Saturday is jam-packed with music events, but none is more special than Bummerfest, which is happening at the Irenic. Organizer Jordan Krimston (and full disclosure, my intern) is only a junior in high school but put together an event that would put a lot of local event producers to shame. Benefitting two charities, the bands he has assembled are about as diverse as they come, even nudging Pinback's Rob Crow to perform, despite recently declaring an end to performing on his Facebook page. This is an all-ages event, and besides all the music, there will be raffles and art and food and a general cool vibe. Sounds like a perfect Saturday to me.
Saturday, May 9:
- 91X Loudspeaker, the Casbah and Clever Void present Bummerfest, with Rob Crow, Pretend, Stage Kids, Mr. Tube & the Flying Objects, Octagrape, Sledding With Tigers, Inspired and the Sleep, Bit Maps, Dawayne Neptune, Big Bad Buffalo, Helix bagpipers @ The Irenic
- Gator By the Bay @ Spanish Landing
- OMBAC Beach Music Fest, featuring Matisyahu, the Green, Vokab Company, Betamaxx, the Mike Pinto Band @ Mariner's Point, Mission Bay
- GrampaDrew's Flim Flam Revue @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Casbah presents the Growlers @ Observatory North Park (sold out)
- Reason to Rebel, Dead Feather Moon, Mother's Anger @ Casbah
- Hit Dog Hollar, Michael McGraw & the Butchers (CD release), the Heart Beat Trail @ Soda Bar -- watch Michael McGraw's SoundDiego Spotlight segment
- The Bangles @ Belly Up (sold out)
- 3Lau @ Omnia
- Waking In Sonata, Geneva Pina Riboflavin, Almost Grounded, Hello From Montauk @ House of Blues Voodoo Room
- Mickey Avalon, Dirt Nasty @ House of Blues
- The Milk Crates DJs @ Bar Pink
- Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop
- LIE, TBA @ Tower Bar
- The Gramalamadingdongs, the Shaolin Signal, the Fever, Batboat, Broyuhas @ Til Two Club
- Sinner's Music Box, featuring Whitney Shay Quartet, the Pink BoomBox Burlesque Circus @ The Merrow
- Brain Dead, Madrost, Gravespell, Christ Killer, Santa Claus @ Brick By Brick
- Maystar's Fashion Whore, DJ R-You @ U-31
- Triston Palma and Revival, SM Familia @ Winston's
- Patrick Berrogain, Gilbert Castellanos @ Croce's Park West
- Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir @ Dizzy's
- Vilma Diaz y la Sonora @ Queen Bee's
- The Stache Bash Family Band, the Harry James Conglomerate @ 710 Beach Club
- Tiranos del Norte @ Over the Border
- Baby Bash @ Porter's Pub
- ABBA the Concert @ Sycuan
- Firebeatz @ Bassmnt
- Just Kiddin @ Bang Bang
- Hello, Gorgeous! (tribute to Barbra Streisand) @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- DJ Tay James @ Fluxx
- Y3K @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Peter Bolland, Dave Howard @ Java Joes
- Daphine Lee Martin, Emily Kate Boyd, Sahara Grimm @ Lestat's
- Arsis, Dead Serial Killers, the No Name Gang @ Ramona MainStage
- The Wild Fires, Splavender, Act Natural, Mayfield, Sydney Blake & the Misters, Raelee Nicole @ SOMA
- Dance Spirit, Halo B2B, Tara Brooks, Speakerghost, E-Ty, Jwest, Michi Minxx, William Blake, Freckle, Datphat, Galangsta, Kim B, Laser Rot @ Spin
- Serious Guise @ Tio Leo's
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.
