Category Archives: Things To Do

MURRIETA, Slow Children, Ready Steady Go play The Dial

Slow Children will play The Dial in Murrieta. (Contributed Image)

The Dial in Murrieta is hosting a show with Boston punk band Opposition Rising on Wednesday, Aug. 14.

The show will also include a number of local bands, too. Riverside’s Slow Children, Sun City’s Ready Steady Go and Murrieta’s Devastation are also on the bill.

Plus, Too Much Beer will be driving up from Escondido. Of course, The Dial is an alcohol and drug free venue, so maybe it will be Too Much (Root) Beer instead.

Admission is $5 before the first band and $7 after. Also, attending a show at the venue now requires a $2 membership that lasts for six months.

8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, The Dial, 41679 Date St., Suite B, Murrieta, all ages.

Visit http://www.facebook.com/thedialcollective for more information.

TEMECULA: Truth Under Attack, Chin Up Rocky to play The Vault

Truth Under Attack will perform at The Vault in Temecula on Aug. 9. (Truth Under Attack Facebook/Contributed Image)

The “… It Feels Good to Be a Gangstour” is coming to Temecula on Friday, Aug. 9 with Truth Under Attack and Chin Up Rocky.

The show will be at The Vault and also include Magnolia, Welcome to Now, Go for Gold, Fly By Night and Dip.

6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 41607 Enterprise Circle N. Temecula, $10, all ages.

Visit www.thevaultconcerts.com for more information.

CLAREMONT: Eva and the Vagabond Tales play the Hip Kitty

Eva and the Vagabond Tales. (Hannah Maisel Photography/Contributed Image )

Riverside’s Eva and the Vagabond Tales are headed to the Hip Kitty to share their Eastern European-inspired folk music.

The free show will feature both new and old songs from the band.

They have been working on mixing their new CD and recently returned from traveling around the U.S.

7-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, Hip Kitty, 502 W. First St., Claremont, free, 21 and older only.

Visit www.facebook.com/thevagabondtales for more information.

Check out the song “Ladder to the Stars”

PALM SPRINGS: Alf Alpha, more added to Splash House

DJ Alf Alpha performs at Tachevah at the Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Writer)

Splash House, the three-pool party happening Aug. 10 and 11 in Palm Springs, has announced more performers, including the Coachella Valley’s own Alf Alpha (a Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival veteran to boot).

In addition to Alf Alpha, Charlie Tadman, Dirty Dave, Danny Love, Hoff, DJ Metric, Lee K, Mossberg and Mystery Skulls have been added to the bill.

A wristband will get you into the three pools, plus select after parties. Right now, the tickets are $99 for a two-day general admission pass and $55 for an individual day’s general admission pass. You have to be 21 or older to attend the event.

You can purchase them at the Splash House website at www.splashhouse.com.

REDLANDS: Adema, As You Were play Splash Kingdom

As You Were will perform at Splash Kingdom in Redlands on Saturday, Aug. 3. (2012/File Photo)

After the last batch of shows at Splash Kingdom in Redlands, it seemed like everyone who went to see Voodoo Glow Skulls just had to jump in the foam pit and post pictures of them doing it on Facebook.

You have another chance to flip into the foam and rock out on Saturday, Aug. 3 when Adema comes to the water park.

Adema, which had hits with “Giving In” and “The Way You Like It” back in 2001, will be joined by noteworthy local rockers, including As You Were, Divide The Day, Fire Sets Fire, The Mendenhall Experiment, Reveille For Radicals, The StillWinter, Inertia, Inside Riot, and The Victory Brand.

1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, Splash Kingdom,1101 California St., Redlands, $10 in advance, all ages.

Visit the Facebook event page for more information.

Here’s Adema’s best known hit, “Giving In.”

RIVERSIDE: See Quitapenas at North Park Aug. 2

Quitapenas will perform in Riverside on Friday, Aug. 2. (Cindy Bui/Contributed Image)

The We Benefit concert series, organized in part by Riverside’s Division 9 Gallery, is coming to an end after three months of shows at North Park in Riverside.

The concert on Friday, Aug. 2 will feature the tropical and Latin sounds of Quitapenas, La Chamba and Milpa.

Lawn chairs and blankets are allowed at the all ages show, which also includes art booths.

5-9 p.m. Friday, July 5, North Park, Vine Street and Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, free, all ages.

Visit www.facebook.com/division9gallery for more information.

Quitapenas is one of the bands from the Inland Empire getting a lot of attention beyond our area. Here’s an interview with the band about “Más Tropical.” Listen to “Más Tropical Vol 1” below.

<a href="http://quitapenas.bandcamp.com/album/m-s-tropical-vol-1">Más Tropical Vol 1 by QUITAPENAS</a>

CORONA: Thirty Seconds to Mars’ Jared Leto to play M15

Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds To Mars will perform at M15 in Corona on Aug. 3. (2010/File Photo)

Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds to Mars is headed to the Inland Empire. The singer will do an acoustic show at M15 in Corona on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Here’s the catch–you have to win tickets to get in. The folks over at X103.9 FM in San Bernardino are the ones bringing him out. You can listen to the station or text “Mars” to 40913 to win. Visit www.x1039.com for all of the information.

