Check out our calendar of concerts in L.A. to find out which of your favorite bands and artists are performing here this month
Whether you’re looking for local bands or Coachella-caliber headliners, there are plenty of upcoming concerts in L.A. this December. We’ve scoured venue listings and scoped out new artists to bring you everything from secret shows on Sunset Boulevard to free concerts. All of the city’s best music is right here in our calendar of upcoming concerts in L.A.
Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Los Tigres del Norte, Banda MS, Juanes and Carlos Vives top this Latin music fest at Dodger Stadium.
We never thought we’d be in the same club as Michelle Obama and Rihanna until Club Quarantine came along. Alright, technically it was a virtual club streamed on Instagram, but that’s no matter: DJ D-Nice’s hours-long sets from his Downtown L.A. home became life-affirming in a real tough year. Now, he’s bringing those positive vibes IRL for this New Year’s Eve show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Say what you will about Metallica’s creative output for the past few decades, the pushing-60 thrash metal stalwarts still know how to fill stadiums with propulsive fits of rage. Even if you haven’t kept up with Hetfield and co. in recent years, expect their live sets to still draw heavily from their first four (or five, depending on where you stand on The Black Album) nearly-perfect albums. For this one-off show at the YouTube Theater, they’ll be supporting their All Within My Hands foundation with the band’s fourth annual Helping Hands Concert & Auction.
The legendary rock band plays the Forum during its “Peace Out” tour, which is being billed as a farewell from the “Walk this Way” rockers.
Brooklyn heroes TV on the Radio—for years indie rock’s brainiest “it” band—celebrate the 20th anniversary of the excellent Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes with three intimate shows at the El Rey (some of their first live shows since 2019).
Because just one New Year’s Eve music fest apparently wasn’t enough, Insomniac is staging another year-end concert, Forever Midnight. On December 31, Chris Lake, Diplo, Duke Dumont, Lilly Palmer, Tiësto, Odd Mob and about two dozen others will all play the L.A. Convention Center.
Out of context samples from The Office, horror movie-inspired music videos and the slurping sounds of an Invisalign being removed may not seem like the makings of a pop jugernaut, but L.A. local Billie Eilish has become a free-spirited icon of her generation.
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