Events for June 2026 › Blues
Happy Hour Daily 4pm - 6pm, Excludes Concert Nights and Holidays
Calendar of Events
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31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Michele Lundeen5:00 pm Blues $5 cover  Michele LundeenJune 5 @ 5:00 pm The “Queen of Steam” …a passionate, powerful, soulful vocalist with an electrifying stage presence! Nominated 12x “BEST BLUES” San Diego Music Awards “BES SELF-PRODUCED CD” Final 4 Blues Foundation Int’l Blues Challenge • NOMINATED “BEST BLUES ALBUM” San Diego Music Awards • 1st PLACE Blues Lovers United of San Diego’s Regional IBC Michele Lundeen, a 12x San Diego Music Awards “Best Blues” Nominee, is dubbed the “QUEEN OF STEAM” for her stirring vocals and electrifying stage presence and does indeed command attention. With powerhouse, soulful vocals and sassy, hi-energy shows. she delivers with an incomparable style of her own. She and her band effortlessly blend classic roadhouse rhythm & blues, jump swing, Memphis groove, sultry jazz and funky soul into a satisfying musical stew. She’s raw, honest and visceral. her CD SONG INSIDE ME was also one of the Final 4 “Best Self-Produced CD” in Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge. An established, popular and respected veteran of the club, concert and festival circuit in both Northen Nevada and Southern California, Michele has shared stages with dozens o f nationally known blues and roots artists from John Lee Hooker to Elvin Bishop and Savoy Brown to Queen Ida, while gaining a reputation as a talented headliner in her own right. http://www.michelelundeen.com/
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7 | 8 Bill Magee5:00 pm Blues $5 cover Bill MageeJune 8 @ 5:00 pm Home – Bill Magee Blues – Lowdown Dirty Blues Jimi Hendrix was playing as Jimmy James…when Willie (Bill) Magee met, befriended and eventually joined up with Hendrix to form the band “Jimmy James and the Flames.” In 1967, Hendrix went to England, and Magee took his newly formed band, the “Kansas City Playboys” on a tour around Europe. The rest is history…now after a brief hiatus Bill Magee has felt the pull of the blues once again and come out of retirement. Catch a performance of his and see the best of Southern Blues music. Nowadays, Bill Magee is one of San Diego, California’s busiest working musicians. He can be seen around the greater San Diego Area on a regular basis and throughout the Southwest and beyond! | 9 Hugh Gaskins & The Geoff Corey 56:00 pm Blues $5 cover Hugh Gaskins & The Geoff Corey 5June 9 @ 6:00 pm Hugh Gaskins has released 5 albums and is a many time SD Music Award Nominee. | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Hep Tights5:00 pm Blues $5 cover |
14 | 15 | 16 Chickenbone Slim8:00 pm Blues $5 cover Chickenbone SlimJune 16 @ 8:00 pm Chickenbone Slim has been deeply rooted in the San Diego Blues scene for 30 years, first as a bassist, and since 2011 as a guitarist, vocalist and bandleader. His sound is reminiscent of Johnny “Guitar” Watson in the Third Ward of Houston circa 1964–Chicago/Texas/Gulf Coast/Uptown Blues with an authentic 1950’s to 1960’s vibe. By mixing original blues and swing music with traditional covers, Chickenbone’s shows are greasy, down-home, and entertaining, keeping the dance floor packed all night. Chickenbone has been serving up his style of Blues throughout the Western U.S. to audiences hungry for the real deal. Since he formed the band in 2012, Chickenbone has played over 1,500 performances, from the San Diego Blues Festival (2018), Gator By The Bay, Adams Ave Street Fair and Unplugged, and on tour throughout CA and AZ. His newest CD, “Sleeper” (Lo Fi Mob Records ©2020) features ten all original modern blues songs that are soulful and unique, while adhering to authentic classic blues style. Recorded at Greaseland Studios by Christoffer “Kid” Andersen, the disc balances on the line between originality and creativity with a deep understanding and respect for blues styles and history. Along with its predecessors, “Gone” (2015) and “The Big Beat” (2017), Sleeper is picking up rave reviews nationally, and internationally. Chickenbone’s band, known as “The Biscuits”, is made up of top local and touring San Diego Blues musicians including Scot Smart or Laura Chavez on guitar, Marty Dodson on drums, and Andrew Crane on bass. Special guests on “Sleeper” include Joey Harris (guitar/vocal), Jerry Rainey (guitar/vocal), and Troy Sandow (harmonica). Chickenbone doesn’t like to name drop, but looking up his players will attest to their level of musicianship.
| 17 | 18 T.A. Tomlinson & Company6:00 pm Blues $5 cover T.A. Tomlinson & CompanyJune 18 @ 6:00 pm T.A. Tomlinson & Co. is a San Diego based blues band led by blues guitarist Tony Tomlinson. | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Blue Four6:00 pm Blues $5 cover Blue FourJune 24 @ 6:00 pm Chris James and Patrick Rynn are at the forefront of today’s traditional Blues movement. 36 years of playing Blues as an indivisible duo has made guitarist Chris James and bassist Patrick Rynn one of the tightest, James’ vocals ring with ferocity, his fretwork never less than immaculate. Nominated for no less than 13 BMAs as bassist of the year, Chris and Patrick have honed their deeply resonant traditional sound to the proverbial razor’s edge. | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 Billy Watson6:00 pm Blues $5 cover Billy WatsonJune 29 @ 6:00 pm Billy Watson and the International Silver String Submarine Band is an improvisational, all-star cast of musicians, hand-picked from the California music scene. Since each member also works with their own bands, the “Cast” has been known to change often, adding mysterious excitement and spontaneity to every performance, while NEVER losing the highest of musical standards and professionalism. | 30 Blind Miles Blues6:00 pm Blues $5 cover Blind Miles BluesJune 30 @ 6:00 pm Blind Miles Blues delivers an authentic and energetic interpretation of blues classics. Song list includes covers by artists such as Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson, Derek Trucks, Albert King, Allman Brothers, and more. Based out of San Diego, this 5-piece band connects with the crowd and shares foot stomping rhythms and slow rolling songs to create the perfect vibe for any venue. If you love soaring vocals, heartfelt harmonica and mesmerizing guitar, Blind Miles Blues is a band you don’t want to miss! | 1 Johnny “V” Vernazza6:00 pm Blues $5 cover Johnny “V” VernazzaJuly 1 @ 6:00 pm Johnny “V” Vernazza was born in San Francisco and raised in Daly City. As we all know, the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960’s was a hotbed of music. Clubs were everywhere and to go out and jam at four or five clubs a night was the norm, not to mention the Fillmore, Avalon Ballroom and concerts in Golden Gate Park. Starting out playing guitar in 1963, Johnny Vernazza also played bass for a time with a rock band that worked the Fillmore and toured as the opening act for Quicksilver Messenger Service, War, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. About 1970, he joined the gospel band” Gideon and Power”, which toured the United States, and appeared on the Sonny & Cher Summer Show on NBC TV. As the blues scene gathered national and international momentum, Johnny “V” was playing with blues greats such as Luther Tucker and Sunnyland Slim . Around that same time he was holding court with a blues band in San Francisco’s North Beach with former Elvin Bishop member Perry Welsh. Elvin would come in and jam towing along the likes of Paul Butterfield and other blues monsters . It wasn’t long after that Elvin asked Johnny to join the new band he was putting together , the rest is history . This association led to six albums, endless touring and the #3 song in the nation by 1974 “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”. That record turned Gold as well as a LP with “The Marshall Tucker Band” that featured Johnny and Elvin on slide guitar . | 2 | 3 | 4 |