Sounds Like San Diego: September 24

Today is chockful of musical goodness from day to night. We've got the 30th Annual Adams Avenue Street Fair kicking off in Normal Heights, with Dengue Fever headlining the show and plenty of touring and local acts to fill the day. Tonight at the House of Blues, Two Door Cinema Club make a San Diego appearance, Arctic Monkeys and TV On The Radio share the stage at the Open Air Theatre, Southern Culture on the Skids return to the Casbah, while Austinites Ume perform at Bar Pink (after playing the Bar Pink Stage earlier this year at SXSW). 

Saturday, September 24:

  • Adams Avenue Street Fair, featuring Dengue Fever (7:30 p.m.), the Blackout Party (5:30 p.m.), Josh Damigo (3:30) and more on six stages @ Adams Avenue Normal Heights (between 35th & 32nd, free, all ages, 11 a.m.  to 10 p.m.)
  • FM 94/9 Presents Two Door Cinema Club, with Grouplove, the Lonely Forest @ House of Blues
  • Arctic Monkeys, TV on the Radio, the Smith Westerns @ SDSU, Open Air Theatre
  • Southern Culture on the Skids, the Creepy Creeps @ Casbah
  • Carlsbad Music Festival, featuring My Brightest Diamond (9 p.m.), Penelope (5:30 p.m.), Vicky Chow (1:30 p.m.) and more@ Carlsbad Village Theatre/Village Community
  • Ume @ Bar Pink
  • Foreign Film, Red Pony Clock (record release), Doves and Desperados, D/Wolves @ Tin Can (Serving a 6-foot burrito)
  • Gayle Skidmore, Mayfield, Felsen, Patrick Lanzetta, Jackson Price @ The Griffin
  • Rolling the Stones @ Belly Up
  • Justin Limm, Megan Liscomp, Noel Jordan, Jason de la Torre, Ferek Morris, Christian Motos (The Flowerthief) @ Eleven
  • Two Door Cinema Club (DJ set), Bareback DJs @ Voyeur
  • Clash City Rockers (Clash tribute), Mommy's Little Monsters (Social Distortion tribute) & PC 101 @ The Shakedown
  • DJ Claire’s Happy Hour Party, with DJs Tim Mays & Sam Chammas @ Whistle Stop (5- 8 p.m.)
  • Booty Bassment with Dmitri & Rob @ Whistle Stop
  • Tori Roze and the Hot Mess, Charbra, Ryat, the Amanda Wagner Band @ Ruby Room
  • Gun Runner, Lights On, Sundrop Electric, Pretty Too Bad @ Soda Bar
  • The Blueman Group Band (Nirvana tribute), DJ Stack Aly, Mikey Ratt @ Tower Bar
  • Party Rockers, with Alex M, Buba Trouble, Kid Wonder, Saul Q @ U-31
  • Stranger @ Sound Wave
  • Adams Avenue Street Fair @ Lestat's
  • Pool Party @ LaFayette Hotel
  • The Amalgamated, T. Irie Dread, Ottly Mercer @ Brick By Brick
  • The Travel Agents @ Winston's (5 p.m)
  • The Devastators @ Winston's (9:30 p.m.)
  • The Nards @ The Tiki
  • Zig Zag Jones, Bateke Beat @ 710 Beach Club
  • City Delivered, Colossal, Oh, Guardian, City in the Sea, Oceans, Eyes Like the Sea, Lion I Am @ Soma
  • Random Radio @ Bub’s at the Ballpark (official grand opening, 3 p.m.)
  • Ease the Tide, Burnout Kids, Coastal Gris, Proud Moon, Ash Williams & the Horde, USSA @ Epicentre
  • Garfunkel & Oates (comedy/folk duo)@ The Loft, UCSD
  • Missy Andersen @ Marble Room
  • Viva Santana @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge
  • Shaquille O’Neal presents All Star Comedy Jam @ Humphreys Concerts By the Bay
  • The Night Doctors, Shocks of Mighty @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
  • Selah Int’l Presents Zhen, Teki, Tribal Theory, Hooliganz @ 4th & B -- watch our SoundDiego Spotlight of Tribal Theory
  • Sheila E @ Anthology (7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.)
  • Lyric Opera presents MAME @ Birch North Park Theatre
  • Kahilofa, DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's
  • Lazaro Casanova @ Analog
  • Gabe Vega, Groundfloor (CD release), Blancnoire@ El Dorado
  • Club Sabbat with Robin Roth, Joe Letz, DJ Liquid Grey, Drew Harlander @ The Flame
  • Sid Vicious & Rico Delargo@ Fluxx

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.

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