I am celebrating an anniversary this week – 15 years of going to the Hotel Cafe! My first night living in Los Angeles, I went to the Hotel Cafe to see The Kin and Dan Wilson and 15 years later, it’s still my favorite place to be! In honor of the anniversary, I’ll be heading to the venue a few times this week. In addition to the Hotel Cafe shows, we’ve got the debut of a new venue (The Bellweather), the continuation of a rockin’ Joshua & the Holy Rollers residency at the Silverlake Lounge, and Kong. playing a single release show with WFNM.
Looking for live music? Here’s my list:
Monday: BMI Acoustic Lounge f. Madeleine Mayi, Ava Camille FREE at the Hotel Cafe second stage (6:30)
ALSO: Arrows in Action w/ Honey Revenge and Finish Ticket at the Roxy (7:30)
ALSO: Neil Young w/ Chris Pierce at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
Tuesday: The Spotlight Sessions Presents: Jack DeMeo, Mackenzie Day & Christine Noel at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Local Natives at Amoeba (5pm)
ALSO: Phantogram w/ ill Peach at the Bellweather (8pm)
ALSO: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Charlie Puth w/ Alexander Stewart at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase f. Kong. FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
Weds: Brendan Abernathy & Lydia Kaseta, Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe (7,9)
ALSO: Rachel Lily, Scott Helman at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7,8)
ALSO: Joshua & The Holy Rollers residency w/ Mads Paige, Tristan Lake Lebeau, Giant Waste of Man FREE at the Silverlake Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Charlene Kaye at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Night Talks, Child Seat, and Windows Gold at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
Thursday: Hannah Glavor at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: ill peach at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Steady Holiday FREE at the Hammer Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Creature Canyon at the Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Neil Young w/ Chris Pierce at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase f. Noah Vonne FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
Friday: Zora, Illunis at the Hotel Cafe (7, 9:30)
ALSO: Sarah Olivia Buss, Hames at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7.9)
ALSO: Spitalfield w/ Shane Henderson and Rival Tides at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: The Pretty Flowers at Permanent Records (8pm)
ALSO: Candlebox w/ Aeges at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Jason Isbbell and the 400 Unit w/ Deer Tick at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
Saturday: Dutchess, About You and Touch at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Hembree w/ Amy Stroup at the Moroccan Lounge (6pm)
ALSO: Pool Kids w/ Chase Petra at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Jillian Dawn at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Inky Scratches and Velvet Starlings at the Troubadour (8:30)
ALSO: Saturdays at Seven at Vardagen (7pm)
Sunday: The Americans at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: Haley Blais at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Sparks w/ They Might Be Giants at Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
To Keep in Mind:
July 18th: Better Than Ezra at the El Rey (8pm)
July 18th: Foals at Belasco
July 19th: Paramore at the Forum
July 19th: Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra w/ Middle Kids at the Greek Theatre (6:30)
July 19th: Cavetown at Belasco
July 20th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20th: Donna Missal at the Roxy (9pm)
July 21st: Zella Day at the Troubadour
July 21st: Tori Amos at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
July 21st: Killola at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
July 22nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
July 23rd: Darren Criss at the Ford (7:30)
July 30th: Yellowcard w/ Mayday Parade, Anberlin at YouTube Theater (7pm)
July 30th: The Midnight at the Bellweather (8pm)
August 1st: Lany at the Bellweather (8pm)
August 1st: Local Natives at the Ford (8pm)
August 2nd: Blondshell at the Roxy (8pm)
August 4th: Lime Cordiale at the Fonda (9pm)
August 4th: Suzanne Santo at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
August 4th: The Strike w/ Dylan Dunlap at the Troubadour
August 5th: Chloe Lilac w/ John-Robert and London Mars at the Roxy (8pm)
August 7th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 8th: JVKE at the Wiltern
August 16th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
August 10th: Regina Spektor w/ Aimee Mann at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
August 11th: Wild Child at the Regent Theater (7pm)
August 11th: Noah Kahan at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
August 11th: Holly Humberstone at the Fonda (8pm)
August 14th: Tegan and Sara at the Bellweather (8pm)
August 15th: Brett Dennen at the Venice West (8pm)
August 16th: Brett Dennen at the Venice West (8pm)
August 16th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
August 16th: Airborne Toxic Event at the El Rey (8:30)
August 17th: Airborne Toxic Event at the El Rey (8:30)
August 18th: SYML at the Belasco
August 20th: My Morning Jacket/Fleet Foxes at Hollywood Bowl
August 22nd: Chris Thile and Appalachian Spring at Hollywood Bowl
August 24th: Kina Grannis at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
August 24th: Flipturn at the Bellweather (8pm)
August 25th: Mt. Joy at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
August 25th: Bastille at the Wiltern
August 27th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 29th: The Swell Season at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 29th: Bay Ledges at the Roxy (8pm)
August 31st: Sam Smith at the Forum
August 31st: Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
August 31st: The Head and the Heart at the Bellweather (8pm)
September 1st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1st: Hatchie at the Troubadour
