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.
DECEMBER
House of Blues:Led Zepagain - Tribute to Led Zeppelin with Fan Halen (12/4)
Less Than Jake w/ Fishbone, Cage, & The Swellers (12/6)
Skinny Puppy with Vverevvolf Grehv (12/9)
Brett Dennen with Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (12/10)
Train with Joshua Radin (12/11)
Zero 7 (12/17)
The Aquabats (12/19)
Unwritten Law (12/20)
Reel Big Fish with Starpool and La Banda Skalavera (12/29)
Belly Up Tavern
Dead Man's Party w/ Cover Me Badd's Blasphemous Guitars (12/4)
The Mar Dels Christmas Show (12/6)
The Grouch, Mistah Fab, Fashawn N' Exile and DJ Fresh (12/7)
Bebel Gilberto w/ DJ Sachamo (12/8)
An Evening with Son Volt (early show) (12/12)
Average White Band w/ Pocket (12/13)
Tristan Prettyman (12/14)
Foreigner (12/15)
Gary Ho Ho Hoey's Rockin' Christmas Show w/ The Grass Heat (12/16)
Venice w/ Charlie Vaughn and the Daily Routine - Christmas Show (12/17)
Happy Hour with Candye Kane (12/18)
Pink Floyd Laser Tribute with Have a Cigar and Dazed and Confused (12/18)
Atomic Groove Xmas Show (12/20)
The Greyboy Allstars w/ guest (12/23)
Cash'd Out w/ Hell on Heels and Tornado Magnet (12/26)
Hepcat w/ guest (12/27)
Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven (12/29)
Anthology
Anthology House Band (12/1)
The Brazilian Jazz Collective featuring: Danny Green, Ami Molinelli, Eva Scow (12/2)
Kenny Neal Band (12/4)
Anthology House Band (12/8)
The Tokeli Band (12/9)
Anthology House Band (12/10)
Detroit Underground (12/11)
Steppin Feet - Dave Matthews Tribute (12/12)
Anthology House Band (12/15)
Burt Brion (12/16)
Haute Chile (12/18)
Anthology House Band (12/22)
David Maldonado (12/23)
Wild Child (12/26)
Anthology House Band (12/29)
J. Tillman, Pearly Gate Music, Joel P West and guests (12/1)
Little Dragon and guests (12/3)
Baroness, Earthless, Brainticket DJ's and guests (12/4)
Cold Cave, Nite Jewel, Ale Mania (12/5)
Stellastarr and guests (12/6)
Anti Monday League Presents Harper Simon, The Chapin Sisters, and guests (12/7)
Moving Units and guests (12/10)
Adrenaline Holiday Party with Fitz and the Tantrums and guests (12/11)
Tristeza, Kill Me Tomorrow, Drew Andrews (12/12)
Marie Digby, Alpha Rev (12/13)
Big D and the Kid's Table, Sonic Boom Six, and guests (12/15)
The White Buffalo and guests (12/17)
Gary Shuffler's Birthday Extravaganza (12/18)
Viva Christmas! El Vez, Los Straitjackets and the Lovely Elvettes (12/19)
The Jivewire Before Christmas - DJ's Bart Blackstone, ATARI, El Torito and more (12/23)
Exile on Kettner Blvd (12/24)
New Year's Eve with Sweet and Tender Hooligans and guests (12/31)
SOMA
Forever The Sickest Kids & The Rocket Summer (12/2)
A Skylit Drive (12/3)
Thrice (12/4)
The Material, He Is The Painter (12/5)
Cinematic Sunrise (12/6)
Pac Tour Battle of the Bands (12/9)
The Devil Wears Prada, All That Remains (12/11)
The Faceless (12/12)
Saosin (12/19)
VooDoo Glow Skulls (12/20)
Anthony Green (12/30)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Winter Tour 2009 (12/4)
Artie Lange (12/11)
Aventura (12/12)
Lady Gaga (12/19)
Viejas Arena
91X Wrex the Halls- AFI, Rise Against and More (12/13)
For more concert listings, please see the next page.
CONCERT VENUES AND CLUBS
Concert Venues4th and B
Anthology
Belly Up Tavern
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Canes Bar & Grill
The Casbah
Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Viejas (formerly 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
