OK, OK: After a light week of music, it looks like we're back to normal around here. Friday offers up a ton of goodness. At the Casbah, Saintseneca return after the release of their third album late last fall, while Beira brings local doom metal to Soda Bar. The mainstays of the English Beat play a sold-out show at the Belly Up, while Ben Folds tickles the ivories with the San Diego Symphony as his backing band. Meanwhile, Jhene Aiko is at the Observatory, and Six String Outlaws are at the Music Box -- I hear there are some tickets at the respective box office for each. Friday fun is just a workday away.
Friday, Feb. 5:
- Saintseneca, Des Ark, Torches @ Casbah
- Beira, Strange Planet, Empty Gods, DJ K-Hole @ Soda Bar
- The English Beat, Third Project @ Belly Up (sold out)
- Jhene Aiko @ Observatory North Park
- Ben Folds and the San Diego Symphony, Keola Beamer @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Six String Society @ Music Box
- Legends: Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- I Survive, Blackcast, Shawshank Redeemed, Mandala, Victimized, Feiticeira, Vile Creations @ SOMA
- Fast Heart Mart and Tennessee Tina, Feathers and Lead @ Across the Street at Mueller College
- Miss Tess & the Talkbacks @ AMSD
- First Friday with DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
- Plane Without a Pilot @ Ken Club
- Clay Colton Band @ Belly Up (5 p.m.)
- Blam Blam Fever: Rock Steady & Ska Night @ The Hideout
- The Amandas @ Whistle Stop
- Dukes of Haggard, the Willows @ Lestat's
- Dan Bern @ Java Joe's
- Haunted House of Mardi Gras @ House of Blues
- Cold Played, bMuse, tAdeo @ The Merrow
- Doswing (Chicago), Last Good Sleep (LA), Kinda Rad, Kinda Sad, Spcial Explosion @ The Bancroft
- Joshua White (((Codes))) @ The Loft
- The Distractions @ Tio Leo's
- Trade Winds @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- Beta Maxx @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Hip Hop vs. Punk Rock @ Tower Bar
- The Devastators @ Winston's (9:30 p.m.)
- The Grids, 13 Wolves @ Til-Two Club
- Sex Panther @ Fluxx
- Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike @ Omnia
- Botnek @ Bassmnt
- Jeremy Olander @ Bang Bang
- Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
- Jetpack Mojo & the Pleasure Victims @ 710 Beach Club
- Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime, SevenTrain, RDG @ Ramona Mainstage
- DJ Sixx Foota, DJ Fresh @ Spin
Rosemary Bystrak is the publicist for the Casbah, the content manager for DoSD, 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.
