I know I was a bit abrupt with my post last week. I apologize. Between all the bands I follow throwing out streaming options all over the place with constant additions and changes, I didn’t really know what to do with myself or this calendar. Live music is still canceled for the foreseeable future but there are so many bands and artists doing pop-ups all over the place. They are even just hopping online to chat. I trust you all follow the bands you love and for me to make you a list, especially when times and dates are changing all over the place, it seems like a futile effort on my end. However, if you want a more curated list, you can check out Kristen’s calendar here.

She’s also keeping it updated throughout the week. So, if you know her and love her and her calendar is doing it for you, hug her when this is all over. Okay? Okay.

I trust you all to be following the various socials of all the bands you love. Please keep in mind that you can set notifications on platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, so you never miss anything.

For Instagram:

• Go to the page of the artist you like who you want to keep close tabs on.
• Tap the “following” button and you’ll see a pop-up including; add to close friends, notifications, mute, restrict, and unfollow.
• Tap “notifications” and adjust accordingly.
• Don’t forget to adjust settings on devices to get notifications if you’ve previously turned them off.

For Facebook:

• Go to the page of the artist.
• Click the “following” button and adjust to see first. (See a pattern?)
• Don’t forget to adjust settings on devices to get notifications if you’ve previously turned them off.

You can also check on Bandisintown for events and notifications, but they aren’t the most accurate. I’ve also seen StubHub put on streaming concerts. There’s a lot going on out there. Artists have also been saving their live videos to their Instagram profiles so you can rewatch or view at a later time if you’re unavailable when it’s live. It’s a weird and wild time out there, so find something that works for you.

Be safe and much love to you all.

Coronavirus still at large. Please check back in April.

In case you’ve been under a rock, everything is canceled until further notice. Here’s hoping we are good to go by June instead of waiting till summertime. Do your part people!

UPDATE: ALL BARS AND CLUBS IN CALIFORNIA ARE DIRECTED TO CLOSE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Local shows for the next few weeks are likely to be impacted by the Coronavirus. Please double-check and triple check the social media and websites of all bands and venues you plan on attending as this is an ever-changing situation. Again, please hold on to your concert tickets if possible for the rescheduled date if there is one. Please support your artists by buying merch, streaming, buying albums in iTunes, and so on. Feel free to support our venues by buying merch from the venues. Perhaps encourage your bands to pop on StageIt (remember that?) or other live streaming means as a way to put on a show. Hold on kids, we’ll get there.

 

Monday: Third Eye Blind @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)

Tuesday: 91X SDMA Nominee Showcase @ The Merrow at 8pm
AND: Downs Family, Lexington Field, Action Andy and the Hi-Tones @ Casbah at 8:30pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 9pm

Wednesday: Grace Potter @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
AND: Iron Sage Wood @ Belly Up (Postponed)

Thursday: Virtual Seaport Sessions with Dirty Sweet and Low Volts at 5pm link here
AND: Mattson 2 @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Louis XIV @ Music Box (Postponed)
AND: Paul Thorn @ Belly Up (Postponed)

Friday: Tori Roze & the Hot Mess @ Riviera Supper Club at 9pm
AND: Hank Williams Tribute w/Kimmi Bitter, Creature & the Woods @ Moose Lodge at 7:30pm
AND: Kennady Tracy, My Name is Chapel @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Elohim @ House of Blues (Postponed)
AND: Tiger Army @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)

Saturday: David Spitzfaden, Marian Mulock @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Shane Hall, Francis Blume @ Casbah at 8pm
AND: Julia Sage & the Bad Hombres @ Whistlestop Bar at 5pm

Sunday:

 

Keep in Mind:

March 23rd- Grouplove @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
March 27th- Irontom @ Soda Bar
March 31st- Celine Dion @ Pechanga Arena (Postponed)
April 3rd- Coin @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
April 5th- Allen Stone @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
April 9th- Mika @ Humphreys
April 13th- Pearl Jam @ Viejas
April 15th- Marina @ Humphreys
April 17th- Beth Hart @ Humphreys
April 17th- Tyler Hilton @ Lestats
April 30th- Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
May 15th- Gabriel Iglesias @ Pechanga Arena
May 16th- lovelytheband @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- James Arthur @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- MAX @ House of Blues
May 19th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up
May 23rd- Chain Fest feat: Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, Cartel, Circa Survive, Glassjaw, Acceptance, and Save The Day @ Five Points Amphitheatre
May 26th- Justin Beiber @ Pechanga Arena
June 1st- Third Eye Blind @ Observatory North Park
June 3rd- Blue October @ Observatory North Park
June 7th- The Fratellis
June 11th- AJR @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 13th- Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 14- Coin @ Observatory North Park
June 25th- The Go Gos @ Humphreys
July 1st- Airborne Toxic Event @ Observatory North Park
July 23rd- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Petco Park
July 24th- Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer
August 9th- The Weekend @ Pechanga Arena
August 25th- The Lumineers @ Pechanga Arena
August 30th- Harry Styles @ Pechanga Arena
September 29th- Nickelback, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 10th- Soul Asylum @ Belly Up