If you don’t win, you can still catch some great local music at the after party, including El Robo, Castle Pines and Jetpacks and Laser Guns. Tickets are $10.39 and open to guests 18 and older.

Jared Leto, 5 p.m. Saturday, M15, 9022 Pulsar Court, Corona, 951-200-4465, win tickets to enter.
After party, 7 p.m. Saturday, M15, $10.39, 18 and older only.
Visit www.m15 concerts.com for more information and tickets.

Castle Pines was actually the first band that came in to shoot the new PE Live with us. Watch “Saw You on the Radio,” an interview and other performances below.

RIVERSIDE: The Revivers, Judas Beefcake play Mission Tobacco Lounge

The Revivers will play inside Mission Tobacco Lounge on Saturday, Aug. 3. (The Revivers’ Facebook page)

While the music is going on outside for Riverside’s Downtown Summer Street Jam on Saturday, Aug. 3, there will be more bands performing inside the establishments sponsoring the event.

One of the spots hosting music is the Mission Tobacco Lounge on University Avenue.

The music starts at 5 p.m. (a few hours after the Downtown Street Jam starts) with Sayonara Tokyo. Then, Grand Scovell takes the stage at 7 p.m., Judas Beefcake at 9 p.m., The Revivers at 10 p.m. and The Lunar Strays at 11 p.m.

5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, Mission Tobacco Lounge, 3630 University Ave., Riverside, free before 10 p.m. and $3 after, 21 and older only.

Visit the Facebook event page for more information.

The Summer Street Jam is free and open to all ages.

PALM SPRINGS: Splash House hosts electronic music, pool parties

Neon Indian, shown here at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, will have a DJ Set at the Splash House event in Palm Springs. (2012/Contributed Image)

Remember the days when MTV had its beach house and people hung out at the pool, watching artists perform in between Carson Daly talking about some up-and-coming artist like Backstreet Boys?

You can recapture the fun of pool parties and music minus the boy bands when Splash House invades Palm Springs Aug. 10 and 11. Nearly two dozen electro artists and DJs have been announced to appear across three pools. You can take a free shuttle between the three pools at Saguaro Hotel, Caliente Tropics and The Curve hotel.

The lineup includes Anna Lunoe, Bones, Bag Raiders (DJ Set), Bixel Boys, Brazzabelle, Classixx, Colourvision, Eats Everything, Juan MacLean (DJ Set), Kedd Cook, Kidnap Kid, Miami Horror (DJ Set), Modus, Neon Indian (DJ Set), Para One, Perseus, Plastic Plates, Poolside (DJ set), Posso, Steffi Graf, Tropicool and Viceroy.

You can purchase them at the Splash House website at www.splashhouse.com.

And because Tropicool has my favorite name on the lineup, here’s “Dopamine Dreams.”

RIVERSIDE: Downtown Summer Street Jam moves locations

The Debonaires jam at the original Downtown Street Jam. (2009/File Photo)

The Downtown Summer Street Jam is celebrating local businesses in Riverside and the arts with its return on Saturday, Aug. 3, but organizers have announced a location change for the outdoor festival, which features a headlining set by The Aggrolites and local support by The Debonaires, Tribal Lust (the latest flyer has “and the Horny Natives” omitted from the name) and The Pac Men.

The new location is University Avenue between Lemon and Orange–in its past life, the Downtown Street Jam was held at Orange and Ninth in downtown Riverside.

I asked Robbie Silver with the Downtown Riverside Partnership about the change and he said logistically the size of the stage works better in the new location and that it is closer to the businesses sponsoring the event.

Those sponsoring the shindig include the newly opened D-Dogs, Heroes Bar and Grill, Lake Alice Trading Company, Mario’s Place, Mission Tobacco Lounge, Pixels, ProAbition Kitchen and Cocktails, The Menagerie, and Worthington’s Tavern.

The Downtown Street Jam started back in 2009 (with an epic set by Voodoo Glow Skulls and a set by The Debonaires, too) as a way for businesses and the Riverside Downtown Partnership to combat the construction going on downtown and to lure people to visit the businesses. After a few more events, including performances from Poncho Sanchez and Smile Empty Soul, the concert series fizzled.

It’s OK to bring chairs for the show, but organizers are asking that you leave the umbrellas at home.

The music starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3 with The Pac Men, followed by Tribal Lust at 4 p.m., The Debonaires at 6 p.m. and The Aggrolites at 8 p.m.

You can get more info at www.riversidedowntown.org.

Speaking of The Debonaires, the band, which has helped keep Riverside’s ska torch aflame for years, just released the new album “Movin’.”

The band also just released a video produced by the band’s lead guitarist Mike Presser and features footage from The Debonaires’ recent Canadian tour.

Here’s a taste of The Aggrolites, with “Rugged Road.”