We have made it to my second favorite month of the year – Rocktober! Honestly, the first week of this historically music heavy/heavy music month is a bit on the folks-y side but it’s been a weird year all around so I’ll take it! Glen Hansard, Nickel Creek, Field Guide, and Carbon Leaf are among my top picks. If you feel the need to start the month off with a more traditional head banging affair, we do have House of Protection and Emarosa as well as well as final shows from Sum 41, NOFX, and an anniversary celebration with Korn, Evanescence, and more!

Whatever your musical desires take you, you really can’t go wrong this week:

Monday: Nikka Costa at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: Cunningham Bird at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Gwen Stefani at Jimmy Kimmel (5pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Glen Hansard at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Shelby Lynne at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Lady Gaga at Jimmy Kimmel (4pm)
ALSO: Amelia Moore at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Hans Zimmer at cryptoareana.com (7:30)
ALSO: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Not Another Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Weds: Nickel Creek at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Carbon Leaf at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Kacey Musgraves at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Britton Buchanan & Friends at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Father John Misty at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7:30)
ALSO: Healy at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Allen Stone w/ Little Dume at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: The Wallflowers at Palace Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: Kacey Musgraves w/ Father John Misty and Nickel Creek at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: Philip Krohnengold, Madison Cunningham at Healing Forces of the Universe (8pm)
ALSO: Goodnight, Texas & Madeline Hawthorne at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Iluka at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Beans on Toast at the Redwood Bar (8pm)
ALSO: The National Parks at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Will Smith at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Finneas at the Ford (8:30)
ALSO: Sum 41 at YouTube Theater (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Field Guide at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: House of Protection at the Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Jackie Hayes, Edwin Raphael w/ Emily Kinney and Laney Tripp at the Hotel Cafe (7, 9:30)
ALSO: Maudlin Strangers and more at the Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Queen of Jeans, Talker at Genghis Cohen (8pm)
ALSO: The Longest Johns at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Slash & Mike Clark at the Grammy Museum (7pm)
ALSO: Wynonna Judd at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (8pm)
ALSO: Kacey Musgraves w/ Father John Misty and Nickel Creek at the Forum (7:30)

Saturday: Tom Walker at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Joseph at Pico Union Project (8pm)
ALSO: HouseMusic f. Rachel Mazer, Annabel Lee, and Joe Marson at Sharpe’s House (7pm)
ALSO: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Moroccan Lounge (9pm)
ALSO: Novo Amor at the Bellwether (8:30)

Sunday: Bonny Light Horseman at the Ford (7:30)
ALSO: Emarosa at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Dashboard Confessional w/ Boys Like Girls, Taylor Acorn at Hollywood Palladium (5:30)

