Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Downtown’s most avant-garde performance laboratory where theater, dance, music, poetry and film merge into impressive exhibitions presented in its own…
Must-see entertainment in Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
One of two NBA basketball teams in Los Angeles (the other is the Clippers), the Lakers are based at Downtown's Staples Center. Although few teams can…
San Fernando Valley
Built in 2011, VPAC has brought highbrow culture to the campus of the California State University Northridge (CSUN). It books in a rotating schedule of…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
You can thank Grammy Award–winning jazz legend Herb Alpert for the standout acoustics here. After all, he designed the elegant, romantic spot. A…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
A historic gem of a theater restored by the Ace Hotel, which curates the calendar. Offerings are eclectic, ranging from music performances to dance acts…
Hollywood
Dating back to the Roaring Twenties, the since-restored Henry Fonda Theatre remains one of Hollywood’s best venues for live tunes. It’s an intimate, …
Silver Lake & Echo Park
On the radar since 1995, divey Satellite remains immensely popular thanks to its kicking lineup of indie bands. Rock on downstairs or escape to the…
Los Angeles
Founded by the late hard-bop drummer Billy Higgins, this place doesn’t serve food or drink, just good music from some of the best emerging talents in jazz…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
This celebrated 1957 rock hall launched 1000 careers, including those of James Taylor and Tom Waits, and was central to John Lennon's 'Lost Weekend in…
Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre
San Fernando Valley
Oh, the horror! Part theater, part haunted house, Zombie Joe's presents for your entertainment shows that are at turns creepy, campy, Goth, killer…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
This attractive, adobe-style complex was founded in 1917 and by 1937 had developed such a reputation that it was named State Theater of California. It's…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
An exceptional theater housed in UCLA’s historic heart. The brick building reeks of academia, but CAP UCLA has been known to bring in spectacular…
Hollywood
An anomaly on glittery Cahuenga Corridor, this intimate venue is the place for handmade music by message-minded singer-songwriters. It’s mainly a stepping…
Hollywood
The place for grown-up salseros. Order a mojito and watch the beautiful dancers do their thing (or join in if you feel you’ve got the moves). Live shows…
Westlake & Koreatown
If you're seeking a break from the Hollywood fare, catch a new-release Korean movie at this South Korean cinema chain. Films are subtitled in English, and…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
‘Art house’ and blockbuster ‘multiplex’ in the same breath? That’s the cocktail at the sleek Landmark with its dozen deluxe, stadium-style screening rooms…
Hollywood
On Monday nights, KCRW’s Chris Douridas brings School Night (www.itsaschoolnight.com), a free live-music club featuring buzz-worthy talent to the…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Built in 1937, Mint is an intimate, historic venue. Legends such as Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder played here on the way up, and axe-man Ben Harper got…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
This 7100-seat theater was christened by the Eagles and the Dixie Chicks when it opened in 2007, and has continued to host big names ever since, from Neil…
San Fernando Valley
The stage of this one-time vaudeville house from 1926 has been graced by headliners from Debbie Reynolds to Smokey Robinson, Carol Channing to James…
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Lurking below retro Mexican restaurant Casita del Campo, this camp little bolthole serves up drag shows, outré revues and other fabulously kooky…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Each summer non-profit Grand Performances presents a brilliant season of free outdoor concerts by the splashing fountains of California Plaza in Downtown…
Westlake & Koreatown
Part progressive-rock and folk venue, part theater space, part multidisciplinary arts foundation and laboratory. This restored 1930s warehouse hosts one…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
In all American sports, it would be hard to find a more dominant team than the UCLA squads under the late, great John Wooden, who led his teams to 10…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Since it opened in 1960, this legendary comedy club has helped launch the careers of dozens of comics, including household names such as David Letterman,…
Los Angeles
Cinema complex in the heart of downtown Culver City, screening mainly new-release mainstream films. Parking validation is available for the Cardiff and…
Hollywood
Disney rolls out family-friendly blockbusters at this movie palace, sometimes with costumed characters putting on the Ritz in live preshow routines. The…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Founded in 1965, this pioneering Asian-American ensemble seeks to build a bridge between Eastern and Western theatrical styles. Its repertoire of Broadway…
Long Beach & San Pedro
An anchor of Retro Row, this lovingly restored 1924 art-deco gem is Long Beach's only single-screen cinema, showing a compelling mix of classic and art…
Santa Monica
Aspiring Harry Potters won't be the only ones who enjoy the comedy-laced sleight-of-hand, levitation and other illusions performed by Steve Spills and…
Los Angeles
What was originally an art-deco movie house is now a 317-seat theater used by the Center Theatre Group to stage oft-terrific new plays by fresh, up-and…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A 1931 art-deco dance hall decked out in red velvet and chandeliers and flaunting an awesome sound system and excellent sightlines. Although it can hold…
Hollywood
Every seat is within 100ft of the stage at this up-close-and-personal outdoor amphitheater. Recently renovated and with the Hollywood Hills as a backdrop,…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A fancy all-stadium, 14-screen multiplex with comfy reclining seats, wall-to-wall screens and superb sound. The Monday Morning Mommy Movies series (11am)…
Hollywood
Runs the hugely popular summer season of outdoor movies at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, as well as organizing occasional film screenings at Downtown's…
Santa Monica
Sure, this mecca of musicianship sells guitars and other instruments, but you want to come for the concerts in the back room. Since 1969 everyone from…
Hollywood
Established in 1997, this acclaimed, non-profit theater company is known for staging innovative, eclectic works, including world and West Coast premieres…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
This historic theater originally opened in 1914 as the National Theater, and became the Regent in 1917. These days it's known as a live-music venue,…
Westlake & Koreatown
MacArthur Park's historic band shell hosts a series of free evening concerts each summer. The programming is eclectic and democratic, ranging from world…
Los Angeles
The ‘Gang’ was founded in 1981 by Tim Robbins and other renegade UCLA acting-school grads. Robbins remains the artistic director and the company's daring,…
