I know we don't get much of a winter here, but is the winter thaw happening or is San Diego just finally coming around to music? It's hard to remember a weekend with so many sold-out shows. This is great for everyone, unless you're stuck without a ticket to see your favorite band. Saturday's really hot ticket is Tristan Prettyman. After what we hear from her show on Friday. the local girl proved to be a superstar and will certainly impress once again with this show. On the opposite end of the spectrum, punk rockers D.O.A. perform their farewell tour at Brick By Brick, and at press time, there were still some tickets available. Around town, ALO return to the city with a show at House of Blues; Future You headline at the Void, the recently renamed City Heights bar Eleven; and Weatherbox play an all-ages show at the Che.
Saturday, Feb. 2:
- Tristan Prettyman with Paul Cannon @ Belly Up (sold out)
- Smile, Reeve Oliver, the Creepy Creeps, Dumetown @ The Casbah (sold out)
- Future You, Former Friends of Young Americans, the Junk Poets, Heavy Empire @ the Void (formerly Eleven)
- Casbah presents D.O.A. (farewell tour), CH 3, Sculpins @ Brick By Brick
- Weatherbox, Tan Sister Radio, Crooks, Throne @ Ché Café
- Kris Allen Trio, Jillette Johnson @ Soda Bar
- ALO, California Honeydrops @ House of Blues
- Supertasty, DJ Heather Hardcore, Rudy Palos and DJ Marclar @ Til Two Club
- The Long Holidays, Down UFO, Rosewood @ Tin Can
- C-Money & the Players Inc., with Agent 22 @ 710 Beach Club
- Okapi Sun with the New Kinetics @ Bar Pink
- Steph Johnson, Rob Thorsen and Fernando Gomez @ Dizzy's
- Boys & Girls, with Erick Diaz, Adam Salter and Andrew Decade @ El Dorado Bar
- Hot Buttered Rum and Dead Wiinter Carpenters @ Winstons
- Save the Bear, Marvin & Friends, Reptile Dysfunction, Margot Smokes, Birds of Prey @ Epicentre
- DJ Karma @ Fluxx
- Saucy Monky @ House of Blues (Salvation Alley Voodoo Stage)
- Tradewinds @ Humphreys Backstage (5 p.m.)
- Rising Star @ Humphrey's Backstage (9 p.m.)
- Belmont Lights, Solwave, The Lower 48 @ Letstat's
- Mercedes Moore Band @ The Marble Room
- Stu Hamm (former bassist with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai), Dialog Project, RDG, Quor @ Ramona MainStage
- Bass Mechanics, featured Splitbreed, 6BLOCC, Fonkah, RKSTR @ Ruby Room
- Chasing Claymores, Selis, I Am the Conqueror, Scarlett Avenue, Lucky & Wild, Woolly Mammal @ Soma
- Polynesian Underground presents Maka Roots, Sister Lubei, The I Sight Band @ The Griffin
- Let Em Rot, Cold Stare, DJ Little Fists @ The Tower Bar
- DJ Ground Floor & Murphi Kennedy @ U31
- Just Press Play @ Viejas V Lounge
- Hook n Sling @ Voyeur
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.
