The Griffin

Additional Business Info:

Type of establishment: Bars
Featuring: Draft Beer, Craft Beer, Full Bar
Payment options: All Types

Accepts Walk-Ins: No
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Sunday 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM

Listing Details: The Best Small Concert Venue In San Diego…

Editorial Review of The Griffin

We’re not the oldest, most storied or well known venue in town, lots of others are far further along historically. But in just over a year, we have made something really important: a Roadhouse drawing national tours most nights, with concert industry sound and lights, San Diego craft beers and a ton of pure music fans desperate for big shows in a small space.

We hold 241 people, and every one of them can comfortably see and accurately hear the stage from nearly anywhere in the club. We have hundreds of adjacent free parking spaces. We offer sophisticated advance ticketing including online with a small service charge, or box office with none (Monday – Friday 11-4).

‘The best’ is sure to be fightin’ words, and we have a long way to go to convince you, but sight, sound, comfort, and vibe are all provided with the price of admission, so don’t miss another show of a band on the way up from the garage to the sports arena, you’ll kick yourself later. (Band Of Skulls, Vintage Trouble, both played here and the Sports Arena within 1 year, look it up)

And lastly, we admire the Belly Up for its ability to run shows across all genre lines, and we have already done all of it successfully, so whether you love Anuhea, Band Of Skulls, Tea Leaf Green, Imagine Dragons, Augustana, or The Wailers, we do it somewhere on our calendar, which you should be checking often. We are also about 22 miles closer.

And to those of you who’ve been here in the last year, you’re early on this story, and we thank you for that.

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Juliette Commagere

When: Thursday,05/23/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Juliette Commagere Dancing Strangers Electrik Monk Doors: 7:30pm Show: 8:30pm Advance: $8 DOS: $10

Project Donate Presents: Product

When: Friday,05/24/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Product Doors:8 Show:9 Advance: $6 DOS: $8

Brothers Gow

When: Saturday,05/25/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Brothers Gow The Jefferson Jay Band Doors 8pm Show 9pm

Kingston 13

When: Sunday,05/26/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Kingston 13 Nekter Doors: 9pm Show: 10pm Advance: $5 DOS: $10

91x Loudspeaker Live Presents: Jerry Olea and the 805 Drifters

When: Tuesday,05/28/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: 91x Loudspeaker Live Presents: Jerry Olea and the 805 Drifters Misc Ailments Anson Doors: 7:30pm Show: 8:45pm Tickets:...

91x Loudspeaker Live Presents: Inspired and the Sleep

When: Tuesday,05/28/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: 91x Loudspeaker Live Presents: Inspired and the Sleep Late Nite Owl Jerry Olea and the 805 Drifters Anson Doors: 7:30pm ...

Wait for Green

When: Wednesday,05/29/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Wait for Green The StirCrazies Doors: 8pm Show: 9:15pm Advance: $6 DOS: $8

Ballyhoo!

When: Thursday,05/30/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Ballyhoo! Subliminal Trip High Noon Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm Advance: $10 DOS: $12

Acropolis & Skinnie Mag Present Battle for Vans Warped Tour Semi

When: Friday,05/31/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Acropolis & Skinnie Mag Present Battle for Vans Warped Tour Semi Finals As Obscure as Enoch The Hampton Beats The Roman Watc...

Bullet and Snowfox

When: Saturday,06/01/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: The Palace Ballroom The Beautiful View Bullet & Snowfox Rob Bondurant Doors: 8pm Show: 9pm Advance: $6 DOS: $8

The Black Lillies

When: Sunday,06/02/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: The Black Lillies The Cerny Brothers Doors: 7:30pm Show: 8:30pm Advance: $8 DOS: $10

Trails and Ways

When: Wednesday,06/05/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Trails and Ways Bad Suns Marco Polo Doors 7:30pm Show 8:45pm $6-8

Inna Vision

When: Thursday,06/06/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Inna Vision Hi Roots Doors: 8pm Show: 9pm Advance: $10 DOS: $12

Reason 2 Rebel

When: Friday,06/07/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Reason 2 Rebel Bumpin Uglies Soul Malady Broadheds Doors 8pm Show 9pm

Polynesian Underground Presents: Three Legged Fox

When: Sunday,06/09/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Polynesian Underground Presents: Three Legged Fox Product Black Salt Tone Doors 7:30pm Show 8:30pm

Polynesian Underground Presents:Three Legged Fox

When: Sunday,06/09/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Polynesian Underground Presents Three Legged Fox Doors: 7:30pm Show: 8:30pm Advance: $10 DOS: $12

Casey Abrams

When: Wednesday,06/12/2013 Where: The Griffin Bay Park

Description: Casey Abrams Doors: 7:30pm Show: 8:30pm Advance: $11 DOS: $13

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