This year’s two day Solana Beach Fiesta Del Sol lineup, booked by the Belly Up, offers up a ton of great music to choose from. With similarities and differences abounding, here’s an hour by hour breakdown of what to expect each day. Featuring The English Beat, Donavon Frankenreiter, Little Hurricane, Vokab Kompany, The Grass Heat, Nena Anderson, Family Wagon, Stripes and Lines and much, much, more.
Towards the end of his show at the Belly Up Thursday night, May 3rd, Lindsey Buckingham explained how Fleetwood Mac is the “big machine” and what he is doing now is “just me – the little machine.” Though the “machine” might be smaller–just him and his multitude of guitar–the results were grandiose.
Humphrey’s by the Bay’s 2012 Concert Series offers a plethora of great shows by a wide variety of musical acts all summer long. Here’s SD Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Top 5 don’t miss shows of 2012.
Over the weekend of April 21 and 22, over 170 musicians played up and down Adams Avenue in a revised version of the 18 year strong Adams Avenue Roots Festival. This year’s version was billed as unplugged as most of the musicians performed acoustically.
Why have I waited so long to get down to The Griffin and see a show? Especially since, over the last year, they’ve really been flexing their booking muscles, bringing in national artists and some of San Diego’s finest talent? The thousand excuses are irrelevant. I finally made it down for KPRI’s Private Listener party featuring World Party. Sure didn’t hurt that sitting in the parking lot was the Green Truck–the traveling, all organic, solar powered eatery! Not only did I get a broccoli grilled goat cheese pre-show meal, The Griffin allows you to bring the healthy goodness into the club. Nice touch.
As evident on their self-titled debut record, The Blue Moonies have a few different gears that they like to maneuver their music through. The navigation of the different styles–reggae, soul, funk, blues, and rock–gives the band a chance to show off their diversity, and also gives the album some depth, allowing the 11 song collection a chance to breathe.
33rd Annual
Fiesta Del Sol
June 2-3
Fletcher Cove Park
Solana Beach
SD Rock and Roll is proud to announce that we will be providing exclusive coverage of the Solana Beach Fiesta Del Sol for The Belly Up!
This
year’s celebration of summer commences
at the 33rd Annual Fiesta Del Sol on
June 2 at Fletcher Cove Park in Solana Beach.
The event that typically draws
over 50,000 people over the 2 days will once again feature musical acts booked
by The Belly Up.
For the
fifth year in a row, The Belly Up has put together an extensive line-up that
features a wide array of talent. Following their script from the last few
years, the two-day event will feature national acts as the headliners. This
year’s two closing night performers are The English Beat on June 2nd
and Donavon Frankenreiter on June 3rd.
With
their pulse firmly on the local San Diego scene, The Belly Up has also drawn
from
the local talent pool to put together two multi-layered days of music. Little
Hurricane, Nena Anderson, The Grass Heat, Stranger, Atomic
Groove, and Vokab Kompany will be representing the San Diego scene. Throw in
the two tribute bands, Abbey Road (The Beatles) and The PettyBreakers (Tom
Petty), some reggae, surf, folk, rock and blues, and you’ve got
a little something for everyone.
