Sounds Like San Diego: December 3

I really love the holidays and with December finally here, there's something for everyone. Get your evening started at December Nights at Balboa Park with some warm beverages and hot food, and save some energy for the great shows going on around town. You'll wanna wear your cowboy boots for a night of San Diego country featuring John Meeks, Blackout Party, River City and the Western Set, or perhaps you're a little more into Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Soda Bar. Trap Gold makes their official debut at the Whistle Stop (though they had a test run show at Analog earlier this week). You can support the Park Gallery with a great variety of bands, some punk with the Embalmers over at the Shakedown, and on and on. There's plenty to do tonight, just don't go too hard or you'll miss out on all the good stuff tomorrow.

Friday, Dec. 3:

• John Meeks, Blackout Party, River City, the Western Set @ Casbah
• Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, the Donkeys, the Hot Moon @ Soda Bar
• Trap Gold, New Mexico @ Whistle Stop
• FURTHER presents Holiday at the Park Art + Music, featuring Bravo Miro, Gloomsday, Primitive Noyes, Colony, Ghost Shores, the Psycle, James Curry, DJ Washington. Art by Ande Nelson, Christian Clemesha, Egor Sapov, Josh Richards @ The Park Gallery (4325 Park Blvd., University Heights. All ages, 6-11 p.m.)
• Embalmers (record release), Dirty Eyes, Dead on a Wire, Unloaded @ The Shakedown
• The Ex Humans, Foster Care, the Last Years @ Tower Bar
• Still Ill, FMera @ El Cajon Grand
• DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
• Nature's Kid, Ankla Luz, Neat Beats, Recordable Colors @ Tin Can
• Benefit for the Second Chance Program, featuring DJ Swamp, UBUV, F.U.Z.Z., Aerial Yoga by Simone & Brent, DJ Joel Moreno @ Ruby Room
• Barrio Tiger, Tuggs, Hypnotic Odyssey @ Eleven
• Raga Bop Trio, UCSD Student Musician's Community @ The Loft, UCSD
• Feel the Noise Electro Dance with DJs Mike Delgado, Gabe Vega, Pleasure Victim @ U-31
• Led Zepagain, Fan Halen @ House of Blues
• Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, Through the Roots, Seedless @ Sound Wave
• The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
• Season's Beatings, a Holiday Fetish Smackdown featuring DJs Robin Roth & Terryn, Fashion/Fire Eaters, Aerialists, Vendors and more @ Brick By Brick
• Oakhurst @ Winston's
• Holidaze Acoustic Tour, featuring Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Josh Fischel and Kat @ 710 Beach Club
• As Blood Runs Black, Thick as Blood, Burning The Masses, In the Midst of Lions, I the Breather, King Conquer @ Soma
• Fat 20, Skynards Innyrds, Baghdad Buddha, Habitat @ Dreamstreet
• Hip Replacements @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (5-7p.m.)
• Kim Wilson's Holiday Party @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9:30 p.m.)
• Kava Lounge 6 Year Anniversary Pt. 1, feat. J-Boogie, Mateo, Gina Rene @ Kava Lounge
• Steve Angello, Jason Videna, Yusef, Paul Najera @ 4th & B
• Stepping Feet @ Marble Room
• Still Time, DJ R2 @ Gallagher's
• Sirens Crush @ Donovan's Circle of Fifths
• Simon Patterson, Victor Dinaire, Michael Carter @ Voyeur
• Zenbu Fridays with DJ Leif @ Zenbu Cardiff
• Hickies and Dry Humps All '90s Party, featuring Jason Waterfalls, Saul Q, Kid Wonder @ El Dorado
• NextAid World AIDS Day Benefit, featuring John Bishop + Brian Millar, Turbo Teen, Jason Tokita, Eric Yo, Bassmechanic, Austin Speed + CRMNL, RFX, Arkon, Chris Gardener, Rebellion @ Spin
• EDM with Eddie Halliwell @ Fluxx
• December Nights Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration @ World Beat Center
• Moonshake, featuring Paluka, Mark E Quark, Dazzla, DJ Claire @ Kadan
• Junior theDISCOpunk, Alex Villalobos @ AC Lounge
• Opus 2010 Centennial Concert @ Copley Symphony Hall
• Christmas In Ireland @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
• Straight No Chaser @ Harrah's Rincon Casino Pavillion

Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and sometimes whatever creeps into her head on her music blog San Diego: Dialed In. Check it for even more listings. She also provides social media content for the Casbah. Follow her updates at twitter.com/sddialedin or submit your music listings.