Hip-Hop venues
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San PedroAlva's ShowroomAlva's arranges about 99 seats like a small amphitheater, bringing San Pedro audiences close to jazz players, instrumental groups and visiting singers.Next: Fri Dec 18 · 8:00 PM · Ctrl+ZMalibuAviator Nation Dreamland MalibuBehind an Aviator Nation store in Malibu, Dreamland gives a former 1970s music venue another turn as a concert stop.Next: Fri Nov 20 · 7:00 PM · ElohimHollywoodBlue Note Los AngelesThe Los Angeles outpost of Blue Note, the Greenwich Village jazz club Danny Bensusan opened in 1981.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:00 PM · Big Daddy KaneLong BeachCarpenter Performing Arts CenterThe Carpenter Center is Cal State Long Beach's public stage, programming touring music, dance and theater for the campus and the city alike.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 8:00 PM · Mumu FreshArlington HeightsCatch OneCatch One carries the history of a Black LGBTQ gathering place into a present-day complex of dance floors and concert stages on Pico Boulevard.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 10:00 PM · Blueface, DDG, Lil Kayla & FriendsCerritosCerritos Center for the Performing ArtsA large suburban performing-arts center that occasionally presents film with live musical accompaniment and other event-style screenings.Next: Sun Feb 7 · 7:00 PM · Black Panther In ConcertEcho ParkEchoplexThe Echoplex is the larger space beneath The Echo in Echo Park, with its entrance around the corner on Glendale Boulevard.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 7:30 PM · Akeem Ali - The Texture TourSilver LakeEl CidA flamenco club and restaurant on Sunset in Silver Lake, where the Saturday show is built around dinner and the tables face the stage.Next: Wed Nov 25 · 6:00 PM · ezcodyleeDTLA: Historic CoreExchange LAExchange LA is a downtown nightclub running live DJ shows and electronic bills across several floors, most weekends of the year.Next: Sat Oct 31 · 10:00 PM · Dillon FrancisEast HollywoodGold-DiggersGold-Diggers puts a public music club beside working recording studios and a hotel, making East Hollywood's music-making part of the setting.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:00 PM · De'WayneGriffith ParkGreek TheatreThe Greek is a 5,900-seat outdoor amphitheater set in Griffith Park, open since 1930 and owned by the City of Los Angeles.Next: Tue Oct 27 · 7:30 PM · Shaboozey w/ Carter FaithHollywoodHollywood BowlThe Hollywood Bowl spreads a concert across a natural canyon, with box seats below and long rows of benches climbing the hillside.Next: Sun Nov 8 · 7:30 PM · Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean: Celebrating 30 years of Fugees' The ScoreHollywoodHollywood PalladiumThe Palladium's broad dance floor carries a line from big-band Hollywood to rock, punk and hip-hop, all inside a Streamline Moderne ballroom.Next: Sun Oct 25 · 7:00 PM · Xavier Wulf - the Cool World TourInglewoodKia ForumThe Kia Forum trades its old basketball and hockey calendar for arena concerts, with decades of Inglewood music history behind the stage.Next: Sat Oct 17 · 8:00 PM · Charli xcx - Music, Fashion, Film TourHighland ParkLodge RoomA former Masonic meeting hall gives Highland Park concerts cherry-wood paneling and preserved architectural details above the street.Next: Thu Oct 29 · 8:00 PM · Bruiser WolfHighland ParkOblivionOblivion folds live bands into a Highland Park surf and vintage shop, with a small-scale setting on North Figueroa.Next: Wed Oct 28 · 7:00 PM · Chemical Therapy, Missing WibaHollywoodSound NightclubSound builds the Hollywood club experience around a sunken dance floor and an elevated DJ booth, with electronic music driving the schedule.Next: Fri Oct 30 · 10:00 PM · Deep DishDTLAThe BellwetherThe Bellwether is an independent music venue just west of downtown LA, opened on Boylston Street as a mid-size stage between the clubs and the arenas.Next: Sat Nov 14 · 8:00 PM · Jai Wolf: 10 Year Anniversary TourEcho ParkThe EchoThe Echo keeps touring bands at neighborhood-club scale on Sunset Boulevard, with local residencies woven into its history in Echo Park.Next: Tue Oct 13 · 7:00 PM · Larissa LambertHollywoodThe FordThe Ford sits against a Hollywood hillside, with no seat more than 96 feet from its open-air stage.Next: Tue Oct 27 · 8:00 PM · Montell Fish: The Nest TourDowntown PomonaThe Glass HouseThe Glass House brings touring bands to Downtown Pomona at an 800-person scale, with an all-ages history rooted in alternative rock.Next: Thu Nov 5 · 8:00 PM · Yuki Chiba "First North America Headline Tour"DTLA: Arts DistrictThe Moroccan LoungeThe Moroccan Lounge is a small downtown club booking emerging acts, run by the same people as the Teragram Ballroom and The Bellwether.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 6:30 PM · DälekDowntownThe NovoThe Novo puts a concert crowd above the shops and restaurants of LA Live, with a standing floor and a seated balcony.Next: Thu Oct 15 · 8:00 PM · Epik HighBoyle HeightsThe ParamountThe Paramount puts touring bands and local acts on a restored ballroom stage in Boyle Heights.Next: Fri Nov 20 · 8:00 PM · Peach Tree RascalsWest HollywoodThe Peppermint ClubNext: Sat Oct 10 · 10:00 PM · Sea RaeWest HollywoodThe Roxy TheatreNeil Young opened the Roxy in 1973 and returned for its fiftieth anniversary. The Sunset Strip club still holds only about 500 people.Next: Tue Nov 3 · 8:00 PM · Az ChikeWest HollywoodWhisky a Go GoThe Whisky has been on the Sunset Strip since 1964, at the corner of Clark, and still books four or five bands a night.Next: Mon Nov 16 · 6:00 PM · Brokencyde, Dot Dot Curve, I Kidnapped The Princess, Krazy White Boy, Asleep At The Trigger, ApocryphaFrogtownZebulonZebulon separates a Frogtown cafe and patio from a concert stage, leaving space to talk before stepping into the music.Next: Wed Nov 11 · 8:00 PM · Green-House