After what was basically a week of rain and hibernating while watching the Olympics, we’re starting to get back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Monday: Writer’s Round @ Ould Sod at 6pm
AND: Sons of Legion, Ellery Harper @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: SDMA Nominee Announcement Show @ Music Box at 7pm

Tuesday: The Marshall Tucker Band @ The Sound at 8pm
AND: Noeline Hofmann @ Casbah at 8:30pm

Wednesday: Joseph @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound at 7pm
AND: Annika Wells @ Soda Bar at 7pm
AND: Bob Schneider @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: The Film Company @ Casbah at 8:30pm

Thursday: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound at 7pm – SOLD OUT
AND: The Warped Band @ Winstons OB at 9pm
AND: G. Love & Special Sauce @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT

Friday: Ryan Barber and the Riches @ Winton’s OB at 6:30pm
AND: Daring Greatly @ The Holding Company at 7:30m
AND: Nate Botsford @ Moonshine Flats at 9pm
AND: Makeout Reef @ Casbah at 8:30pm
AND: Matt Pryor @ Soda Bar at 7pm

Saturday: Black Pistol Fire @ Soma at 7pm
AND: Taylor Dayne @ Viejas Casino at 8pm
AND: Emery @ The Holding Company at 7:30pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Nate Botsford @ Moonshine Flats at 9pm
AND: Brian Jones Rock N Roll Revival @ Winston’s OB at 5pm

Sunday: Yellow Days @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Young Dubliners @ Belly Up at 7:30pm

Keep in Mind:
March 5th: The Strumbellas @ Music Box
March 9th: Nine Inch Nails @ Pechanga Arena
March 13th: Colony House @ House of Blues
March 19th: Lady A @ Viejas Resort
March 20: Foreigner & San Diego Symphony Orchestra @ Rady Shell
March 23rd: Hawthorne Heights @ House of Blues
March 27th: The Maine @ Observatory North Park
April 1st 2026: Calum Scott @ Soma
April 4th: The Happy Fits @ Observatory North Park
April 5th: Elise Trouw @ Music Box
April 24th: Cheap Trick @ Humphreys
May 9th: The Academy Is… @ Observatory North Park
May 10th: The Avett Brothers @ Rady Shell
May 17th: MGK @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 20th: Yungblud @ Rady Shell
May 29th: Pitbull @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 12th: Rod Stewart @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 10th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 11th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 12th: Wolfmother @ Observatory North Park
July 17th: Evanscence @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 21st: Ed Sheeran @ Petco Park
July 23rd: Rainbow Kitten Surprise @ Gallagher Square
July 31st: Zach Bryan @ Snapdragon Stadium
August 9th 2026: O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, Lisa Loeb @ Cal Coast Credit Union Theater
August 12th: Toto, The Romatics @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 30th: My Chemical Romance @ Petco Park
September 2nd: Guns N’ Roses @ Snapdragon Stadium
September 18th: Motley Crüe @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 9th 2026: Jack Johnson @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

Has anyone else been really interested in watching the Olympic Curling? Just me? Cool.

Monday: Cat Power @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Writer’s Round @ Ould Sod at 6pm
AND: Mama’s Broke, Clinton Davis @ Soda Bar at 7pm

Tuesday: Maggie Lindemann @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Spiritual Cramp @ Casbah at 8pm

Wednesday: David Ramirez, Sharon Silva @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm
AND: Leo Kottke @ Belly Up at 8pm

Thursday: Kitchen Dwellers, Cordovas @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Tigers in Cairo @ Casbah at 8:30pm
AND: Wild Wild Wets, Sunbendr @ Soda Bar at 7:30pm

Friday: Del Water Gap @ Soma at 7pm
AND: Emo Nite @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Cold Cave @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Colter Wall @ Gallagher Square at Petco Park at 7pm
AND: Jenny & The Tramps @ Prohibition Lounge at 8pm

Saturday: Steve Poltz 17th Annual 50th Birthday Bash @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Justin Renaissance @ Voodoo Room at House of Blues at 7:30pm
AND: Saint Luna @ Soda Bar at 7:30pm

Sunday: Justin Furstenfeld @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Steve Poltz & Friends – 17th Annual 50th Birthday Bash @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Avenue Army, Evol Walks, RoseThorne @ Soda Bar at 7pm
AND: Shaun Cassidy @ Magnolia at 7pm

