Metal venues
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DTLA17201720 puts metal bands, hardcore bills and electronic dance parties into a Downtown warehouse, with the promoter setting the crowd's direction.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 5:00 PM · Hong Kong Fuck YouEcho ParkEchoplexThe Echoplex is the larger space beneath The Echo in Echo Park, with its entrance around the corner on Glendale Boulevard.Next: Fri Oct 30 · 7:00 PM · Cirith Ungol & Early MoodsSanta MonicaHarvelle'sHarvelle's has been running blues nights a block from the Santa Monica pier since long before the neighborhood got expensive.Next: Sat Oct 17 · 9:30 PM · Smokestack LightningDowntown Long BeachHarvelle's Long BeachHarvelle's Long Beach puts live bands and burlesque on the same calendar, with comedy cabaret adding another use for its downtown stage.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 8:00 PM · The Devil's Den: Hell's Hottest Live Band and BurlesqueHollywoodHollywood BowlThe Hollywood Bowl spreads a concert across a natural canyon, with box seats below and long rows of benches climbing the hillside.Next: Wed Oct 21 · 8:00 PM · My Chemical RomanceHollywoodHollywood 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: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · SCHOOLBOY Q - 10 Years of Blank Face LPInglewoodKia ForumThe Kia Forum trades its old basketball and hockey calendar for arena concerts, with decades of Inglewood music history behind the stage.Next: Fri Nov 13 · 6:00 PM · SLAYER: Reign In Blood 40th Anniversary 2026Highland ParkLodge RoomA former Masonic meeting hall gives Highland Park concerts cherry-wood paneling and preserved architectural details above the street.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 7:30 PM · The Barbarians of CaliforniaSilver LakeLos GlobosLos Globos gives Silver Lake two floors of DJs and live acts, each with its own stage.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 10:00 PM · About Last NightHighland ParkOblivionOblivion folds live bands into a Highland Park surf and vintage shop, with a small-scale setting on North Figueroa.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 7:00 PM · Our ChronicleDTLAPacific ElectricNext: Mon Oct 19 · 8:00 PM · ChinchillaDowntown 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: Fri Oct 9 · 6:00 PM · Thousand BelowDTLA: 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: Thu Nov 19 · 6:30 PM · The OBGMs: Heart Problems TourDowntownThe NovoThe Novo puts a concert crowd above the shops and restaurants of LA Live, with a standing floor and a seated balcony.Next: Mon Oct 12 · 8:00 PM · ScHoolboy Q - 10 Years of BLANK FACE LPWest 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: Fri Nov 20 · 9:00 PM · HoobastankWest 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: Fri Oct 16 · 6:00 PM · Quiet Riot, DÅZR, Rude & Reckless, House Of Dawn, Makers AD, YAS33FrogtownZebulonZebulon separates a Frogtown cafe and patio from a concert stage, leaving space to talk before stepping into the music.Next: Mon Oct 26 · 8:00 PM · The Well, Pink Fuzz