Indigo De Souza- Come to God
Echo Park Rising music festival is back! The FREE two day festival is taking place this weekend at venues around Echo Park in Los Angeles with tons of bands playing– including Indigo De Souza (playing with a long list of bands including Primer, Sedona, and Small Forward at Sticky Rice on Saturday 8/29/26).
The full schedule isn’t up yet on Echo Park Rising’s website, so check their Instagram for the latest.
Host Family- Rodeo
This song was recently released on Host Family‘s 2025 EP, Extended Play.
They are playing at Dada Echo Park this Saturday, 8/16/25, as part of the annual FREE festival Echo Park Rising. The festival includes numerous venues and a TON of bands.
Andrew Bird- Sisyphus
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/15-8/18/19)-
*special note for this week’s weekend planner – Echo Park Rising festival begins Thursday and there are A LOT of bands playing as well as numerous activities and deals from local businesses in the neighborhood. In order to make this post a manageable size I have created a separate post with my band selections for each night as well as a playlist of those choices. *
Thursday
Motel Radio and Dante Elephante are opening for Summer Salt at The Fonda Theatre
Los Angeles Beatz by Girlz is setting up a beat making station at The Echo Patio to teach people how to sequence drums, record and loop synths, and produce their own music with Ableton Live and the Push Unit from 5:30-7pm. (part of Echo Park Rising)
Reggie Watts & Karen are performing with Danke at the Teragram Ballroom
Fartbarf are playing a free show at the Levitt Pavilion with Numb.er
FYOHNA is playing at the Bootleg Theater with Maddie Jay and The Born Love
Hollywood Night Market at Yamashiro is a lovely way to have some food and drinks while enjoying beautiful views of the city- free shuttles leave from the Mosaic parking lot
Friday
Ty Segall & Freedom Band are continuing their residency at Teragram Ballroom– tonight playing his new album First Taste and his 2011 album Goodbye Bread. The Intelligence is opening.
UCLA Film & Television Archive is screening director Isaac Julien’s Young Soul Rebels at Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater ($9)
Los Angeles LGBT Center is showing Labyrinth for their the movie night Out Under The Stars in Hollywood Forever Cemetery with all proceeds benefiting the center’s programs and services
Hibou are playing at The Hi Hat with Tangerine and Jordan Gatesmith (Wellness)
Saturday
Andrew Bird is playing a free show at KCRW Headquarters as part of their Summer Nights programming
UCLA Film & Television Archive is screening a double feature of Suburbia and Rock ‘N’ Roll High School at Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater with director Penelope Spheeris in person ($9)
Blum & Poe’s >BTWN x PERFORMANCE< events continues with Kandis Williams Presents “Eurydice” her ongoing project that “investigates the relationship between ‘black identity’ and ‘mainstream culture’ “. She uses the Greek myth of Eurydice as a vehicle for her “inquiry into the subjects of a racialized imagination and its subsequent logics, by staging a structured engagement of blackness and spectacle within a mythic pre-Socratic configuration of the underworld.”
Cinespia is having its 9th Annual Movies All Night Slumber Party at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, starting the evening with Never Been Kissed, followed by I Know What You Did Last Summer and ending late night with Jawbreaker.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor are playing at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
88Rising:Head in the Clouds music festival is happening in LA State Historic Park with performers including Rich Brian, Dumbfoundead, AUGUST 08, and more
Sunday
Yola Día Festival is taking place in LA Historic Park with performers Lykke Li, Cat Power, SOPHIE, Courtney Love, Megan Thee Stallion, Kelsey Lu, Empress Of, Cupcakke, and Lia Ices
CicLAvia’s closing down streets to vehicles from West Hollywood to East Hollywood for their Meet the Hollywoods event. Santa Monica Blvd will be closed from San Vicente to Highland. Highland is closed from there to Hollywood Blvd and Hollywood is closed from Highland to Vermont. There will be a few intersections to cross with a vehicle but its probably best to join the car free fun or use public transportation to get around.
Author Stephen van Dyck will be discussing his memoir People I’ve Met From The Internet at Skylight Books with writer Matias Viegener
Independent Shakespeare Co. is performing Twelfth Night in Griffith Park tonight. Get there early to join a workshop with teaching artists where participants will learn more about the characters, plot and choices of the evening’s play, plus take a backstage tour and check out some of the costumes and props. Reserve a spot for this free pre show workshop here. (On Friday the play is also Twelfth Night and Saturday it is Pericles)
Goon- Choke Throat
This week from Thursday to Sunday (8/15-8/18/19) is Echo Park Rising and there are SO MANY bands playing- all for FREE! (full list here) There are also deals from local businesses, DJ sets, and more, happening as well so make sure to check out their website.
In the listings below I have chosen some of the best shows to see for each day. I’ve also made a playlist if you want to check out some of the bands ahead of time.
Thursday
Janelane are playing at The Echo from 6-6:30pm and later Skin Mag are at there from 7:40 to 8:10pm.
