San Diego Concert Roundup

Who's coming to town and where are they playing? Here's our best bets.

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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.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC SAN DIEGO (AMSD) CONCERTS

1/20: Elephant Revivial
1/21: Dave Alvin
1/27: Roy Zimmerman
2/3: Gretchen Peters
2/10: Chuck Pyle, Tom Chapin
2/8: Cris Williamson
3/3: Blame Sally
3/15: Cheryl Wheeler
3/21: Ian Tyson
3/25: Lori McKenna
3/29: Dave Wilcox
4/1: Tom Paxton

ANTHOLOGY

January 2012
1/13-14: Pete Escovedo Y Familia
1/17: Anthology House Band
1/18: The Family Stone
1/19: Johnny A
1/20: John Cruz
1/21: Stanley Clarke Band
1/22: Luscious Noise
1/24: Anthology House Band
1/25: Leo Nocentelli & The Meters Experience
1/26: Queensrÿche's Geoff Tate Unplugged
1/27: Albert Lee Band w/ The Farmers
1/28: Los Romeros
1/29: Lucy Kaplansky
1/30: Halle & The Jilt
1/31: Richie Furay Band
February 2012
2/1: Eric Bibb
2/2: Storm Large Band
2/3: Lisa Loeb with Jill Sobule
2/4: Wild Child
2/5: Cherry Poppin' Daddies
2/7: Anthology House Band
2/8: Estelle
2/9: The Persuasions
2/9: Teitur
2/10: Eddie Palmieri w/ Brian Lynch
2/10: Marco di Mauro
2/11: Eddie Palmieri w/ Brian Lynch
2/12: Chante Moore
2/22: Jon Anderson The Voice of Yes
2/23: Scars on 45 w/ Y LUV
2/24: Arturo Sandoval
2/25: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/26: Roslyn Kind
2/28: Charlie Hunter
March 2012
3/3: Al Stewart w/ Dave Nachmanoff
3/6-7: Piano 2 Piano - David Benoit & Brian Culbertson
3/8: William Fitzsimmons w/ Denison Witmer
3/9: DSB - Premier Journey Tribute
3/13: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
3/18: Laurence Juber
3/20: Robert Glasper Feat. Bilal
3/22: Eldar w/ Pat Martino
3/23-24: Mindi Abair
3/25: Lizz Wright
3/29: Kindred The Family Soul
3/31: Candyrat Guitar Night w/ Ewan Dobson, Gareth Pearson, Craig D’Andrea & Matthew Santos

Click here for upcoming shows at Anthology.

BELLY UP TAVERN

January 2012
1/13: 40 oz to Freedom (Sublime Tribute) w/ Generator (Bad Religion Tribute) and Sunny Rude
1/14: Wayward Sons and The Pettybreakers
1/15: Handsome Furs with D/Wolves and Snakesuit
1/17: Chris Porter of Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central w /Halli Borgfjord, Mal Hall, Lauren O'Brien, Dewey Bratcher, Keith Seoul and DJ ManCat - BFD Comedy Show hosted by Meryl Klemow and Dj Man-cat
1/18: Wag Halen's Beach Cities Jam and Art w/ The Grass Heat, Wag Halen, Los Beautiful Beasts, Shifter and The Flounders
1/19: On Point Promotions Presents Ease Up w/ The Simpkin Project, Blue Moonies, and DJ Carlos Culture
1/20: Agent 51 w/ PIVIT and Death On Wednesday presented by 91x
1/21: Dead Man's Party w/ Janes Diction and DJ Richie$
1/22: The Steve Morse Band w/ Revoltaire
1/23: Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout:Little Walter Tribute Featuring John Mayall, Billy Boy Arnold, Curtis Salgado, Sugar Ray Norcia, Little Charlie Baty and Billy Flynn
1/24: Alabama Shakes w/ Terraplane Sun
1/25: The Wood Brothers w/ Sarah and Christian Dugas - seated show
1/26: An Intimate Evening with Lucinda Williams w/ Blake Mills SOLD OUT
1/27-28: Ozomatli w/ guest
1/29: MarchFourth Marching Band w/ Diego's Umbrella
1/31: The Jayhawks w/ Abigail Washburn and Kai Welch (duo)

Click here for upcoming shows at the Belly Up Tavern.

CASBAH

January 2012
1/13: Everest , Midnight Rivals , The Whiskey Saints
1/14: Sweet and Tender Hooligans , Geezer
1/15: Transfer , The Silent Comedy , Hyena
1/16: The Silent Comedy , Transfer , Dead Feather Moon
1/17: Grammatical B , Bad Dad, Corona Lite
1/18: Olin and the Moon , Maxim Ludwig and the Santa Fe Seven , Michael McGraw
1/19: Jamuel Saxon , White Apple Tree , Tourism , DJ Groundfloor
1/20: Fu Manchu, 16 , Archons
1/21: Earthless, Strangers Family Band, Joy, Electric Healing Sound
1/22: 2MEX, Old English, The Lumps, Maiz
1/23: Long Live Logos, April Ventura and the Magnolias, SLPWLKRS, Reece
1/24: The Life and Times, The Makeup Sex
1/25: Olin and the Moon , Maxim Ludwig and the Santa Fe Seven , Vanaprasta
1/26: Nico Vega , Deap Vally, The Filthy Violets
1/27: The Howls , Jesse Lamonaca and the Dime Novels , Family Wagon, Old Tiger
1/28: Hannibal Buress
1/28: The Muffs , Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver, Widows
1/29: Dengue Fever , Secret Chiefs 3
1/30: Dancing Strangers, Shiva Trash
1/31: Fujiya & Miyagi

Click here to see upcoming shows at the Casbah.