Neighborhood

Uptown and Mid City concerts

53 shows coming up at 5 venues.

Upcoming shows

Thu Nov 57:00 PM
Jose MaderoThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Thu Nov 58:30 PM
SupertasteThe CasbahMiddletown
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Fri Nov 67:00 PM
Hit The LightsSoda BarNormal Heights
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Fri Nov 68:30 PM
DICEThe CasbahMiddletown
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Fri Nov 610:00 PM
DennettThe MerrowHillcrest
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Sat Nov 78:30 PM
Born Without BonesThe CasbahMiddletown
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Sun Nov 84:00 PM
Bag RaidersThe CasbahMiddletown
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Sun Nov 88:30 PM
Dave HauseThe CasbahMiddletown
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Mon Nov 97:00 PM
JadySoda BarNormal Heights
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Wed Nov 118:30 PM
Oh He DeadThe CasbahMiddletown
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Thu Nov 126:30 PM
IronmouseThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Fri Nov 137:30 PM
Dragonforcewith Ensiferum and Rhapsody of FireThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sat Nov 147:00 PM
The Tallest Man On Earthwith Andrea von KampenThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sat Nov 148:00 PM
Southern Culture on the SkidsThe CasbahMiddletown
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Mon Nov 166:30 PM
Oso Osowith Liquid Mike and Bugsy MoranSoda BarNormal Heights
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Mon Nov 167:00 PM
SydThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Mon Nov 168:00 PM
Jon SpencerThe CasbahMiddletown
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Wed Nov 187:00 PM
RhyeThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Thu Nov 197:00 PM
Manic Street Preacherswith BenchesThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Fri Nov 206:00 PM
Metal ChurchThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sat Nov 216:00 PM
Senses Failwith Koyo and InitiateThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Wed Nov 257:00 PM
Gary NumanThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Fri Nov 277:00 PM
The Greyboy AllstarsThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sat Nov 287:00 PM
Agent OrangeThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sun Nov 297:00 PM
Spanish Love SongsSoda BarNormal Heights
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Thu Dec 38:30 PM
Drag the RiverThe CasbahMiddletown
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Fri Dec 46:30 PM
Spike and the Gimme Gimmeswith Riverboat GamblersThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sun Dec 67:00 PM
The Pineapple ThiefThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Fri Dec 118:30 PM
SwervedriverThe CasbahMiddletown
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Sat Dec 128:00 PM
Emo Night BrooklynThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sat Dec 128:30 PM
Ramones XThe CasbahMiddletown
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Sun Dec 138:30 PM
Evil IslandThe CasbahMiddletown
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Fri Dec 186:30 PM
The Vandalswith Bad Cop Bad CopThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Fri Dec 1810:00 PM
Baby JaneEQ San DiegoHillcrest
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Sat Jan 27:00 PM
Bone Thugs-N-HarmonyThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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18 shows from January 10 onShow fewer

Sun Jan 104:00 PM
The Loved OnesThe CasbahMiddletown
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Sat Jan 238:00 PM
The FlatlinersThe CasbahMiddletown
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Thu Jan 287:00 PM
IbeyiThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Thu Feb 47:00 PM
Death from Above 1979The Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sat Feb 67:00 PM
PuzzleThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Tue Feb 98:00 PM
Eddie 9VSoda BarNormal Heights
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Wed Feb 107:30 PM
The SheepdogsThe CasbahMiddletown
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Fri Feb 126:00 PM
The Bouncing Soulswith The Suicide MachinesThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sun Feb 287:00 PM
Blondshellwith Starcleaner ReunionThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Mon Mar 18:00 PM
Way DynamicThe CasbahMiddletown
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Tue Mar 27:00 PM
Rayland Baxterwith Alex AmenThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Tue Mar 28:00 PM
The LemonheadsThe CasbahMiddletown
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Fri Mar 57:00 PM
Chelsea Cutlerwith googly eyesThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Sun Mar 77:00 PM
As I Lay DyingThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Fri Mar 127:00 PM
CHVRCHESThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Fri Mar 197:00 PM
Twin TempleThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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Fri Mar 268:00 PM
Worldpeace DMTThe CasbahMiddletown
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Fri May 217:00 PM
DIIVwith She's GreenThe Observatory North ParkNorth Park
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This is club country. The rooms are smaller, the bars around them stay open late, and most nights start with dinner a short walk from the door.

North Park centers on 30th Street and University Avenue, where the North Park sign marks the intersection. The Observatory North Park is a short walk west on University, inside a theater that opened in 1929, and Hillcrest next door has a few smaller stages of its own. Down the hill in Middletown, The Casbah holds the corner of Kettner Boulevard and Laurel Street, close enough to the airport that you can watch jets drop toward the runway while you wait to get in. Out on El Cajon Boulevard, Soda Bar sits in City Heights near the North Park line.

Getting around

Street parking is the norm and it gets tight on weekend nights. In North Park, the public garage on 29th Street between University Avenue and North Park Way is the easy fallback, a short walk from the Observatory. The Casbah is a few minutes on foot from the Middletown Trolley station on the Blue and Green lines. For Soda Bar, the Rapid 215 bus runs along El Cajon Boulevard between downtown and SDSU, right past the club.

Rideshare works well for all three, since walking between a show and a late drink is half the point of coming up here.

Venues here