Top Concerts In San Diego This Weekend
Thursday, March 3
Droeloe – The Observatory North Park
Show 7PM
Dutch electronic duo Droeloe emerged in 2016, pairing a bright and percussive future bass sound with an emphasis on visual aesthetics.
Yaadcore – Music Box
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM
Yaadcore is one of the most prominent and influential DJs working in reggae today. Having cemented his place as one of the genre’s pivotal tastemakers, this year marks a new direction for Yaadcore as he gets set to issue his first original recordings.
Randy Houser – House of Blues
Doors 7PM
With an inimitable voice the New York Times describes as “wholly different, thicker and more throbbing, a caldron bubbling over,” Randy Houser racked up five consecutive country radio hits and over five million singles sales after shifting record labels to Stoney Creek Records.
Buddy Guy – Music Box
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM
The legendary blues artist’s eighteenth solo LP and follow-up to 2015’s Born to Play Guitar showcases his raw and unadulterated sound, its fifteen tracks a true pleasure for aficionados and genre newcomers alike.
Friday, March 4
Bad Suns – The Observatory North Park
Show 7PM
Los Angeles indie rock combo Bad Suns found success with their 2014 debut Language & Perspective, which fused vivid, modern indie rock hooks with classic post-punk influences.
Yachtley Crew – Music Box
Doors 8PM, Show 9PM
Yachtley Crew is a Los Angeles area-based band of talented and tenured musicians with a common set of goals: to entertain music lovers with some of the greatest songs ever written back in the late 70’s and early 80’s.
Vacations – House of Blues
Doors 7PM
An indie-rock group based in Newcastle, Australia. Comprised of Campbell Burns, Jake Johnson, Nate Delizzotti and Joseph Van Lier.
Bhaskar – Parq Nightclub
Doors 10PM
In addition to being a DJ and a Producer, Bhaskar is also one of the producers of the Festival “Universo Paralello”.
Saturday, March 5
Tall Heights – House of Blues
Doors 6:30PM
A duo based out of Boston, Massachusetts, Tall Heights made their full-length debut in 2013 with an intimate indie folk that they soon expanded upon.
CRSSD Festival – Waterfront Park
Show 12PM
CRSSD Festival is the seaside jewel of San Diego, and it returns with another massive lineup that celebrates and appreciates all shades of the dance and electronic world!
Dueling Banjos – The Holding Company
Doors 4PM, Show 5PM
Southern California’s best banjo players going head to head in a banjo duel! Prizes from Deering Banjos, Mannequin Vanity Records, The Holding Company, & Skrewball Whiskey.
Tiësto – NOVA SD
Show 9:30PM
Grammy-winning Dutch DJ and producer, Tiësto, became one of the most recognizable figures of the electronic dance music genre with his legendary extended live sets, prolific output, and a pop-oriented crossover appeal that scored him multiple hit singles in the 2010s.
SG Lewis – Music Box
Show 10PM
Britain’s SG Lewis is an in-demand producer, songwriter, and DJ with an emotive, atmospheric approach to dance-oriented, electronic-based music.
Fletcher – The Observatory North Park
Show 7PM
A moody and stylish pop singer/songwriter who cites Lorde as a primary inspiration, FLETCHER first gained attention for “War Paint,” a digital single that went viral in the summer of 2015.
The Sword – Belly Up
Doors 8PM, Show 9PM
The Sword are a retro-metal four-piece hailing from — of all places — the singer/songwriter oasis of Austin, Texas.
DJ Five – March 5
Doors 10PM
While continuing to exercise his nightlife influences by holding yearly residencies at some of the most prominent nightclubs in Las Vegas, it’s no surprise that Five’s 15-year entertainment industry background is heavily based off of his bold turntablism skills and relentless work ethic
Sunday, March 6
JoJo – House of Blues
Doors 7PM
JoJo is resilient. That’s the message that comes through loud and clear when you listen to Mad Love., her debut album with Atlantic Records and her first LP in ten years. She’s empowered. She’s in control. And she’s grown as hell.
Sofi Tukker – Music Box
Show 10PM
American duo Sofi Tukker (Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern) craft throbbing, ’90s house-inspired jungle pop that resulted in a Grammy nomination for their first song, 2016’s “Drinkee.”
T.S.O.L. – The Holding Company
Doors 2PM
Although most commonly associated with the burgeoning West Coast hardcore punk movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s, T.S.O.L. have released music in the styles of both punk and hard rock.
CRSSD Fest – Waterfront Park
Show 2PM
Head to Waterfront Park to relish in San Diego’s killer views, epic sunsets, perfect breezes, and awesome music!
Daring Greatly – Belly Up
Doors 7PM, Show 7:30PM
Formed in the sunny eastern foothills of Canada’s Rocky Mountains, Daring Greatly combines their harmony-rich, rock n’ roll with U.S Folk, Americana traditions from the ’60s and ’70s.
Monday, March 7
KALEO – Fight or Flight Tour – House of Blues
Doors 7PM
Since the release of their gold-certified breakthrough album, 2016’s A/B, Icelandic rock band KALEO—led by frontman/songwriter JJ Julius Son—has taken their music around the world.
The Backseat Lovers – The Observatory North Park
Show 7PM
The Backseat Lovers is an indie-rock quartet out of Utah made up of Joshua Harmon (lead vocals/guitar), Jonas Swanson (lead guitar/vocals), KJ Ward (bass guitar), and Juice Welch (drums/background vocals).
See you there, San Diego!
