It's one of my favorite weekends of the year. It's completely overbooked with activity, but it's always fun to cruise Adams Avenue Unplugged, ArtWalk or the Encinitas Street Fair. I'm not sure why after all these years they overlap bookings, but nobody seems to care what I think about that. After a day in the sun, you can expect the Casbah to be a who's who of the local music scene as Demasiado reform to play their first show in eight years. With the bill filled out by Midnight Pine, BFSB and Madly, let's just say Sunday will be a recovery day for many. Around town, satellite radio listeners will be familiar with the Advanced Placement tour featuring Missio, 888 and Coast Modern at the House of Blues, our friends in the Verigolds rock out at Soda Bar and San Diego Soul Festival takes over at Valley View Casino Center.
Saturday, April 29:
- Adams Avenue Unplugged @ Various Locations of Normal Heights & Kensington (12-11 p.m.)
- ArtWalk Little Italy @ India Street between Date & Grape
- Encinitas Street Fair @ Hyw 101, D Street to J Street
- SiriusXM presents Alt Nation's Advanced Placement tour with Missio, 888, Coast Modern @ House of Blues
- The Midnight Pine, Demasiado, BFSB, Madly, DJ Mike Delgado @ Casbah
- The Verigolds, Star Jungle, Well Well Well, DJs Mike Turi & Andrew McGranahan @ Soda Bar
- San Diego Soul Festival feat. Anthony Hamilton, Keith Sweat, Guy with Teddy Riley, Dru Hill @ Valley View Casino Center
- Adams Avenue Unplugged featuring Christian Taylor Band (9 p.m.), Daniel Crawford & the Unkind (7 p.m.), Grampadrew & the Gutstrings (5 p.m.) @ Sycamore Den
- Adams Avenue Unplugged featuring Home, Nina Francis, John Hull, Elise Trouw, Tony P, Caroline Corn, Nick Crook, Jordan Reimer, Chris Carpenter, Dan Gindling, Live Cowan @ Lestat's
- MercyMe @ Balboa Theatre
- Wayward Sons, Godspeed McQueen @ Belly Up
- Nena Anderson @ Bar Pink
- Nimrod, Radio Hearts, Dead on the Wire, JX3 @ Pour House Oceanside
- The Full Monty @ SDSU Musical Theater
- '80s Night with Latin Lovers @ Space
- Foshokyo, Like Lexington, Snapghost & Ingogrigio, DJ Tel2raw, Kaijudacia @ Ken Club
- 36th Annual Art Alive @ San Diego Museum of Art
- Fuzz Huzzi, DAB, Finding T.H.E.T.I.S @ The Merrow
- Iguanadon, Desert Suns, Fantasy Arcade @ Tower Bar
- Robinson/Nunally Band @ AMSD, Sweetwater Union High School
- The Jacobs Orchestra with Barbara Morrison @ Symphony Hall
- Classic Strings & Modern Brew @ Museum of Making Music
- Booty Bassment with Dmitri & Rob Moran @ Whistle Stop (9 p.m.)
- Phutureprimitive, Joe Muscatello @ WorldBeat Cultural Center
- Pop Up Shop @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Irving Flores Trio @ Harbor Music Hall
- Metal Swap Meet @ Quartyard
- Gecko Get Down, Evan Casey, Tiago, Yensaaan @ Blonde
- Green Today, DJ Ofier @ The Holding Company 1502
- The Lion King Jr. @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- The Doo Wop Project @ Poway Center for the Performing Arts
- The Windermeres, A-Bortz, Punch Card @ Bancroft Bar
- Block Market @ Quartyard
- VacScene, R.I.P., and Time Machine @ Winston's (2:30 p.m.)
- The Gringos @ Winston's (9:30 p.m.)
- San Diego City Soul Club presents Soul a Go-Go @ Til-Two Club
- Mayor Taco Ghost, Clint & Bonnie, 3SPDS @ Black Cat Bar
- Superjoint, Battlecross, Child Bite, BeeKeeper, Sight Unscene @ Brick by Brick
- Approaching Fiction, Latex Grenade, Wytte Locis @ 710 Beach Club
- DJ Freeman @ U-31
- Detroit Underground @ Tio Leo's
- Diane Schuur @ Humphreys Backstage Live (7 and 9 p.m.)
- Butts Ta Nuts with DJs Waterfalls, Abjo, Julz @ El Dorado
- Strictly Business with DJs Edroc & KanyeAsada @ The Office
- Reflex @ FLUXX
- Stooki Sound @ Bassmnt
- Pusher @ Bang Bang
- Caliber @ V Lounge, Viejas Casino
- Jennifer Keith @ Lobby Bar, Viejas Casino
- DJ Irie @ Omnia
- "Divine Species" Mating Season (featuring Lubelski) @ Kava Lounge
- Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry's
Rosemary Bystrak is the publicist for the Casbah and writes about the San Diego music scene, events and general musings about life in San Diego on San Diego: Dialed In. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.