Keep in Mind:
February 25th: Joseph @ Music Box
February 25th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
February 26th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
March 5th: The Strumbellas @ Music Box
March 9th: Nine Inch Nails @ Pechanga Arena
March 13th: Colony House @ House of Blues
March 19th: Lady A @ Viejas Resort
March 20: Foreigner & San Diego Symphony Orchestra @ Rady Shell
March 23rd: Hawthorne Heights @ House of Blues
March 27th: The Maine @ Observatory North Park
April 1st 2026: Calum Scott @ Soma
April 4th: The Happy Fits @ Observatory North Park
April 5th: Elise Trouw @ Music Box
April 24th: Cheap Trick @ Humphreys
May 9th: The Academy Is… @ Observatory North Park
May 10th: The Avett Brothers @ Rady Shell
May 17th: MGK @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 20th: Yungblud @ Rady Shell
May 29th: Pitbull @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 12th: Rod Stewart @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 10th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 11th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 12th: Wolfmother @ Observatory North Park
July 17th: Evanscence @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 21st: Ed Sheeran @ Petco Park
July 23rd: Rainbow Kitten Surprise @ Gallagher Square
July 31st: Zach Bryan @ Snapdragon Stadium
August 9th 2026: O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, Lisa Loeb @ Cal Coast Credit Union Theater
August 12th: Toto, The Romatics @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 30th: My Chemical Romance @ Petco Park
September 2nd: Guns N’ Roses @ Snapdragon Stadium
September 18th: Motley Crüe @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 9th 2026: Jack Johnson @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

I don’t feel like I have much to say here. I haven’t been watching the Olympics. I didn’t watch the Superbowl, although I heard the cheering from my apartment. I did make it out to see Alex Sampson last weekend. I remember I first found him on Instagram years ago, so it was nice to see him in person. I discovered some new music by means of his openers and I’ll add them to my queue. I’ve been listening to music I know I should have listened to years ago and I’m getting “caught up” in a sense. Oh look, guess I had something to say after all.

Monday: Writer’s Round @ Ould Sod at 6pm
AND: Abby Webster @ Soda Bar at 7pm

Tuesday: Suzanne Vega @ Belly Up at 7:30pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Fiore, Trevor Davis @ Prohibition Lounge at 8pm
AND: Khamari @ House of Blues at 8pm

Wednesday: The Wailin’ Jennys @ The Sound at 8pm
AND: Daytime Moon @ The Holding Company at 7:30pm
AND: Tig3r Lewis, Black Pool, and more @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Ellise @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Sunny Sweeney, Mindy Miller @ Soda Bar at 7pm

Thursday: Battle of the Bands feat: Bellafiore, Finding Violet, and more @ The Holding Company at 7:30pm

Friday: ALO, Madeline Hawthorne @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: American Mile @ Moonshine Flats at 9pm

Saturday: Daring Greatly @ Pour House at 9pm
AND: American Mile @ Moonshine Flats at 9pm
AND: The Loons @ Casbah at 9pm

Sunday: Trestles, Rain on Fridays @ The Banshee at 8pm
AND: Filmore @ Prohibition Lounge at 5pm
AND: Air Supply @ Harraha’s at 8pm

Keep in Mind:
February 25th: Joseph @ Music Box
February 25th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
February 26th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
March 5th: The Strumbellas @ Music Box
March 9th: Nine Inch Nails @ Pechanga Arena
March 13th: Colony House @ House of Blues
March 19th: Lady A @ Viejas Resort
March 20: Foreigner & San Diego Symphony Orchestra @ Rady Shell
March 23rd: Hawthorne Heights @ House of Blues
March 27th: The Maine @ Observatory North Park
April 1st 2026: Calum Scott @ Soma
April 4th: The Happy Fits @ Observatory North Park
April 5th: Elise Trouw @ Music Box
April 24th: Cheap Trick @ Humphreys
May 9th: The Academy Is… @ Observatory North Park
May 10th: The Avett Brothers @ Rady Shell
May 17th: MGK @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 20th: Yungblud @ Rady Shell
May 29th: Pitbull @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 12th: Rod Stewart @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 10th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 11th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 12th: Wolfmother @ Observatory North Park
July 17th: Evanscence @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 21st: Ed Sheeran @ Petco Park
July 23rd: Rainbow Kitten Surprise @ Gallagher Square
July 31st: Zach Bryan @ Snapdragon Stadium
August 9th 2026: O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, Lisa Loeb @ Cal Coast Credit Union Theater
August 12th: Toto, The Romatics @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 30th: My Chemical Romance @ Petco Park
September 2nd: Guns N’ Roses @ Snapdragon Stadium
September 18th: Motley Crüe @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 9th 2026: Jack Johnson @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

And just like that, it’s February! I took a quick jaunt up to La La Land this weekend to watch some gymnastics and catch some music. Every once in awhile, it’s nice to have a quick overnight somewhere else. I got some quality time with friends as well as some nose boops from a furry friend. All in all, no complaints. Saturday is THE night to go out this week but there’s some other fun stuff this week as well.

