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4th&B

May 17: Local Hip-Hop Showcase
May 19: 2 Live Crew
May 25: Don Omar
May 26: Oscar D'Leon
May 31: Rusko
Jun 15: J Boog and Fiji
Jun 17: Jack Russel's Great White and Faster Pussycat
Jun 23: Greyhoundz and Typecast
Jul 2: Marcy Playground
Aug 10: Sheila E & the E Family
Aug 11: Pesado
Sep 1: David Allen Coe and the Kyle Turley Band
Sep 15: Adam Ant

710 Beach Club

May 18: SoCal Vibes and Sunny Rude
May 19: Studio 8, Dumest Animals, Fakebook
May 25: Chasing Claymores, Jack's Last Bullet, Dead on the Dancefloor
May 26: Rock Out Karaoke: PB Idol Finals
Jun 1: Fayuca and Keng Doja & the Royal Roots
Jun 2: Bad Neighborz and Stir Crazy
Jun 8: BoomSnap, Science Fiction, the Broken Stems

98 Bottles

May 17: ¡Celebrate! Concert with Jaime Valle
May 18: The Mattson Two
May 19: Alan Parry
May 20: Peter Sprague featuring Mundell Lowe
May 24: Korrie Paliotto
May 26: Nathan Welden
Jun 1: "The Long and Winding Road"

AMSDconcerts

Anthology

May 16: Loose Ends
May 17: Royal Southern Brotherhood: the Soul of the South
May 18: Joan Osborne
May 19: The Michael Tiernan Band
May 21: Cathouse Thursday
May 23: Jon McLaughlin
May 24: Toad the Wet Sprocket
May 25: John Patitucci Trio
May 27: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
May 29: Indigenous and Plateros
May 30: Marshall Tucker Band
May 31: Steve Smith & Vital Information
Jun 1: Big Sam's Funky Nation
Jun 2: Steve Poltz
Jun 6: Queensrÿche's Geoff Tate Unplugged
Jun 7: Sacha Boutros
Jun 8: Floyd FX

Art Lab

May 23: Robin Henkel Band with Guests

The Bailey Wood Pit Barbecue

Balboa Theatre

May 22: Daughtry
Oct 17: Jethro Tull

Bar Pink

May 16: Stevie & the Hi-Stax
May 17: Sleep Lady and Housewives
May 18: The Styletones
May 19: Neon Beat
May 23: H.A.M.
May 24: The Blind Shake and Ghetto Blaster
May 25: Bonkers! Dance Party
May 26: Astra and Ancestors
May 27: Bad Veins

Beaumont's

Belly Up

May 16: The Dum Dum Girls
May 17: See-I and Project: Out of Bounds
May 18: The Cured
May 19: The Dandy Warhols
May 20: Spiritualized
May 21: Trampled by Turtles
May 22: Hugh Laurie & the Copper Bottom Band
May 23: Mishka & Anuhea and Micah Brown
May 24: The Expendables and Unwritten Law
May 26: Platinum Rockstars
May 27: Cash'd Out
May 29: Greg Laswell
May 30: Everlast
Jun 1: The English Beat
Jun 2: Donavon Frankenreiter
Jun 3: Mogwai
Jun 6: Burning of Rome
Jun 8: CocoRosie
Jun 15: Israel Vibration
Jun 16: Thunder Road
Jun 22: Common Sense
Jun 23: Shoreline Rootz
Jun 29: The Soft Pack
Jul 1: Abbey Road
Jul 3: '80s Heat
Jul 7: Dead Feather Moon
Jul 8: Blind Pilot
Jul 15: Floyd FX
Jul 21: The Young Dubliners

Birch Aquarium at Scripps

May 16: Eve Selis
Jun 20: NeedToBreathe
Aug 15: The Dunwells and the Heartless Bastards
Sep 19: Steve Poltz

