I'm staring directly toward the light at the end of the tunnel that is Memorial Day weekend, but we've still got a couple days to go. Fortunately, we can cure the mid-week blues with some great live music in San Diego. Wednesday at the Casbah, the return of Ivan & Alyosha should bring your spirits up, or head to the Observatory where Mayer Hawthorne will have the crowd feeling the groove of his neo-soul sound. At the Belly Up, reggae-fusion Sticky Fingers from Australia bring the party, or you can relieve some punk energy at Soda Bar with Angelic Upstarts. It's gonna be a great night and when it's over, and you've only got a couple days to go before the unofficial start of summer.
Wednesday, May 25:
- Ivan & Alyosha, the Whiskey Circle @ Casbah
- Mayer Hawthorne, Gabriel Garzon Montano @ Observatory North Park
- Sticky Fingers, Bootleg Rascal @ Belly Up
- Angelic Upstarts, Rat City Riot, Stalins of Sound, PSO @ Soda Bar
- DJ L @ Bar Pink
- Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series and Jazz Jam @ Panama 66
- Through Being Cool Emo Night with DJs Derrek Hubbard and Stevn Oira @ The Office
- Local Film Festival @ Whistle Stop
- Pentagram, King Woman, Wax Idols @ Brick by Brick
- Club Kingston presents Piracy Conspiracy with DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
- Red City Radio, the Russian Girlfriends, Caskitt, Aim for the Engine @ Tower Bar
- The Hathcocks, the Scatter Bombs, Midnight Rack, Bitch 'n Dudes @ Til-Two Club
- Big Shot Dianne, So Bored, Spafish, the Meadows, Kan Kan @ Che Cafe
- Enrique Bunbury @ House of Blues
- Sawyer Fredericks, Mia Z @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
- The Details, Gina Sobel, Blaih @ Lestat's
- Jose Sinatra & the Giggling Gigolos @ Java Joe's
- Good Girl, Bad Boy @ 710 Beach Club (10 p.m.)
- Tropical Wednesday with DJ Mo Lyon @ U-31
- Open Mic with Jefferson Jay @ Winston's (6-9 p.m.)
- Francois Sims & Groove Squad @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- WTF Wednesdays @ El Dorado
- Color Til Monday, Jovias, Nothing Sacred @ The Merrow
- Gino & the Lone Gunmen @ Tio Leo's
- Open Mic/Open Jam @ 710 Beach Club
- A.O.K. Musik @ Henry's Pub
Rosemary Bystrak is the publicist for the Casbah, the content manager for DoSD, 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.
