{"id":415658,"date":"2026-07-28T21:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/415658\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T21:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:15:15","slug":"from-80s-rock-to-benefit-shows-to-indie-rock-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/415658\/","title":{"rendered":"From 80’s rock to benefit shows to indie-rock veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elizabeth Bowersox
(Photo by Jack Hackett.)<\/p>\n

From old indie to \u201980s classics to some stellar female rockers, here\u2019s a list of good shows to catch this coming week:<\/p>\n

Liquid Blue is traveling to you!<\/p>\n

Celebrating their 30th anniversary, long-running cover band Liquid Blue takes the stage at Point Loma Park on July 31. The group\u2019s membership has been fluid over the years, but since its inception in 1996, Liquid Blue has become one of the most traveled bands on the planet, playing in more than 500 cities in over 100 countries. The secret to their success is a set list full of crowd pleasers and a group of musicians who take their showmanship as seriously as their musicianship. With a potential set list that might include anything from The Jackson 5 to Taylor Swift, this Liquid Blue show will be a fun, family-friendly way to kick off a weekend.<\/p>\n

Liquid Blue: Friday, July 31, at Point Loma Park, 1049 Catalina Blvd. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free.<\/p>\n

The jam-band conspiracy: The Lunar Conspiracy hits up Winston\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Psychedelic jam band The Lunar Conspiracy performs at Winston\u2019s on July 31. Fans of the Grateful Dead or late 1960s-era Pink Floyd will find a lot to enjoy with this combo. They include covers in their sets, but the originals are just as good. Songs like \u201cMonsters Under The Bed\u201d offer a platform for the quartet\u2019s improvisational skills, setting impressive guitar work against a hypnotic bass line. Aficionados of the aforementioned bands, as well as the music of the likes of Phish and Frank Zappa will love The Lunar Conspiracies extended jams.<\/p>\n

The Lunar Conspiracy: Friday, July 31 at Winston\u2019s, 1921 Bacon St., 7 p.m. Free.<\/p>\n

San Diego gathers to help raise funds for San Diego musicians whose gear was stolen.<\/p>\n

The Rock n\u2019 Roll Camp for Girls San Diego recently had a break-in, resulting in the theft of gear used by students at the weeklong summer camp. On Aug. 1, The Holding Company will host a special fundraiser for the camp, featuring a wide range of local talent, including San Diego Music Award winners Elizabeth Bowersox (Best Country or Americana Album) and Sara Jade (Best Pop Song), alongside camp alumni Stella Rosenblatt, Pocket Bureau, La Divina Femenina, Israel Maldonado, Melty Moon, Jefferson Jay, and The Sardines. Rock n\u2019 Roll Camp for Girls San Diego empowers girls and non-binary youth through music education. This concert is an opportunity to take in short sets from some of the area\u2019s top musicians, while also helping an important organization in our local music community recover from its losses.<\/p>\n

For The Girls Benefit: Saturday, Aug. 1, at The Holding Company, 5046 Newport Ave., 1:30 p.m. $5.<\/p>\n

Runaway\u2019s Roni Lee hits up Humphreys Backstage<\/p>\n

Guitarist Roni Lee has had an amazing life in music. Performing at Humphreys Backstage Live on Aug. 2, amongst many other things, early in her career, Lee played with punk pioneers, Venus & The Razor Blades,\u201d and wrote the classic Runaways song, \u201cI Wanna Be Where The Boys Are,\u201d while more recently, she\u2019s added the role of \u201cactress\u201d to her resume, appearing on the Amazon Prime series, \u201cJury Duty Presents: Company Retreat,\u201d as the elderly guitar shredder behind Rockin\u2019 Grandma hot sauce. Lee is a gifted guitarist with solid originals and an arsenal of classics from the likes of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin in her set list. An excellent night out for anyone who appreciates classic rock and blues.<\/p>\n

Roni Lee: Sunday, Aug. 2 at Humphreys Backstage Live, 2241 Shelter Island Drive. 8 p.m. $5.<\/p>\n

Satisfaction by the sea.<\/p>\n

The Concerts by the Sea music series at Scripps Park closes its 2026 season with an appearance on Aug. 2 from Rolling Stones tribute group, Jumping Jack Flash. Complete with Mick Jagger doppelganger, Joey \u201cJagger\u201d Infante, the band does a great job of replicating the look and sound of classic \u201970s-era Stones, though they play hits from throughout their namesake group\u2019s nearly 70 years of rockin\u2019. With the Rolling Stones apparently no longer touring, Jumping Jack Flash offers up one of the best opportunities to hear the songs of Jagger \u2013 Richards, from \u201cSatisfaction\u201d to \u201cMiss You,\u201d in a concert setting.<\/p>\n

