It's the weekend before Halloween, so no doubt your plans have been locked in for some time. I can say the same for myself about Saturday's sold-out Lemonheads show at Soda Bar. I've loved the band since I was about 13 years old, and when I heard they were performing It's a Shame About Ray in its entirety, I knew two months ago that there was not a chance I would miss this show. If you weren't lucky enough to snag a ticket, the Nervous Wreckords are having a big Halloween shindig at the Casbah, Super Diamond return to the Belly Up, and Til Two Club has a big throwdown with the Creepy Creeps.
Saturday, October 29:
- The Nervous Wreckords, Republic of Letters, Gran Sasso, Grampa Drew and the Gutstring Girls @ Casbah
- The Lemonheads, the Shining Twins @ Soda Bar (sold out)
- Halloween Spooktacular with the Creepy Creeps, Thee Cormans, Mother’s Worry, DJ Mikey Ratt, @ Til Two Club
- Super Diamond, Elite Elvis tribute @ Belly Up
- Kata, Ilya @ Bar Pink
- Manhattan Murder Mystery, Juliet’s Royal Blood, Seasons, Uniform Victor @ Tin Can
- Barefoot Hockie Goalie, Pony Deathride @ Eleven
- Halloween Psychobilly Weekender: La Cholita & the Kreeps, the Vampz & Frighteners @ The Shakedown
- Sleepwalking, with DJ Jeff Graves and Michelle Rubano @ Whistle Stop
- Hott Thing, Blasphemous Guitars as Spinal Tap, Hey Ho Let's Go (Ramones tribute), Fire Woman (Cult tribute) @ Ruby Room
- '80s vs '90s with I90 @ The Griffin
- 20 Eyes Kobra Kais (Misfits tribute) @ Tower Bar
- BLUSD’s IBC Finals @ Belly Up (2pm)
- Victory Nightlife Halloween Block Party @ House of Blues
- Paulina, Meg and Bryan, the Pennant @ Lestat's
- Day of the Dead Halloween Bash with 2 Da Masses, Strange & the Sickness, Thieves of the American Dream, 91 Proof @ Brick By Brick
- Passafire, Tatanka @ Winston's
- Red Not Chili Peppers, Dust n Bones (Guns 'n Roses tribute) @ 710 Beach Club
- To Each His Own, Oceans, Lion I Am, Rum for the Pirates, Before the Flood, When We Were Gods @ Soma
- Molotov Solution, Life of Death, As They Burn Alive, Illusions, Consequence, Darken These Skies, Avarice to Kill @ Epicentre
- Susan G Komen Halloween Burlesque Show, featuring Shari Puorto Band @ Marble Room
- Plato Soul @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9 p.m.)
- Quino @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (5-7 p.m.)
- Embalmers @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- Charles Wright & Brenton Wood, Pleasure @ 4th & B
- Dwele, Choklate @ Anthology (7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.)
- Funks Most Wanted Halloween Bash @ Gallagher's
- Hell Dorado, featuring Adam Salter, Saul Q, Groundfloor @ El Dorado
- Atropal, Blackout (Scorpions tribute) @ Ramona Mainstage
Rosemary Bystrak 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.
