After graduating from La Jolla High in 2011, singer/songwriter Josh Blevins attended Pepperdine before enrolling at SDSU and launching Gunner Gunner around 2014. After a long period of inactivity, the band will perform a reunion show in Ocean Beach on May 26 at the Holding Company. The bill includes Desert Suns, who released their full-length self-titled debut around the time Gunner Gunner formed, and Into the Fuzz.
Jazz pianist and composer Joshua White was five years old when his family moved to El Cajon in 1991. He began formal piano training at the age of seven, going on to win second place in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. The Fourth Friday Jazz Series will present White interpreting the music of Harold Arlen on May 26 at the La Jolla Community Center.
The North Park Music Fest mainstage at the North Park Mini Park features a Saturday, May 27 lineup including Mr. Tube & the Flying Objects, Wild Wild Wets, Dead Feather Moon, Montalban Quintet, Miniaturized, Bartenders Bible, City Mouse, Gentlemen Rogues, Dream Burglar, Scary Pierre, Swive, Trailduster, Howlin Moon, Sara Petite, Pruit Igoe, Low Coast, Holy Tears, Attempt Survivors, Shelbi Bennett, Red Headed Strangers, Dive Bar Saints, F-Stop. Sunday’s bill includes El Ten Eleven, The Mattson 2, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, Well Well Well, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Fresh Veggies, Mochilero All-Stars, Young Lions Jazz Conservatory, Clown Sounds, La Beat Cantina, Phantom Twins, Coral Bells, Kid Tributes, and Jason Hanna.
The Hammond organ and Leslie speaker together create over 500 pounds of mechanical musicality, making it a rare treat to hear in a club setting. On May 28, the San Diego Jazz Organ Summit at the Jazz Lounge in La Mesa features the instrument in a spotlight hosted by Douglas Kvandal and featuring Los Angeles organists Gregg Karukas and Carey Frank. They’ll be backed by locals Louis Valenzuela on guitar and Richard Sellers on drums.
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein was only 16 when he became the third guitarist to join The Misfits, the band he’s still most associated with. His solo band Doyle released albums in 2013 and 2017, and he also has an occasional side band called Gorgeous Frankenstein. He'll make a rare daylight appearance on May 28 at the Holding Company on Ocean Beach. The afternoon bill includes Red Devil Vortex.
After graduating from La Jolla High in 2011, singer/songwriter Josh Blevins attended Pepperdine before enrolling at SDSU and launching Gunner Gunner around 2014. After a long period of inactivity, the band will perform a reunion show in Ocean Beach on May 26 at the Holding Company. The bill includes Desert Suns, who released their full-length self-titled debut around the time Gunner Gunner formed, and Into the Fuzz.
Jazz pianist and composer Joshua White was five years old when his family moved to El Cajon in 1991. He began formal piano training at the age of seven, going on to win second place in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. The Fourth Friday Jazz Series will present White interpreting the music of Harold Arlen on May 26 at the La Jolla Community Center.
The North Park Music Fest mainstage at the North Park Mini Park features a Saturday, May 27 lineup including Mr. Tube & the Flying Objects, Wild Wild Wets, Dead Feather Moon, Montalban Quintet, Miniaturized, Bartenders Bible, City Mouse, Gentlemen Rogues, Dream Burglar, Scary Pierre, Swive, Trailduster, Howlin Moon, Sara Petite, Pruit Igoe, Low Coast, Holy Tears, Attempt Survivors, Shelbi Bennett, Red Headed Strangers, Dive Bar Saints, F-Stop. Sunday’s bill includes El Ten Eleven, The Mattson 2, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, Well Well Well, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Fresh Veggies, Mochilero All-Stars, Young Lions Jazz Conservatory, Clown Sounds, La Beat Cantina, Phantom Twins, Coral Bells, Kid Tributes, and Jason Hanna.
The Hammond organ and Leslie speaker together create over 500 pounds of mechanical musicality, making it a rare treat to hear in a club setting. On May 28, the San Diego Jazz Organ Summit at the Jazz Lounge in La Mesa features the instrument in a spotlight hosted by Douglas Kvandal and featuring Los Angeles organists Gregg Karukas and Carey Frank. They’ll be backed by locals Louis Valenzuela on guitar and Richard Sellers on drums.
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein was only 16 when he became the third guitarist to join The Misfits, the band he’s still most associated with. His solo band Doyle released albums in 2013 and 2017, and he also has an occasional side band called Gorgeous Frankenstein. He'll make a rare daylight appearance on May 28 at the Holding Company on Ocean Beach. The afternoon bill includes Red Devil Vortex.
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