Coronavirus still at large. Please check back in April.
In case you’ve been under a rock, everything is canceled until further notice. Here’s hoping we are good to go by June instead of waiting till summertime. Do your part people!
Well, it took away my SXSW and then my baseball and now my friends and my live music. This coronavirus has really been…a challenge. It’s my birthday week and I’d say my plans have been whittled down to a large boba and sitting on the beach with a book, but it will probably rain, I somehow lost the book I was reading, and who knows how much longer the boba shops will stay open.
Speaking of things being open, while many of LA’s music venues have shut down for at least the rest of the month, a few of the smaller rooms still seem to be hosting shows. This is not a recommendation to go out, simply a compilation of choice local shows that still seem to be a go. If going out, be safe and be sure to check social media day of to make sure events are still happening. I’m seeing many artists announcing virtual concerts so what I would recommend is using your extra time at home to support your favorite artists in that way or discover some new ones! Maybe I’ll post a playlist…
Monday: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live f. Velvet Starlings FREE at The Mint (7pm)
Tuesday: Oriah residency FREE at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: No Parents at Non Plus Ultra (9pm)
ALSO: Writer’s BlockLA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
Weds: Mrs. Henry at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM f. Flavia at Madame Siam (7pm)
ALSO: Desert Nights at The Standard Hollywood (8pm)
Thursday:
Friday: Badass Bands Presents f. Friendlybear, North By North at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Sweet Talk Radio at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Vigilant Playground at El Cid (7pm)
Saturday:
Sunday:
To Keep in Mind:
April 2nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2nd/3rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
April 3rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre
April 8th: Lime Cordiale at Moroccan Lounge
April 9th: Wrabel at The Hotel Cafe
April 11th: Ruen Brothers at The Hotel Cafe
April 16th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
April 18th: Tyler Hilton at The Hotel Cafe
April 19th: Josh Kelley at The Hotel Cafe
April 21st: The Coronas at the Troubadour
April 22nd: The Darkness at The Novo
April 23rd: CYN at Moroccan Lounge
April 23rd: Ben Grey at The Hotel Cafe
April 28th: Suzanne Santo at Bootleg Theater
April 30th: Arms Akimbo, Mike Mains & The Branches at The Lodge Room
May 1st: Beachlife Music Festival at Redondo Beach
May 4th: The Wrecks, The Driver Era at Fonda Theatre
May 5th: The Wrecks at Fonda Theatre
May 7th: The 1975 at The Forum
May 9th: Wrabel at The Hotel Cafe
May 12th: The Revivalists at Teragram Ballroom
May 13th: John K. Samson at The Troubadour
May 14th: Ivan & Alyosha at Bootleg Theater
May 16th: Against Me! at The Novo
May 18th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
May 21st: The Milk Carton Kids at the El Rey
May 22nd: Of Monsters and Men, Gordi at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
June 5th: Vista Kicks at the Fonda Theatre
June 6th: Barns Courtney at Exposition Park
June 9th: Alanis Morissette at Hollywood Bowl
June 10th: Chvrches at Hollywood Bowl
June 10th: LP at the Greek Theatre
June 11th: Harrison Storm at The Hotel Cafe
June 12th: Toad the Wet Sprocket at Greek Theatre
June 13th: Weathers at The Roxy
June 18th: Nathaniel Rateliff at Hollywood Bowl
June 19th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre
June 22nd: Bayside at The Wiltern
June 27th: Caroline Rose at The Troubadour
June 28th: Iron & Wine at Hollywood Bowl
July 18th: Badflower, Incubus at FivePoint Amphitheater
August 1st: Tegan and Sara at Hollywood Palladium
September 5th: Lifehouse at The Greek Theatre
September 10th: Frenship at Regent Theater
September 16th: Lake Street Dive at Hollywood Bowl
October 13th: Kaleo at The Greek Theatre
October 14th: Lenka at Moroccan Lounge
October 17th: James Arthur at The Greek Theatre
November 17th: Passenger at Immanuel Presbyterian Church
~ Kristen
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UPDATE: ALL BARS AND CLUBS IN CALIFORNIA ARE DIRECTED TO CLOSE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Local shows for the next few weeks are likely to be impacted by the Coronavirus. Please double-check and triple check the social media and websites of all bands and venues you plan on attending as this is an ever-changing situation. Again, please hold on to your concert tickets if possible for the rescheduled date if there is one. Please support your artists by buying merch, streaming, buying albums in iTunes, and so on. Feel free to support our venues by buying merch from the venues. Perhaps encourage your bands to pop on StageIt (remember that?) or other live streaming means as a way to put on a show. Hold on kids, we’ll get there.
Monday: Third Eye Blind @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
Tuesday: 91X SDMA Nominee Showcase @ The Merrow at 8pm
AND: Downs Family, Lexington Field, Action Andy and the Hi-Tones @ Casbah at 8:30pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 9pm
Wednesday: Grace Potter @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
AND: Iron Sage Wood @ Belly Up (Postponed)
Thursday: Virtual Seaport Sessions with Dirty Sweet and Low Volts at 5pm link here
AND: Mattson 2 @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Louis XIV @ Music Box (Postponed)
AND: Paul Thorn @ Belly Up (Postponed)
Friday: Tori Roze & the Hot Mess @ Riviera Supper Club at 9pm
AND: Hank Williams Tribute w/Kimmi Bitter, Creature & the Woods @ Moose Lodge at 7:30pm
AND: Kennady Tracy, My Name is Chapel @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Elohim @ House of Blues (Postponed)
AND: Tiger Army @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
Saturday: David Spitzfaden, Marian Mulock @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Shane Hall, Francis Blume @ Casbah at 8pm
AND: Julia Sage & the Bad Hombres @ Whistlestop Bar at 5pm
Sunday:
Keep in Mind:
March 23rd- Grouplove @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
March 27th- Irontom @ Soda Bar
March 31st- Celine Dion @ Pechanga Arena (Postponed)
April 3rd- Coin @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
April 5th- Allen Stone @ Observatory North Park (Postponed)
April 9th- Mika @ Humphreys
April 13th- Pearl Jam @ Viejas
April 15th- Marina @ Humphreys
April 17th- Beth Hart @ Humphreys
April 17th- Tyler Hilton @ Lestats
April 30th- Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
May 15th- Gabriel Iglesias @ Pechanga Arena
May 16th- lovelytheband @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- James Arthur @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- MAX @ House of Blues
May 19th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up
May 23rd- Chain Fest feat: Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, Cartel, Circa Survive, Glassjaw, Acceptance, and Save The Day @ Five Points Amphitheatre
May 26th- Justin Beiber @ Pechanga Arena
June 1st- Third Eye Blind @ Observatory North Park
June 3rd- Blue October @ Observatory North Park
June 7th- The Fratellis
June 11th- AJR @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 13th- Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 14- Coin @ Observatory North Park
June 25th- The Go Gos @ Humphreys
July 1st- Airborne Toxic Event @ Observatory North Park
July 23rd- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Petco Park
July 24th- Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer
August 9th- The Weekend @ Pechanga Arena
August 25th- The Lumineers @ Pechanga Arena
August 30th- Harry Styles @ Pechanga Arena
September 29th- Nickelback, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 10th- Soul Asylum @ Belly Up
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, shows all over San Diego and Los Angeles areas have been impacted.
For San Diego show goers, please check the social media accounts of the bands and venues you’re planning to attend for the latest updates. Venues like Observatory, Observatory North Park, Music Box, House of Blues, and even Casbah are likely to be impacted. Shows at Soda Bar, Bar Pink, and other smaller venues are less likely but please check socials to verify.
For shows in and around the Los Angeles area, please refer to this post from Buzzbands for the latest updates. Please note that all AEG and Livenation events have been cancelled/postponed. Again, please check social media to confirm.
Please be safe out there and support our local scenes/artists however you can: download some music, stream more music, buy some merch. Anything that helps bands support themselves makes a difference. See you at the next show.
This week I get to take a mid-week jaunt up to Sacramento for a much-needed show from The Silent Comedy. Catharsis, I’m waiting for you! Everything else that comes before or after Wednesday is either cake or irrelevant. But I digress…
In other news, we have a completely *stacked* week for music in San Diego! There are no bad choices here. Get out and support your local scene!!
Monday: Tame Impala @ Pechanga Arena at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Lost Dakota, Machine Politik, The Monroes @ Casbah at 8:30pm
Tuesday: Buddy Guy @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
Wednesday: Alisan Porter, HLLNDR @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Vérité @ House of Blues Voodoo Room 8pm
AND: G. Love and Special Sauce @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Ezra Bell, Balto @ Casbah at 9pm
Thursday: Creature and the Woods @ Bar Pink at 9pm
AND: Flogging Molly @ Harrah’s Resort SoCal at 7pm
AND: Johnny Tarr Quintet @ Merrow at 9pm
AND: Phil Cody @ Casbah at 8:30pm
Friday: Soul Asylum @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Lauren Ruth Ward, Valley Queen @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Hot Chelle Rae @ House of Blues – POSTPONED
AND: Creature Canyon, The Jacks, Dead Poet Society @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm
AND: Your Favorite Color, Tyke James, Blue Rain Boots @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm
Saturday: The Motels, Bow Wow Wow, When In Rome II @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Delta Spirit @ Belly Up at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Creature and the Woods @ Ol’ Fashioned Lumber at 7pm
AND: Frances Quinlan, Sofia Wolfson @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Patrick Sweany, Dirty Streets @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm
AND: James Berkley, Cassidy Paige, Bella Kaye @ Lestats at 8pm
Sunday: Amanda Shires, LA Edwards @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Lost Monarchs @ Pour House at 9pm
Keep in Mind:
March 16th- Third Eye Blind, Saves the Day @ Observatory North Park
March 18th- Grace Potter @ Observatory North Park
March 19th- Louis XIV @ Music Box
March 20th- Creature and the Woods, Kimmi Bitter @ Moose Lodge
March 23rd- Grouplove @ Observatory North Park
March 27th- Irontom @ Soda Bar
March 31st- Celine Dion @ Pechanga Arena
April 3rd- Coin @ Observatory North Park
April 5th- Allen Stone @ Observatory North Park
April 9th- Mika @ Humphreys
April 13th- Pearl Jam @ Viejas
April 15th- Marina @ Humphreys
April 17th- Beth Hart @ Humphreys
April 17th- Tyler Hilton @ Lestats
April 30th- Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
May 15th- Gabriel Iglesias @ Pechanga Arena
May 16th- lovelytheband @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- James Arthur @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- MAX @ House of Blues
May 19th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up
May 23rd- Chain Fest feat: Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, Cartel, Circa Survive, Glassjaw, Acceptance, and Save The Day @ Five Points Amphitheatre
May 26th- Justin Beiber @ Pechanga Arena
June 3rd- Blue October @ Observatory North Park
June 7th- The Fratellis
June 11th- AJR @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 13th- Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 25th- The Go Gos @ Humphreys
July 1st- Airborne Toxic Event @ Observatory North Park
July 23rd- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Petco Park
July 24th- Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer
August 9th- The Weekend @ Pechanga Arena
August 25th- The Lumineers @ Pechanga Arena
August 30th- Harry Styles @ Pechanga Arena
September 29th- Nickelback, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
2020 has been rough! These last couple of weeks in particular have been difficult to get through, culminating with the cancellation of my favorite week of the year at SXSW. I am doing my best to focus on the silver lining which is that instead of Austin, I will be spending my birthday week in Florida watching my baseball team at Spring Training (something I have never done because of the timing with SXSW). I guess I will be watching the next generation of baseball players rather than sampling the next musical breakouts…
Hopefully, all of my top SXSW2020 picks come through LA soon. We’re off to a start this week with shows from Patrick Sweany, Frances Quinlan, and Great Grandpa (among many others):
Monday: Wrabel at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. The Jacks, Lucy Clearwater, Nico Franc at Bardot (8pm)
ALSO: Your Smith at Checker Hall (7pm)
ALSO: Glass Animals at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday f. The Cordovas at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
Tuesday: Keane at Dolby Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Caitlin Sherman w/ Elijah Ocean FREE at The Love Song Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Whispertown at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Asgeir at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
Weds: Jesse & Friends at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM f. Nick Leng, Jupiter Winter at Madame Siam (7pm)
ALSO: Desert Nights f. Dead Rock West, Shane Alexander at The Standard Hollywood (7pm)
ALSO: Tamino at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
ALSO: Soul Asylum at Teragram ballroom (8pm)
Thursday: Patrick Sweany at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Dylan Dunlap at The Love Song Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Whitacre at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM f. YVR at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
ALSO: Frances Quinlan at Pico Union Project (8pm)
ALSO: Grace Potter w/ Bailen at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Tamino at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
ALSO: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)
Friday: Great Grandpa at Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Benjamin Jaffee at Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: The Ballroom Thieves at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Verite at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Tracy Bonham w/ Hey, King! at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Busty and The Bass at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Inara George and Larry Goldings at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: Umphrey’s McGee at The Wiltern (6:30)
Saturday: Siv Jakobsen, Misty Boyce at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7,10)
ALSO: Joyous Wolf at The Viper Room (7:30)
ALSO: Distant Cousins at The Mint (11pm)
ALSO: Singer Songwriter Showcase f. Jessie Payo, Joe Marson, Lucy Clearwater at The Zephyr Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Third Eye Blind at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: The Strokes at The Forum (7:30)
Sunday: Caleb Trask at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
To Keep in Mind:
March 18th: Mrs. Henry at The Hi Hat
March 21st: Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Café
March 25th: Irontom at The Roxy
March 25th-28th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
March 31st: Rueben and the Dark, Black English at Moroccan Lounge
April 2nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2nd/3rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
April 3rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre
April 8th: Lime Cordiale at Moroccan Lounge
April 9th: Wrabel at The Hotel Cafe
April 11th: Ruen Brothers at The Hotel Cafe
April 16th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
April 18th: Tyler Hilton at The Hotel Cafe
April 19th: Josh Kelley at The Hotel Cafe
April 21st: The Coronas at the Troubadour
April 22nd: The Darkness at The Novo
April 23rd: CYN at Moroccan Lounge
April 23rd: Ben Grey at The Hotel Cafe
April 28th: Suzanne Santo at Bootleg Theater
April 30th: Arms Akimbo, Mike Mains & The Branches at The Lodge Room
May 1st: Beachlife Music Festival at Redondo Beach
May 4th: The Wrecks, The Driver Era at Fonda Theatre
May 5th: The Wrecks at Fonda Theatre
May 7th: The 1975 at The Forum
May 9th: Wrabel at The Hotel Cafe
May 12th: The Revivalists at Teragram Ballroom
May 13th: John K. Samson at The Troubadour
May 14th: Ivan & Alyosha at Bootleg Theater
May 16th: Against Me! at The Novo
May 18th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
May 21st: The Milk Carton Kids at the El Rey
May 22nd: Of Monsters and Men, Gordi at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
June 5th: Vista Kicks at the Fonda Theatre
June 6th: Barns Courtney at Exposition Park
June 9th: Alanis Morissette at Hollywood Bowl
June 10th: Chvrches at Hollywood Bowl
June 10th: LP at the Greek Theatre
June 11th: Harrison Storm at The Hotel Cafe
June 12th: Toad the Wet Sprocket at Greek Theatre
June 19th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre
June 22nd: Bayside at The Wiltern
June 27th: Caroline Rose at The Troubadour
June 28th: Iron & Wine at Hollywood Bowl
July 18th: Badflower, Incubus at FivePoint Amphitheater
September 5th: Lifehouse at The Greek Theatre
September 16th: Lake Street Dive at Hollywood Bowl
October 13th: Kaleo at The Greek Theatre
October 14th: Lenka at Moroccan Lounge
October 17th: James Arthur at The Greek Theatre
November 17th: Passenger at Immanuel Presbyterian Church
~ Kristen
http://www.localmusicnation.net/
http://www.facebook.com/localmusicnation
It’s been a weird week. The weather has been weird and my body can’t decide if it’s hot or cold, sick or allergies, tired or awake. It’s been that kind of week. But next week I get an adventure for a day up to Sacramento to see my favorite guys, the Silent Comedy. It’s a much needed short trip but in the meantime, this is what we have for the week…
Monday: Michael McDermott @ Soda Bar at 9pm
Tuesday: Christopher Paul Stelling
AND: Boy Named Bajo @ Casbah at 8:30pm
Wednesday: Burlap the Sac, Moxi & Loon @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: The Wonder Years, Free Throw, Spanish Love Songs, Pool Kids @ Observatory North Park at 7pm
AND: Dave Booda & Michael Tiernan @ Belly Up at 8pm
Thursday: The Unlikely Candidates, Castlecomer, MRDN HSTRY @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Moby Rich @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Beach Bunny @ Che Cafe at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Twiddle @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Robyn Hitchcock @ Casbah at 8pm
AND: Royal Jelly Jive @ Soda Bar at 9pm
Friday: White Reaper, The Aquadolls, Native Sun @ Casbah at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: The Stone Foxes, Mrs. Henry, Strange Vine @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: In the Round feat: Creature and the Woods, Kimmi Bitter, and more @ Great Moose Lodge at 8:30pm
AND: Blake Shelton @ Pechanga Arena at 7pm
AND: The Growlers @ Soma at 8pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday: Chris Renzema @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Jordan Davis @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: No Win, On Drugs @ Soma at 7pm
AND: Dillinger Four @ Soda Bar at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Creature and the Woods @ Tornado Bar at 2pm
Sunday:
Keep in Mind:
March 9th- Tame Impala @ Pechanga Arena
March 12th- Flogging Molly @ Harrah’s Resort SoCal
March 13th- Soul Asylum @ Belly Up
March 13th- Hot Chelle Rae @ House of Blues
March 14th- Delta Spirit @ Belly Up
March 16th- Third Eye Blind, Saves the Day @ Observatory North Park
March 18th- Grace Potter @ Observatory North Park
March 19th- Louis XIV @ Music Box
March 23rd- Grouplove
March 27th- Irontom @ Soda Bar
March 31st- Celine Dion @ Pechanga Arena
April 3rd- Coin @ Observatory North Park
April 5th- Allen Stone @ Observatory North Park
April 9th- Mika @ Humphreys
April 13th- Pearl Jam @ Viejas
April 15th- Marina @ Humphreys
April 17th- Beth Hart @ Humphreys
April 30th- Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
May 15th- Gabriel Iglesias @ Pechanga Arena
May 16th- lovelytheband @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- James Arthur @ Observatory North Park
May 19th- MAX @ House of Blues
May 23rd- Chain Fest feat: Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, Cartel, Circa Survive, Glassjaw, Acceptance, and Save The Day @ Five Points Amphitheatre
May 26th- Justin Beiber @ Pechanga Arena
June 3rd- Blue October @ Observatory North Park
June 7th- The Fratellis
June 11th- AJR @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 13th- Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 25th- The Go Gos @ Humphreys
July 1st- Airborne Toxic Event @ Observatory North Park
July 23rd- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Petco Park
July 24th- Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer
August 9th- The Weekend @ Pechanga Arena
August 25th- The Lumineers @ Pechanga Arena
August 30th- Harry Styles @ Pechanga Arena
September 29th- Nickelback, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre