Jazz / Blues venues
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AlhambraAlhambra Performing Arts CenterA free monthly concert series run as a community arts program, with jazz, chamber music, Latin bands and vocal groups sharing a 130-seat church hall.Next: Sat Nov 21 · 7:00 PM · Flight 584 Big BandSan 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: Sat Oct 10 · 8:00 PM · Frank Unzueta Album Release ConcertArcadiaArcadia Performing Arts CenterTouring singers share Arcadia's performing arts center with an educational mission, bringing professional concerts onto a high school campus.Next: Sat Jan 23 · 8:00 PM · The SpinnersMalibuAviator Nation Dreamland MalibuBehind an Aviator Nation store in Malibu, Dreamland gives a former 1970s music venue another turn as a concert stop.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:00 PM · jazz nightHollywoodBlue Note Los AngelesThe Los Angeles outpost of Blue Note, the Greenwich Village jazz club Danny Bensusan opened in 1981.Next: Tue Oct 13 · 7:00 PM · Emma NissenPlayhouse DistrictBoston Court PasadenaBoston Court pairs new plays with concerts at a small scale, giving Pasadena audiences performances in two spaces that each seat fewer than 100.Next: Thu Nov 12 · 8:00 PM · Just Jazz Foundation: John EscreetClaremont CollegesBridges AuditoriumA painted zodiac stretches above the audience at Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College's large stage for touring music, comedy, dance and public talks.Next: Sat Jan 23 · 8:00 PM · Beth HartHollywoodCatalina Jazz ClubCatalina Jazz Club has been Hollywood's straight-ahead jazz supper club since Catalina and Bob Popescu opened it in October 1986.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:30 PM · B.B. king Tribute feat. Daryl Darden All-Star BandBelmont ShoreGaslamp Long BeachGaslamp pairs a full restaurant with tribute bands, country dancing and big-band jazz, giving Long Beach audiences several ways to combine food and music.Next: Mon Oct 26 · 8:00 PM · Tom Kubis Big BandEast 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: Tue Nov 10 · 7:00 PM · Tuba SkinnySan PedroGrand AnnexThe Grand Annex brings concerts to a 150-seat cabaret in San Pedro, where some bills add a wine tasting before the music.Next: Fri Dec 4 · 8:00 PM · Walt Johnson's Sinatra Tribute Band ft. Michael FalconeSanta MonicaHarvelle'sHarvelle's has been running blues nights a block from the Santa Monica pier since long before the neighborhood got expensive.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 9:15 PM · Alastair GreeneHollywoodHollywood BowlThe Hollywood Bowl spreads a concert across a natural canyon, with box seats below and long rows of benches climbing the hillside.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Mac DeMarcoNorth HollywoodKulak's WoodshedKulak's Woodshed gives songwriters a 50-seat audience and a live webcast, with volunteers helping keep this North Hollywood listening venue running.Next: Sat Oct 24 · 8:00 PM · Chris ConwayMalibuLisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at PepperdinePepperdine's arts center pairs touring music and dance with a main auditorium just 15 rows deep.Next: Tue Dec 1 · 7:30 PM · Pepperdine Jazz and Wind EnsemblesHighland ParkLodge RoomA former Masonic meeting hall gives Highland Park concerts cherry-wood paneling and preserved architectural details above the street.Next: Mon Oct 12 · 8:00 PM · The Blasting Company - plays Over the Garden WallDTLA: Bunker HillREDCATCalArts runs this contemporary arts center inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, programming performance, film and exhibitions in a flexible black-box theater and an adjoining gallery.Next: Sat Oct 17 · 8:00 PM · Angel City Arts: Jazz RefractionsHollywoodSound 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 16 · 10:00 PM · JazzyDTLAThe 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: Thu Oct 15 · 8:00 PM · Shakey Graves - Fondness, Etc. TourHollywoodThe FordThe Ford sits against a Hollywood hillside, with no seat more than 96 feet from its open-air stage.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 8:00 PM · Julian Lage featuring John Medeski, Jorge Roeder, Kenny WollesenDowntown 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: Sat Oct 24 · 7:00 PM · Le Shok x Swing Kids x Evil IslandMid-CityThe MintThe Mint fits live bands and dinner into a small Pico Boulevard club whose acoustics were engineered as a recording studio.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · TrueSchool Allstars, Zach Santos, Evan Dexter Big BandDTLA: 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: Wed Oct 28 · 6:30 PM · Blessing Offor: Heart So Real Tour Pt. 2West 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: Sat Oct 31 · 7:00 PM · Samantha Fish, Jesse Dayton, Indio Downey, Bloodbelly Blues, Zakk DeBonoFrogtownZebulonZebulon separates a Frogtown cafe and patio from a concert stage, leaving space to talk before stepping into the music.Next: Sat Nov 21 · 7:00 PM · Yemen Blues