It's Memorial Day weekend and no doubt there are a thousand ways to spend your Saturday, including dozens of great shows -- but personally, I like the off-the-beaten-path-type events. So while LED is sold out at Valley View Casino Center and Dillinger Four is sold out at the Casbah, perhaps you should head to Shaper Studios in North Park for an early evening music extravaganza that benefits charity. With Wild Wild Wets, Shady Francos and Garden Echo all performing, this should be a fun show (and since it's a studio, you can probably get away with bringing the kids or BYOB if ya know what I mean.) After that, just walk up the street to catch Le Chateau and others at Bar Pink. Of course, there's stuff all over so check the listings and make tonight a great one.
Saturday, May 28:
- A fundraiser for Give & Surf feat. Wild Wild Wets, Shady Francos, Garden Echo @ Shaper Studios (4225 30th, 7 p.m.)
- Dillinger Four, Off With Their Heads, Toys That Kill, Night Birds @ Casbah (sold out)
- Le Chateau, Wages, @quarium @ Bar Pink
- Barrington Levy @ The Observatory North Park
- US Girls, Fiver, Chill Pill @ Soda Bar
- Upsilon Acrux, Ahleuchatistas, Innerds @ The Hideout
- Berkley Hart @ AMSD
- The Broken Stems @ Lafayette Hotel
- My Life Every Day USA with Dillon Francis, Zeds Dead, Bassjackers, Cash Cash, Jack Beats, Mat Zo @ Valley View Casino Center
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, San Diego Symphony, and Jahja Ling, Conductor @ Jacobs Music Center
- Breaking Silence Memorial Day Fundraiser Presented by Veterans 360 with Red White and Blues Band, the Farmers, Brent Asten & the Alpha Vets, Len Rainey, The Midnight Players @ Belly Up (1-5 p.m.)
- The Spazmatics, Betamaxx @ Belly Up
- Lonely Boy, Fritz Carlron, Justin Campbell, Fre @ Music Box
- DJ Claire @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Strictly Business with Kanye Asada and Ikah Love @ The Office
- Alive & Well, Let's Break Up, guests @ The Merrow
- Booty Bassment with Dmitri & Rob @ Whistle Stop
- LED Presents Dillon Francis @ Quartyard
- Blacklisted, PSO, Adult Crash, TMB, Seance @ Che Cafe
- Totally '80s Live with Missing Persons, Bow Wow Wow @ House of Blues
- Jerry 'Hot Rod' DeMink @ Crossroads Music, House of Blues
- In Rapture (MT), Royale @ The Bancroft
- The Iron Maidens, Fred Barchetta, Rammoth, RDG @ Brick By Brick
- Mango Habanero @ Winston's
- Sleepwalking-Lowrider Oldies & Old School Funk Dance Party @ Til-Two Club
- City Heights Hayride @ The Black Cat
- Carlsbad Dance Center Groove Dance Party 2016 @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Abstrack, Nathan Olesen, Xochitl @ Lestat's
- Zero To Billy @ Java Joe's
- Butts Ta Nutts with Jason Waterfalls, Abjo, Julz @ El Dorado
- Ballet Folklorico La Joya de Mexico Showcase @ Price Center East Ballroom
- Memorial Day Party with Yodah @ Henry's Pub
- Afroman, Dank Puffs, 5nSlime @ 710 Beach Club
- Comedy @ The Bancroft
- Kastle @ El Camino
- Sabor Caliente @ Tio Leo's
- The Reflectors @ Humphreys Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- R: Tyme @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Reflex @ Fluxx
- Torro Torro and CRNKN @ Bassmnt
- 145th Street @ 98 Bottles
- Eric D-lux and DJ Five @ Omnia
- Stafford Brothers @ Parq
- The Juan Maclean @ Bang Bang
- Lucent 7, John O'Callaghan @ Spin
- Singularity: A Planet IRTH Thank You Party @ Kava Lounge
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.
