From Inigo Figuracion,
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Who's on tour? Are they coming to town? Where are they playing? And when? Lucky for us, San Diego has a lot of quality venues to watch live music - from the large (Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre) to the intimate (the Casbah) to everything in-between. So we have an opportunity to see a wide variety of musical acts and genres (even though some major tours still bypass San Diego for L.A.)

Here's a month-by-month rundown of select bands and artists coming to town.

NOTE: For a list of links to the concert venue sites and their ticket info mentioned here, see the bottom of this page.

MAY 2008

House of Blues:
Sycuan Presents Stiff Little Fingers (5/1)
Eisley (5/16)
The Kooks (5/18)

Belly Up Tavern:
The English Beat (5/2-3)
Shelby Lynne (5/4)
Kathleen Edwards (5/14)
Hal Ketchum w/ Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash (5/22)

Cox Arena:
Michael Buble (5/2)
Hot Topic presents Gigantour featuring Megadeth with In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job For a Cowboy and High on Fire (5/20)

Humphrey's by the Bay:
Kathy Griffin (5/9)
Joe Jackson, with special guest Mutlu (5/11)
Jesse Cook (5/15)
Craig Ferguson, with special guest Randy Kagan (5/30)

Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre:
Celtic Woman (5/9)
Vicente Fernandez (5/24)
The Police with special guest Elvis Costello & The Imposters (5/26)
Kenny Chesney with LeAnn Rimes(5/29)

Viejas Casino:
Soulja Boy with Lil' Mama (5/2)
Unwritten Law, The Vandals & Hot Water Music (5/3)
Rilo Kiley (5/15)
Margaret Cho (5/16,17)
Robert Cray Band (5/18)
The Cult (5/23)
Keith Sweat, Bell Biv Devoe & En Vogue (5/31)

AEG Concerts on the Green at Qualcomm Stadium
91X X-Fest: The Offspring, Pennywise, Jimmy Eat World (5/16)

San Diego Sports Arena:
Juanes (5/3)
Alicia Keys (5/7)

Pala Casino:
Sin Bandera (5/2)
Montgomery Gentry (5/9)

Sycuan Casino:

Harrah's Casino:
Paul Anka (5/4)

Valley View Casino:
Trace Adkins (5/15)
Bonnie Raitt (5/17)

Pechanga Casino:
Pink Martini (5/8)
Teena Marie (5/23)

SOMA:

4th and B:

Symphony Hall:

Open Air Theatre:

RIMAC Arena:

Acoustic Music San Diego:
Prince Diabaté (5/17)

Anthology:
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Benois King (5/3)
Jason Reeves (5/6)
Marcus Miller (5/7,8)
Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer (5/9)
Kevin Eubanks (5/10,11)
Patti Austin (5/16,17)
Poco (5/23)
Karla Bonoff (5/24)
Rickie Lee Jones (5/25)
Sonny Landreth (5/30,31)

Spreckels Theatre
KT Tunstall with Paddy Casey (5/3)

JUNE 2008

House of Blues:
Sycuan Presents Dead Kennedys (6/7)
Old 97's (6/20)
OAR (6/28)

Belly Up Tavern:

Cox Arena:
The Cure (6/3)

Humphrey's by the Bay:
The Beach Boys (6/7)
Erykah Badu/The Roots (6/10)
Jonny Lang (6/13)
Wanda Sykes (6/14)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (6/17)
Keb' Mo'/Taj Mahal (6/18)
Indigo Girls (6/19)
Idina Menzel (6/20)
Ani DiFranco (6/25)
One Hawaii Tour, featuring Keali'i Reichel, Na Leo, Willie K. & Augie T. (6/26-27)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (6/30)

Del Mar Fairgrounds:
Reggae Festival with Steel Pulse and Pato Banton (6/14)
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón with Los Rieleros del Norte (6/15)
Grand Funk Railroad and The Guess Who (6/17)
Earth, Wind & Fire (6/20)
Doodlebops (6/21)
B.B. King (6/26)
Gospel Festival featuring Tye Tribbett (6/28)
Intocable and Los Horóscopos de Durango (6/29)
"Weird Al" Yankovic (6/30)

Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre:
Brad Paisley (6/13)

Viejas Casino:
Gary Allan (6/4)
True Colors featuring Cyndi Lauper, The B-52s, Rosie O'Donnell with host Carson Kressley (6/27)
Gabriel Iglesias (6/28)

San Diego Sports Arena:
George Michael (6/17)

Pala Casino;

Sycuan Casino:

Harrah's Casino:
Crosby, Stills & Nash (6/15)
Los Tigres del Norte (6/22)

Valley View Casino:

Pechanga Casino:
Gary Allan (6/5)
The Beach Boys (6/8)

SOMA:

See more concert listings here...

CONCERT VENUES AND CLUBS

Concert Venues
4th and B
Belly Up Tavern
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Canes Bar & Grill
The Casbah
Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Cox Arena
Del Mar Fairgrounds - San Diego County Fair – Del Mar Races
Embarcadero Marina Park South - Viejas Bayside
Harrah's Rincon Casino
House of Blues San Diego
Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
San Diego Sports Arena
Jenny Craig Pavilion, University of San Diego
Pala Casino
Pechanga Casino and Resort
San Diego Civic Theatre
SDSU Open Air Theatre
SOMA
Spreckels Theatre
Sycuan Showcase Theater
UCSD RIMAC Arena
Viejas Casino
Acoustic Music San Diego