Birch North Park Theatre

May 19: Poncho Sanchez Latin-Jazz Band

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters

May 19: Robin Henkel

Brick by Brick

May 17: Psychostick
May 18: Metalachi
May 19: Apeyga, Shotgun Chaperone, Open Wound
May 20: Uniquely Divided, the Calefaction, the Departures
May 24: Static Bloom, the Orangepickers, Liquid Whip
May 25: James Kruk
May 26: Dr. Know and Toxic Holocaust
May 27: Blue Still, Justin Vellucci, Khopper & Phantom
May 30: At War, Froghead, Redmond

Busalacchi's A Modo Mio

May 17: Rick Ross
May 18: Willovealot

The Caliph

May 16: Kevin Cavanaugh

Carlsbad Community Church

May 20: Coastal Communities Concert Band

The Casbah

May 16: The Palace Ballroom
May 17: The London Souls and Schitzophonics
May 18: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and the Darcys
May 19: Milo Greene and Papa
May 20: Suckers and Young Man
May 21: Plants & Animals
May 22: I Break Horses, Geographer, Kitten
May 23: The Riverboat Gamblers
May 24: The Growlers
May 25: Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
May 26: Republic of Letters, the Beautiful View, the Black Sands
May 27: Jivewire, One Nation Under a Groove, Hills Like Elephants
May 28: Tim Barry
May 29: K. Flay and Colin Munroe
May 30: Horse Feathers and Death Songs
May 31: G.B.H, Far From Finished, Social Spit
Jun 1: The Duke Spirit and Hacienda
Jun 2: Supersuckers, the Creepy Creeps, Viking Death
Jun 21: Hawthorne Heights

The Centre at Lexus Escondido

May 20: Al Jarreau & the George Duke Trio
May 25: Chaka Khan
Jun 2: Carl Verheyen Band

Ché Café

May 17: Take Offense

Copley Symphony Hall

May 18: Peter Cetera

The Coyote Bar & Grill

May 17: The Brokers Band
May 18: Clay Colton Band
May 19: Shelle Blue
May 20: Jerome Dawson
May 24: All Shook Up
May 25: Smokestaxx
May 26: Bill Magee
May 27: Smoketet
Jun 1: The Brokers Band
Jun 2: Big Shot Reub & the Reloaders

Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre

May 25: The Beach Boys and Foster the People
May 27: "I Love This City" Festival
May 31: Sugarland
Jun 3: 91X-Fest
Jun 27: Vans Warped Tour
Jul 20: Big Time Rush and Rachel Crow
Aug 7: Pitbull
Aug 9: Toby Keith
Aug 12: KISS and Mötley Crüe
Aug 14: Neil Diamond
Aug 25: 311 and Slightly Stoopid
Sep 7: The Dave Matthews Band
Sep 10: Linkin Park and Incubus
Sep 15: Rascal Flatts
Sep 22: Jason Aldean
Sep 29: Jason Mraz
Oct 4: Florence + the Machine
Oct 18: Brad Paisley
Aug 6, 2013: One Direction

Cuyamaca College

May 16: Cuyamaca College Concert Band
May 18: Cuyamaca College Rock Pop and Soul Ensemble

David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre

May 19: Howard Alden
Jun 10: "Doo Wop & Rock"

Del Mar Fairgrounds

Jun 10: Larry Hernández
Jun 12: Demi Lovato
Jun 13: Cody Simpson
Jun 14: Kenny Loggins
Jun 15: Switchfoot
Jun 17: Joan Sebastian
Jun 20: Hot Chelle Rae
Jun 21: Lonestar
Jun 24: La Arrolladora Banda el Limón
Jun 26: Scotty McCreery
Jun 28: Creedence Clearwater Revisited
Jun 29: KC & the Sunshine Band
Jun 30: Train
Jul 1: Julion Avarez
Jul 2: Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Lit
Jul 3: Matisyahu
Jul 4: "Weird Al" Yankovic

