If you didn't get your tickets to CityBeat's Festival of Beers, you might still be able to catch the bands by lining up at the fence on University. Still, there are plenty of other ways to get your music fix today that aren't sold out, so consider spending your night over at the Rumble at Bar Pink, this week featuring New Mexico, Vanaprasta and d/wolves. If a free show doesn't tickle your fancy, Josh Damigo continues his monthly Saturdays at Lestat's, and since he's moved to L.A., he's been bringing down some of his new friends to share the stage, and so far he's been on the mark, so go show him some love. Pete Yorn returns to the House of Blues, Hunx and his Punx take over the Tin Can, and an all-local rock show dominates Brick By Brick, so even if the forecast is accurate, don't let a little rain kill the rock &roll.
Saturday, April 9:
- CityBeat Festival of Beers, featuring Tape Deck Mountain, Little Hurricane, Maren Parusel, Stevie and the Hi-Stax @ LaFayette Hotel/El Cajon Blvd (1-2 p.m. VIP; 2-5 p.m. general admission -- sold out)
- FutureSounds & Indigenous present the Rumble, featuring New Mexico, Vanaprasta, d/wolves, DJ Mikey Face @ Bar Pink
- Josh Damigo Night, Stop Motion Poetry, Ashley Matte @ Lestat's
- Dodos, Reading Rainbow @ Casbah (sold out)
- Pete Yorn, Ben Kweller, the Wellspring @ House of Blues
- ArtFag Recordings and Tin Can present Hunx and His Punx, Shannon and the Clams, Plateaus @ Tin Can -- read OwlandBear's Hunx and His Punx preview
- Someday Assassin (CD release), A Scribe Amidst the Lions, Firethorn, Unwynd, Lessons From Zeke @ Brick By Brick
- Gaslamp Killer, Bubblegum Scifi, Head$hake, Blancnoire@ El Dorado
- Adult Swim presents Rag Bag of Jollification, featuring Young Dro, Killer Mike, Pac Div @ 4th & B (free, 18-plus, 6 p.m., lot adjacent to 4th & B)
- Dust n’ Bones (GnR tribute), Generator (Bad Religion tribute) @ Belly Up
- Beat Kitchen @ Til Two Club
- M.E.T.A., Angry Orts, Rhino @ Eleven
- Los Creepers, the Bandits, Altar Relics @ The Shakedown
- Booty Bassment with Dimitri and Rob @ Whistle Stop
- WitchDoctor, with Matti Folks, Joel Moreno, Dj Schugar, Bad Medicine Electric Circus and Roric and live art from the Infusion Project @ Ruby Room
- Captured! By Robots, Sleep Lady, Archons @ Soda Bar
- Lurkeville, with Thee Strychnine DJs @ Tower Bar
- DJ Saul Q and Guests @ U-31
- The B Foundation, Katastro, Southtown Generals @ Sound Wave
- Clepto, Clockwork, Speks, Skons, Dead Days, Let Em Rot @ O'Connell's
- The Burnsville Band @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage, free)
- The Brian Jordan Band and Groove Session @ Winston's
- Protest the Hero, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Tesseract, Under the Stone @ Soma
- Tish Hinojosa @ AMSD (Acoustic Music San Diego)
- Jeff Berkley @ Poway Library (free, 2 p.m.)
- Bob Franke @ San Dieguito United Methodist Church (7:30 p.m.)
- Fire Eaters @ The Marble Room
- Greenlight Trio @ Donovan's Circle of Fifths
- Scream Louder!, featuring Paul Ahi, Urban Assault, Turbo Teen, Artistic, Hot Fire, Marlon Linares, Randy Vission, Dropset @ World Beat Center (18-plus, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.)
- Temple of the Dad @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (5-7 p.m.)
- Viva Santana @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9 p.m.)
- Hello Trouble @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- Ariginal One presents Irie Revolution, featuring Full Blown Stone, J.A.M. Kwest, Sunny Rude, Split Finger, Dub Siders, TRC Sound @ 4th & B (doors at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m.)
- Kenny Lattimore @ Anthology (7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.)
- Dropjoy @ Stage Bar & Grill
- May*Star’s Makeout fashion show/San Party, the Very (CD release) @ The Stage/Porter’s Pub/UCSD (18-plus)
- Club Sabbat 13th Anniversary, featuring Atom, Robin Roth, Liquid Grey @ The Flame -- read Robin Roth's preview
- Sanctuary @ El Cajon Grand
- Style of Eye, TJR @ Voyeur
- Club Papi, featuring Elvis Crespo@ Spin
- Fluxx*adelic, featuring Sid Vicious + Rico DeLargo @ Fluxx
- Dragon Lounge, with Danny the Wildchild, Arkon, Tech_Fusion, Ghost MD & MC Subliminal @ Kava Lounge
- Peelander-Z, On Being Human, Parade of Lights @ The Vault (Temecula)
- SD Opera presents der Rosenkavalier @ Civic Theatre
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.
