaiian Music, Slack Key 'Ohana @ Belly Up (Seated Show)
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's 
• Softcult, Wayside @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• The Bayou Brothers @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Robert Dubac’s OMG! @ North Coast Rep Theatre 
• @ Blind Lady Ale House
• Alchemy (Ephraim Reitman & Donn Boyd) @ La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (12pm |  | Free Mini-Concert)
• Amalgamated Ska, Swigfoot, Horizon Point, Lesser Rockstars @ Til-Two Club
• Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, Faux Velvet @ EQ 
• Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
• Monday Blues & Rock Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
• Karaoke @ The Holding Company
• Industry Bags Night @ 710 Beach Club
• Karaoke (8-11pm) @ Pour House 
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill, Carlsbad
• Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House 

Tuesday, October 7, 2025:

• Liam St. John: Man of the North Tour 2025, Leo James Conroy @ Casbah
• Yīn Yīn, Terror/Cactus, San Diego Freak Out DJs @ Soda Bar
• Damien Jurado: All Are Welcome In: A Maraqopa Retrospective, St. Yuma @ Belly Up
• Balu Brigada, Tommy Newport @ Music Box
• Baseball: 2024 National League Division Series | San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles @ Petco Park 
• Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra @ Tio Leo's
• Andrea Gonzalez Caballero @ Joan B. Kroc Theatre
• Sleep Theory: The Afterglow Tour, Oxymorons, Mourning Eve, The Pretty Wild @ House of Blues
• Robin Trower @ The Magnolia 
• Nathan James & guests @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Sara Petite @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs 
• My Favorite Murder: Live! @ Civic Theatre
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (7pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• Acoustic Sunsets @ Cannonball, Belmont Park
• The Guest Room, Divina Jasso, Jehlad @ Winston's
• Shilpa Ray plus special guests @ Til-Two Club
• Boots by the Beach – Live Country Tuesdays @ 710 Beach Club
• Laura Jane's Musical Trivia & Bingo @ Pour House (6-8pm)
• Swing Dance Tuesdays @ Queen Bee's 
• Trivia @ Fall Brewing (All Locations | 6pm)
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Karaoke @ Pour House 
• Karaoke @ Mr. Peabody's
• Trivia Night @ Park & Rec
• Trivia Night @ Fast Times 
• Trivia Night/Retro Night @ 710 Beach Club

Wednesday, October 8, 2025:

• BikeSD presents CityNerd @ Adams Avenue Theatre
• Kahlee presents - Return of #HipHopWEDS: Soul Disciples, Kahlee, Cali the Dreamer, Drecat, DJ Root, Ill Arabe, The Invisible Panchos, David IRA @ Casbah
• Minus the Bear: Menos el Oso 20th Anniversary Tour, Soft Palms @ The Observatory (SOLD OUT)
• Georgia Maq, Leng Bian, Keilani Mai @ Soda Bar
• Ty Segall @ Belly Up
• Penny & Sparrow, Erin Rae @ Music Box
• Baseball: 2024 National League Division Series | San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles @ Petco Park (If Necessary)
• Hannah Berner: None Of My Business tour @ Balboa Theatre
• A Night in Spain: Concert and Gala @ The Shell
• Lagrimas @ SOMA 
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
• Lagrimas, Se Vende, Chamise @ SOMA Sidestage
• Atlas Genius @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
• Jason Hanna and the Swingin' Bananas @ Riviera Supper Club
• Rockin' Aces @ Tio Leo's
• Whiskey & Burlap @ Grand Ole BBQ, Flinn Springs
• Club Culture: Gentle Giants, DJ Unite, Non-Profit @ Winston's 
• Electricidad @ Southwestern College Performing Arts Center
• My Favorite Murder: Live! @ Civic Theatre
• Follies @ Cygnet Theatre (7pm)
• All The Men Who've Frightened Me @ La Jolla Playhouse (7:30pm)
• Arms and the Man @ Lambs Players at Coronado Resident Theatre (2pm| 7pm)
• Sierra Marin @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Drag Bingo Wednesdays @ American Junkie
• Standup Comedy @ Ken Club
• Video Game Night @ The Holding Company
• Twisted Trivia Wednesdays @ Quartyard
• Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
• Sketch Party! @ Whistle Stop
• Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
• Karaoke @ Mr. Peabody's
• Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
• Drop-In Improv with Patrick McInnis @ New Village Arts
  

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, September 18-Wednesday, September 24, 2025: TOPS | Kyle Mooney Birdtalker | Jon Batiste | Adams Avenue Street Fair | Howard Jones | The Hives | Suzzallo | Reverend Horton Heat |

I decided to do most of my listings on Monday this week, but then it made me stay up all night so Tuesday was kind of a shitshow, but I hung out with my mom at the zoo and went to Darren's softball practice on Tuesday and hope to get it all back together because I have a thing to go to on Wednesday. I realized that if I'm hoping to do my full travel itinerary, I might actually try to get next week's listings also done this week and my birthday week done next week, so then I really don't have to worry about laptop time (or finding power) while I'm running around. 

