Academy LA

Insomniac (creators of the rave-tastic Wonderland and Electronic Daisy Carnival festivals) creates sleek and expansive spaces and book both emerging DJ talent and high-profile EDM artists (something Insomniac’s been doing for years). The result is a three-room, 20,000 square foot space featuring the epic Funktion One Sound System, a 300-foot performance zip line for aerial stunts and Hollywood’s largest LED wall. Those looking to downshift and desensitize can find respite on a tree-lined patio that’s illuminated by simple strands of party lights, and watched over by a giant Buddha. Though this major production of a club may not seem like the type to forgo bottle service and a glam crowd for a general admission and open dancefloor format, versatility is found in different club nights, making it not only the latest place to pop bottles in booths, but a bonafide space to sweat it out to EDM Festival trance and house headliners like DJs BT, Dash Berlin, Eric Prydz, Thomas Gold and Dirty South.