Sounds Like San Diego: May 15

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | Updated 7:40 AM PDT

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MANCHESTER, TN - JUNE 14: Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam performs at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 14, 2008 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)

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Pearl Jam's Mike McCready is one busy guy. Along with his lengthy career in one of the biggest bands of my generation and several side projects, he's also a husband, a father and -- since being diagnosed with Crohn's disease at the age of 21 -- an advocate for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Flight to Mars is McCready's tribute band to '80s rockers UFO, and though they usually just play in the Seattle area, this time are taking the show on the road to raise money and awareness for the CCFA Camp Oasis and Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness. That's really just a long way of saying that you get to see one of the great guitarists of our time in the super intimate space of the Casbah and you get to do something good merely by being there. Mistress of Reality and Vendetta Red round out what is certain to be a stellar night of music.

Tuesday May 15:

Flight to Mars, Mistress of Reality, Vendetta Red @ Casbah
OFF!, Spider Fever, FIDLAR @ Che Cafe
Daniel Hart, Adams and Eves, Ugly Boogie @ Soda Bar
Balloons, Neat Beats, Room E, Mystery Cave & Ryan Haynes @ Tin Can
Pass the Axe, Audio Addiction, Oliver Trolley @ Belly Up
Tiki Tuesday @ Bar Pink
Tekno Sessions presents Carlo Lio @ The Griffin
Dita Von Tease "Burlesque: Strip Strip Hooray!" Variety Show @ House of Blues
Local Brews Local Grooves featuring Patrick Norton, John John & the Time Traveling Bicycle, Nikki Wilkins Band, HumanXing @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
Anthology House Band @ Anthology
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Sparks the Rescue, Steal the Scenery, Namesake, Keep the Change @ Soma
Westside Inflection @ Riviera Supper Club (7 p.m.)
Lost Dog, This Is Confusing @ Ruby Room
Darkwave Garden @ Club Kadan
Michele Lundeen @ Humphreys Backstage Live
Fruition String Band @ Winston's
Train of Thought @ Queen Bee's
Comedy Night @ Lestat's
Fully Loaded Comedy @ Til-Two Club
Trent Hancock @ Tiki House
Tomcat Courtney @ La Gran Tapa
Friends Chill @ Whistle Stop
Gio Trio + 1 @ Croce's
Comedy Night @ Til-Two Club
Tommy Price & the Stilettos @ Henry's Pub
Doug Allen @ The Kraken
Open Mic @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
Laguna @ McP's Irish Pub
Quintinn @ Davina's Cabo Grill
Karaoke @ Kensington Club

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.