Our San Diego weather has been perfect this weekend, so I can think of no place better to spend it than idyllic Balboa Park, while Panama 66 celebrates their five year anniversary. I mean, personally, I'm against commercial enterprises in our park, but if they're gonna allow concessionaires, I can't think of a better one than the people behind Blind Lady Ale House, and after five years, they've proven to be good and fair fiduciaries within the park. Today, you can see a super extra special performance as Midnight Pine and Gilbert Castellanos perform separately and then do a special performance together. As that wraps up, you can easily cross the Cabrillo bridge and head down Laurel to catch Suzanne Santo at the Casbah. Honeyhoney went to great lengths to assure fans that they're not over, just exploring side solo projects, and tonight you can find out if that assertion still holds true. Around town, the tweens and teens will be flocking to feel the raw emotion of Gus Dapperton at Soma, self-described "Kentucky fried queerdos" Grlwood play at Soda Bar and Peter Mayer of Coral Reefer Band and son Brandon Mayer play the Belly Up.
Sunday, Oct. 20:
- Wow Festival 2019 @ Arts District Liberty Station (10 a.m.-10 p.m.)
- The Midnight Pine, Gilbert Castellanos @ Panama 66 (6-9 p.m.)
- Gus Dapperton, Spencer, Brandt Orange @ Soma
- Suzanne Santo of Honeyhoney, Izzy Ray @ Casbah
- Grlwood, Le Ra, Camden Aguilera @ Soda Bar
- Peter & Brendan Mayer, Garratt Wilkin of the Parrotheads @ Belly Up
- Uptown Rhythm Makers @ Panama 66 (3-5 p.m.)
- Almost Famous @ The Old Globe
- Suckerfish, Brite On @ Winston's (5 p.m.)
- Ross Mathews presents Dragtastic Bubbly Brunch @ Martini's Above Fourth (11 a.m.-2 p.m.)
- Boots in the Park SilverLakes, Cole Swindell, Dylan Scott @ Waterfront Park
- Acoustic Sundays with Karlos Paez @ Border X Brewing (3 p.m.)
- Run Your Pockets, Stalins, Batlords, Outrageous Behavior @ Tower Bar
- Folk Arts Rare Records Happy Hour Party @ Whistle Stop (4 p.m.)
- A Night with Janis Joplin @ Balboa Theatre (2 p.m. & 7 p.m.)
- Country Brunch Live with Sam Hosking @ House of Blues
- Wicked Echoes @ Bar Pink
- Quarteto Nuevo @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Equipe do Jeff Benefit/Auction/Raffle/Fundraiser for all @ Sycamore Den (5-10 p.m.)
- Heathers: the Musical @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- XXV: the Silver Anniversary Exhibition @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Live Reggae: Swells, Cappo Kelley @ U-31
- Jim Allen Band & Lightning Band @ Renegade
- Keep It on the DL @ Martini's Above Fourth
- Underground Lounge @ Winston's (2 p.m.)
- In Concert Variety Show @ The Merrow (5 p.m.)
- The Paper Aces @ The Holding Company (8:30 p.m.)
- Psychedelic Sunday with Fish & the Seaweeds @ The Holding Company (4 p.m.)
- Spectrum: a Diverse Dance Party @ Blonde
- Dulaney & Co. @ Pour House
- The Hod Rod Trio @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
- Jory Herman, Double Bass @ The Lyceum (free, 12 p.m.)
- Jazz Jam with Anthony Ortega @ Mr. Peabody's
- The Moneymen @ Crossroads, House of Blues (free)
- Big Stir @ Tio Leo's
- Sweet Spot Burlesque @ Queen Bee's (4-6 p.m.)
- Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (all ages)
- Uptown Top Ranking @ The Office
- Shark Jones Band @ Navajo Live
- DJ John Phillips @ Humphreys Backstage Live (7 p.m.)
- Teachers With Guns, Sounds Beyond Afterlife, K.I.R.B., Tyler Aldridge, Favionsd, Pakman, KyiranFamous, Brutha Eli, LilxBandz, DEAN, $avv Kartl, Kidd Fine$$e @ Brick by Brick
- Reggae Sunday @ Spin
- Sunday Groove with the Professor & Juni Flo @ El Dorado
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.
