There is so much going on today that all I can really say is take a breath, take your time and chill out, because you know traffic is gonna be crazy. The peninsula will be super busy, with the OB Street Fair and Chili Cookoff crowding downtown OB while the Summer Brew Fest occupies Liberty Station. Up at Moonlight Beach, the 13th Annual Switchfoot Bro-Am surf competition and concert will be packed with music and surf fans from the early morning to mid-day. Once the afternoon hits, the incredible Peter Bradley Adams plays an early show at Soda Bar, DJ Claire gets down at Whistle Stop and Arts & Amps kicks in at Karl Strauss Brewery. Enter disco nap, and then hit Music Box for New Orleans party band Galactic, roadhouse rock & rollers Supersuckers at Casbah and "nomadic folk metal group" Tengger Cavalry return to Soda Bar.
Saturday, June 24:
- Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook Off @ Newport Avenue
- 2017 San Diego Summer Brew Fest @ Liberty Station
- Switchfoot Bro-Am with Switchfoot, Lifehouse, Jamtown, Sights & Sages (91x Battle of the Bands winner), VH1 Save the Music Foundation Youth Choir @ Moonlight Beach
- Arts & Amps with the Donkeys, Well Well Well @ Karl Strauss Brewery (PB)
- Peter Bradley Adams, Anna Tivel @ Soda Bar
- Galactic, Con Brio @ Music Box
- Supersuckers, Jesse Dayton, the Andrew McKeag Band @ Casbah
- Schizophonics, Hiroshima Mockingbirds @ Black Cat Bar
- Tengger Cavalry, Felix Martin, Helsott @ Soda Bar
- Overload Pop-Up After-Party @ Bar Pink
- DJ Claire @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Booty Bassment with Dmitri & Rob @ Whistle Stop
- Switchfoot Bro-Am After-Party featuring Tom Curren @ Belly Up
- Mainly Mozart @ Balboa Theatre
- Distilled: San Diego Spirit & Cocktail Festival @ San Diego County Fair
- Soul Work presents Eden After-Party at Blonde with Cris Herrera, Jason Ruff Cole & Elvo (b2b) @ Blonde
- Taken by Canadians, Creature & the Woods, the Bad Vibes @ The Merrow
- Ben Allen & Co, Bad & the Ugly @ Lestat's
- Gospel Festival @ Grandstand, San Diego County Fair
- Sunburn Pool Party @ Float, Hard Rock Hotel
- The Cry, Jet Trash, Dead 77, the Nightengayles @ Pour House (Oceanside)
- Georgia's School of Dance @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Body Rock Junior 2017 @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Quel Bordel, DJ Ofier, DJ Manca @ The Holding Company 1502
- Veronica May @ Java Joe's
- DG, Tyler Chase plus Garrett Lewis & Ethan Uno @ Soma
- The Cured, Planet Earth (Duran Duran Tribute) @ House of Blues
- Tiffany Jane & the Kicks @ Martini's Above Fourth
- Punks for Pits Benefit with Calles, War Fever, Bastardsect, New Crimes @ Tower Bar
- Zzajj Band @ De Oro Mine Co
- The Functional Lunatics, Sideshow, Steeltoe, BDSM @ Bancroft Bar
- Sue Palmer @ Panama 66
- The Matte Gray Band @ Moonshine Beach
- Lucas Hoge @ Moonshine Flats
- OB Street Fair @ Winston's
- Bedpost Buzzards, Inciting Riots, Black Levve, the Yucks @ Til-Two Club
- Strictly Business with DJs Edroc & Kanye Asada @ The Office
- Super Karaoke! @ 710 Beach Club
- DJ Junior the Disco Punk @ U-31
- Santana Ways @ Tio Leo's
- Full Strength Funk @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Y3K @ Humphreys Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- Butts Ta Nuts with DJs Waterfalls, Abjo, Kev Mighty @ El Dorado
- Peter Kasen @ Public Square
- Eptic @ Bassmnt
- King Taylor Project @ Hooley's Irish Pub & Grill
- Wellman @ Oxford Social Club at the Pendry
- Reflex @ FLUXX
- Zimmer, Boys Don't Disco @ Bang Bang
- The Reflectors @ Navajo Live
- DJ PolitiK @ Omnia
- Dirty Beetles present Rollin' Dirty @ Kava Lounge
- PopVinyl @ V Lounge, Viejas Casino
- Cassie B Trio @ 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.
