Surf City Saloon in Huntington Beach hosts the annual Miss Surf City Saloon Tattooed Lady Contest on Sunday, Sept. 30. Tattooed ladies of Orange County who are over the age of 21 are welcome to enter the event. Festival booths with various tattoo, fashion and food vendors open at 10 a.m. What would a Tattooed Lady Contest be without a complimentary keg (tapped at 11 a.m.)? Bands will be performing throughout the day, including Fono, Stink Eye, Game 7 Sudden Death, Dirtbags from the Gutter, a special guest from the Netherlands and Dare Devil Jane, the first band goes on at 11:45 a.m.

The contest will be hosted by celebrity guest, Ms. Lindsey Lou. The competition begins at 12:30 p.m. and the finalist will be announced at 6:30 p.m.

There will also be a BBQ festival at 2 p.m. and a Photo Op area opening at 4:30 p.m. for spectators to get a photo with their favorite tattooed lady.

The event will be held outdoors at Surf City Saloon, 13 Bones and one Stop Smoke Shop (18528-18582 Beach Blvd. respectively).

- KELLI SKYE

Okay so it’s not exactly Orange County, but the Glass House in Pomona (200 W. Second Street, 909-865-3802) is playing host to some really awesome up-coming shows (some of which aren’t even rolling through the O.C. so it makes the short ride to Pomona that much more worth while).

Check out some of these sweet up-coming gigs:

Sweet & Tender Hooligans
Saturday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. $15

She Wants Revenge
Friday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m. $20

Atreyu with Takota
Saturday, Oct. 6, 7 p.m. $19.99 pre-sale; $23 at the door.

Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party
Sunday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. $25

The Aggrolites
Friday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. $15.

Silverstein with From Autum to Ashes
Saturday, Oct 13, 7 p.m. $15.

New Found Glory with Senses Fail
Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 20-21, 6 p.m. $22.50 pre-sale; $26 at the door.

Anti-Flag with Dead to Me
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7 p.m. $16.

–KELLI SKYE

Swedish pop-rock group, The Sounds is doing a mini-California tour and is confirmed to play the Galaxy Theatre (3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana. 714-957-0600) at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19.

The bands’ breakthrough album was “Living in America” a snarky, anthemous record with a ton of energy. The band went out on the U.S. Vans Warped Tour in 2004 and gained a huge North American fan base. It took three years before another Sounds album was released. In 2006, the band put out “Dying to Say This to You,” which carried the same amount of bratty enthusiasm as the first record.

Under the Influence of Giants and Liam and Me will open the show. Tickets are $29 and available at the Galaxy Theatre box office and on the web at galaxytheatre.com.

- KELLI SKYE

With song lyrics like that, how can you not love Los Abandoned?!

This bilingual pop-punk band is a KICK to see live, a quintessential Southern California band with goofy-clever lyrics, and tunes that range from cheeky-sweet melodies (like “Pantalon” quoted above) to driving punk beats (”Stalk U,” “Van Nuys (es very nice)”).

We saw the energetic-yet-graceful Lady P and her hombres Thursday night at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, and it was probably the best live music deal in the O.C. that night: for $10 we got a great dose of infectious music, plus the always lively visual show…

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As the summer winds down and the big concerts start to become few and far inbetween - LA Weekly presents its 2nd Annual Detour Music Festial on Saturday, October 6. The day-long festival is open to all ages and includes four stages with 20 plus bands performing, DJs and local artists works and more.

The line-up includes: Bloc Party, Justice, Satellite Party, Kinky, Turbonegro, Teddybears, Moving Units, The Ravonettes, Celebrity Skin, The Aliens, THe Aggrolites, DJ Mehdi, Cool Kids, The Deadly Syndrome, Scissors for Lefty, Nico Vega and many more.

Tickets go on-sale at noon on Thursday, Aug. 30 and are $35.50. Gates open at noon and a portinon of the proceeds benefit Tree People.

- KELLI SKYE

For 12 days you voted for your favorites in Music, Nightlife, Shopping, Recreation/ Leisure. Find the winners by clicking here.

And just for fun, we at SqueezeOC compiled our Top 2 Dubious Distinction Awards:

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This year’s Vans Warped Tour kicked off in Southern California at the Pomona Fairplex on June 29 and after dozens of shows across the U.S. (a blazing hot one in Phoenix, AZ. and a rained out one in Texas), the tour returns to SoCal for its finale on Saturday, Aug. 25 at the Home Depot Center (18400 Avalon Blvd., Carson).

To really celebrate this grand tour in it’s 13th year, producer and founder Kevin Lyman has added an extra stage - the “Old School Stage.” Warped concert-goers will be treated to special performances by The Dickies, Circle Jerks, Manic Hispanic, Fear, The Adolescents, Agent Orange, Duane Peters Gunfight and a special rendition of Punk Rock Karaoke that lets a few lucky audience members become the stars of the show.

The doors open at 11 a.m. and tickets are $32.75. Tickets are available by calling 714-740-2000 or via ticketmaster.com.

Tickets are still available for the KIIS 102.7 FM concert at The Coach House (33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. 949-496-8930) featuring Sean Kingston on Thursday, Aug. 30.

The Miami born and Kingston, Jamaica raised, rapper has been quickly climbing the charts with his pop-rap song “Beautiful Girls.”

Tickets are $25 and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

- Kelli Skye

Tickets go on sale at noon this Saturday for the annual KROQ 106.7 FM Invasion. This year the Invasion has moved from the Inland Empire to its new home at the Home Depot Center (18400 Avalon Blvd.) located at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson.

The L.A. Invasion line-up includes: Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Cypress Hill, Chris Cornell, Perry Farell’s Satellite Party, Velvet Revolver, Kid Rock, Hot Hot Heat, Against Me! and Paramore.

Tickets are $35-$85 and will be available by calling 714-740-2000 or ticketmaster.com.

- KELLI SKYE

The ’90s heavy rock act Helmet is playing a tour warm-up show at Detroit Bar (843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. 949-642-0600) on Wednesday, Aug. 22.

Helmet, fronted by the fast and furious vocalist/guitarist Page Hamilton, made a comeback last year with its album “Monochrome” and landed a headlining slot on the Van’s Warped Tour last summer. The band is headed out to the mid-west following the Detroit Bar gig for a slew of show dates.

The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are available now by calling 800-594-TIXX or online at detroitbar.com. Tickets are $15.

- KELLI SKYE