Hopefully with Friday night's full moon, Mercury in retrograde, and Friday the 13th trifecta, all the crazy was released and you can have a normal, beautiful day in San Diego. What better way to spend it than at Oyster Fest? I have to admit, when this thing kicked off a few years ago, I didn't think it would survive, yet here we are just a couple years later and Matt & Kim are the headliners with He's My Brother, She's My Sister as direct support, and I have to say they have a pretty fine festival. Unfortunately, this is a 21-plus event, despite what some of the event pages say, but our plan is to bike around the perimeter to catch some of the tunes. Meanwhile, the Belly Up hosts Guided By Voices, Fu Manchu return to Casbah, and one of my local favorites, Midnight Pine, celebrate a CD release at the Hideout.
Saturday, June 14:
- San Diego Oyster Fest, featuring Matt & Kim, Boombox, He's My Brother, She's My Sister, Barbarian, Oliver Trolley, 22 Kings @ Embarcadero Marina Park North (849 West Habor Drive, 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., 21+)
- Casbah presents Guided By Voices, Bobby Bare Jr. @ Belly Up
- Fu Manchu, American Sharks, It's Casual @ Casbah
- Midnight Pine (CD-release party) @ The Hideout
- Soda Bar presents the Burning of Rome, the New Kinetics, the Nformals @ Che Cafe
- School of Rock Presents the Music of Radiohead @ The Irenic
- Zig Zags, Endless Bummer, Monarch, Junk Poets @ Soda Bar
- Z90 Hot Shots, featuring Kid Ink, Becky G, Tinashe, Snow tha Product, Z90 Hot Shots Live!, Kid Ink Becky G Tinashe @ House of Blues
- Trippin' the Sixties @ AMSD
- Milkcrates DJs @ Bar Pink
- Patrick Berrogain @ Croce's Park West
- Paul McCartney Tribute @ Dizzy's
- Hunter Hayes @ San Diego County Fair
- Stevie B, Expose, the Original Cover Girls, Shannon, Lil Suzy, Lisette Melendez, Connie, Trinere, Nu Shooz @ Valley View Casino Center
- State of Mind: Dizzy Wright, Black Resume @ Epicentre
- Funks Most Wanted, DJ Sammi B @ Gallagher's
- Michele Lundeen, Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- Kid Wilderness & Full Revolution @ 710 Beach Club
- Killing the Messenger, Hundred Caliber, A New Challenger Approaches, Outlands, Within Ourselves (EP release), Cold Blooded Theory, Impale Thy Neighbor, Contracts, Voidlines, Shawshank Redeemed @ SOMA
- The Afrojazziacs @ 98 Bottles
- Bodhi @ Bang Bang
- Manufactured Superstars @ Bassmnt
- Monolith, Hammered, Pissed Regardless @ Shakedown Bar
- Los Sea Finks, Kids In Heat (CD release), Shark Blood, Dj Mikey Ratt, DJ Tiki Thomas, DY Corey Duffel @ Tower Bar
- Slander, SayMyName, Data Drain, Sphere @ Somewhere Loud
- Duping the Public, Death By Snoo Snoo, Front Removal @ Tin Can
- Jokers WIld @ Tio Leo's
- C Money & the Players Inc @ Winston's
- The Movement @ Spin
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.