September 6th: Counting Crows at YouTube Theater (7:30)
September 7th: Vintage Trouble at the Troubadour
September 8th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 8th: Betcha at the Peppermint Club
September 10th: The Revivalists and Band of Horses at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
September 14th: Gracie Abrams & Aaron Dessner at the Masonic Lodge (7pm)
September 15th: Yoke Lore w/ girlhouse at the Fonda (9pm)
September 17th: The Unlikely Candidates at the Troubadour
September 19th: Phantom Planet at the Venice West (8pm)
September 21st: The Brook & The Bluff w/ Bendigo Fletcher at the Fonda (8:30)
September 22nd: Ed Sheeran at Shrine Auditorium
September 22nd: Saint Motel at the Bellweather (8pm)
September 25th: Cian Ducrot at the El Rey (8pm)
September 26th: Will Hoge, William Elliott Whitmore at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
September 26th: Amy Shark at the El Rey (8pm)
September 27th: Matt Maeson at the Regent Theater (7pm)
September 27th: The Band Camino w/ Bad Suns and Charlotte Sands at Shrine Expo Hall
September 29th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Ace Hotel (8pm)
September 29th: Wunderhorse at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
September 29th: Mike Viola Record Release Show at Pico Union Project
September 29th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 29th: Wolfmother at Belasco
September 30th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30th: Maisie Peters at Hollywood Palladium
September 30th: Rainbow Kitten Surprise w/ Flipturn at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
October 1st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1st: Boys Like Girls at the Palladium
October 1st: Patrick Droney at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 2nd: The Glorious Sons at the Troubadour
October 2rd: Fontaines D.C. at the Wiltern
October 2nd: The Walkmen at the Fonda (9pm)
October 3rd: The Walkmen at the Fonda (9pm)
October 3rd: Brent Cobb at the Troubadour
October 3rd: The All-American Rejects, New Found Glory at YouTube Theater (7pm)
October 4th: Weyes Blood w/ Perfume Genius at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
October 4th: The Walkmen at the Fonda (9pm)
October 4th: Carbon Leaf at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 5th: Corey Taylor the Wiltern
October 6th: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band at the Belasco
October 6th: Youth Lagoon at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
October 6th: Katelyn Tarver w/ Rosie Darling at the Echo
October 7th: Nothing But Thieves at the Wiltern
October 7th: Joshua Radin at the Troubadour
October 7th: Corook at the Roxy (7:30)
October 7th: Coheed and Cambria at Hollywood Palladium
October 7th: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Ford (6pm)
October 8th: Los Aneles Folk Festival at the Ford (6pm)
October 8th: Asking Alexandria & The Hu at the Wiltern
October 9th: Everclear w/ The Ataris at the Wiltern
October 10th: Noah Reid at the Belasco
October 10th: Bishop Briggs & MisterWives at the Wiltern
October 10th: Nickel Creek at Ace Hotel (8pm)
October 11th: Nickel Creek at Ace Hotel (8pm)
October 11th: Neon Trees at the Belasco
October 13th: Nightly at the Fonda (8pm)
October 14th: You Me at Six at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 14th: Mae at the Roxy (8pm)
October 14th: Ray LaMontagne at the Orpheum
October 15th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
October 15th: Jukebox the Ghost at the Regent Theater
October 17th: Michelle Branch at the Fonda Theater (8:30)
October 17th: BabyJake at the Roxy (8pm)
October 18th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 19th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 19th: Dean Lewis at the Novo (8pm)
October 20th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 22nd: Matt Corby at the Fonda (8pm)
October 23rd: Tom Odell at the Wiltern
October 24th: Half Moon Run at the El Rey (8pm)
October 24th: Kennyhoopla at the Fonda (9pm)
October 25th: The Teskey Brothers at the Wiltern
October 25th: Gayle at the El Rey (8:30)
October 25th: Bobby Bazini at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
October 26th: Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
October 26th: Arizona at the Wiltern
October 26th: Lauren Sanderson at the Echoplex
October 26th: Aoife O’Donovan at the Troubadour
October 27th: Devon Gilfillian at the Troubadour
October 28th: The Aces at the Wiltern
November 1st: Yam Haus at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 2nd: Madison Cunningham at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
November 2nd: Demob Happy at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
November 2nd: Phillip Phillips at the El Rey (9pm)
November 3rd: Declan McKenna at the Novo (8pm)
November 3rd: Kings of Convenience at the Fonda (9:30)
November 4th: Ben Kweller at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
November 7th: Charlotte Cardin at the El Rey (8pm)
November 9th: Royal Blood at the Wiltern
November 10th: Liz Phair at the Wiltern
November 10th: Frenship at the Troubadour
November 11th: Charlie Cunningham at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
November 12th: Switchfoot at the Wiltern
November 14th: Chappell Roan at the Wiltern
November 14th: The Hives at the Belasco
November 15th: Ben Howard at the Orpheum
November 16th: Joan Osborne at the Venice West (8pm)
November 17th: Modernlove. at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
November 17th: ZZ Ward at the Roxy (8pm)
November 20th: The Japanese House at the Fonda (8:30)
November 24th: LP at YouTube Theater (8pm)
November 23rd: Sun Room at the Fonda (8pm)
December 4th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 4th: Damien Rice at the Orpheum (8pm)
December 5th: Damien Rice at the Orpheum (8pm)
December 6th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 9th: Skid Row & Buckcherry at the Fonda (8pm)
December 16th: Highly Suspect at the Troubadour
December 17th: Highly Suspect at the Troubadour
~ Kristen