Must-see entertainment in Southern California

  • Laugh Factory Long Beach

    Long Beach & San Pedro

    The Long Beach shingle of Hollywood’s comedy classic features both stand-up veterans and up-and-comers.

  • 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…

  • Pasadena Civic Auditorium

    Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley

    Since its opening in 1932, music legends from Marian Anderson to Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald to Josh Groban, Luciano Pavarotti to Carlos Santana and Stevie…

  • Anaheim GardenWalk

    Anaheim

    This dining, shopping and entertainment complex just east of Disneyland (walk or take the ART shuttle) has a family-friendly bowling alley and cineplex,…

  • 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…

  • San Diego Padres

    San Diego

    San Diego's Major League Baseball team team plays in the handsome Petco Park stadium in the East Village. Tickets are usually available at the gate,…

  • City National Grove of Anaheim

    Anaheim

    At this indoor 5000-seat venue, be entertained by headliners from classic rockers to modern rockers, comedy and speakers, plus ‘locally grown’ rock bands…

  • La Jolla Playhouse

    La Jolla

    Inside the Mandell Weiss Center for the Performing Arts, this theater has sent dozens of productions to Broadway, including Jersey Boys, Peter and the…

  • Angel Stadium

    Anaheim

    The controversially (and oh-so-awkwardly) named Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim play major-league baseball here from April to early October. Single-game…

  • San Diego Junior Theatre

    San Diego

    Theater productions for children with shows including everything from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to The Wizard of Oz and…

  • Georgie's Alibi Azul

    Greater Palm Springs

    This video bar, nightclub and cafe in an old telephone exchange regales patrons with a rainbow of daily drinks specials plus events such as Sunday Disco…

  • Edgemar Center for the Arts

    Santa Monica

    With two stages and a gallery, the Edgemar also provides a platform for crossover collaborations between playwrights, musicians, actors, dancers and…

  • Honda Center

    Anaheim

    The Anaheim Ducks play hockey from October to April at this indoor venue. Professional rodeo events, fight nights and megaconcerts round out the schedule…

  • Hudson Theatres

    Hollywood

    Housing three separate performance spaces, the Hudson serves up independent productions of plays and musicals. Recent productions include a musical parody…

  • Casbah

    San Diego

    Bands from Smashing Pumpkins to Death Cab for Cutie all rocked the Casbah on their way up the charts and it’s still a good place to catch tomorrow’s…

  • Cinema Under the Stars

    San Diego

    This unique venue screens mostly classic American films in the open air in Mission Hills; during winter months the area is covered and the patio heated.

  • Rave Cinemas

    Los Angeles

    A 15-theater multiplex booking in blockbusters most of the year, and home of the Pan African Film Festival.

  • Horton Grand Theatre

    San Diego

    Situated in the Gaslamp Quarter, Horton Grant shows popular musicals and other Broadway-style productions.

  • 710 Beach Club

    San Diego

    PB’s main venue for live music books a solid lineup of rock, karaoke and sometimes comedy.

  • Cygnet Theater

    San Diego

    A 246-seat theater situated in the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, showing half a dozen main stage productions a year, from musicals to classic…

  • Chumash Casino Resort

    Santa Ynez Valley

    Drive east on Hwy 246 from Solvang to find its vice-minded doppelganger, where the slots are plentiful, the cocktails watery and the cigarette smoke so…

  • Spa Resort Casino

    Greater Palm Springs

    If you're in the mood for a hand of blackjack or a spin at the slot machine, ensconce yourself at this casino operated by the Agua Caliente Band of…