Your Friday night is stacked with some amazing live shows. The Casbah hosts singer Matt Pond PA while Nikki Lane drops in at Soda Bar. Turbo Fruits and Eternal Summers are a great double bill at the Merrow, and the Dead Milkmen perform at the Belly Up. Probably the most spectacular show is the "It's Gonna Blow" fundraiser at the Ken Club, which sees the first aMiniature show since LiveWire's 20th Anniversary Party a few years back. The documentary has been making a splash since it was first screened, and with plans to take it nationwide, they need your support to give the country a broader view of San Diego beyond killer whales and sports franchises. If you're looking to see the local scene firsthand, drop by the Lafayette Hotel for the second round of unveilings for El Cajon Boulevard banners, which will certainly be a who's who of San Diego flavor.
Friday, April 24:
- Matt Pond PA, Young Buffalo, Shawn Alpay @ Casbah
- "It's Gonna Blow" Fundraiser, featuring aMiniature, Mayonnaise Fire, Lunar Maps @ Ken Club
- El Cajon Banner Unveiling Party Round 2, with music by the Alfred Howard Experience, the Down Lights with Normandie Wilson, Patric Petrie & Friends, Lou Curtiss, Joey Harris @ Lafayette Hotel (7-11 p.m.)
- Foreigner @ Events Center at Harrah's Resort Southern California (read our interview here)
- Lil Jon (DJ set) @ Bassmnt
- Nikki Lane, Low Volts, Jake Loban & the Benders @ Soda Bar
- Turbo Fruits, Eternal Summers @ The Merrow
- The Dead Milkmen, JP Incorporated @ Belly Up
- AJ Froman, Death By Snoo Snoo @ The Balboa
- Party on the Pier Freestyle Festival, featuring Expose, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Debbie Deb, Tone Loc, Locera, Stacey Q, Candyman @ Port Pavilion
- Falling in Reverse, Assuming We Survive, Ghost Town@ House of Blues
- Tribal Seeds, Hirie, True Press @ Observatory SD
- '80s vs '90s @ Bar Pink
- Atomic Groove (Rock and Soul vs Disco and Pop) @ Belly Up (5 p.m.)
- Gamblers Mark, Hard Fall Hearts, Joshua Black Wilkins, Kinga Dula @ Brick By Brick
- Cherry Road, Horsefly, Big Toe, Love Ethic, Cloudside @ Epicentre
- Tribe of King Free Wheeling Reggae @ The Hideout
- Philthy Rich @ Porter's Pub
- Witherward, Candy Lee @ Lestat's
- Alice Wallace, Trevor McSpadden @ Java Joe's
- Pink Ribbon Riot @ House of Blues Voodoo Room
- Archetype @ The Bancroft
- DJ R-You @ U-31
- Jean Luc Ponty @ Croce's Park West
- Breez'n @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- Beta Maxx @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Enter Shikari, Stray From the Path, A Lot Like Birds, I The Mighty @ SOMA
- Desert Suns (record release), Red Wizard, Loom @ Tower Bar
- Brothers Gow @ Winston's
- Sure Fire Soul Ensemble @ Whistle Stop
- Hook n Sling @ Fluxx
- Junior theDISCOpunk @ Henry's Pub
- The Distractions @ Tio Leo's
- LCAW @ Bang Bang
- Bob McChesney @ 98 Bottles
- Random Radio, DJ Arox @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
- Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
- Pat Hilton @ 710 Beach Club
- Sunny Rude, Crucial Blend @ 710 Beach Club
- Chubby Checker @ Sycuan
- Coco Montoya, Blues Mobile Band, Johnny Oskam @ Ramona Mainstage
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.
