What to do, what to do? If only we could be in two places at once. If we could, we would certainly be attending both Street Scene in downtown, San Diego and Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco this weekend.

Last year, the festivals were not on the same weekend and we were lucky enough to attend both. Outside Lands is completely charming in the setting of Golden Gate park with last year’s highlights being Radiohead and Broken Social Scene. Street Scene is a little rough around the edges, but we heard some amazing sets from The Foals, Ghostland Observatory, Does it Offend You Yeah?, Spoon, The National, and Beck. For those of you who are attending either one this year,  here is our recommended schedule. Let us know how you faire…

Street Scene:

Friday: San Diego’s wavves—>Band of Horses—>Coner Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band—->Deerhunter–>break for beers —>Calexico and Cage The Elephant

Saturday: San Diego’s Crocodiles—>Ra Ra Riot—>break for beers —>Of Montreal—>break for beers —>The Dead Weather–>No Age—>Delta Spirit

And for those weekend warriors, don’t forget to head to The Casbah for  after party with waaves, No Age, and Crocodiles.

Outside Lands:

Friday: The Duke Spirit–>Built to Spill—>The Dodos–>break for beers –>The National–>long break for beers—>Pearl Jam

Saturday: Be sure to sleep in then hit…Portugal, The Man—>big break for beers—>Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band—>Mars Volta

Sunday: get up (semi) early and don’t miss Other Lives—>break for beers—>Matt & Kim—>The Dead Weather/Calexico—>Lucinda Williams—>Ween–>Band of Horses—>Tenacious D (what a way to end a weekend).