This weekend is jam-packed with fun shows to hit and vinyl to buy. Today the Casbah hosts the one year anniversary of the Vinyl Junkies Record Swap. It's always a fun day to co-mingle with musicians and fellow audiophiles while you sift through the many record collections. By evening, you'll have your chance to remember the '90s as Counting Crows perform for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club's Summer Concert Series, and Toad the Wet Sprocket perform at the Belly Up. I don't think it will be a problem to catch both shows, and since the bands have toured together in the past, you wouldn't be mincing loyalty either. I'm not going to lie, both were two of my very favorites back in the day and I've seen both more times than I can count on my fingers. If you're nostalgic like me, today is a pretty great day for reliving those memories.
Saturday, August 9:
- Counting Crows @ Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Summer Concert Series
- Vinyl Junkies Record Swap featuring Rob Molt, Mr. Mazee, Pall Jenkins, Seth Combs, Steve West, Analog Burners (5:00 p.m.) @ The Casbah
- The Good Life (Tim of Cursive), Big Harp @ The Casbah
- Toad the Wet Sprocket, Tommy & the High Pilots @ Belly Up
- Thee Two Headed Oddities Showcase feat. Steinbecks, Plunger, Secret Fun Club, Gloomsday, Pheasants, Idol's Plague, Slig, and Badabing @ Kensington Club
- Drenge, Wax Witches, Glasmus @ Soda Bar
- Sara Bareilles, Emily King @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
- Lush with JoshTheBear @ The Merrow
- Geezer, Green Today, Big Lewinsky @ Brick By Brick
- Subtropics, the End, the Cardielles @ The Hideout
- Scarlett Avenue, Short Stories, I Am the Conqueror, Split Decisions, It All Starts Here, With Age @ SOMA
- Lisa Sanders, Jaggery @ Java Joe's/Artlab Studios
- Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Blues Traveler, Uncle Kracker @ The Event Center, Harrah's Resort Southern California
- He Is Legend, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, Wilson, Of Hope & Heresy, Rogue Stereo, Approaching Fiction @ Epicentre
- Gods of Science, Sound Lupus, the Natives @ Tin Can
- Pepper, Dirty Heads, AER @ RIMAC Arena, UCSD
- Milkcrates DJs @ Bar Pink
- Go-Go Riot w/the Tramplers, Confederate, Downs Family, Standard and Poor, the Brookhounds @ The Shakedown
- Andy C @ Somewhere Loud
- The Heart Beat Trail, Mockingbird @ Sycamore Den
- Revival @ Boars Cross'n
- Save The Che Benefit Show: Bogsey and the Argonauts, Alexander the Grape, Les Ours @ The Che Cafe
- Agua Dulce @ Croce's Park West
- Pocket (CD Release) with the Sure Fire Sould Ensemble @ Winston's
- DJs Dimitri and Rob, Diana Death @ Whistle Stop
- Kawsak @ Dizzy's
- Bionic w/ Sid Vicious @ Fluxx
- Challengers to the Throne, Little Daylight @ House of Blues Voodoo Room
- This Is All Now w/ special guests @ The House of Blues
- Cadillac Wreckers (5:00 p.m.), Rising Star (9:00 p.m.) @ Humphrey's Backstage
- Abner, the Fairfield Fats Band, We the Rockets @ Lestat's
- Allison Chains, Smack This, Jesters Fate, Nuns & Moses @ Ramona Mainstage
- Vibe, the Dojo Masters & Atlantis Rizing @ 710 Beach Club
- He Whose Ox is Gored, Glaciers, Deep Sea Thunder Beast, Bhorelorde @ The Tower Bar
- Sleepwalking with DJs Lil Smiley and Jef Guerro Graves Spin, Lowrider Oldies and Old School Funk @ Til Two Club
- Kitten with a Whip @ Tio Leo's Lounge
- DJ R-You @ U31
- Don Diabl @ Bassmnt
- Solidisco @ Bang Bang
- Problem @ F6ix
Rosemary Bystrak is the publicist for the Casbah and The North Park Theatre, 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.