Dirk's Niteclub

May 18: Nemesis
May 25: FX5

Downtown Café

May 19: The Farmers

Eleven

May 16: Misspent Warhead, Premise, Two Bit Radio
May 17: Columbian Necktie and KDC
May 18: The Narrows, Secret Fun Club, Bumbklaat
May 19: Hot Bottle Bombers, Band-Droidz, Re-Mones
May 20: Stephen Rey, Misery, Jackals
May 23: Six String Samurai
May 24: Focke-Wolves
May 25: 7 Horns 7 Eyes, Stealing Axion, Eukaryst
May 26: Smooth Sailing
May 28: Roxy Jones and Ape Machine
Jun 1: Gloomsday, the Lumps, Gone Baby Gone
Jun 2: Antiquark, Erleen Nada, Bunny West (matinee)
Jun 2: Raygun Cowboys, Gene Butler Band, Most Eligible Basturds

Embarcadero Marina Park South

Jun 23: Tux ‘n Tennies Summer Bash
Jun 29: Star-Spangled Pops
Jul 6: Roberta Flack
Jul 8: Doc Severinsen and the San Miguel 5
Jul 13: The Temptations
Jul 27: The Music of Abba
Aug 5: Burt Bacharach
Aug 10: Neil Sedaka
Aug 17: Wilson Phillips
Aug 23: The Music of Michael Jackson
Aug 24: The Music of the Eagles
Aug 31: 1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular!

Encinitas Library

Jun 3: Allison Adams Tucker Quartet

Epicentre

May 18: Satramote and Deep Sea Thunder Beast
May 19: Rogue Radio
May 25: Rande Mona and Lost Adlsnts
Jun 1: Space Milk
Jun 2: Skank Agents and Bucket of Fish

Escondido Elks Lodge

May 19: The Stoney B. Blues Band and Annette Da Bomb

Escondido Library

Jun 9: Japanese Koto Music Recital

Flying Elephant

Gallagher's Pub & Grill

The Grand Del Mar

May 18: Rick Ross

The Griffin

May 16: Big Shot Reub & the Reloaders, Trickbag, Melly Frances & the Distilled Spirit
May 17: Colour Vision, Talk in the Static, Noise Floor
May 18: Vanity Theft, Enemies, Small City Calling
May 19: Stephen Rey, Nancarrow, Christy Littlemore
May 22: Beat Club and Tonto
May 23: Golden Ghosts
May 24: Split Finger
May 25: The Untouchables, Shocks of Mighty, 2000 Tons of TNT
May 26: The Gift/Curse, the Gaffer, the Elephant Project
May 29: Barcelona
May 30: Soul Ablaze, Keng Doja & the Royal Roots, the Broken Stems, F.U.Z.Z.

Harrah's Rincon

May 17: Kix Brooks
May 26: Dwight Yoakam
Jun 22: Melissa Etheridge
Jun 29: Squeeze and the B-52s
Jul 7: Meat Loaf
Jul 13: Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis & the News
Jul 21: The Jacksons
Jul 27: Gladys Knight and Natalie Cole
Jul 29: Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Sep 9: B.B. King and the Tedeshi Trucks Band
Sep 23: Daryl Hall and John Oates

Helix High School

May 24: Highlanders Go Hollywood 2012 Helix POPS! Concert

Hotel Indigo

May 17: Alyssa Jacey

House of Blues

May 18: Gramatik
May 20: Charlene Kaye
May 23: Andre Nickatina
May 25: Tainted Love
May 26: Tyrone Wells
May 27: Steve Aoki
Jun 4: James McCartney and Silent Lune
Jun 5: Gondwana
Jun 8: The Maine
Jun 9: Collective Soul
Jun 13: Temper Trap
Jun 14: Rhapsody of Fire
Jun 17: The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jun 21: Chad Scott, Avasa & Matty Love, Steve Gold
Jun 23: Matt Skiba & the Sekrets
Jun 29: 6one9
Jul 8: Reverend Horton Heat
Jul 11: The Bouncing Souls
Jul 20: Led Zepagain
Jul 22: Ray Davies
Jul 28: Demon Hunter, Bleeding Through, Cancer Bats
Jul 29: Dirty Projectors
Aug 8: Enanitos Verdes
Aug 11: Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
Aug 17: Buckethead
Sep 27: Amon Tobin
Oct 16: Bombay Bicycle Club
Nov 15: Epica

