Today is going to be an awesome day and night of music, rain or shine, so plan your Saturday accordingly. During the day, head to the Casbah for another Vinyl Junkies Record Swap with guest DJs like Mario Rubalcaba of Off! and Earthless, and Al Howard of pretty much all the Redwoods bands. As that finishes, head up to the Whistle Stop for the Flim Flam Revue, where some of your favorite local artists show off their country stylings. With the recent passing of Merle Haggard, I imagine this will be a cry-in-your-whiskey type of afternoon. To continue in that theme, you can make a night of it with O'Berkeley Where Art Thou at the Poway Center for Performing Arts. Around town, Andre Nikatina plays a $5 show at the Observatory, the Palace Ballroom headline Soda Bar, the Schizophonics are at Til-Two, and L.A. Witch return to the Hideout.
Saturday, April 9:
- Vinyl Junkies Record Swap @ Casbah (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
- GrampaDrew's Flim Flam Revue @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Lindi Ortega, the Walcotts, the Liquorsmiths @ Casbah
- O'Berkley Where Art Thou? feat. Berkley Hart & the 7th Day Buskers, Joey Harris, Robin Henkel, Eve Selis & Marc Twang, Robin Adler, Lisa Sanders, Joe Rathburn, Michael McNevin, Gregory Page, Nathan Rivera, Jessie Andra Smith, Dennis Caplinger @ Poway Center for Performing Arts
- Andre Nickatina, Real Novacane @ The Observatory North Park
- The Palace Ballroom, the Mondegreens, Grizzly Business @ Soda Bar
San Diego Brewers Guild's Rhythm & Brews Music & Craft Beer Festival with Laura Jean Anderson, My Own Holiday, Euphoria Brass Band, @ Vista Village(Postponed to May 14)- Suedehead (Smiths & Morrissey Tribute), Marujah @ Ken Club
- The Schizophonics, Gloomsday, the Hiroshima Mockingbirds, DJ Mike & Anja Stax & the Mighty Manfred @ Til-Two Club
- L.A. Witch, Dirty Ghosts, Prism Tats @ The Hideout
- Generator Festival @ Pappy & Harriet's
- John Leguizamo @ La Jolla Playhouse
- XYLO, Tojou @ The Loft, UCSD
- The Milkcrates DJs @ Bar Pink
- Pine Mountain Logs - An Evening With @ Belly Up
- The 15 Festival Preseented By Uptown SD, Chuck Taylor, Rockdacrowd, Dabestone @ Music Box
- Radio Latina Viewing Party @ Music Box (3 p.m.)
- Bob Magnusson with Jim Plank & Peter Sprague @ Dizzy's
- Beyond My Afterlife, DemaGagh, Mandala, Steel Toe, Inertia, Big Goat, Bucephalus @ SOMA
- Jiayan Sun @ La Jolla Athenaeum
- Smart Festival @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- My Story Culminating Event @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Rebel Souljahz, the Vitals, AOK @ House of Blues
- Wicked Monk, Dark Globe, Desert Suns @ The Bancroft
- Butts Ta Nuts with Jason Waterfalls, Abjo, Juiz @ El Dorado
- Midnight Track (CD Release), the Hathcocks, Kitty Plague, Strangely Strange @ Tower Bar
- Stoney Curis Band @ Winston's (5-8 p.m.)
- Ocean Boogie @ Winston's
- The String Revolution @ Lestat's
- The Zicas @ Java Joe's
- Keyes, yhe Body Rampant, Wearing Thin @ Che Cafe
- Alive & Well, Wanted Noise, Picasso the Banshee, Sharks on Wheels @ The Merrow
- Black Pearl Reggae, City Reef & Tribe of Five @ 710 Beach Club
- Comedy @ The Bancroft
- Detroit Underground @ Tio Leo's
- Michele Lundeen @ Humphreys Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- Rising Star @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Brett Bodley @ Fluxx
- San Diego Soul Music Festival feat Maze, Frankie Beverly, Kem @ Valley View Casino Center
- Vicetone @ Bassmnt
- James Morton @ 98 Bottles
- Sander Kleinenberg, Erick Diaz @ Bang Bang
- DJ Vice @ Omnia
- Joe Maz @ Parq
- Popvinyl @ V Lounge, Viejas Casino
- Wild Side @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
- Thunder From Down Under @ Sycuan
- Sundown feat. Mat.Joe (Gruuv, Berlin), Jimbo James, J Blaze and Resident DJs @ Spin (2-10 p.m.)
- San Diego Unicorn Invasion 2016 feat DJ Dan, Charles Feelgood, DivaDanielle and more @ Spin
Rosemary Bystrak is the publicist for the Casbah, the content manager for DoSD, 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.
