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