Last night was a great example of music escapism, and San Diego Music Thing (SDMT) continues today with panels and early music showcases, so you can make a whole day and night of it. There are plenty of awesome bands, including White Fang at the Merrow, Kim & the Created at Bar Pink, Geographer and Little Hurricane at the Office and Car Seat Headrest at the Irenic. Outside of SDMT, there are a ton of shows, too, like Pretty Lights at Soma's side stage, Om at Casbah and SubRosa at Soda Bar. Don't limit yourself though -- there are shows all over this great city tonight in pretty much every genre you could want.
Saturday, Nov. 12:
- SDMT Panels, the Amandas, Krass Bros. @ ChuckAlek Biergarten
- SDMT: Little Hurricane, Geographer, King Dude, Dani Bell & the Tarantist, Jimmy Ruelas @ The Office (3 p.m.)
- SDMT: Car Seat Headrest, Naked Giants, Hexa @ The Irenic (7 p.m.)
- SDMT: Strat & Mouse, Bang Pow, Nite Jewel, Glass Spells @ TBA (3 p.m.)
- SDMT: Kim & the Created, the Dead Ships, Wild Wild Wets, Mission Creeps, Prism Tats, the Bassics @ Bar Pink (3 p.m.)
- SDMT: No Parents, White Fang, Spitfire Torpedo, the Touchies, Sculpins @ The Merrow
- Pretty Lights, Chris Karns @ Soma
- Om, M Geddes Gengras @ Casbah
- Black Arrow Presents: SubRosa, Bleak Skies, Deep Sea Thunder Beast, Beira, Dhatura @ Soda Bar
- Ben Harper & Innocent Criminals @ Del Mar Racetrack
- The Milk Crates DJs @ Bar Pink (10 p.m.)
- Wild Eyes, Kids in Heat @ Ken Club
- Livin' on a Prayer, Paradise City @ Belly Up
- Minnesota @ Music Box
- Booty Bassment w/ Dmitri & Rob @ Whistle Stop
- DJ Dennis Borlek Happy Hour Birthday Party @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Whose Live Anyway? @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Met2 Presents: The Music Man Jr. @ Poway Center for the Arts
- Soldier Songs by David Little @ Balboa Theatre
- Great White, Slaughter @ Sycuan Casino
- Steel Panther, Magnetico @ House of Blues
- Lola Demure's Burlesque and Variety Show @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
- Boogie Down, Mndsgn, Funk Freaks, Cookie Crew @ The Hideout
- Slightly Stoopid, Fortunate Youth, Perro Bravo @ Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
- Dead Friends, Fun Abuse, Barking Irons, F-71 @ The Bancroft
- Johnny Tarr @ Park & Rec
- Joe McMahon (Smoke or Fire), Divided Heaven, Swingchimney, Todd Allen @ Tower Bar
- Bomb Squad, the Gringos @ Winston's
- San Diego City Soul Club DJs @ Til-Two Club
- Rachmaninoff & Mozart @ Symphony Hall
- Bartenders Bible, Nothingful @ Black Cat Bar
- The Iron Maidens, Symbolic, Domination CFH, RDG, Time Machine @ Brick by Brick
- David Choi @ Lestat's
- Lindsay White @ Java Joe's
- FNGRS CRSSD: Will Clarke, Sage Armstrong @ Bang Bang
- The Jackson Howard Band, the Colour Monday, the Handels @ Che Cafe
- Chocolate Revolution, the Tommy Mitchell Show @ 710 Beach Club
- Native Alien @ Tio Leo's
- Caliber @ V Lounge, Viejas
- Johnny A @ Humphreys Backstage Live
- Nas @ Fluxx
- Firebeatz @ Bassmnt
- Eric D-Lux @ Omnia
- Will Clarke @ Bang Bang
- Divine Species @ Kava Lounge
- Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry'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.