The Casbah
2501 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101
The White Stripes, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Weezer, the Cult, Modest Mouse, and countless more indie rockers have played the stage with the padded walls that, in truth, came from an ice cream parlor. Owners Tim Mays and Bob Bennett essentially bought the interior furnishings of a Farrell’s Ice Cream when it folded. The stuff became the new decor for the original Casbah, which opened in 1989 at 2812 Kettner. In its present 220+ capacity location since 1994, the iconic stage backdrop has been replaced at least once. But the question remains: does that padding help cut the noise any for the tenants in the airport view apartments perched over the night club?
Upcoming Events
Protomartyr
Telephone Friends and Baseball Game
Andy Frasco & the UN and Big Something
Adi Oasis
Delta Rae
Daring Greatly and We The Commas
Daniel Rodriguez
Vanessa Carlton
Lead Pony and Ten Bulls
Michigander
smells like nirvana and Dead Original
Bobby and The Pins
Blair Gun and The Microblades
Screaming Females and Generacion Suicida
Jesse Daniel and Two Runner
Jupiter Flight
City of the Sun
Etran de L'Aïr
Now What and Gable
Xeno & Oaklander and Martial Canterel
The Silent Comedy and Shane Hall
Bratty
Giovannie & the Hired Guns
Alex Bergan and Sutton James
Paco Versailles
The Nude Party
Black Belt Eagle Scout
Hammered Hulls and the Havnauts
Y La Bamba
The Schizophonics and The Courettes
Westerman
The Bobby Lees
Pinkshift
Avey Tare
Hurray for the Riff Raff (solo)
Skating Polly
The Album Leaf
Winter
Crimeapple and Kahlee
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys and the Sleepwalker
Jared Mattson
Bob Log III and Shooda Shook It
Bayonne
Cub Sport
Night Moves
Buffalo Nichols
Joshua Ray Walker
Surfer Blood
Off With Their Heads and Single Mothers
Parker Millsap
Southern Culture on the Skids
Quintron & Miss Pussycat
Mudhoney and Hooveriii
The Ocean Blue