Not to toot our own horn, but last night's SoundDiego Live party was pretty darn amazing, thanks to all the beautiful people who came out to enjoy it. We'll do it again next month, but in the meantime you've got a three-day weekend chockful of great music. Down at the Casbah, A Scribe Amidst the Lions celebrates a CD release with a stellar lineup of local bands, while Astra Kelly does the same over at the Soda Bar. At the historic Lafayette Hotel, the clamshell stage of the Mississippi Room is resurrected for a weekly concert series kicking off with Geezer, Rio Peligroso and Gregory Page, and if you wanna shake your booty, there are great DJs all over town. Holiday weekends rule, so get out, have fun, and be safe.
Friday, July 1:
- A Scribe Amidst the Lions (CD release) , the Napoleon Complex, Roswell That Ends Well, Sundrop Electric, DJ Gonzo @ Casbah
- Dead Feather Moon, the Grass Heat, Family Wagon, DJ ManCat @ Belly Up
- The Tailchasers @ Belly Up (Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m.)
- Astra Kelly (record release), Endoxi, Gayle Skidmore, Erika Davies + DJ Coda Collins @ Soda Bar
- Rock the Boulevard, featuring Geezer, Rio Peligroso, Gregory Page @ The Lafayette Hotel’s Mississippi Room
- Cattle Decapitation, Silence Betrayed, Under the Stone, Downspell, Condemned, Life or Death @ Soma
- Thee 90 Proof Pissers @ Riviera
- True Widow, In the Red, Lantvrn, Zillion Happy Voltz @ Eleven
- DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
- The Amandas @ Whistle Stop
- The Strikers (CD release party), Ghost Town Hangmen, Gore Horsemen, Los Seafinks @ The Shakedown
- Zorch, Innerds, Hot Nerds, Gloomsday @ Tin Can
- Rockabilly Shakeout, featuring Almon Loos, Roy Rapid and the Rhythm Rock Trio, Juliancito and Stack-Aly @ Til Two Club
- Hip-Hop vs. Punk Rock, featuring Bumbklaat, Jihad, DJ Unite, Mr. Henshaw, Jesse James @ Tower Bar
- Feel the Noise Electro Dance, featuring Stir Crazy, DJ Gabe Vega & Friends @ U-31
- Led Zepagain, Fan Halen, Red Not Chili Peppers @ House of Blues
- Crème de la Crème, with Hoff, Cosmic Dan, Adam Salter, Colourvision @ House of Blues Delta Room (free)
- The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
- The Sinister Whisperz Tour, featuring My Life With the Thrill Kult, 16 Volt, Twitch the Ripper, Stalins of Sound, DJ Bryan Pollard, DJ Cybian @ Brick By Brick
- Fortune Youth (CD release), Hi Roots, West Swell and guests @ Winston's
- The Advocators of Fun, the Archivists, Caymul, Hey No Way @ Epicentre
- Gilbert Castellanos and jazz tap percussionist Claudia Gomez Vorce @ Dizzy's
- Y3K @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (5-7 p.m.)
- Dennis Jones @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9:30 p.m.)
- Rip Carson @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- Walter Segundo y Su Orquesta Rumbaney, DJ Rick “La Voz”, Salsa Dance Contest @ 4th & B
- Rachelle Ferrell @ Anthology (7:30, 9:30 p.m.)
- California Celts, DJ R2 @ Gallagher's
- Missy Anderson @ Marble Room
- Dave Aude, David Garcia @ Voyeur
- Zenbu Fridays with DJ Leif @ Zenbu Cardiff
- DJ Kowax, Veep Reekins, Jay Dread @ El Dorado
- Destructo @ Spin
- Busta Rhymes, DJ Scooter @ Fluxx
- DJ Cobra @ Stingaree
- Chris Cutz @ Shore Club
- Fresh One @ Analog Bar
- Miki Vale @ The Flame
- Beatnick @ The Office
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.
