Sounds Like San Diego: September 4

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Saturday, Sep 3, 2011 | Updated 12:06 PM PDT

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The Soft Pack return to San Diego for the Great American Showcase.

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With the loss of Street Scene a couple years back, San Diego is without a major music festival, but micro-festivals are where it's at anyway, and today this point of fact will be proven by the Great American Showcase. The brainchild of Ryan Koontz and the rest of the guys over at El Dorado, the event has teamed up with other East Village businesses to provide an all-day music event with some of the best bands to come out of San Diego, all the while benefitting the Keep-a-Breast foundation. Check the lineup below and see for yourself just how amazing the San Diego Scene can be.

Sunday, Sept. 4:

Great American Showcase, featuring the Soft Pack, the Nervous Wreckords, DJ Numark (Jurassic 5), the Howls, the Creepy Creeps, Old English, Lyon Crowns, Grand Tarantula, Euphoria Brassband, Adam Salter, Kevin Martin, the Mattson2, the Kabbs, Corey Biggs, Bubble Gum Sci-Fi, Saul Q, Profile, Blancnoir, DJ All Good @ El Dorado (and adjacent parking lot, 11th & Broadway, 2-10 p.m.) -- check out our profile of the Nervous Wreckords
Irradio, A Scribe Amidst the Lions, the Heavy Guilt, Sleep Lady @ Casbah
Awesome Fest 5, , featuring Iron Chic, Crusades, Copyrights, That’s Incredible, Last Years, Bobby Joe Ebola @ The Office (3-8 p.m.)
Awesome Fest 5, featuring Underground Railroad, Shang a Lang, Lenguas Largas, Nato Coles, the Bertos @ U-31 (3-8 p.m.)
Awesome Fest 5, featuring MOTO, Unfun, Pu$$y-Cow, Dan Padilla, Shovel and Gun, Stymie, City Mouse @ Eleven (8:30 p.m.)
Awesome Fest 5, featuring Dead to Me, Joyce Manor, Big Kids, Edhoculi, Summer Vacation, French Exit, Meth Labs @ Soda Bar (8:30 p.m.)
Ben Harper @ Del Mar Racetrack Summer Concert Series
Cash’d Out, the Clash City Rockers, DJ Gonzo @ Belly Up
Youth Lagoon, TV Girl, Lady Day @ Tin Can
Snatch Skatepark Benefit for Arty Ulloa, featuring Chango Rey and His Broken Heart Beat, Lucius the Sweet, and more @ The Shakedown
Pool Party @ LaFayette Hotel
SunDaze, with Mark Knight & Sander Kleinenberg, Anthony Ross, Jay Idol, Crowdkillers, Marc Thrasher, DJ Jiffy @ Wavehouse
Sundance, featuring Paul T, Mark Quark, Halo, Paluka, Why-T, Joseph Alan @ Til Two Club
The Electric Circus, featuring DJ Stockton, Umbra Motis, the Electric Belly Dancers @ Typhoon Saloon
Sun Down Sessions, featuring Jam Kwest and Carlos Culture@ The Griffin
KYLESA, with Age of Collapse, Allioth, Man vs. Man @ Ruby Room
Club Transmission with Sister Black (LA), Dead Daze @ Ruby Room
Revenge Club, Jonny Castle, News From the Front @ Ken Club
Le Butcherettes @ Bar Pink
Across the Pond 2@ Lestat's
Adrianna Marie & the Deep Blue Three @ Marble Room
Jose Sinatra's OB-O-ke @ Winston's
Tribe of Kings/Reggae Vibes @ U-31
Greg Michaels @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge Brunch (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Labor Day Jazz Festival, featuring Glen Fisher, Reggie SMith, Jeanteet Harris, Will Donato @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge
Concrete Project @ Gallagher’s
Intervention Pool Party @ Hard Rock Hotel
Anthology House Band Motown Revue @ Anthology (7 p.m.)
Reggae Sundays @ Spin
Gladys Knight @ Harrah’s Rincon Casino Open Sky Theatre
The Living Memoir and Victory Nightlife present the Block Party-Labor Day @ House of Blues

Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events and general musings about life in San Diego on San Diego: Dialed In. She does social media for the Casbah, books at West Coast Tavern and is trying her hand at band management. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.