Monday: Writer’s Round @ Ould Sod at 6pm
AND: COWBOYS: A Play by Business Casual w/ BONAVEGA @ Soda Bar at 6:30pm

Tuesday: Joss Stone @ Balboa Theatre at 7:30pm
AND: Hayes Carll @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Amarionette, Ikana @ Soda Bar at 6:30pm
AND: Fiore, Trevor Davis @ Prohibition Lounge at 8pm

Wednesday: Sons of Cream @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: 12 Gauge Trixie @ Soda Bar at 7:30pm
AND: Vurv @ Casbah at 8:30pm

Thursday: Aviator Stash @ Belly Up at 8pm

Friday: Dan Mangan @ Soda Bar at 7pm
AND: Dexter and The Moonrocks @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: The Pine Mountain Logs @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Three Legged Dog @ The Holding Company at 7:30pm

Saturday: Alex Sampson @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Ruston Kelly, verygently @ Belly Up at 5:30pm
AND: The Resinators, The Reckless, Russ Blvd @ Winstons OB at 9pm
AND: TX2 @ Soma at 6pm
AND: The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Casbah at 8:30pm
AND: Emo Night w/Brothers Grim @ Brick By Brick @ 8pm
AND: Sqwerv @ The Holding Company at 7:30pm

Sunday: Aries @ Observatory North Park at 8pm

Keep in Mind:
February 25th: Joseph @ Music Box
February 25th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
February 26th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
March 5th: The Strumbellas @ Music Box
March 9th: Nine Inch Nails @ Pechanga Arena
March 13th: Colony House @ House of Blues
March 19th: Lady A @ Viejas Resort
March 20: Foreigner & San Diego Symphony Orchestra @ Rady Shell
March 23rd: Hawthorne Heights @ House of Blues
March 27th: The Maine @ Observatory North Park
April 1st 2026: Calum Scott @ Soma
April 4th: The Happy Fits @ Observatory North Park
April 5th: Elise Trouw @ Music Box
April 24th: Cheap Trick @ Humphreys
May 9th: The Academy Is… @ Observatory North Park
May 10th: The Avett Brothers @ Rady Shell
May 17th: MGK @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 20th: Yungblud @ Rady Shell
May 29th: Pitbull @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 12th: Rod Stewart @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 10th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 11th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 12th: Wolfmother @ Observatory North Park
July 17th: Evanscence @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 21st: Ed Sheeran @ Petco Park
July 23rd: Rainbow Kitten Surprise @ Gallagher Square
July 31st: Zach Bryan @ Snapdragon Stadium
August 9th 2026: O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, Lisa Loeb @ Cal Coast Credit Union Theater
August 12th: Toto, The Romatics @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 30th: My Chemical Romance @ Petco Park
September 2nd: Guns N’ Roses @ Snapdragon Stadium
September 18th: Motley Crüe @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 9th 2026: Jack Johnson @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

We are blazing through January at an alarming pace. I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve gotten older that times seems to go faster or if the world really is moving at such a pace it feels impossible to keep up…

Monday: Writer’s Round @ Ould Sod at 6pm
AND: Rickie Lee Jones @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Auz Fontaine @ Soda Bar at 7pm

Tuesday: Madison Cunningham, Mike Viola @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: The Dimes @ Casbah at 8pm

Wednesday: Hannah Juanita and The Hardliners, Mose WIlson, Kimmi Bitter @ Casbah at 8pm
AND: Foghat @ Belly Up at 7:30pm
AND: Kayo Dot @ Soda Bar at 7pm

Thursday: Ernest @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Eric Sage, Split Rail Fence and Ryan Hiller @ The Holding Company at 7:30pm
AND: The Album Leaf @ Casbah at 8:30pm

Friday: Ash Easton @ Moonshine Flats at 9:30pm
AND: Moontricks @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Guttermouth, Signal For Pilot, and more @ The Holding Company at 6:30pm
AND: Priscilla Block @ House of Blues at 7pm

Saturday: Shaky Feelin’ @ Winston’s OB at 9:30pm
AND: Ash Easton @ Moonshine Flats at 9:30pm
AND: Andy Frasco & The U.N. @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Paging the 90’s @ The Holding Company at 8pm