This week I get to take a mid-week jaunt up to Sacramento for a much-needed show from The Silent Comedy. Catharsis, I’m waiting for you! Everything else that comes before or after Wednesday is either cake or irrelevant. But I digress…

In other news, we have a completely *stacked* week for music in San Diego! There are no bad choices here. Get out and support your local scene!!

 

Monday: Tame Impala @ Pechanga Arena at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Lost Dakota, Machine Politik, The Monroes @ Casbah at 8:30pm

Tuesday: Buddy Guy @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT

Wednesday: Alisan Porter, HLLNDR @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Vérité @ House of Blues Voodoo Room 8pm
AND: G. Love and Special Sauce @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Ezra Bell, Balto @ Casbah at 9pm

Thursday: Creature and the Woods @ Bar Pink at 9pm
AND: Flogging Molly @ Harrah’s Resort SoCal at 7pm
AND: Johnny Tarr Quintet @ Merrow at 9pm
AND: Phil Cody @ Casbah at 8:30pm

Friday: Soul Asylum @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Lauren Ruth Ward, Valley Queen @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Hot Chelle Rae @ House of Blues – POSTPONED
AND: Creature Canyon, The Jacks, Dead Poet Society @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm
AND: Your Favorite Color, Tyke James, Blue Rain Boots @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm

Saturday: The Motels, Bow Wow Wow, When In Rome II @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Delta Spirit @ Belly Up at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Creature and the Woods @ Ol’ Fashioned Lumber at 7pm
AND: Frances Quinlan, Sofia Wolfson @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Patrick Sweany, Dirty Streets @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm
AND: James Berkley, Cassidy Paige, Bella Kaye @ Lestats at 8pm

Sunday: Amanda Shires, LA Edwards @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Lost Monarchs @ Pour House at 9pm

 

Keep in Mind:

March 16th- Third Eye Blind, Saves the Day @ Observatory North Park
March 18th- Grace Potter @ Observatory North Park
March 19th- Louis XIV @ Music Box
March 20th- Creature and the Woods, Kimmi Bitter @ Moose Lodge
March 23rd- Grouplove @ Observatory North Park
March 27th- Irontom @ Soda Bar
March 31st- Celine Dion @ Pechanga Arena
April 3rd- Coin @ Observatory North Park
April 5th- Allen Stone @ Observatory North Park
April 9th- Mika @ Humphreys
April 13th- Pearl Jam @ Viejas
April 15th- Marina @ Humphreys
April 17th- Beth Hart @ Humphreys
April 17th- Tyler Hilton @ Lestats
April 30th- Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
May 15th- Gabriel Iglesias @ Pechanga Arena
May 16th- lovelytheband @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- James Arthur @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- MAX @ House of Blues
May 19th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up
May 23rd- Chain Fest feat: Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, Cartel, Circa Survive, Glassjaw, Acceptance, and Save The Day @ Five Points Amphitheatre
May 26th- Justin Beiber @ Pechanga Arena
June 3rd- Blue October @ Observatory North Park
June 7th- The Fratellis
June 11th- AJR @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 13th- Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 25th- The Go Gos @ Humphreys
July 1st- Airborne Toxic Event @ Observatory North Park
July 23rd- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Petco Park
July 24th- Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer
August 9th- The Weekend @ Pechanga Arena
August 25th- The Lumineers @ Pechanga Arena
August 30th- Harry Styles @ Pechanga Arena
September 29th- Nickelback, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

It’s been a weird week. The weather has been weird and my body can’t decide if it’s hot or cold, sick or allergies, tired or awake. It’s been that kind of week. But next week I get an adventure for a day up to Sacramento to see my favorite guys, the Silent Comedy. It’s a much needed short trip but in the meantime, this is what we have for the week…

 

Monday: Michael McDermott @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Tuesday: Christopher Paul Stelling
AND: Boy Named Bajo @ Casbah at 8:30pm

Wednesday: Burlap the Sac, Moxi & Loon @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: The Wonder Years, Free Throw, Spanish Love Songs, Pool Kids @ Observatory North Park at 7pm
AND: Dave Booda & Michael Tiernan @ Belly Up at 8pm

Thursday: The Unlikely Candidates, Castlecomer, MRDN HSTRY @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Moby Rich @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Beach Bunny @ Che Cafe at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Twiddle @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Robyn Hitchcock @ Casbah at 8pm
AND: Royal Jelly Jive @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Friday: White Reaper, The Aquadolls, Native Sun @ Casbah at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: The Stone Foxes, Mrs. Henry, Strange Vine @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: In the Round feat: Creature and the Woods, Kimmi Bitter, and more @ Great Moose Lodge at 8:30pm
AND: Blake Shelton @ Pechanga Arena at 7pm
AND: The Growlers @ Soma at 8pm – SOLD OUT

Saturday: Chris Renzema @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Jordan Davis @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: No Win, On Drugs @ Soma at 7pm
AND: Dillinger Four @ Soda Bar at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Creature and the Woods @ Tornado Bar at 2pm

Sunday:

 

Keep in Mind:
March 9th- Tame Impala @ Pechanga Arena
March 12th- Flogging Molly @ Harrah’s Resort SoCal
March 13th- Soul Asylum @ Belly Up
March 13th- Hot Chelle Rae @ House of Blues
March 14th- Delta Spirit @ Belly Up
March 16th- Third Eye Blind, Saves the Day @ Observatory North Park
March 18th- Grace Potter @ Observatory North Park
March 19th- Louis XIV @ Music Box
March 23rd- Grouplove
March 27th- Irontom @ Soda Bar
March 31st- Celine Dion @ Pechanga Arena
April 3rd- Coin @ Observatory North Park
April 5th- Allen Stone @ Observatory North Park
April 9th- Mika @ Humphreys
April 13th- Pearl Jam @ Viejas
April 15th- Marina @ Humphreys
April 17th- Beth Hart @ Humphreys
April 30th- Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
May 15th- Gabriel Iglesias @ Pechanga Arena
May 16th- lovelytheband @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- James Arthur @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- MAX @ House of Blues
May 23rd- Chain Fest feat: Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, Cartel, Circa Survive, Glassjaw, Acceptance, and Save The Day @ Five Points Amphitheatre
May 26th- Justin Beiber @ Pechanga Arena
June 3rd- Blue October @ Observatory North Park
June 7th- The Fratellis
June 11th- AJR @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 13th- Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 25th- The Go Gos @ Humphreys
July 1st- Airborne Toxic Event @ Observatory North Park
July 23rd- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Petco Park
July 24th- Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer
August 9th- The Weekend @ Pechanga Arena
August 25th- The Lumineers @ Pechanga Arena
August 30th- Harry Styles @ Pechanga Arena
September 29th- Nickelback, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

My musical adventures don’t get started till about mid-March, May, and then again in June so I think I’m going to keep on keeping with the low key nights. Also, I’m in the middle of a level of an old computer game and just when I think I’ve got a handle on the level, I go down in flames. I really want to beat this level! It’s driving me nuts! I think y’all will have to go out for me right now. Here’s what we have for the week.

 

Monday: Body Salt, Cheyenne Benton, Golda @ Casbah at 8:30pm
AND: Overcoats @ SDCCU Soundspace at 12pm
AND: Shake Before Us @ Pour House at 9pm

Tuesday: Thrice, mewithoutyou @ Observatory North Park at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Leo Kottke @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Electric Guest @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Flor de Toloache @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: The Corner @ Tin Roof at 8pm
AND: Habibi, Rudy De Anda @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Wednesday: Guster @ Music Box 8pm
AND: Have Mercy, fredo disco, Selfish Things, Young culture @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 7:30pm
AND: Tinsley Ellis, Janiva Magness @ Belly Up at 7:30pm
AND: Ezra Furman, Kelley Stoltz @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Johnny Tarr @ Bar Pink at 8pm

Thursday: James Supercave, Low Hum @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Color Til Monday @ The Merrow at 8pm
AND: Hikes @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Friday: The Struts @ Soma at 7pm
AND: ZZ Ward @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Ben Rector @ The Magnolia
AND: Emo Nite @ Casbah at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Dave Hause, Northcote @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Eliza & The Delusionals @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Dr. Dog @ Observatory North Park at 8pm – SOLD OUT

Saturday: Steve Poltz Birthday Bash ft. The Rugburns, Nicki Bluhm, The Mastersons + more @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: The Delta Bombers, Reckless Ones, Hard Fall Hearts @ Soda Bar 9pm
AND: Olivia O’Brien, Hey Violet @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Colin Hay @ The Magnolia @ 7pm
AND: Tanae @ Lestats at 8pm

Sunday: Steve Poltz @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Summer Cannibals @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Christian French, Rence @ Casbah at 8:30pm
AND: Walter Trout @ Belly Up at 7:30pm

