I have a love-hate relationship with days like today. It's the weekend, which is certainly awesome, but everything is just a bit more crowded. That's great if you're a band hoping for bodies at your show, but don't expect any peace and quiet. There are also way too many options that make you feel increased FOMO when choosing one event over another. Luckily, you can probably check out more than one thing, like the Vinyl Junkies Record Swap and Far Out Summer at Quartyard, for example. Or, you could hit the San Diego County Fair before a night with South Africa's the Parlotones at Bar Pink, legendary act the Sadies at the Hideout, Toronto's Pup at Soda Bar, or folk-poppers Mutual Benefit at the Casbah. There are a lot of great choices as summer approaches, but just know that wherever you go, there you are, and that should be just fine.
Saturday, June 11:
- Vinyl Junkies Record Swap @ Casbah (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
- Mutual Benefit, Florist, Birdy Bardot @ Casbah
- The Sadies, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, the Loons @ The Hideout
- Too Short & Tha Dogg Pound @ Observatory North Park
- Pup, Rozwell Kid, Charly Bliss @ Soda Bar
- The Parlotones with the MilkCrates DJs @ Bar Pink
- Far Out Summer feat. Cut Chemist, Taurus Authority, Third Twin, Saul Q, Jason Waterfalls, Abjo @ Quartyard (4-10 p.m.)
- Dead Man's Party, Way Cool Jr. @ Belly Up
- 105.7's Second Chance Prom 2016 @ Music Box
- Grampa Drew's Flim Flam Revue @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Booty Bassment with Dmitri & Rob @ Whistle Stop (9 p.m.)
- Carly Rae Jepsen @ San Diego County Fair
- Oceanside Sound System, Midnight Track, Day Labor, Bucket of Fish, Let's Face It @ Tower Bar
- School of Rock @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
- Jim Ryan, the Scatter Bombs, Horsefly, Twitching Fingers, the Pope Virgins @ The Bancroft
- Greys, Scuffs, Moonpool @ The Merrow
- Mainly Mozart @ Balboa Theatre
- KL Noise Makerz & Friends @ Winston's
- The Do-Its, the Fink Bombs, Tiki Tronic @ Til-Two Club
- Seconds Ago, End of Flesh, We Gave It Hell, Devil in the Details, Victimized, Vile Creations @ Soma
- The Mentors, Damned Pilots, the Yucks, Sexual Steveoh & the Neighborhood Scum @ Brick by Brick
- The Chris Vitas Quartet with a Touch of Jean-Luc Ponty @ Dizzy's
- Zero to Billy @ Java Joe's
- Jerry Folk @ Bang Bang
- Che Fest 2016 feat. Weatherbox, Post Life, Cave Babies, Amadoo's Crew, Blank Waves, Lora Mathis, Sustains, She/Her/Hers, Neutral Shirt, Holling, Dnll, Lobster Party, Fake Tides, Shady Francos, T. Rexico, Bleak Life, Lewis Vuitton, Paul @ Che Cafe
- The Salty Dukes, Endo Sol @ 710 Beach Club
- Comedy @ The Bancroft
- Colour @ Tio Leo's
- The Reflectors @ Humphreys Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- The Farmers @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Butts Ta Nutts with Jason Waterfalls, Abjo, Julz @ El Dorado
- Too Short & Loczi @ Fluxx
- Morgan Page @ Omnia
- DJ Direct @ Parq
- Sonny Alven @ Bang Bang
- Ekstre Records Presents @ Kava Lounge
- Piledown @ 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.
