Showcases are back and represent just some of the opportunities to sample more local, California artists this week.  How about we start the year by finding a new favorite artist to follow! There is also the continuation of the goodbye Hotel Cafe train of shows with former regulars like George Standford, Tony Lucca, and Chris Joyner all playing the iconic space we have all called home.

Here are my options:

Monday: LJ Benet at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Jeff Tweedy at Largo (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Locals Night at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood Presents: Not Another Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Weds: Maejoy at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Jeff Tweedy at Largo (7pm)
ALSO: A Concert For Altadena f. Dawes, Brandon Flowers, Rufus Wainwright, Mandy Moore, Lord Huron, and more at the Pasadena Civic (6:30)
ALSO: rocknite.la FREE at the Goldfish (8pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Round FREE at Universal Bar & Grill (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: Mike Garson Present’s Bowie’s Piano Man w/ Jake Wesley Rogers at The Sun Room (7:30)
ALSO: Jessica Morale (EP Release) at the Virgil (7pm)
ALSO: Philip Krohnengold, Leeann Skoda at Healing Force of the Universe (8pm)
ALSO: No Resolution Fest f. In Balance at Knucklehead Hollywood (7pm)
ALSO: Jeff Tweedy at Largo (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: George Stanford at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Mike Garson Present’s Bowie’s Piano Man w/ Jake Wesley Rogers, Luke Spiller, Judith Hill at The Sun Room (7:30)
ALSO: rocknite.la f. Jack Demeo, Paer, & Scone FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Barefoot in the Bathroom at the Peppermint Club (7:30)

Saturday: Jordan Frye, Tony Lucca at the Hotel Cafe (7, 8)
ALSO: Lee DeWyze, Abby Posner at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7:30, 9:30)
ALSO: Lily Talmers + Lucy Clearwater, Benjamin Jaffe at Healing Force of the Universe (8pm)
ALSO: Whitney Tai FREE at Licorice Pizza Records (6pm)
ALSO: Mike Garson Present’s Bowie’s Piano Man w/ Jake Wesley Rogers, Luke Spiller, Judith Hill, Billy Corgan, Chad Smith at The Sun Room (7:30)
ALSO: Unwritten Law w/ Plastic Culture, Joker’s Hand at Teragram Ballroom (6:30)
ALSO: Rock Lottery event at Sid the Cat Auditorium (8pm)
ALSO: Artists for Aid f. Shawn Mendes, Rex Orange County, Faye Webster, Lucy Dacus, Tamino, and more at Shrine Auditorium (6:30)

Sunday: Chris Joyner at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Ruby Sparks, Laila Smith at Gold-Diggers (2pm)

To Keep in Mind:        
January 14^th: Dean Lewis at the Bellwether (7:30)
January 16^th: gavn! at the Troubadour
January 17^th: Nikka Costa at the Venice West (8pm)
January 19^th: Echosmith at the Echo
January 20^th: Jacob Banks at the Troubadour
January 20^th: Tyler Hilton & Kate Voegele at the Venice West (8pm)
January 22^nd: William Elliot Whitmore at the Peppermint Club
January 23^rd: The Runarounds at the Fonda (7pm)
January 24^th: Pack of Larks at the Hotel Cafe
January 27^th: Nothing More at the Belasco
January 27^th: Pokey LaFarge at the Venice West (8pm)
January 28^th: Pokey LaFarge at the Venice West (8pm)
January 28^th: Madison Cunningham at the Bellwether
January 29^th: Luca Fogale at the Roxy (7pm)
January 31^st: Cate Canning at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
February 4^th: Hayes Carll at the Troubadour
February 6^th: The Rural Alberta Advantage at the Peppermint Club
February 6^th: Casey Abrams at the Hotel Cafe
February 7^th: Howie Day at the Venice West (8pm)
February 7^th: Whiskey Wolves of the West at the Hotel Cafe
February 14^th: The Rare Ocassions at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
February 19^th: Common People at the Venice West (8pm)
February 20^th: Joe Pug at the Peppermint Club
February 21^st: The Ramona Flowers at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
February 21^st: Lights at the El Rey (8pm)
February 22^nd: Lights at the El Rey (7pm)
February 26^th: AHI at the Troubadour
February 26^th: Fitz and the Tantrums at the Fonda (7pm)
February 26^th: Somebody’s Child at the Echo
February 27^th: Bob Schneider
February 28^th: Rose’s Pawn Shop at the Hotel Cafe
March 1^st: Emery at the Echoplex
March 3^rd: Black Pistol Fire at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 6^th: The Strumbellas at the Regent (8pm)
March 6^th: Bad Bad Hats at the Echo
March 7^th: Badflower at the Fonda (7pm)
March 7^th: Gogol Bordello at the Fonda (8pm)
March 8^th: SZN4 at the Fonda (7pm)
March 10^th: dodie at the Wiltern (7pm)
March 13^th: Band of Skulls at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 14^th: Colony House at the Regent Theater (8pm)
March 14^th: Ernie Halter at the Hotel Cafe
March 14^th: Darren Hayes at the Troubadour
March 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Troubadour
March 19^th: The Barr Brothers at the Lodge Room (8pm)
March 20^th: The Barr Brothers at the Troubadour
March 22^nd: I See Stars at the El Rey (7pm)
March 28^th: The Record Company at the El Rey (7pm)
March 28^th: Louis XIV at the Lodge Room (8pm)
March 28^th: Leap at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 28^th: The Maine at the Novo (6:30)
March 31^st: Des Rocs at the El Rey (7pm)
April 3^rd: Winyah at the Echo
April 4^th: Alexander Stewart at Pacific Electric (8pm)
April 4^th: The Early November & Helloboodbye at the Echoplex
April 9^th: KT Tunstall at the Venice West (8pm)
April 12^th: Dar Williams at the Troubadour
April 18^th: The Summer Set at the El Rey (7pm)
April 20^th: Langhorne Slim at the Troubadour
April 21^st: Flyte at Lodge Room (7pm)
April 22^nd: Flyte at Lodge Room (7pm)
April 24^th: Coach Party at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 24^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Wiltern
April 25^th: Lily Allen at the Orpheum
April 26^th: Lily Allen at the Orpheum
May 12^th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 13^th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 15^th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Red Rum Club at the Roxy (7pm)
May 22^nd: Yungblud at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 27^th: Ivy at the Teragram Ballroom
May 28^th: The Scratch at the Echo
May 29^th: The Last Dinner Party at the Orpheum (7:30)
July 11^th: Wolfmother at the Wiltern
August 8^th: Ed Sheeran w/ Sigrid at Sofi Stadium
September 15^th: When Chai Met Toast at the Lodge Room (8pm)

~ Kristen