Now, I know I haven't done any sort of show previews in a very, very long time, but there are a ton of rad shows this week -- too many all at once if you ask me--slamming against the Adams Avenue Street Fair, my mom's birthday, Toby's "family day" at UCSD and then moving him in to his dorm...it's all a lot. But I wanted to draw your attention (those of you who still read, anyway) to the Suzzallo show on Tuesday at Soda Bar. Suzzallo is fronted by Rocky Votolato and harkens back to his early days in Waxwing and let's him completely scream it all out in a much different way than his self-titled records. Rocky has been very public about the tragic loss of his 22-year-old, Kienan, in a horrific automobile collision a few years back, and it seems working through the grief of losing them brought this project together. (If you'd like to read more, few people write as rawly and beautifully as Rocky himself.) They're playing at Soda Bar on Tuesday, and while I love a show in an empty room with lots of elbow room and having the band all to myself, I know it would mean a lot to show support to an artist who's been coming to San Diego reliably for over 20 years. You can listen to the whole Suzzallo album on YouTube here and see their entire KEXP performance here. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, September 11-Wednesday, September 17, 2025: Goon | Andrew Duhon | Grandaddy | Mavis Staples | Cursive | Kyle Dion | Anamanaguchi | Molotov | Nitzer Ebb | Ani DiFranco | Pile | KUMO 99 | Samia |

I've got a lot going on this week, so I'm just gonna post listings without any commentary. If you have a sec, check out this article in the San Diego Business Journal about the Casbah, Soda Bar, and other local music venues. Then go buy tickets to keep this scene going. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Rosey's Diary and Newsy Things: Okapi Born at San Diego Zoo | Meter Hours & Rates Change In San Diego | SDZWA Contemplates Paid Parking | ICE Still Sucks |

Baby Okapi at less than 16 hours old

Baby Okapi at 3 days old

Even though it was Labor Day weekend, it still managed to be a pretty great week. Don't get me wrong, I love a three-day weekend, but man, it is hell when every marketing person uses Labor Day as the marker for being in the "home-stretch" for "backend marketing" for their shows, whether they're a week away or three months away. It's a nightmare. But it was a great week anyway, because I got to see the beginning of the labor of Subira, the Okapi, at the San Diego Zoo on Tuesday. I was allowed to linger long enough to see the hoof poking out, but eventually had to leave since the zoo closes at 6 again, and she gave birth about 2 hours after I left. 

I'm also pretty excited because we are planning a trip! It's not great, because it's for a memorial for Darren's trans niece, Evelyn, who died by suicide this summer, but I felt like it was kind of important to make something beautiful out of it. We haven't been to the Bay Area since 2017 and so much has changed since then. So since Toby will just be starting at UCSD and Darren is limited in his days off, I'm gonna do a solo roadtrip up the California coast and then they'll fly up and we'll all meet up for the weekend, and then I'll solo roadtrip back home after. It will be my birthday week, so it feels like a fun way to celebrate the last year in my 40s. 

It was also a fun week because I got to see Jesse LaMonaca play at the Casbah on Wednesday, I played on Darren's softball team on Thursday, and today I got a few afternoon hours in at the zoo with the gorilla brothers and the okapi before coming to Music Box to work at the Veggi show. It's been slow, but I got to listen to most of my murder trial until I got an email spoiler on the verdict, I got to see a few friends, and I brought adequate snackies to get me through the late night. I might be working again for Kevin Morby tomorrow, but that seems to still be TBD. 

I hope everyone has had a good week, and if anyone wants to join me on Monday at City Council, they'll be hearing the lease amendment proposal for the San Diego Zoo...details below. 