Sunday: Avery Cochrane, Hannah Geller @ Music Box at 7pm

Keep in Mind:
February 7th: Alex Sampson @ House of Blues Voodoo Room
February 25th: Joseph @ Music Box
February 25th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
February 26th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
March 5th: The Strumbellas @ Music Box
March 9th: Nine Inch Nails @ Pechanga Arena
March 13th: Colony House @ House of Blues
March 19th: Lady A @ Viejas Resort
March 20: Foreigner & San Diego Symphony Orchestra @ Rady Shell
March 23rd: Hawthorne Heights @ House of Blues
March 27th: The Maine @ Observatory North Park
April 1st 2026: Calum Scott @ Soma
April 4th: The Happy Fits @ Observatory North Park
April 5th: Elise Trouw @ Music Box
April 24th: Cheap Trick @ Humphreys
May 9th: The Academy Is… @ Observatory North Park
May 10th: The Avett Brothers @ Rady Shell
May 17th: MGK @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 20th: Yungblud @ Rady Shell
May 29th: Pitbull @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 12th: Rod Stewart @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 10th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 11th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 12th: Wolfmother @ Observatory North Park
July 17th: Evanscence @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 21st: Ed Sheeran @ Petco Park
July 23rd: Rainbow Kitten Surprise @ Gallagher Square
July 31st: Zach Bryan @ Snapdragon Stadium
August 9th 2026: O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, Lisa Loeb @ Cal Coast Credit Union Theater
August 12th: Toto, The Romatics @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 30th: My Chemical Romance @ Petco Park
September 2nd: Guns N’ Roses @ Snapdragon Stadium
September 18th: Motley Crüe @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 9th 2026: Jack Johnson @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

Look at this calendar starting to fill out! Not bad for January in San Diego.

Monday: Auz Fontaine @ Soda Bar at 7pm

Tuesday: Pinback @ Casbah at 8:30pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Jason Dea West @ Soda Bar at 7:30pm

Wednesday: Fuzz @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Pinback @ Casbah at 8:30pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Tommy Stinson @ Whistle Stop Bar at 8pm
AND: Leavers @ Soda Bar at 7:30pm

Thursday: The Runarounds @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: WYO, Nathaniel Stewart @ Belly Up at 7:30pm
AND: Weakened Friends @ Whistle Stop at 9pm
AND: Analog Dog, Daddy, The Band Cope @ Soda Bar at 7pm
AND: JMSN @ Music Box at 9pm
AND: Pinback @ Casbah at 8:30pm – SOLD OUT

Friday: Billy F Gibbons and the BFG Band @ Belly Up at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Seahaven @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: American Mile @ Moonshine Flats at 9pm

Saturday: Mickey Avalon @ The Holding Company at 7:30pm
AND: American Mile @ Moonshine Flats at 8pm

Sunday:

Keep in Mind:
February 7th: Alex Sampson @ House of Blues Voodoo Room
February 25th: Joseph @ Music Box
February 25th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
February 26th: The Violent Femmes @ The Sound
March 5th: The Strumbellas @ Music Box
March 9th: Nine Inch Nails @ Pechanga Arena
March 13th: Colony House @ House of Blues
March 19th: Lady A @ Viejas Resort
March 20: Foreigner & San Diego Symphony Orchestra @ Rady Shell
March 23rd: Hawthorne Heights @ House of Blues
March 27th: The Maine @ Observatory North Park
April 1st 2026: Calum Scott @ Soma
April 4th: The Happy Fits @ Observatory North Park
April 5th: Elise Trouw @ Music Box
April 24th: Cheap Trick @ Humphreys
May 9th: The Academy Is… @ Observatory North Park
May 10th: The Avett Brothers @ Rady Shell
May 17th: MGK @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 20th: Yungblud @ Rady Shell
May 29th: Pitbull @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 12th: Rod Stewart @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 10th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 11th: Chris Stapleton @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 12th: Wolfmother @ Observatory North Park
July 17th: Evanscence @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 21st: Ed Sheeran @ Petco Park
July 23rd: Rainbow Kitten Surprise @ Gallagher Square
July 31st: Zach Bryan @ Snapdragon Stadium
August 9th 2026: O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, Lisa Loeb @ Cal Coast Credit Union Theater
August 12th: Toto, The Romatics @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 30th: My Chemical Romance @ Petco Park
September 2nd: Guns N’ Roses @ Snapdragon Stadium
September 18th: Motley Crüe @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 9th 2026: Jack Johnson @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre