The 19 best live music venues in Los Angeles

Josh Homme and his thrillingly intense band stir up their irresistibly sexy mixture of desert rock, blues, stoner metal and grunge. 

After her stints supporting a pair of millennial nostalgia tours (Beck and Phoenix, plus the Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie), the former Rilo Kiley frontwoman takes her latest solo record, Joy’All, on the road with a stop at the Palladium.

Pop culture mag Complex puts together a world’s fair-like assembly of cutting-edge brands, art, food and music for this annual event. Though there’s no lineup quite yet, last year’s event included Pusha T, Kodak Black and Lil Uzi Vert, as well as an inaugural food fest (Eat Your Feed) that featured spots like Bridgetown Roti, Bread Street Oyster Co. and Kuya Lord.

A little bit piano ballad a little bit pop-punk, the “driver’s license” singer hits the road in support of GUTS, the follow-up to her smash album SOUR, with a few nights at the Forum.

Drake—of Degrassi, engagement ring necklace, anti-AI and Turrell tribute fame—is on the road with inventive Southern rap star 21 Savage for the It’s All a Blur Tour. After four nights at the Forum, the duo is returning to L.A. for two additional shows at the Crypto.com Arena. Here’s everything you need to know before you head to DTLA. How many dates are Drake and 21 Savage playing in Los Angeles? Six total. After four nights at the Forum in Inglewood, Drake and 21 Savage still have two shows left at the Crypto.com Arena. What time do doors open at the Crypto.com Arena? For the show on Monday, August 21, doors open at 8pm. On Tuesday, August 22, they open at 8pm. What time will Drake come on stage? Assuming that the timing will be similar to the shows at the Forum (as reported by the Scenestar), you can expect Drake to hit the stage a little over two hours after doors open. So expect him to start around 10:15pm on Monday and 9:15pm on Tuesday. Who is supporting Drake at the Crypto.com Arena? 21 Savage is both opener and coheadliner. Expect him to come on stage for a relatively brief set about an hour after doors open (so 9pm on Monday and 8pm on Tuesday), and then to join Drake for their collaborate tracks toward the end of the evening. What’s the full setlist? While we don’t know the full setlist in advance, based on the most recent shows, you can expect a truly career-spanning set from Drake, from the early Thank Me Later days to the upcoming For All the Dogs. Of course, the

There are more than a half-dozen music festivals near L.A. going down this May, not to mention countless other concerts at clubs and amphitheaters. Secure seats for even just a couple of those and you’re looking at some budget-breaking purchases—especially once you add in fees. So thankfully, one of the main sources of those expenses has opted to give us a temporary reprieve. Live Nation will once again offer “$25 all-in tickets” to some 3,800 concerts around the country when purchased during its annual Concert Week. And unlike most tickets from major platforms (like, ahem, Live Nation) these limited-time $25 tickets won’t have any extra fees on top of them (that price tag is technically before tax, but California doesn’t tax concert tickets). The $25 all-in tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 10 at 7am and are available through May 16, while supplies last. If you happen to be a Verizon subscriber or Rakuten member, you can nab them a day early, on Tuesday, May 9 at 7am. In addition, if you have a Hilton Honors account, you can connect your hotel chain loyalty account to Ticketmaster if you want to pay with points. We don’t know yet exactly which shows will be eligible for the deal in Southern California, but we do know that not all of the 300-plus participating artists will have valid shows in L.A. (for example, Janet Jackson and Boy George are both on the national list, but their local concerts are LA Phil-produced shows sold via the Hollywood Bowl, not Live Nation). That sai

Wish there was somehow even more on the Hollywood Bowl schedule? With the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association now handling the lineup at the Ford as well, consider this slate of outdoor shows just up the street a second serving of those Hollywood Hills concert vibes. For this summer’s season, which runs from mid-July until just before Halloween, you can see sets from Mac DeMarco, Local Natives, Lucinda Williams and Os Mutantes. That’s in addition to Broadway hits from Darren Criss (not far from his Hollywood piano bar), stand-up hosted by Marcella Arguello, a production of The Barber of Seville by the Pacific Opera Project, a set from Icelandic singer Laufey backed by the LA Phil, a folk fest that features Waxahatchee and the Milk Carton Kids, a kid-friendly series of shows that includes the Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Street Food Cinema-presented screenings of Selena and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and nearly 30 other shows. Tickets are on sale now for packages of three or more events; single tickets go on sale May 9. The the kid-friendly L.A. Soundscapes series, each full-priced ticket includes up to two free children’s tickets. If you’ve never seen a show at the Ford before, here’s a quick primer: The century-old outdoor theater sits just on the other side of the 101 from the Hollywood Bowl. But unlike the staggeringly huge Bowl, the Ford and its castle-like stage are intimate by comparison with only 1,200 seats (and the same picnic-friendly policy). Even at that sma

Sure, the arrival of music festival season is always exciting, but there’s another music tease that leaves us even more eager for summer to come. The Hollywood Bowl has jut announced its summer 2023 lineup, and it’ll be entering its second century with concerts from the likes of My Morning Jacket and Fleet Foxes, Maggie Rogers and Alvvays, and Sparks and They Might Be Giants, plus a particularly strong cinematic slate and previously announced anchor events like Janet Jackson (with Ludacris) to kick off the season and a July 4th fireworks spectacular with the Beach Boys (on the topic of pyro, the season wraps up with Maxwell and fireworks). The schedule is packed with some sure-to-be-star-studded celebrations, too, with evenings dedicated to the music of Broadway icon Stephen Sondheim, legendary producer Quincy Jones and jazz great Duke Ellington, plus the Game Awards’ video game music celebration. If you’re a Hollywood Bowl veteran, you already know the drill when it comes to ticketing: Subscriptions are available now, single shows will be posted in a couple of months. But for any first-timers, here’s how it works: You can currently buy subscriptions for entire series of tickets for groups of 10 or more. On March 14, “create your own” packages will go on sale, followed by individual show tickets on May 2 (if there’s one date to remember here, it’s this one). This all applies to the just-announced LA Phil-produced shows (which also boast a BYOB-friendly policy) as opposed to t