Rock venues
On the map and by neighborhood, with what is coming up at each one
Sound
Live MapLos Angeles
VenueUpcoming
Loading map…
Places
39 placesEvery place we cover, A to Z. Pick a venue for what is on, or a stop for somewhere to be before or after.
ZaferiaAlex's BarPunk bands, garage rock and dance-floor DJs share Alex's Bar, a Long Beach stop whose calendar also makes space for karaoke and trivia.Next: Fri Dec 11 · 8:00 PM · Indie Sleaze-mas + Toy DriveSan 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: Sun Feb 21 · 4:00 PM · Ventura Highway - AMERICA TributeMalibuAviator Nation Dreamland MalibuBehind an Aviator Nation store in Malibu, Dreamland gives a former 1970s music venue another turn as a concert stop.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 7:00 PM · Sweet Lizzy ProjectHollywoodBlue Note Los AngelesThe Los Angeles outpost of Blue Note, the Greenwich Village jazz club Danny Bensusan opened in 1981.Next: Mon Oct 12 · 7:00 PM · WillowClaremont 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: Fri Oct 23 · 8:00 PM · Yachty By NatureLong 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: Sat Feb 6 · 8:00 PM · Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte CarloHollywoodCatalina Jazz ClubCatalina Jazz Club has been Hollywood's straight-ahead jazz supper club since Catalina and Bob Popescu opened it in October 1986.Next: Sun Oct 25 · 7:30 PM · La Voix Studio In Association with Maison De Music Fundation Presents: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Theme Show Fundraiser Feat. Scherrie Payne, Lynda Laurence & Joyce VincentArlington 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: Fri Oct 23 · 9:00 PM · Sorry for Party Rocking HalloweenCerritosCerritos Center for the Performing ArtsA large suburban performing-arts center that occasionally presents film with live musical accompaniment and other event-style screenings.Next: Thu Oct 29 · 7:30 PM · Femmes of RockEcho ParkEchoplexThe Echoplex is the larger space beneath The Echo in Echo Park, with its entrance around the corner on Glendale Boulevard.Next: Tue Nov 10 · 7:00 PM · Shanghai Qiutian with DabdaSilver 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: Thu Oct 15 · 6:00 PM · Cutouts with FoXixDTLAExchange LAExchange LA is a downtown nightclub running live DJ shows and electronic bills across several floors, most weekends of the year.Next: Sat Nov 21 · 10:00 PM · One More Time: a Daft Punk Tribute PartySanta MonicaHarvelle'sHarvelle's has been running blues nights a block from the Santa Monica pier since long before the neighborhood got expensive.Next: Thu Nov 5 · 9:00 PM · Day of the Dead Rock NightDowntown 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: Sat Nov 7 · 8:00 PM · Rocky Horror Burlesque ExperienceHollywoodHollywood 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: Thu Oct 15 · 6:00 PM · IrationInglewoodKia ForumThe Kia Forum trades its old basketball and hockey calendar for arena concerts, with decades of Inglewood music history behind the stage.Next: Thu Dec 10 · 8:00 PM · Triumph: The Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded TourMalibuLisa 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: Mon Dec 7 · 7:30 PM · Guitar Chamber ConcertHighland ParkLodge RoomA former Masonic meeting hall gives Highland Park concerts cherry-wood paneling and preserved architectural details above the street.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 8:00 PM · BalkansSanta MonicaMcCabe's Guitar ShopMcCabe's turns the back of a Santa Monica instrument shop into a 150-seat stage for folk, bluegrass and Americana.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 8:00 PM · Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock (THURSDAY SHOW)Old TorranceMom Said Yes PizzaMom Said Yes combines pizza and smash burgers with live bands, making a meal and a show possible at the same table.Next: Sat Nov 21 · 8:30 AM · Landen Tusi – Live Country & Rock at Mom Said Yes Pizza TorranceHighland ParkOblivionOblivion folds live bands into a Highland Park surf and vintage shop, with a small-scale setting on North Figueroa.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · The Sols, Sept, Road TripDTLAPacific ElectricNext: Sun Oct 11 · 8:00 PM · WillowHighland ParkScribbleA small DIY space on York Boulevard in Highland Park, holding about a hundred people for whatever its operators decide to put on.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · Death Valley GirlsHollywoodSound NightclubSound builds the Hollywood club experience around a sunken dance floor and an elevated DJ booth, with electronic music driving the schedule.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 10:00 PM · Sam AlfredDTLAThe 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 Nov 19 · 8:00 PM · BERTHA: Grateful DragEcho ParkThe EchoThe Echo keeps touring bands at neighborhood-club scale on Sunset Boulevard, with local residencies woven into its history in Echo Park.Next: Thu Oct 22 · 7:00 PM · THE SCHIZOPHONICS - Burning Floor Tour w/ Plastic Nancy & Shimmer BedHollywoodThe FordThe Ford sits against a Hollywood hillside, with no seat more than 96 feet from its open-air stage.Next: Sat Oct 31 · 8:00 PM · The Rocky Horror Picture Show Feat. Sins O’ The FleshDowntown 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: Tue Oct 20 · 8:00 PM · BLITZKID: Modern Hel Tour 2026Hermosa BeachThe Lighthouse CafeThe Lighthouse's jazz history still has a place in Hermosa Beach, with Sunday brunch and jam sessions alongside reggae, salsa and rock.Next: Sun Oct 25 · 2:00 PM · Sunday Funday Yacht Rock Party w/ YachtzeeMid-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 16 · 8:00 PM · The Mummies with Special GuestsDTLA: 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: Fri Nov 13 · 6:30 PM · bedDowntownThe NovoThe Novo puts a concert crowd above the shops and restaurants of LA Live, with a standing floor and a seated balcony.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 8:00 PM · The AdictsBoyle HeightsThe ParamountThe Paramount puts touring bands and local acts on a restored ballroom stage in Boyle Heights.Next: Sat Oct 17 · 8:30 PM · Indie Sleaze Festival : Los AngelesWest 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: Wed Oct 28 · 8:00 PM · Mind's EyeNorthridgeThe SorayaOrchestras, touring dance companies and singers from around the world come to the Soraya, CSUN's 1,700-seat performing arts venue in Northridge.Next: Thu Oct 22 · 8:00 PM · Al Jardine & The Pet Sounds Band The Music of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys Pet Sounds and Love YouWest HollywoodThe TroubadourThe Troubadour has booked West Hollywood's most consequential small-club bills since 1957, and still runs a show most nights of the week.Next: Sun Nov 15 · 7:00 PM · Jon SpencerVirgil VillageThe VirgilA family-owned cocktail bar on the edge of Silver Lake, split into a Stage Side that carries live comedy and music and a B Side that carries DJs.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 9:00 PM · Noche de Rock en Español y BaileWest 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 10 · 6:00 PM · Dead Man's Party (Tribute to Oingo Boingo + Danny Elfman), Echoes of Pompeii (Pink Floyd Tribute)FrogtownZebulonZebulon separates a Frogtown cafe and patio from a concert stage, leaving space to talk before stepping into the music.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 8:00 PM · Body/Head, My Generation