I don't know about you, but I'm feeling summer in a big way. San Diego is the perfect place to be this time of year, and the touring musicians must agree, because the shows feel endless. Tonight at the Observatory, get down to the funk and disco stylings of Tuxedo, a project that combines the talents of Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One. Their last show at the venue was outstanding, and tonight promises more of the same. Up at the Belly Up, Nick Waterhouse's music has been described as a "cool and elegant post-post-modern cocktail of 1950s R&B and club jazz, mixed with 1960s soul and boogaloo and shaken with a minimal contemporary sensibility," and that sounds like plenty of reason to check him out. The Casbah goes old school with punk legends Chron Gen, Bar Pink hosts a rare mid-week show with Ecce Loro and Mystic Braves will certainly pack the house at Blonde.
Thursday, June 22:
- Tuxedo with DJ Kurse @ Observatory North Park
- Nick Waterhouse, SadGirl @ Belly Up
- Chron Gen, Generators, Corrupted Youth @ Casbah
- Ecce Loro, Micelves @ Bar Pink
- Mystic Braves, LA Witch, Creation Factory, Cheap Tissue @ Blonde Bar
- Westgate Rooftop Jazz Series with Trio Gadjo @ Westgate Hotel
- Who's Bad @ Paddock Stage, San Diego County Fair
- Palabra: An Evening of Poetry hosted by Ted Washington @ La Bodega
- El Fantasma @ Music Box
- Mainly Mozart @ Balboa Theatre
- The Cure Night with Jon Blaj @ Whistle Stop
- The Resonant Rogues, Fanny & the Atta Boys @ Black Cat Bar
- Hot Flash Heat Wave, Inner Wave, Lightning Cola, DJ Andrew McGranahan @ Soda Bar
- Slappers ONLY! @ Space
- Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons @ Grandstand, San Diego County Fair
- Warren G @ The Holding Company 1502 (7 p.m.)
- Lady Dottie & the Diamonds @ The Holding Company 1502
- The Revolution @ House of Blues
- Siddhartha @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
- Vietnam Hardcore, the Fink Bombs, Nowhereland @ Pour House (Oceanside)
- Anger as Art, Zafakon, Malison, Eukaryst @ The Merrow
- Manouche Five Gypsy Swing @ Java Joe's
- Boom Box Thursdays @ U-31
- Live Band Karaoke @ Crossroads, House of Blues (FREE)
- Kim Jackson @ Humphreys Backstage Live
- Karaoke with Goldilox @ Tower Bar
- Brad Loekle & Julie Goldman in "Gaylarious!" @ Martini's Above Fourth
- Jimmy Ruelas @ Seven Grand
- Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9 p.m.)
- Jefferson Jay and Twin Fins @ Winston's
- Imagery Machine @ Surf & Saddle
- No Limits with DJMysonKing @ The Office
- Throwback Thursday with DJ Abel @ Moonshine Beach
- The Loosen Up with DJs Mane, A-Boogie, Kid Wonder @ El Dorado
- Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
- Tango Thursdays @ Queen Bee's
- Night Skool @ Henry's Pub
- Bass Mechanic, Sotero, Jason Splat @ Kava Lounge
- Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
- Little Kings with David Moseby @ Tio Leo's
- Shane Hall with Writer Prima @ Boar Cross'n
- Liquid Band Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
- Ayla Simone @ Oxford Social Club at the Pendry
- Caliber @ Lobby Bar, Viejas Casino
Rosemary Bystrak is the publicist for the Casbah 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.