To Keep in Mind:     
October 7^th: Griff at the Wiltern
October 7^th: Joe P at the Roxy (7pm)
October 7^th: Motely Crue at the Troubadour
October 8^th: Rival Songs & Clutch at the Wiltern
October 9^th: Lawrence at the Wiltern
October 9^th: JP Cooper at the Belasco
October 9^th: The Warning at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 9^th: Lawrence at the Wiltern
October 9^th: Oshima Brothers at the Hotel Cafe
October 9^th: Motley Crue at the Roxy (7pm)
October 9^th: Badflower at the Echoplex
October 10^th: Badflower at the Echoplex
October 10^th: The Fray at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 10^th: Deryck Whibley (Sum 41) at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 10^th: David Ramirez at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
October 10^th: The Fray at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 10^th: Stephen Kellogg at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 11^th: Something Corporate at Hollywood Palladium
October 11^th: Wild Rivers at the Fonda (9pm)
October 11^th: Soul Asylum at the Regent Theater (8pm)
October 12^th: Wilderado at the Regent Theater (8pm)
October 12^th: Bright Eyes at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 13^th: Calum Scott at the Wiltern
October 13^th: Carsie Blanton at Saint Be
October 13^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
October 14^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
October 14^th: Jake Bugg at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 15^th: Folk Bitch Trio at Genghis Cohen (8pm)
October 16^th: New Found Glory at the Wiltern
October 16^th: Misterwives at the Bellwether (7:30)
October 16^th: Alfie Templeman at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 16^th: The Black Angels at Lodge Room (8pm)
October 17^th: Bishop Briggs at the Troubadour
October 17^th: The Black Angels at Lodge Room (8pm)
October 17^th: Griffin House at the Venice West (8pm)
October 18^th: Stars at the Fonda (9pm)
October 18^th: Ken Yates at Genghis Cohen (8pm)
October 18^th: Valley at the Wiltern
October 18^th: The Black Angels at the Lodge Room (9pm)
October 18^th: The Airborne Toxic Event at the Ford (8pm)
October 19^th: The Airborne Toxic Event at the Wiltern
October 20^th: Brett Dennen at the Venice West (8pm)
October 20^th: Hotel Mira at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 20^th: Jet at the Troubadour
October 21^st: Jet at the Troubadour
October 21^st: Vampire Weekend at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 21^st: The Rare Occasions w/ Bel at Lodge Room (8pm)
October 21^st: Robert DeLong x Atlas Genius at the Echoplex
October 22^nd: Shawn Mendes at the Ford (8:30)
October 23^rd: Nada Surf at the Troubadour
October 24^th: Over the Rhine at the Troubadour
October 24^th: Rachel Yamagata at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 25^th: Rachel Yamagata at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 25^th: Alec Benjamin at Hollywood Palladium
October 25^th: Michigander at the Troubadour
October 25^th: Loveless w/ Beauty School Dropout at the Belasco (6:30)
October 27^th: iDKHOW at the Wiltern
October 27^th: Hawthorne Heights at the Troubadour
October 28^th: The Crane Wives w/ Rett Madison at the Fonda (7:30)
October 29^th: Jess Glynn at the Wiltern
October 30^th: Nothing But Thieves at Hollywood Palladium
October 30^th: Forest Blakk at the Troubadour
November 1^st: Shawn Colvin & KT Tunstall at the Troubadour
November 1^st: Dehd at the Belasco
November 1^st: Aimee Mann at the United Theater on Broadway (8pm)
November 1^st: Inhaler at Hollywood Palladium
November 1^st: Dehd at the Belasco
November 2^nd: Kate Nash at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
November 6^th: Cleopatrick at the Echoplex
November 6^th: Carol Ades w/ Sabrina Song at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 7^th: Wild Child + Susto at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
November 8^th; The Record Company at the Troubadour
November 8^th: Tyrone Wells at the Venice West (8pm)
November 9^th: Tori Kelly at the Wiltern
November 9^th: Enter Shikari w/ You Me at Six at the Belasco
November 9^th: Dice at the Roxy (8pm)
November 10^th: Hanson at the Belasco
November 11^th: Hanson at the Belasco
November 11^th: lovelytheband & Mod Sun at the Wiltern
November 12^th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 12^th: Black Lips at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
November 12^th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
November 13^th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 13^th: Shawn Hook at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
November 13^th: Manchester Orchestra at Hollywood Palladium
November 14^th: Nico Vega at the Troubadour
November 14^th: Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Hollywood Palladium
November 15^th: Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Hollywood Palladium
November 15^th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 15^th: JD Mcpherson at the El Rey (9pm)
November 16^th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 16^th: The Wldlfe at the Roxy (8pm)
November 17^th: Vertical Horizon at the Troubadour
November 19^th: Windser w/ Maddy Davis at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
November 20^th: Vincent Lima w/ Chance Emerson at the Troubadour
November 20^th: Jordan Mackampa at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 20^th: Lucero at the Regent Theater
November 21^st: Marc Broussard at Lodge Room (7:30)
November 21^st: The Wrecks at the Roxy (7pm)
November 21^st: Tommy Lefroy at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
November 22^nd: Hailey Knox at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
November 23^rd: Hailey Knox at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
December 2^nd: The Dandy Warhols at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
December 3^rd: The Dandy Warhols at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
December 3^rd: Better Than Ezra at the El Rey (8pm)
December 4^th: The Dandy Warhols at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
December 4^th: TV on the Radio at the El Rey (8pm)
December 5^th: TV on the Radio at the El Rey (8pm)
December 6^th: Shovels & Rope at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
December 7^th: Dawes & Friends at the Bellwether (8pm)
December 7^th: TV on the Radio at the El Rey (9pm)
December 9^th: Echosmith at the Roxy (7pm)
December 11^th: Tall Heights at the Troubadour
December 12^th: The Barr Brothers at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
December 13^th: The Matches at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
December 13^th: Wolves of Glendale at the El Rey (9pm)
December 15^th: Sixpence None the Richer at the Troubadour
December 19^th: Ride at the Fonda (9pm)
January 24^th: Ani Difranco at the Bellwether (8pm)
January 28^th: Travis at the Wiltern
January 30^th: Kelsey Karter & The Heroines at the Roxy (7pm)
February 4^th: Lo Moon at the Roxy (7pm)
February 12^th: Wunderhorse at the Troubadour
February 12^th: Cursive at the Regent Theater (8pm)
March 22^nd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 23^rd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
May 2^nd: Dean Lewis at Bellwether (8pm)

~ Kristen