Jumping Jack Flash: Sunday, Aug. 2, at Scripps Park, 1133 Coast Blvd. 3:30 p.m. Free.<\/p>\n

Jessie\u2019s Girl singer Rick Springfield lands at Humphreys<\/p>\n

Australian singer\/actor Rick Springfield stops in at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay on Aug. 2. At 76, Springfield is still going strong, with his most recent single, \u201cLose Myself,\u201d showing his knack for writing catchy powerpop tunes hasn\u2019t faded since he hit the U.S. charts with \u201cJessie\u2019s Girl\u201d back in 1981. The current set list is a nice mix of a handful of newer tracks, all the expected hits, including \u201cI\u2019ve Done Everything For You,\u201d \u201cHuman Touch,\u201d and \u201cLove Is Alright Tonite,\u201d along with a few choice covers by the likes of early Springfield inspirations, The Kinks and The Easybeats. Despite the ensuing decades, Springfield is still in fine voice, putting on a high-energy show that\u2019s the envy of much younger musicians.<\/p>\n

Rick Springfield: Sunday, Aug. 2, at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Drive. 7:30 p.m. $102.<\/p>\n

Celebrating the Beatles at Kate Sessions<\/p>\n

Fab four fans won\u2019t want to miss That Beatles Cover Band, who play on Aug. 2, as the final show in this year\u2019s Concerts on the Green free music series at Kate Sessions Park. The seven-piece band eschews costumes, instead concentrating on the music, with note-for-note accurate solos and harmonies. Specializing in The Beatles\u2019 late 1960s era, That Beatles Cover Band, performs such standards as \u201cBirthday\u201d and \u201cBack in the U.S.S.R,\u201d but making their shows a must for die-hard fans, they also include less covered, and trickier to play, songs such as \u201cI Am The Walrus.\u201d<\/p>\n

That Beatles Cover Band: Sunday, Aug. 2, at Kate Sessions Park, 5115 Soledad Road. 4-7 p.m. Free. <\/p>\n

Brit-Pop bananza at the Belly Up<\/p>\n

Touring in support of their just released album, \u201cYou\u2019re Gonna Need a Little Music,\u201d British band Yard Act return to The Belly Up Tavern on Aug. 5. A band that refuses to stand still stylistically, their current single, \u201cNew Beginnings,\u201d is one of their strongest to date, sporting a jangly groove, an anthemic chorus and an earworm of a song hook. The Yard Act has a great frontman in James Smith, his animated, rapid-fire delivery and manic performing style winning the band legions of fans and keeping their albums charting high at home. Brit-pop fans won\u2019t want to miss this appearance from one of the best groups to emerge from the U.K. in the past few years.<\/p>\n

Yard Act: Wednesday, Aug. 5 at The Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave. 8 p.m. $33 and up.<\/p>\n

Indie-rock veterans Modest Mouse at The Sounds<\/p>\n

Portland based indie rockers, Modest Mouse, play at The Sound on Aug. 5. Founded circa 199, the band just issued a new album, \u201cAn Eraser and a Maze,\u201d along with a pair of adjacent singles, \u201cPicking Dragons\u2019 Pockets\u201d and \u201cLook How Far,\u201d that maintain the band\u2019s angular sound, though with a slightly rougher edge. Almost uniquely for a band at their level, Modest Mouse doesn\u2019t use pre-determined set lists, changing things up at every concert, with a focus on new material. For the band\u2019s legion of fans, the anticipation of what might be played is part of the show\u2019s fun.<\/p>\n

Modest Mouse: Wednesday, Aug. 5, at The Sound, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. 8 p.m. $63 and up.<\/p>\n

Kiwi crew, The Beths, land at SOMA<\/p>\n

New Zealand-based indie rock power poppers, The Beths, perform at Soma on Aug. 6. Led by singer and guitarist Elizabeth Stokes, The Beths are a great pop band. While just breaking through here in the U.S., at home, their last three albums have charted in the top 15, with a string of catchy singles to their credit. Their latest tune, \u201cTil My Heart Stops,\u201d is a wistful, melancholy mid-tempo rocker, while the title track to their latest album, \u201cStraight Line Was A Lie,\u201d wouldn\u2019t be out of place on a radio station that played mid-\u201990s alternative rock, powerpop, or new wave. Listeners of any of the mentioned genres will want to give The Beths a listen. Indie pop group Beach Bunny opens the night.<\/p>\n

The Beths: Thursday, Aug. 6 at SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd. 7 p.m. $53.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Bowersox (Photo by Jack Hackett.) From old indie to \u201980s classics to some stellar female rockers, here\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9400,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-415658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-live-music","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}