Humphreys Backstage Music Club

May 16: Backwater Blues Band
May 18: Betamaxx
May 19: Rockola
May 19: Rock Against MS Benefit
May 20: Reggie Smith
May 22: Stoney B. Blues Band
May 23: Jesse Davis
May 24: Mercedes Moore
May 25: Rising Star
May 26: Atomic Groove
May 27: Stellita
May 28: Benefit for Candye Kane with Chet Cannon
May 29: 52nd Street
Jun 1: Will Donato
Jun 2: Rising Star
Jun 8: The Farmers

Humphreys by the Bay

Institute of Perception

Jun 8: Telemagica 2012

The Irenic

May 18: The Beach Fossils

Ki's Restaurant

May 18: Nina Francis, Peter Sprague, Tripp Sprague

The Kraken

Jun 9: The Farmers

La Costa Coffee Roasting

Jun 15: Tony Taravella

Lake Poway

Lestat's Coffee House

May 17: Ernie Halter, Chad Taggart, Chris Avetta, Lexi Pulido
May 18: Lisa Sanders
May 27: Robin Henkel Band with Horns
Jun 13: Justin Soileau

The Loft

May 16: Craft Spells, Tropical Popsicle, Pilots
Jun 2: Ben Howard
Jun 7: Patrick Watson

Lyceum Theatre

May 29: Soulfarm
Jun 4: "Klezmer Summit"

McCrea Music Company

May 24: Bob Dylan's 71st Birthday
May 25: ESP Quintet

Molly Malone's

May 18: Outta Line
May 25: Stone the Giant

Monte Vista High School

May 23: Y.O.U.T.H. Concert

Ocean House

Jun 1: The Last Call

Oceanside Museum of Art

Jun 7: Peter Sprague

Old Poway Park

Jul 15: The Highland Way Productions

Open Air Theatre

Padre Gold

May 19: Rock-Tribute Madness

Pal Joey's

May 26: The Stoney B. Blues Band and Annette Da Bomb

Pala Casino

May 19: Fantastic Diamond
Aug 10: Diana Krall

The Par Lounge at San Vicente Resort

Jun 8: Rear View Mirror

Patricks Gaslamp Pub

May 16: Stoney B. Blues Band
May 17: Myron & the Kyniptionz
May 18: Johnny Vernazza
May 19: 145th Street Deluxe Blues Band
May 20: Amanda Waggener Band
May 21: Missy Andersen
May 22: Open Mike with Walter Gentry
May 23: Stoney B. Blues Band
May 24: The Bayou Brothers
May 25: Mystique Element of Soul
May 26: Myron & the Kyniptionz
May 27: Michele Lundeen & Paradise
May 28: The Bossmen
May 29: Open Mike with Walter Gentry
May 30: Missy Andersen
May 31: Bill Magee Blues Band
Jun 1: Michele Lundeen & Blues Streak
Jun 2: Len Rainey & the Midnight Players

Pechanga Resort & Casino

May 26: White Party hosted by Ginuwine
Jul 19: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band
Sep 30: Crosby, Stills & Nash

