There are always a lot of street fairs and neighborhood tastings and music festivals in San Diego this time of year, but when you look at the really good ones, they generally have a whole community organization or neighborhood business association behind them. There are few people who have the vision and initiative to make something happen in true DIY fashion, but as Art Around Adams marks its 10th annual event on Saturday at various venues in Kensington and Normal Heights, it all comes back to Adam Rosen, who has been helping build the event to what it is today. If you weren't able to attend our SoundDiego live party, Art Around Adams provides another chance to catch Okapi Sun as well as many other San Diego favorites. Follow the day with solid choices at the Casbah, the Che Cafe or Winston's.
Saturday, June 1:
- Art Around Adams @ Normal Heights and Kensington (2-10 p.m.)
- Crystal Fighters, Alpine, Pruitt Igoe @ Casbah
- The Heavy Guilt @ Winston's
- FIDLAR, Death Hymn #9, The Frights, Tan Sister Radio @ Ché Café
- Casbah presents Bunny Gang (Nathan Maxwell of Flogging Molly) @ Soda Bar
- Sunny Rude, the Stircrazies & 80 Proof @ 710 Beach Club
- Vamonos! @ Bar Pink
- Psychedelic Furs @ Belly Up
- The Palace Ballroom, the Beautiful View, Bullet & Snowfox, Rob Bondurant @ The Griffin
- Lady Zep, Jane's Diction, Dayavaad @ Brick By Brick
- Dre Cat x Cali King James Flo Dizza Slayedbacc Elevated Co. Franki Dekker @ Epicentre
- Sid Vicious, Rico DeLargo @ Fluxx
- First Friday Club (2 p.m.), Rising Star (9 p.m.) @ Humphreys Backstage Live
- Anne McCue, Lisa Sanders @ Lestat's
- Luicidal, the Hula-Guns, the Nite Crawlers, Chia King, the Entities @ Ramona MainStage
- Elektrofied Variety Art and Music Showcase @ Ruby Room
- Aim to Kill, Vanguard, Dark Matter, Terminal Velocity, Fatal Disease, Exception, Psychophobia @ Soma
- Elev8 & Egotrip presents Nico Luminous @ Spin
- The Natives, Gentlemen of Verona (Belgium), the Pheasants @ Tin Can
- Left4Dead @ Tio Leo's
- Elvia & the Fellas @ V Lounge
- Caliber @ Dreamcatcher
- Cat500, Protect Me, Infinity Dots, DJ Rene Hell & Purple Image (Sun Araw) @ The Void
- Imagine Dragons (DJ set) featuring Dan Reynolds @ Voyeur
- School of Rock presents Big 4 (3 p.m.) @ Sunset Temple
- School of Rock presents the Pixies (7 p.m.) @ Sunset Temple
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.
