Get through your midweek hump with a night of music: A multitude of genres are represented tonight, including a great hip-hop show with Talib Kweli a the House of Blues, local rockers Schitzophonics over at Bar Pink and Blood on Fire, the project of Gary Heffern of San Diego punk legends the Penetrators.
Wednesday April 6:
Blacksmith Presents: Talib Kweli, Fashawn @ House of Blues
Schitzophonics, the Street and Babe Shadow @ Bar Pink
The Mentors, Screamin' Yeehaws, Tim Raldo and the Filthy F--s @ The Shakedown Bar
Wasted Image @ The Office
Eliza Rickman, Mike Jame @ Lestat's
The Bus Stop presents DJ Houseshoes, Mada, Ikah Love @ El Dorado
Jesse Davis @ Humphreys Backstage Live
Club Kingston with Jah Melody, DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
Bill Magee Blues Band @ Patrick's II
Jimmy Lewis @ Tiki House
Acoustic Fooks @ Dublin Square
Frankie Dee and the Funk Natra Band @ The Kraken
Brokers Band @ Coyote Bar & Grill
Gilbert Castellanos with the New Latin Jazz Quintet @ El Camino
Wednesday Night Shakedown @ Henry's Pub
Evolution @ Club Kadan
Safety Orange @ Hennessey's Gaslamp
Fuzzy @ Croce's
Katie Leigh and the Infantry @ Portugalia
Firehouse Swing Night @ Queen Bee's
Taryn Donath @ Marble Room
Jim Witter @ Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
Mario Olivares @ The V Lounge Viejas Casino
Octorox @ Second Wind Santee
The Perfect Gentlemen @ California Center for the Arts (4 and 7 p.m.)
Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and general musings about life in San Diego onSan Diego: Dialed In. She does social media for the Casbah, books at West Coast Tavern West Coast Tavern, and is trying her hand at band management. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.