This week I transition from all things baseball (hello All-Star Week!) to all things San Diego Comic Con (is that Keanu Reeves?!?) which doesn’t leave too much time for alllllll the shows in LA…of which there are many to make my list. We’ve got a can’t miss School Night on Monday, The Wrecks double header at the end of the week and all the opportunities to fall in love with rising artists in between.

If you’re looking for some live music, here’s where I’d be:

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Jabez, Almost Monday, Daisy the Great, Dreamers at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: The Shins w/ Joseph at the Orpheum (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Lime Cordiale at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Dylan Dunlap at Black Rabbit Rose (9pm)
ALSO: Mr. Max, Jokers Hand, No/Me at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Fox Royale, Love Lights Driving, Emerald Street at the Goldfish (6pm)
ALSO: Dru Cutler at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Kallitechnis FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Rise Against with The Used and Senses Fail at the Forum (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM FREE at Blackrose LA (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)

Weds: Jesse & Friends at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Frankie & the Studs w/ Pink Motel FREE at Harvard & Stone (9pm)

Thursday: Benson Boone at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Sawyer w/ Ryann at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Breaking Sound f. Noah Vonne at Townhouse Venice (7pm)
ALSO: Beck Pete at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: WFNM FREE at Blackrose LA (7pm)

Friday: The Wrecks w/ Girlhouse & Mothe at the Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: VHS Collection w/ Fly By Midnight at El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Ordinary Elephant at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: The Grinns, Foxtide, Watson at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Emo Night Brooklyn w/ Travie McCoy, Cassadee Pope, Brandon Saller at the Echoplex (9pm)

Saturday: The Wrecks w/ Girlhouse & Mothe at the Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Dylan Matthew w/ Alexander Stewart and Adam Turley at Avalon (8pm)
ALSO: Oliver Riot at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Hand Habits FREE at the Getty Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Filligar, Frith at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9, 10)
ALSO: New Hope Club at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Breaking Sound f. Zen Thomas at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: The Zombies w/ Rooney at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Tash Sultana at the Hollywood Palladium (6:30)

Sunday: Stephen Kellogg at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: The HawtThorns at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: The Ready Set at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Blair Borax and Hayley Lynn at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Rocco DeLuca FREE at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Bollywood at the Bowl: A Night with A.R. Rahman at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
July 25^th: The Chicks at the Greek Theatre
July 26^th: The Chicks at the Greek Theatre
July 27^th: Ben Abraham at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
July 27^th: James Vincent McMorrow at the Troubadour
July 28^th: James Taylor at crypto.com Arena  (8pm)
July 29^th: The Lumineers at crypto.com Arena (7pm)
July 30^th: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at the Wiltern
July 30^th: Missio at the Echo (8pm)
August 2^nd: Josh Groban at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
August 3^rd: Sheryl Crow at Hollywood Bowl
August 3^rd: Silversun Pickups at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
August 5^th: Sam Fender at the Fonda Theatre (8:30)
August 5^th: Third Eye Blind, Taking Back Sunday at YouTube Theater
August 6^th: BabyJake at the Echo
August 6^th: Calum Scott at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
August 7^th: Punch Brothers and Watchhouse f. Sarah Jarosz at the Ford (7:30)
August 9^th: The Decemberists at the Wiltern
August 10^th: Tones and I at the Wiltern
August 11^th: The Brother Brothers at the Airliner
August 14^th: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats at Hollywood Bowl
August 15^th: Justin Tranter at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
August 17^th: My Morning Jacket at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 18^th: Blossoms at the El Rey (9pm)
August 18^th: Black Pistol Fire at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
August 20^th: The Head and the Heart w/ Dawes at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
August 23^rd: Shakey Graves at the Wiltern
August 23^rd: Switchfoot and Collective Soul at the YouTube Theater
August 23^rd: Melissa Etheridge at the Ford (8pm)
August 25^th: Pat McGee Band at the Burbon Room (6pm)
August 26^th: The Driver Era at the Novo (7pm)
September 1^st: Franz Ferdinand at Shrine Expo Hall
September 2^nd: Goo Goo Dolls w/ Blue October at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
September 3^rd: Tessa Violet w/ daysormay, Will Joseph Cook at El Rey
September 9^th: The Pretty Reckless at the Wiltern
September 10^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
September 10^th: Boy & Bear at the Troubadour
September 11^th: iDKNOW, Joywave at the Wiltern
September 12^th: Easy Life at El Rey (8pm)
September 12^th: Stella Donnelly at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
September 12^th: James Hersey at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
September 15^th: Kennyhoopla at the Novo (8pm)
September 16^th: Judah & the Lion at the Belasco
September 18^th: The Score & Dreamers at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
September 23^rd: Red Wanting Blue at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
September 24^th: Wil Rivers at El Rey (9pm)
September 26^th: Michelle Branch at the Troubadour
September 27^th: Michelle Branch at the Troubadour
September 28^th: Charlotte Sands at the Troubadour
September 30^th: The Calling at the Troubadour (8pm)
October 1^st: Madison Cunningham w/ Bendigo Fletcher at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 4^th: Muse at the Wiltern
October 4^th: Tamino at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 4^th: The Luka State at the Venice West (8pm)
October 5^th: Carbon Leaf at the Troubadour
October 6^th: Metric at the Wiltern
October 6^th: Enter Shikari at the Regent Theater (7:30)
October 7^th: Flipturn at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
October 8^th: Bear’s Den at the Troubadour
October 8^th: Jacob Banks at the Wiltern
October 10^th: Rag’N’Bone Man at the Fonda (8:30)
October 11^th: Yard Act at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 11^th: Smith & Thell at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
October 11^th: Jake Bugg at the Belasco
October 12^th: Morcheeba at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
October 12^th: Sigrid at the Novo (8pm)
October 12^th: Red Rum Club at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 14^th: FUR at Zebulon
October 14^th: Jukebox the Ghost at the Echoplex
October 18^th: Walk the Moon at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
October 19^th: Walk the Moon at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
October 20^th: Novo Amor at the Fonda (9pm)
October 22^nd: AHI at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
October 22^nd: Upsahl at the Roxy (8pm)
October 22^nd: Plain White T’s
October 26^th: Flor at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
October 26^th: Chloe Moriondo at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 30^th: Spacey Jane w/ Joe P at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
November 8^th: Barns Courtney at the El Rey (8:30)
November 8^th: Matt Maeson at the Wiltern
November 9^th: Holly Humberstone at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
November 9^th: Marc Broussard at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
November 10^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
November 11^th: Courteeners at the Troubadour
November 18^th: Everything Everything at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
November 19^th: The Record Company at the El Rey (9pm)
November 19^th: The Coronas at the Echo
November 23^rd: Let’s Eat Grandma at the Regent Theater (8pm)

~ Kristen