Did you think that the holiday weekend would slow things down in San Diego? Not a chance. While the Dixieland Jazz Festival is in full swing all day and night at the Town & Country Hotel, you can expect a sold-out crowd tonight at the Casbah for Lucero and Drag the River, and tickets are going fast for both of Steve Poltz's shows at Anthology. He's been on the road for a long spell and travelled all over the world to perform, so expect as much between-song storytelling as actual song performances. There's also a leftovers potluck at the Tower Bar with Vena Cava, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and Orgone at the Belly Up, and a hard core Black Box show at Tin Can.
Friday, Nov. 26:
- 31st Annual San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival @ Town & Country Conference Center
- Steve Poltz, Tim Flannery @ Anthology (early show, 7:30 p.m.; late show, 9:30 p.m.)
- Lucero, Drag The River @ Casbah (Sold Out)
- Vena Cava @ Tower Bar (Leftovers Potluck)
- Birds + Batteries, Longstay, Patrick Norton & The Saints, DJ Lord Nelson @ Soda Bar
- Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Orgone @ Belly Up
- Black Box Studios Showcase, featuring Sleep Lady, Archons and more @ Tin Can
- Bonkers! Dance Party, with DJs Junior and Vaughn @ Bar Pink
- Candye Kane @ wwwwww.bellyup.com (happy hour, 5:30 p.m.)
- Cher: A Love Story!, featuring Marianne Bayard @ Claire de Lune
- Lady Dottie and the Diamonds @ Whistle Stop
- Death on Wednesday, the Wrecking Dead, Hard Fall Hearts, Ghostarmy @ The Shakedown
- Spider Fever, Cardiac Kidz, F--- Yeah, Batarzan @ Til Two Club
- Pyrate Punx benefit for SDMetal.org @ Ruby Room
- Jet Kill Radio, Chinese Rocks @ Eleven
- Feel the Noise presents White Gold (IDL and Dave Parley), DJs Gabe Vega and Saul Q @ U-31
- The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
- In Motion Trio, Mattson 2 @ Dizzy's (Culy Warehouse, 338 7th Ave.)
- No C.E.O. presents Black Friday, featuring Smigg Dirtee, I-Rocc, YP Fab, the Dough Nation, Submission, Black Sancho and the Movement, and more @ Brick By Brick
- Puppy Kicker, Esh OneVagatron, Cool Breeze @ Winston's
- Salsa Party, featuring DJ Rick "La Voz," DJ Sonrisa Latina @ Tango Del Rey
- Darkest Hour, Veil of Maya, Periphery, Revocation, Deadbeat Nightlife, City Delivered @ Soma
- Paper Forest, Dead Animal Mod, Ruff Ruff @ Che Cafe
- Evacuate, the Speks, Some Kind of Nightmare, Harley Right Trio, Dead Daze, Trout (7-9 p.m.)@ Dreamstreet
- Rockola @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge
- The Sidekicks Duo @ Donovan's Circle of Fifths (5:30-8:30 p.m.)
- Fish and the Seaweeds @ Donovan's Circle of Fifths (9 p.m.)
- Eritrean Thanksgiving Concert, featuring Nipsey Hussle, Sandman Negus, Layne, Yoni Habitz, Remedy, MC Dagwood and DJ Jecktik @ 4th & B
- Boom Culture, DJ LYA @ Gallagher's
- Stepping Feet @ The Marble Room
- L.E.D. presents Dave Aude, Rifat Ziadeh @ Voyeur
- Charlie Rock and Grandmasta Rats @ El Dorado
- Underworld @ Kadan
- DJ Schoeny @ Side Bar
- Ultimate Black Friday, featuring DJ B Real (CD release party), DJ Kien, Joel Moreno, Alan B @ Spin
- Fluxx Chilled, featuring DJ Cobra & Rico DeLargo @ Fluxx
- Micro Championship Wrestling @ Ramona Mainstage
- Tres Poetas, featuring David Tomas Martinez, Lizz Huerta, Stephanie de la Torre @ Voz Alta Project (1754 National Ave., Barrio Logan)
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ Valley View Casino Center (3 p.m., 8 p.m.)
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.