Petco Park

May 26: "I Love This City" Electronic Festival

Pete's Place

May 19: Manganista and A Fistful of Blue

Pine Hills Lodge

Jun 17: Cowboy Jack

Poway Center for the Performing Arts

Prescott Promenade

May 18: Thunder Road
May 25: Coyote Band
Jun 1: The Mighty Untouchables
Jun 15: Catillacs
Jun 22: Lightning Train
Jun 29: Upstream
Jul 6: The Heroes
Jul 13: Fred Benedetti
Jul 20: The PettyBreakers
Jul 27: Soul Persuaders
Aug 3: Firefly
Aug 17: The Jones Revival
Aug 24: Mardells
Aug 31: Hot Rod Lincoln
Sep 7: Back to the Garden
Sep 21: Caliber
Sep 28: Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra
Oct 10: Tom Hyatt & the Sundown Riders

Quality Social

May 22: DJ Rezo, Abjo, Winter Inter

Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center

May 25: Evertheory
Jun 16: Birdeatsbaby and London Below

RT's Longboard Grill

May 19: Zig Zag Jones
May 20: Sunny Rude
May 26: Stepping Feet
May 27: Todo Mundo

Ramona Mainstage Nightclub

May 17: Tab Benoit
Jun 9: Rick Derringer

Rancho San Diego Library

Jun 5: Gone Tomorrow

Rhythm City Grill

May 25: The Stoney B. Blues Band and Annette Da Bomb

Riviera Supper Club & Turquoise Room

May 16: Brothers in a Bind (Joseph Paul Labno & Brad Lee)
May 17: Tweed Deluxe
May 18: Zozo Fiasco
May 19: Bedbreakers
May 21: Morrissey Mondays
May 22: Westside Inflection
May 23: Brothers in a Bind (Joseph Paul Labno & Brad Lee)
May 24: Wendy Bailey
May 26: Baja Bugs
May 29: Westside Inflection
May 30: Brothers in a Bind (Joseph Paul Labno & Brad Lee)

Robbie's Roadhouse

May 28: Cowboy Jack

Rosie O'Grady's

May 26: Hugh Gaskins & The G String Daddies

The Royal Dive

May 19: Nautikal

Ruby Room

May 17: Musicvideo?, Lo-Fi Sugar, Summer Mencher, Kinetic
May 18: Still Ill
May 19: SD Union
May 20: Hey! Ho! Let's Go!
May 22: Tori Roze Presents: Ruby Tuesday
May 23: Her Bed of Thorns and the Parlour Shootout
May 24: For Strangers & Wardens, The High Rolling Loners, Abe West
May 25: Bearracuda Dance Party with DJ Sherwood
May 26: Danny the Wildchild
May 27: Locked Out of Eden and Useless Rhetoric
May 28: Pocket and Euphoria Brass Band

San Diego Civic Theatre

San Dieguito Heritage Museum

Aug 11: Lila Fest 2012

Second Wind (Santee)

May 26: Dust N' Bones and Alice & the Cooper Gang
Jun 2: The Farmers

Shakedown Bar

May 18: Godhammered, Medius, Betty Beware
May 19: The Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Secret Fun Club, the Dirtbag Surfers
May 20: Jameson, Aghori, One Theory
May 23: The Hookers, White Barons, El Camaro
May 24: Static Thought and Among the Enemy
May 25: The Bourbon Saints
May 26: Nick Bone & the Big Scene
May 27: Cleveland Browns and Moosejaw
Jun 1: Little Barrie
Jun 2: Cruz, Dead Alphabet, Badwater

Soda Bar

May 16: Silian Rail, Weatherbox, Manuok
May 17: Baby Buffalo, Mothlight, the New Assembly
May 18: Alcoholic Faith Mission and Long Live Logos
May 19: Hundred Waters, Barbarian, Tourism
May 20: Melted Toys and the Memories
May 21: Black Cobra and Fed to the Wolves
May 22: Star Slinger and the Hood Internet
May 23: Hey Rosetta!, Rich Aucoin, Michael McGraw
May 25: Monsters From Mars, Rachel Fannan, Just Another Snake Cult
May 26: Mrs. Magician and New Mexico
May 28: Hosannas and Tactical Fever
May 29: Chasing Kings, Hey Ocean, the Darrows
May 30: Pop. 1280 and the Beaters
May 31: TV Girl, Kynan, Pageants
Jun 1: Broncho and the Shrine
Jun 2: Xiu Xiu

