Vulkano- Choir of Wolves
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/29-11/1/15)-
One quick note before the list- check out my Halloween and Día de Los Muertos post for what there is to do around town for those holidays
Thursday
The Night Gallery downtown is screening Zara Hayes film about painter Derek Boshier “What Do Artists Do All Day?” followed by a Q&A with her, Boshier, and Christoper Finch
Mexican artist Astrid Hadad’s cabaret performances begin at REDCAT (through Sunday 11/1)
Israeli photographer Adi Nes is speaking at Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Bergamot station
Dr. Piotr Naskrecki, nature photographer and entomologist, is speaking at the Annenberg Space for Photography (free)
Friday
Swedish band Vulkano are opening for British band Cheatahs at The Echo
Machine Project is teaming up with CAFAM for a night of pumpkin carving and “some exciting and ghastly chemistry experiments“, $20 includes the pumpkin
Ska orchestra Western Standard Time are playing a free show at One Santa Fe downtown
A Club Called Rhonda is having a pre-Halloween event called Death Becomes Her at the Globe Theater downtown with a lot of indie-electro DJ fun ($35 pre-sale/$50 at the door)
Lot 1 Cafe is hosting “A Nightmare Before Halloween”, a free show with Dante Elephante headlining
Friday through Sunday
Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo is back at the LA Convention Center. Stan Lee, Carrie Fisher, Elvira, William Shatner and more will be in attendance
Saturday (not too many non-Halloween events- for Halloween go here)
Hard Day of the Dead EDM festival begins- Deadmau5 is headlining Saturday with Hot Chip, Future, Flying Lotus, Nero and more; on Sunday Skrillex headlines with A$AP Ferg, Glass Animals and Groove Armada among the many other performers
Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine are playing along with Fartbarf and others at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach (also Friday)
Melvins are headlining a show at The Echo
Sunday
Johnson Hartig, founder of the clothes label Libertine, is in conversation with famous clothes designer Bob Mackie at LACMA for Hartig’s book Libertine: The Creative Beauty, Humor, and Inspiration Behind the Cult Label (free)
Artist Molly Barnes is speaking at Rosamund Felsen Gallery downtown
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Flea Market is back at the Regent Theater ($2- or free if you eat next door at Prufrock Pizzeria)
Kristen Hersh is in conversation with LA Weekly’s Andy Hermann at Book Soup for her book Don’t Suck Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt and playing later at The Echo