The weekend is finally here, and Friday night is stacked with fun acts to get your weekend momentum moving in the right direction. The Casbah is sold out with Metalachi, but another tribute, the all-female Zepperella, plays at Brick By Brick. The Highwayman gets in the tribute game with a Johnny Cash birthday celebration at the Belly Up (technically, the Man in Black's big day was Thursday), and the locals of Griever rock out their record release at Soda Bar. Your winner, though, might just be the Belfast band Girls Names, who are at the Hideout, with openers Flaamingos.
Friday, Feb. 27:
- Metalachi, Madly @ Casbah (sold out)
- Griever (record release), Kodiak, Ghostlimb, Deep Sea Thunderbeast @ Soda Bar
- Zepperella, Hell's Belles @ Brick By Brick
- The Highwaymans Show's Johnny Cash Birthday Celebration, with California Rangers @ Belly Up
- Girls Names, Flaamingos @ The Hideout
- '80s vs. '90s, with DJs Vaughn Avakian & Heather Hardcore @ Bar Pink
- The Brokers Happy Hour @ Belly Up (5 p.m.)
- The Bennedetti Trio: Tribute to George Harrison @ Dizzy's
- Quali @ Gym Standard
- Sean & Zander (Throwrag/Circle Jerks), O @ Whistle Stop
- Venice Baroque Orchestra, with Avi Avital, Mandolin @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Dumbfounded @ The Loft, UCSD (sold out)
- DFA, Illuminate, Voidlines @ SOMA
- Sidewinder, Rodger Maxwel @ Templar's Hall, Old Poway Park
- Santa Claus, Sorry State, Systematic Abuse, Rom Baro @ Ken Club
- DJ Beatnick @ AD Nightclub
- Peggy Watson, David Beldock, Freddy and Francine @ Java Joe's
- Jay Chu, 22 Kings, Stereo Love, Jessi Kocher @ Lestat's
- Mortuus Terror, Thanatology, Seraphic Disgust @ The Merrow
- Lee Churchill @ U-31
- Dave Scott & The New Jazz Groove @ Croce's Park West
- Michele Lundeen @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- Beta Maxx @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Gambler's Mark, the Black Jackits, Cursed Bastards @ Tower Bar
- DJs Peril, Green T, Unite @ Winston's
- Moonshine, Plant Tribe, Loom @ Til-Two Club
- The Beat Kitchen, with Charlie Rock & DJ Question @ El Dorado
- Levi Dean & the Band @ Wine Lover
- Reflex @ Fluxx
- Full Strength Funk Band @ Tio Leo's
- Moon Boots @ Bang Bang
- Torro Torro @ Bassmnt
- Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas, DJ LYA @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
- Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
- The Verigolds, AJ Froman, Viscous @ 710 Beach Club
- Off the Floor @ Ramona Mainstage
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.