Keep in Mind:
March 5th- The Unlikely Candidates @ Music Box
March 6th- The Stone Foxes @ Soda Bar
March 6th- Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 6th- Blake Shelton @ Pechanga Arena
March 9th- Tame Impala @ Pechanga Arena
March 12th- Flogging Molly @ Harrah’s Resort SoCal
March 13th- Soul Asylum @ Belly Up
March 13th- Hot Chelle Rae @ House of Blues
March 14th- Delta Spirit @ Belly Up
March 16th- Third Eye Blind, Saves the Day @ Observatory North Park
March 18th- Grace Potter @ Observatory North Park
March 19th- Louis XIV @ Music Box
March 23rd- Grouplove
March 27th- Irontom @ Soda Bar
March 31st- Celine Dion @ Pechanga Arena
April 3rd- Coin @ Observatory North Park
April 5th- Allen Stone @ Observatory North Park
April 9th- Mika @ Humphreys
April 13th- Pearl Jam @ Viejas
April 15th- Marina @ Humphreys
April 17th- Beth Hart @ Humphreys
April 30th- Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
May 15th- Gabriel Iglesias @ Pechanga Arena
May 16th- lovelytheband @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- James Arthur @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- MAX @ House of Blues
May 23rd- Chain Fest feat: Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, Cartel, Circa Survive, Glassjaw, Acceptance, and Save The Day @ Five Points Amphitheatre
May 26th- Justin Beiber @ Pechanga Arena
June 3rd- Blue October @ Observatory North Park
June 7th- The Fratellis
June 11th- AJR @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 13th- Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 25th- The Go Gos @ Humphreys
July 1st- Airborne Toxic Event @ Observatory North Park
July 23rd- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Petco Park
July 24th- Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer
August 9th- The Weekend @ Pechanga Arena
August 25th- The Lumineers @ Pechanga Arena
August 30th- Harry Styles @ Pechanga Arena
September 29th- Nickelback, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

My week was filled with adventure planning and a night out.

 

Monday: Electric hot Tuna @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Moxi & Loon, Snakes and Crows, Overself @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Devon Baldwin, Olivia Grace, WENS @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Tuesday: Eric Hutchinson, Casey @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: The Spiritual Motels @ Casbah at 9pm

Wednesday: Missing Persons, Diane & The Deductibles @ Belly Up at 8pm

Thursday: Seaport Session feat: The Frets, MRDN HSTRY @ Seaport Village Lighthouse District at 5pm
AND: Joshua Radin & friends with Ben Kweller and William Fitzsimmons @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Illiterate Light @ Casbah at 9:30pm
AND: Bay Faction, Lunar Hand, Jara, Leon Canoe @ Che Cafe at 7:30pm
AND: Albert Posis, Nieman @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Friday: The Sleepwalkers @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Christian Taylor Band @ Park & Rec at 10pm
AND: Kat Hammock w/ Josh Urich @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm
AND: Magic City Hippies @ House of Blues at 9pm

Saturday: Transviolet, Armors @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Amber Liu, Meg & Dia @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Love and Theft, Stephen Rey  @ Tin Roof at 6pm
AND: William Duvall @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm

Sunday: Kimmi Bitter @ Pour House at 9pm
AND: Yola, Amythyst Kiah @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Al Jardine’s Endless Summer (original founding member of the Beach Boys) @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Casey Hensley @ Casbah at 8pm

 

Keep in Mind:

February 25th- Thrice @ Observatory North Park
February 28th- The Struts @ Soma
February 28th- Dr. Dog @ Observatory North Park
February 28th- ZZ Ward @ Belly Up
February 28th- Ben Rector @ The Magnolia
March 6th- The Stone Foxes @ Soda Bar
March 6th- Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 9th- Tame Impala @ Pechanga Arena
March 12th- Flogging Molly @ Harrah’s Resort SoCal
March 13th- Soul Asylum @ Belly Up
March 13th- Hot Chelle Rae @ House of Blues
March 14th- Delta Spirit @ Belly Up
March 16th- Third Eye Blind
March 18th- Grace Potter @ Observatory North Park
March 19th- Louis XIV @ Music Box
March 27th- Irontom @ Soda Bar
April 3rd- Coin @ Observatory North Park
April 5th- Allen Stone @ Observatory North Park
April 9th- Mika @ Humphreys
April 15th- Marina @ Humphreys
April 17th- Beth Hart @ Humphreys
May 19th- James Arthur @ Observatory North Park
June 11th- AJR @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 25th- The Go Gos @ Humphreys
July 1st- Airborne Toxic Event @ Observatory North Park
July 24th- Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer