As this calendar comes out, I’ll be visiting a new venue, Sid the Cat Auditorium, for the first time. The occasion is a Valentine’s Day Ball with Z Berg and friends and the one and only Sarah McLachlan is listed as one of those friends. Also listed is Z Berg’s band, The Like, which was a big college era band for me so potential for nostalgia is high.
More long-time favorites highlight the calendar next week. The Cordovas with George Stanford, Joe Pug, and two nights of Lights at the El Rey are all bound to stir those musically driven emotions.
As well as:
Monday: Sweet Undertow and Judd Warrick at the Hotel Cafe second stage (6:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
Tuesday: David Ramirez at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Keni Titus w/ Eilish Constance at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Kathleen Edwards at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Cat Power at the Orpheum (8pm)
ALSO: JJerome87 at Sid the Cat Auditorium (7pm)
ALSO: Del Water Gap at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Soft Spot Songwriter’s Night FREE at Desert 5 Spot (7pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood Presents: Not Another Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
Weds: Cordovas w/ George Stanford at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Nathan Evans, Saint Phnx at Lodge Room (7pm)
ALSO: Hana Eid at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Kathleen Edwards at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Lady Gaga at the Forum (8pm)
ALSO: The Goffin & King Foundation Presents: A Celebration of the Hotel Cafe at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
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: Common People at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Taj Mahal and Patty Griffin at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Lady Gaga at the Forum (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
ALSO: School Night FREE at the Airliner (7pm)
Friday: Joe Pug at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Taylor Hanson at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Forty Feet Tall FREE at Zebulon (7pm)
ALSO: Rhett Miller at Largo (7pm)
ALSO: Lizzo at Blue Note (two shows; 7pm, 9:30)
ALSO: Big Black Delta at Bob Baker Marionette Theater (7:30)
Saturday: The Ramona Flowers at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Nikka Costa, Julian Forest FREE at the Sun Rose (6pm)
ALSO: Raye Zaragoza w/ David Redd at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Kristiane at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart + Living Hour at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Lights at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Lizzo at Blue Note (two shows; 7pm, 9:30)
Sunday: Lights at the El Rey (7pm)
ALSO: Anna Ash & Her Band at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Sun Howler at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: The Warlocks at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Gorillaz at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Lizzo at Blue Note (two shows; 7pm, 9:30)
ALSO: Lady Gaga at the Forum (8pm)
To Keep in Mind:
February 23rd: Gorillaz at Hollywood Palladium
February 26th: AHI at the Troubadour
February 26th: Fitz and the Tantrums at the Fonda (7pm)
February 26th: Somebody’s Child at the Echo
February 28th: Expandards at the Sun Rose (8:30)
February 27th: Bob Schneider w/ Me Nd Adam at the Troubadour
February 28th: Rose’s Pawn Shop at the Hotel Cafe
March 1st: Emery w/ The Classic Crime at the Echoplex
March 3rd: Black Pistol Fire at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 4th: LANY at the Gramy Museum (7:30)
March 5th: Lizzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of Halestorm at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
March 6th: The Strumbellas at the Regent (8pm)
March 6th: Bad Bad Hats at the Echo
March 7th: Badflower at the Fonda (7pm)
March 7th: Gogol Bordello at the Fonda (8pm)
March 8th: SZN4 at the Fonda (7pm)
March 8th: Carolina Liar at the Venice West (8pm)
March 10th: dodie at the Wiltern (7pm)
March 11th: Phantogram at the Troubadour
March 12th: Phantogram at the Troubadour
March 12th: Margo Price w/ Ny Oh at the Fonda (8pm)
March 13th: Band of Skulls at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 13th: Phantogram at the Troubadour
March 14th: Colony House at the Regent Theater (8pm)
March 14th: Ernie Halter at the Hotel Cafe
March 14th: David Ryan Harris at the Hotel Cafe
March 14th: Darren Hayes at the Troubadour
March 15th: Darren Hayes at the Troubadour
March 16th: Beauty School Dropout at the Roxy (7pm)
March 19th: The Barr Brothers at the Lodge Room (8pm)
March 19th: Foy Vance at the Sun Rose (8pm)
March 20th: The Barr Brothers at the Troubadour
March 22nd: I See Stars at the El Rey (7pm)
March 26th: Cailin Russo at the Moroccan Lounge
March 28th: Louis XIV at the Lodge Room (8pm)
March 28th: Leap at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 28th: The Maine at the Novo (6:30)
March 29th: Pretty Jane at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 31st: Des Rocs at the El Rey (7pm)
April 3rd: Winyah at the Echo
April 3rd: The Record Company at the El Rey (7pm)
April 4th: Alexander Stewart at Pacific Electric (8pm)
April 4th: The Early November & Helloboodbye at the Echoplex
April 6th: Borderline at the Echo
April 9th: KT Tunstall at the Venice West (8pm)
April 10th: Jon McLaughlin at the Trouabdour
April 12th: Dar Williams at the Troubadour
April 15th: Ber at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 17th: Kate Clover at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 18th: The Summer Set at the El Rey (7pm)
April 20th: Langhorne Slim at the Troubadour
April 20th: Biffy Clyro at the Belasco (7pm)
April 21st: Flyte at Lodge Room (7pm)
April 22nd: Flyte at Lodge Room (7pm)
April 22nd: Maisie Peters at the Fonda (7:30)
April 24th: Coach Party at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 24th: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Wiltern
April 25th: Lily Allen at the Orpheum
April 26th: Lily Allen at the Orpheum
May 2nd: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (7pm)
May 3rd: Barns Courtney at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
May 7th: Wolves of Glendale at the Troubadour
May 12th: Cardinals at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
May 12th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 13th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 13th: Mika at LA Orpheum (8pm)
May 14th: Indigo Girls at the Bellwether
May 14th: Melrose Avenue at the Roxy (7pm)
May 15th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 20th: Red Rum Club at the Roxy (7pm)
May 21st: Josiah and the Bonnevilles at the Fonda (7:30)
May 22nd: Yungblud at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 24th: Katelyn Tarver at the Echo
May 27th: Ivy at the Teragram Ballroom
May 28th: The Scratch at the Echo
May 28th: Mae at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 29th: Mae at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 29th: The Last Dinner Party at the Orpheum (7:30)
May 31st: Kelsy Karter and The Heroines at the Roxy (7pm)
June 4th: Daisy Grenade w/ Vienna Vienna at the Roxy (7pm)
June 27th: Kaleo w/ Dawes at the Novo (8pm)
July 11th: Wolfmother at the Wiltern
August 8th: Ed Sheeran w/ Sigrid at Sofi Stadium
September 15th: When Chai Met Toast at the Lodge Room (8pm)
October 3rd: Paula Cole at the Bellwether
November 12th: Lawrence at the Novo (7pm)
November 13th: Lawrence at the Novo (7pm)
November 14th: Lawrence at the Novo (7pm)
~ Kristen