Must-see entertainment in West Hollywood & Mid-City

  • Comedy Store

    West Hollywood & Mid-City

    There’s no comedy club in the city with more street cred than Sammy and Mitzi Shore’s Comedy Store on the strip. Sammy launched the club, but Mitzi was…

  • Improv

    West Hollywood & Mid-City

    Launch pad for countless stand-up comics from Richard Pryor to Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres and Dave Chapelle, the Improv still gets headliners (Maz…

  • Largo at the Coronet

    West Hollywood & Mid-City

    Ever since its early days on Fairfax Ave, Largo has been progenitor of high-minded pop culture (it nurtured Zach Galifianakis to stardom). Now part of the…

  • Groundlings

    West Hollywood & Mid-City

    This improv school and company launched Lisa Kudrow, Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph and other top talent. Its sketch comedy and improv can be belly-achingly…

  • Mint

    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…

  • El Rey

    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…

  • Pacific Theatres at the Grove

    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)…

  • Laugh Factory

    West Hollywood & Mid-City

    The Marx Brothers used to keep offices at this long-standing club. It still gets some big names (such as Kevin Nealon and Dave Chappelle) as well as up…

  • Jazz at LACMA

    West Hollywood & Mid-City

    On the plaza at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

  • AMC Dine-In Sunset 5

    West Hollywood & Mid-City

    At this art-house cinema you may have a glass of wine and beer while you take in the latest un-blockbuster. Hence, screenings are all 21 and over only. If…

  • Whisky-a-Go-Go

    West Hollywood & Mid-City

    Like other aging Sunset Strip venues, the Whisky coasts more on its legend status than current relevance. Yup, this was where the Doors were the house…