Stay safe out there. COVID is spiking. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, September 4-Wednesday, September 10, 2025: W.I.T.C.H. | Circle Jerks | Fat Dog | Kevin Morby | Jackson Browne | Sutton James | Staring At The Sun Release | Lucy Dacus | Cass McCombs | Billie Marten |

I did these listings on Tuesday and lots of venues didn't have their calendars updated. I thought I'd have a chance on Wednesday to go through again, but honestly, you snooze you lose. I don't have the time and frankly didn't feel I should have to double back for these venues. So, you get what you get and you don't get upset. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, August 28-Wednesday, September 3, 2025: Labor Day Weekend | Yuno | The Sword | Dilated Peoples | Weird Al | Wild Wild Wets | Hibou | Hiatus Kayote | The Flaming Lips & Modest Mouse | JD Clayton |

 

It's Labor Day weekend, and holy shit, do we all deserve it or what? There's a ton going on this weekend but since I was non-stop whining that the Zoo and Seaworld cut off their late summer hours to align with the return of San Diego City Schools instead of running late hours through Labor Day, I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that even though San Diego Zoo hours are currently 9am-6pm, this Saturday through Monday, they revert to late hours --9am-8pm. Seaworld is similar, open 10am-5pm on weekdays right now, but this weekend they'll be open until 8pm on Friday and Monday, and until 10pm on Saturday and Sunday. It's also the Barona Powwow Weekend, and I've always wanted to go, so maybe I'll take a drive this year and check it out. Whatever we decide, hopefully the weather simmers the fuck down so we're not all sweating our parts off. 

Have a great weekend. Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.  

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, August 21-Wednesday, August 27, 2025: King Stingray | Tim Heidecker | WesGhost | Babe Rainbow | Coyote Island | Tiltwheel | Shakey Graves | Meatbodies | Mt. Joy | Pixies | Judy Collins |

It's very late Tuesday night or very early Wednesday morning, depending on how you look at the world, and I decided to knock out all the listings for this week because I'm trying to either be at the Japanese Breakfast show or the Alex Bergan show on Wednesday night, and I don't want to have to do any updates after either. So here are the listings, even though you'll still see them at the same usual time. It's supposed to be a scorcher this weekend, so stay cool, hydrate before consuming alcohol, and don't be afraid to walk around in a wet t-shirt. Enjoy the week, the weekend, and try to keep it cool. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: Goodbye, Maka | San Diego Zoo's Polar Bear Talluk, Giraffe Nicky, and Gorilla Maka Cross The Rainbow Bridge; Seaworld Walrus Basilla Dies, Too | San Diego Political BS Abounds |

The real news has been one depressing thing after another with real world implications, such that I completely stopped watching nightly newscasts. I still read news, but I'm more selective about my sources and just want to know what has happened, not talking heads discussing it endlessly. And as you know if you come to this page a lot, or know me through socials or IRL, that I spend most of my days at the San Diego Zoo. And this summer, I stepped it up and would zip to Seaworld on basically every possible night it was open later than the Zoo, which was most of the summer since the zoo changed their summer to close at 8pm. Anyway, the point here is that I spend A LOT of time with animals. 

That's why this week has been so. fucking. hard. Last week, I found out, pretty much on the same day that Polar Bear Talluk and Giraffe Nicky from the Zoo had died, and that Basa the Walrus from Seaworld had died. To be fair, I never spent a lot of time with Talluk, because he loved his air conditioned bedroom, but who doesn't have an affinity for the polar bears and their origin story at the Zoo? But Nicky was someone that I spent many hours with over the years. Especially when Mawe was born and I witnessed her first steps...I would hang out by them for hours at a time. I learned how to tell the giraffes apart in person, though it's much more challenging in my photos, I concede. And I always loved watching their care specialist interact with them. He'd whistle and wave his arm, and they'd all come running to him like puppies, and they'd wait patiently on one side of the habitat doors while he filled their feeders with food and browse, until he remotely opened them and they would feast. 

And same for Seaworld. I've often shared how I fell in love with a walrus named Mitik, who had been raised by humans and would play with me at the glass and was my sole reason for buying an annual pass. In loving him, I got to often spend time with the rest of the walruses - Chouchou, Dozer, and Basilla. When he passed very young of medical issues, I was heartbroken, but so grateful that he had a life at all instead of dying as an abandoned infant. Eventually Seaworld sent Chouchou to Seaworld Orlando, and so just the two adults remained...Dozer and Basilla. Admittedly, the belugas became my new obsession, because I'd get to the park so late that usually the walruses had already retreated to their bedroom pools, but I still visited them often and attempted to play with them at the glass like I had with Mitik, though they would mostly just swim over for a hot sec that could've been acknowledgement or coincidence. 

All three were known to be senior animals, and just like losing my Ficus earlier this year, you always kinda know in the back of your mind that these aging animals aren't going to live forever, though it is amazing that they all far exceeded typical life expectancy for their respective species, a testament to the incredible compassion and care they receive from their care teams. 

