WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS!!!

Sorry. Had to. 😂

But happy September, friends! And shoutout to the weather for cooling off JUST enough that I didn’t wake up in a puddle of sweat this morning. Huge.

September is one of my favorite months in San Diego because everyone else starts pretending it’s fall while we simply continue summer. I think that makes us better than everyone else but whatever.

Also, fellow renters: PAY YOUR RENT!!! I almost forgot, so this is as much for me as it is for you. 😭

Okay. Rent paid. September started. We have shit to do!!!

First up, I’ve got a pair of tickets to The Sixties Show at The Rady Shell on 9/18 to give away. It’s a full-on trip back to the ’60s with live music + multimedia, performed by musicians whose résumés include working with The Who, Paul McCartney, The Beach Boys, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen + more.

Enter to win!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Fink went full 1974 for his new record… down to the recording process and guitar strings. Now he’s bringing it into 2027 at Music Box on 2/15.

• Casbah’s got a stacked little punk bill coming our way: Radolescents, Spice Pistols, Cryptid Hour + Go Scarlet are all squeezing onto one lineup on 11/13.

• Here’s one to keep in your back pocket: The Funky Resurrection is headed to Lou Lou’s Jungle Room for a completely FREE show. Hard to argue with that!

• Ritchie Valens would’ve turned 85 this year. Tomorrow, UCSD honors the kid from Pacoima who changed American music with live performances, archival footage + stories celebrating his legacy.*

• SEPTEMBER IS HERE! Stay on top of all the just-announced shows as they are dropped throughout the month!

LISTEN TO OUR MUSIC! PLEASE?

New month, fresh Staff Picks playlist! 🎧

We’ll be adding whatever we’re obsessed with all September, so save it, keep checking back + feel free to judge our music taste accordingly.

IN THE FUTURE

LOCALS ONLY

• Here’s something worth showing up for: The Mixer needs some local love, so Harbor the People is hosting a FREE Boiler Room there on 9/12 to help keep the family-owned business around.

• Draw badly in public tonight!!! Sketch Party is happening at Whistle Stop Bar, it’s FREE to join + all skill levels are welcome.

WIN STUFF

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