Soma

May 18: Mister Wister
May 19: Where Titans Roam
May 25: To Each His Own
Jun 1: Carnifex
Jun 2: Ottly Mercer

Spreckels Theatre

Aug 11: Andrew Bird

The Stage Rock Bar & Grill

May 17: Van Roth
May 18: The Disco Pimps
May 19: DJ Miss Dust
May 23: Fingerbang
May 24: Van Roth
May 25: The Disco Pimps
May 26: DJ Miss Dust
May 30: Fingerbang

Stingaree

May 16: Lloyd

Swedenborg Hall

May 20: Songwriters Acoustic Nights

Sycuan Casino Showcase Theatre

May 17: Kix Brooks
May 19: The Turtles
Jun 5: Morris Day & the Time
Jun 7: Steel Magnolia
Jun 16: Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
Jun 23: Edwin McCain
Jul 5: Lee Greenwood
Jul 14: Howard Jones
Aug 11: Quiet Riot + Dokken
Aug 18: Berlin Featuring Teri Nunn
Aug 25: David Cassidy
Aug 30: Jerrod Niemann
Sep 30: Mark Chesnutt

Tango Del Rey

May 27: All-Star Tribute to San Diego Jazz Legends

Tango Restaurant & Lounge

May 18: Kevin Cavanaugh

Tiki House

May 19: Joey Harris & the Mentals
Jun 1: Kitten with a Whip

Til-Two

May 20: The Sights and the Bloodflowers
May 26: The Embalmers and Blood on the Saddle
Jun 2: Cult of Personality Tour 2012

Tin Can Ale House

May 16: The Lumps, the Sceptors, Absolut Shit
May 17: Tori, Oldest Boy & Girl, Sister Speak
May 18: Irradio and Lands on Fire
May 19: The Western Set and the Lonesome Heroes
May 21: Breakhouse, Hot Mustard, Andy Mauser
May 22: Buster Blue and Patrick Norton
May 23: The Calico Kids, the Mighty Sequoyah, About a Girl
May 24: Northern Tigers, Electric Healing Sound, Bagdad
May 25: The Lyon Crowns and Shiva Trash
May 26: The Deadly Birds, the County Fair, Little Fowl
May 27: The Slashes, the Red Starts, Mittens

Tio Leo's

May 17: Rockin' Aces
May 18: The Lomatones
May 19: The Reflectors
May 24: Rockin' Aces
May 25: Rockandy

The Tower Bar

May 17: Lady Dottie & the Diamonds
May 18: The Last Years, Mr. Nobody, Sculpins
May 19: Tony the Tyger and Matteo Londres
May 20: Electric Healing Sound
May 23: King Louie & the Missing Monuments and Chemicals
May 24: Lady Dottie & the Diamonds
May 26: Immovable Objects and Roswell That Ends Well
Jun 1: Punk vs. Hip-Hop
Jun 1: Sleazy Listening

Upstart Crow Bookshop and Coffee House

May 19: "Sounds of Brasil"
May 26: Nadja Nara

Valley View Casino Center

Viejas Arena

Jun 8: One Direction
Jun 14: Van Halen and Kool & the Gang

Walnut Grove Park and Barn

Jun 9: San Marcos Rock, Blues, and BBQ Festival

Whistle Stop Bar

May 17: Makeout Weird
May 26: Booty Bassment

Winstons

May 16: Tribal Theory
May 19: Cubensis
May 21: Electric Waste Band
May 23: Tommy Dubs
May 25: The Heavy Guilt and Blackout Party
May 26: Psydecar
May 28: Electric Waste Band
Jun 9: Jet West

WorldBeat Cultural Center

Jun 22: Twinkle Brothers with Della Grant

Zia's Bistro

May 19: Rick Ross