But Monday of this week came, and I was not ready for the news that Maka, the eldest of the resident bachelor brother gorillas had died that morning. It was known that he'd had at least one seizure, because it was seen on surveillance camera, but it wasn't known just how many he'd had. Gorillas are also known for heart disease and with Maka's chromosomal abnormalities, his health was always monitored extra close. But the news was and is still so devastating. If I tried to calculate the amount of time I've spent with the gorillas over the past several years--since COVID, really, well, let's just say it's a lot. It wasn't the responsibility of the gorillas to teach me anything about life, and death, but they did. When we were going through it with my dad and having to drive to Chula Vista every night to help move him into bed, I was spending all day with the gorillas. Sure, I'd be working on my phone or laptop for the duration, but I was still there. And when I got the call that my dad had died, I was with the gorillas. I watched the little brother, Denny, transition from his family group with his mom and dad to the bachelor group, with his three older half-brothers, Ekuba, Mandazzi, and Maka. 

Maka was known to be so even keeled and so mellow that he was Denny's first introduction, and Maka protected him fiercely, even though he was completely outsized by the two middle brothers. Watching them test their boundaries and learn to live together was a beautiful, albeit sometimes stressful, thing to witness. On one particular day, Maka took a tooth or a finger nail to his cheek and was bleeding profusely. No volunteers were around because they had a volunteer appreciation brunch, so I called security to have them alert the care specialists of what happened. They called in all the boys, and it turned out they had to go into emergency surgery to give Maka subcutaneous stitches, that they could see an artery exposed from the depth of the gash. That day, I was bonded to Maka forever. 

Unlike his brothers, however, Maka just didn't really give a shit about the humans, which made it all the more special if he acknowledged you at all. He would do this cute little posture to run from one side of the habitat to the other, and Denny would follow with one hand on his shoulder, like watching a football offense trying to run the ball, and if Maka stopped at you with his butt to you on the glass, you knew that it was because he felt safe with you. 


After Mandazzi left to start a family of his own at Sedgwick County Zoo, the dynamic was thrown off once again. Whereas Ekuba was left to take on the alpha qualities, being the biggest of the group, Maka was the wisest and sweetest and always trying to be the peacemaker, letting Denny know when he pushed too hard on their social boundaries. Recently Paul Donn and Jessica were moved to Safari Park, so Paul Donn can take over as silverback of the family troop up there, and it once again threw everything off, because now the three boys were to be outside all day, whereas before they'd swap half the day with the parents. Again, this new dynamic was confusing, in the way humans hate daylight saving time, or just want to be home when sometimes we don't have a choice in the matter, or you wake up on a Monday and dread going to work, primates do not like change. But they finally seemed like they were coming along, finding that they could take their naps by the waterfall or hang out in the back, or be near the humans only when they wanted to be. It actually felt like Maka had grown to like it, actually sitting at the glass facing the humans instead of with his back to it. Just about a week ago, I was standing in the little corner I love, working on my phone, and I look up and he's standing facing me eye to eye and I couldn't believe I wasn't just getting his butt smooshed at me! He was often overshadowed by his brothers antics or their size, but his soul was so sweet. It is amazing how much you can know and love an animal, to feel such intimacy in moments and deep communication, even through glass. 

It's been like a wake around the gorillas this week. All my zoo friends have been by to commiserate and cry and share pictures and to be present for Denny and Ekuba, the remaining two gorillas, who are just trying to figure out what the hell is going on as they move into a new relationship with each other, without Maka. It's hard and painful to watch. It's devastating to wonder what they understand and what they don't. But we've seen them adapt. They certainly continue to be a lesson for me in that respect. They were comfort when I've lost family, and when we lost Ficus. I hope in some small way, we can be that for them. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, August 14-Wednesday, August 20, 2025: BIG SIS | Emo Nite | Karl Denson | Metalachi | Jerry Cantrell | Michael Franti | Morricone Youth | HR | Tennis | Japanese Breakfast | Alex Bergan |

I was so impressed with myself for finishing these listings at 3 in the morning instead of 5 or 6am, but then I realized this is definitely the slow part of summer before we burst into September and the slew of events and tours that will overtake us through Thanksgiving. I'm feeling extra accomplished for tackling some tasks I'd been putting off and will continue some projects while I have the time to do them. Enjoy the lazy days of summer and let's all try to find the joy where we can while we still can. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, August 7-Wednesday, August 13, 2025: Dead Rock West | Plague Vendor | Nick Waterhouse | Cory Cross | GHOST | Alabama Shakes | MS Paint | King Gizzard |

Okay, you guys. It's August. I know it's getting hot, but Pride and Comic-Con are behind us, so it's time to start getting back into your groove of going to shows. There is so much good stuff coming up and small businesses are being crushed right now because the price of everything is way up and everyone has tightened their spending because, well, because it's a fucking scary world right now. But it's time to look at those venue calendars and get your tickets so you can find some joy and create good things to look forward to.

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.