CityBeat is celebrating 10 years of publishing in San Diego, and they're combining some of my favorite things in one party: live music, gourmet food tasting and the use of a non-traditional venue. This just might be the party of the year with a great lineup of bands headlined by Hills Like Elephants, who just took home the Best New Artist trophy at the San Diego Music Awards. This is going to be a really fun way to kick off your Friday night. You can follow up with Cuckoo Chaos and Tropical Popsicle at the Casbah, Hello Echo from L.A. over at Tin Can or another pop of Rafter over at Soda Bar. Just be sure to save some juice for Saturday because there are tons of events to keep the fun going all weekend long.
Friday, August 24:
- CityBeat's 10th Birthday featuring Hills Like Elephants, Wild Wild Wets, Rafter, Trio Gadjo, Animal Cracker Conspiracy @ San Diego Air & Space Museum (8 p.m.)
- Cuckoo Chaos, Tropical Popsicle, Little Deadman, DJ Keith Sweaty @ Casbah
- Hello Echo, You.May.Die.In.The.Desert, Ditches @ Tin Can
- Rafter, Lion Cut, Jamuel Saxon (Keith solo set) @ Soda Bar
- The Natives, Mermaids, Homeless-Sexuals, Needledick DJs @ Che Cafe
- Livin' On a Prayer, Dus N Bones, DJ Man Cat @ Belly Up (9:00 p.m.)
- Pocket @ Whistle Stop
- Air Supply, John Waite @ Humphreys Concerts By the Bay
- Acoustic On the Veranda featuring Chaz Mason @ Lafayette Hotel/Pool (6-8 p.m.)
- Heal Yo Soul with the Styletones (benefit for Alternative Healing Network) @ Queen Bee's
- Revenge Death Ball, Chiefs, Brass Knuckle Voodoo & Her Bed of Thorns @ The Shakedown
- Taboo, the Ladies Lair @ Til-Two Club
- Happy Ron's 7th Annual 40th Birthday Party @ Rebecca's Coffee (South Park)
- Implants, Eken is Dead, Prosthetic Arms, News From the Front, From Scars @ Ruby Room
- Atomic Groove '70s/'80s Happy Hour @ Belly Up (5:30 p.m.)
- Dead As Dillinger, Degero, Moosejaw @ Ken Club
- Suicide Chords, Marching Mind, Interrobang, Science Fiction Jazz, Quor @ Eleven
- The Mother Belle, Nancarrow, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, @ The Griffin
- Colleen Green, Plateus, Cheap Curls, DJs Mario Orduno & Marco Gonzalez @ Tower Bar
- Crizzly & Seven Lions @ House of Blues
- The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
- Rip Carson, the Tinstars featuring Lil' Esther, Roy Rapid & the Rhythm Rock Trio @ Tio Leo's (Napa)
- Agua Dulce @ Winston's
- Secrets, At the Skylines, Author and Finisher, Lifelong, Nautilus, Fall to Ruin, The I In Self, Quorra, Forge the Sky @ Epicentre
- At Tide We Sail, Focus in Frame, Latex Grenade, A Fall From Truth @ Soma
- Rockola @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge
- Gilberto Santa Rosa @ Blue Agave Nightclub
- Phantom Ratio, Three Bad Jacks, Death of California @ Flying Elephant
- Twista, Do or Die @ 4th & B
- Lalah Hathaway @ Anthology
- Danny & the Tramp, DJ Arox @ Gallagher's
- David Patrone @ Marble Room
- Pleasurekraft, John Roman @ Voyeur
- Djs Charlie Rock, Grandmasta Rats @ El Dorado
- New Dimension + DJ IDeal & Lost Episode: John Quivver Graham @ Spin
- DJ Homocide @ Fluxx
- Dizzy's presents Mikan Zlatkovich and Brian Levy @ 98 bottles
- Counter Point Culture with Lucky and Wild, Shoot Z Pier, and Jerry Olea and the 805 Drifters @ 710 Beach Club
- Winston Hussey Meets Milton Henry with Lady Cellie & the Band @ Brick by Brick
Rosemary Bystrak 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.
