There are two more days of Comic-Con, but let's be real -- this is a big night. Shows and parties still fill our bars and clubs, and you want to get in on the action. Creature & the Woods and the Heavy Guilt are playing the Casbah, and singer/songwriter Michelle Branch wants you to know she's a woman now and doesn't want to be the pop princess she was a decade ago. And not that a woman should be attached to a man, but her boyfriend happens to be Patrick Carney of the Black Keys, who produced her record. La Luz play a special Soda Bar show, and Diablo Dimes returns for a show at Black Cat Bar. Of course, there are still Con events but most RSVPs are closed by now. Maybe you can sneak in, or just join the rest of us at a concert.
Saturday, July 22:
- Reggie Watts @ The Irenic (sold out)
- Heroes Brew Fest @ Waterfront Park
- Michelle Branch, Haerts @ Music Box
- Raiders, Rebels and Supermen: The Music of John Williams @ Copley Symphony Hall
- Creature & the Woods, the Heavy Guilt, Taken by Canadians, Mike Pope, DJ Lexicon Devil @ Casbah
- La Luz, Teenage Burritos, SIXES, Poison Rites @ Soda Bar
- EW Closing Night Party @ Float, Hard Rock Hotel (Invite Only)
- Conan at Comic-Con @ Spreckels Theatre
- Lorraine Castellanos @ Bar Pink
- Diablo Dimes & the Bloodhounds, Johnny Deadly Trio @ Black Cat Bar
- South Park Walkabout @ South Park
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 20 Years of Slaying @ SideBar (6-9 p.m., free, sold out)
- The LAIKA Experience @ Bespoke (520 Fifth Ave., free, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.)
- truTV’s Impractical Jokers Fandom Takeover @ The Field at Petco Park (7th & L, 11:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m., free, open to the public)
- Mandy Harvey @ Museum of Making Music
- 3rd Annual Chicano-Con @ Border X Brewing
- Yacht Rock with DJ Claire @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Creepxotica @ Warshaw Provisions Grand Opening (South Park)
- Booty Bassment with Dmitri & Rob @ Whistle Stop (9 p.m.)
- JD Shelburne @ Moonshine Beach
- Suds Social with Novo Brazil @ Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows (12 p.m.)
- Swim Up Cinema: Music Video Pool Party @ Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows (7:30 p.m.)
- Steph Johnson, Women's Work, Shana Tucker @ Panama 66
- Game of Thrones: The Musical - A Song of Nice Satire @ Tenth Avenue Theatre (930 Tenth Ave., 6 p.m. & 9 p.m.)
- ScreenJunkies Live & Afterparty with Wooden Wisdom: Elijah Wood & Zach Cowi DJ Set @ House of Blues (doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m.)
- RJ @ Observatory North Park
- My Brother, My Brother and Me @ Balboa Theatre (10 p.m.)
- Avant Garde Costume Gala @ Park6 (590 Fir Street)
- Marked Men 7: Annual Pirate & Fantasy Party @ Star of India
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live! Watch Out for Snakes! Tour @ Balboa Theatre (7 p.m.)
- "Wrecked" Pop-Up Island Tour From TBS @ Marriott Marquis & Marina
- SyFy Live @ Marriott Marquis & Marina (2-6 p.m.)
- Fatman on Batman with Kevin Smith @ American Comedy Co.
- Nuke the Fridge's After Party @ Bassmnt
- DJ Tah Rei @ Seven Grand
- ArtShow: Comics vs. Anime @ La Bodega Gallery, Barrio Logan (5-11 p.m.)
- ArtShow: Women in Comics/Tribute to Carrie Fisher @ Iron Fist Brewing (6-10 p.m.)
- Underground Lightsaber Fighters Tournament @ Balboa Park (8-11 p.m.)
- Onoff!, Hard Fall Hearts, Nights Like Thieves @ The Merrow
- Joshua White presents MONK at 100 @ Dizzy's
- Saviorself with Zackey Force Funk, Eddie Funkster, Diamond Ortiz, V-Rock Boogieman & Josex @ Space
- Bad Wife, People Flavor, Gypsy Wolfe @ Lestat's
- Harvard Bass Bday Party @ Blonde
- Sunburn Pool Party @ Float, Hard Rock Hotel
- California Rangers @ Pour House (5-9 p.m.)
- Lollipop Records Presents Wyatt Blair & the Broken Hearts, Kids in Heat, Cheap Tissue @ Pour House (9 p.m.)
- Aegis Live in San Diego @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- The Fooks, DJ OMZ @ The Holding Company 1502
- Old Town Local Grand Opening featuring Jeffrey Joe, Gaby & La Buena Onda, Rob Deez, Kenny Eng, Gramophone Gregory @ Java Joe's
- Jerry "Hot Rod" DeMink @ Crossroads, House of Blues (free)
- Tori Roze & the Hot Mess @ Martini's Above Fourth
- Falling Up, Baron Bandini, New Crimes @ Tower Bar (5 p.m.)
- Midnight Track, Neck Down, Punch Card, Strangely Strange @ Tower Bar (9 p.m.)
- Mystic Ritual, Empyrean Throne, Necrochamber, Morphesia, Beria @ Bancroft Bar
- JD Shelburne @ Moonshine Beach
- Steve Moakler @ Moonshine Flats
- Joe Rathburn, Lee Coulter @ Pilgrim United Church of Christ
- The Shenanigans @ Winston's (6 p.m.)
- Brothers Gow @ Winston's (10 p.m.)
- Stonecutters SD: Super Nerdy Comic-Con Edition @ Til-Two Club (4 p.m.)
- Cover-Con with Generator, Vegascendents, Punk in Drublic, Vegas Threat @ Til-Two Club (9 p.m.)
- Flotsam and Jetsam, Cage, Warpath, DVT @ Brick by Brick
- Strictly Business with DJs Edroc & KanyeAsada @ The Office (9 p.m.)
- Cutwater Spirits presents Grand Ole Office: Live Country Music @ The Office (4 p.m.)
- Way Cool Jr., Blaze of Jovi @ 710 Beach Club
- DJ Junior theDISCOpunk @ U-31
- Country Rockin' Rebels, McCoy Bros, Sickstring Outlaws @ Tio Leo's
- Rising Star @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- Butts Ta Nuts with DJs Waterfalls, Julz, Kev Mighty @ El Dorado
- Party Favor @ Bassmnt
- Cassian, Boys Don't Disco @ Bang Bang
- West Coast Weekender Presents: A Warriors Themed Event @ Spin (10 p.m.)
- Gari Safari San Diego Summer Rooftop Edition @ Spin (3 p.m.)
- Brett Bodley @ FLUXX
- All Stars, Arena, Wicked Rooster @ Navajo Live
- DJ Savi @ Omnia
- Midnight Wave featuring Yung Bae @ Kava Lounge
- DJ Autumn @ V Lounge, Viejas Casino
- The Heat @ Lobby Bar, Viejas Casino
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.
