Friday night has some cool stuff around town. Your regular venues have you covered, and a couple out-of-the-ordinary spaces host shows, too. At Stronghold, an event space and gallery in Barrio Logan (formerly the Spot), Future Crooks play an all-ages show with Big Bad Buffalo and KIDS. This one has 91X Loudspeaker behind it, so you know it will be good. Later in the night, find your way to the Casbah for San Diego Freak Out, with Wild Wild Wets headlining a night with seven bands. The Observatory North Park -- which just this week changed hands from the previous owners, the North Park Theatre -- hosts its first show, with hip-hopper Curren$y; and Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe play at Rock in the Park, held inside the Reuben H Fleet Science Center. There is no shortage of music to kick off a great holiday weekend.
Friday, Jan. 16:
- Future Crooks, Big Bad Buffalo, KIDS. @ Stronghold (1835 Main St. all ages, 6:30 p.m.)
- Wild Wild Wets, Kim & the Created, Max Pain & the Groovies, Swift Beats, Moonshine, Slow White, Sixties Guns @ Casbah
- Curren$y @ The Observatory North Park (formerley the North Park Theatre)
- Glass Spells, Shady Francos, Flaggs, Tape Waves, Kooties, Spoken Word @ The Merrow -- check out our SoundDiego Spotlight on FlaggsRock in the Park, with Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe @ Reuben H Fleet Science Center
- Wild Child, Dazed and Confused (9 p.m.); the Funk Junkies Happy Hour (5 p.m.)@ Belly Up
- The Routine, Taurus Authority, AJ Froman @ Soda Bar
- Turn It Loose with Mr. Blow and Friends @ Bar Pink
- Chase Morrin Trio @ Dizzy's
- Offshore Impact, Showcash, VIS, Vain & Valor, 4th & Cedar, Riboflavin @ Epicentre
- Slaves Against the Machine, Smack This, Core @ Brick By Brick
- Chris Stuart, Janet Beazley @ Templar's Hall (Old Poway Park)
- The Deep Joint Band @ The Hideout
- ArtPower! Presents Oma & Bella @ The Loft
- The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
- Disgorge, Fractalline, the Last of Lucy, Vampire Squid @ House of Blues
- Anthony Green, Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties, I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business, Elder Brother @ House of Blues
- Jonny Craig, Kyle Lucas, Leave The Universe, Broken Lips @ SOMA
- Lita Ford, Rammoth, Allison Chains, RDG @ Ramona Mainstage
- The Calidore String Quartet @ La Jolla Athenaeum
- Agua Dulce @ Croce's Park West
- Monette Marino (9 p.m.); Fabulous Undertones (5 p.m.) @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- The Great Electric Quest, Desert Suns, the Munsens, Toke @ Tower Bar
- Courtney Melody and Revivai, Full Watts Sound System, DJ Sam Hundley @ Winston's
- Marsellus Wallace @ El Dorado
- F---ing in the Bushes!!, with DJs Rob Moran & Daniel Sant @ Whistle Stop
- Mixed Reactions @ Fluxx
- Birdee @ Vin de Syrah
- Kastle @ Bang Bang
- Rebecca Jade @ Tio Leo's
- Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
- Splitfinger, the Broken Stems @ 710 Beach Club
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.