Beauty Queen are at Sticky Rice from 8:10 to 8:40pm
Billy Changer are playing at Spacedust from 9-9:30 followed by Foliage from 10-10:30pm
Healing Gems are at The Echo from 10:30-11pm followed by Goon from 11:30-11:59pm
Friday
If you are starting the day early- Cigarette Bums are playing at Spacedust from 3:30-4pm followed by Vaguess from 4:30-5
Jane Church is playing at Sticky Rice from 4:50-5:20pm
Rosie Tucker is playing at Sticky Rice from 6:30-7pm
Veronica Bianqui is playing at TAIX French Restaurant from 7-7:30pm
Ariel Beesley is playing at Little Joy Cocktails from 7:10-7:40pm
Paper Idol are playing at The Echo from 7:30-8pm
Colleen Green is playing at Cosmic Vinyl from 8-9pm
Tracy Bryant is playing the Echoplex from 8:30-9pm
Sister Mantos is playing on the Liberty Stage from 8-8:40pm followed by The Red Pears playing from 9-10pm
Justus Proffit is playing at Stories Books & Cafe from 9:30-10pm
ela minus is playing at The Echo from 9:45-10:15pm
Death Hags are playing at Sticky Rice from 9:50-10:20pm
Juiceboxxx is playing at TAIX French Restaurant from 10-10:45pm
The Paranoyds are playing at the Echoplex from 10-10:30pm
Neil Frances is playing at The Echo from 10:30-11:30pm
MIRSY is playing at Sticky Rice from 11:30-11:59pm
Drinker are playing at The Semi-Tropic from 12-12:40am
Saturday
LA Qoolside are playing the Liberty Stage from 4-4:30pm
Tanukichan is playing at The Echo from 4-4:30pm
Small Forward are playing at Trencher from 6-6:30pm
Los Retros is playing at The Echo from 6:30-7pm
French Vanilla are playing the Liberty Stage from 7-7:45pm
Matt Rose is playing at The Semi-Tropic from 7-7:40pm
Ryan Pollie (LAPD) is playing at Sticky Rice from 8:10-8:40pm
Sofia Bolt is playing at The Echo from 8:20-8:50pm
Cosmonauts are playing the Echoplex from 9-9:40pm
Austin Manuel is playing at Cosmic Vinyl from 9-10pm
SadGirl are playing the Liberty Stage from 9-10pm
Big Search is playing at Sticky Rice from 9:50-10:20pm
Hooveriii are playing at Little Joy Cocktails from 10-10:30pm
Caught a Ghost are playing TAIX French Restaurant from 10-10:45pm
TV Party are playing at Sticky Rice from 11:30 to 11:59pm
Sunday
Loyal Lobos is playing at Sticky Rice from 4-4:30pm
Brendan Eder Ensemble are playing at Stories Books & Cafe from 5-5:30pm
Spelles is playing at Trencher from 5:30-6pm
The Entrance Band are playing at the Echoplex from 7:30-8pm
Draemings are playing at The Echo from 8:15-8:45pm
The High Curbs are playing at Spacedust from 8:30-9pm
Photo Ops is playing at Sticky Rice from 9-9:30pm
Fell Runner are playing at The Semi-Tropic from 9-9:40pm
Steady 45s are playing at the Echoplex from 10-10:30pm
Susan are playing at Sticky Rice from 10:40-11:10pm
Dream Phases are playing at Sticky Rice from 11:30-11:59pm
Veronica Bianqui- If Love’s A Gun, I’m Better Off Dead
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/17-8/8/20/17)-
Thursday
For the last of the free Twilight Concerts at Santa Monica Pier, Warpaint is playing with Wild Belle opening
NAVEL.LA (co-organized with Ghosting TV and WOAH) is hosting the premiere screening of ECLIPSECORE, 27 artists respond to the 2017 North American Eclipse, which will also include live music and a DJ set, and a discussion with researchers from NASA JPL (free but RSVP) and donate
It’s the first night of Echo Park Rising, a free multi-venue, all ages music festival. Too many bands to list them all but for each night I’ll put a few band listings- tonight’s highlights include- The Blank Tapes and Sextile at Taix; Creation Factory and Dungen at The Echo; and The Red Pears and Goon at The Echo Patio (schedule here)
Gordi is playing at Resident
Mt. Joy are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Avid Dancer and Dr. Doctor opening
Friday
Echo Park Rising suggestions for tonight- Veronica Bianqui, Fartbarf, and Hundred Waters are on the Liberty Stage; Cones, NVDES, and Meatbodies are playing at the Echoplex; Sugar Candy Mountain, BOYO, and Billy Changer are among the performers at Spacedust; Levitation Room and Creation Factory are playing late shows at Stories Books & Cafe; and Freedom Fry and HOLYCHILD are playing at The Lost Lot Venue (schedule here)
Terry Malts is playing with Business of Dreams, Real Numbers, and Wellness at The Hi Hat
FIGat7th Downtown Festival returns for another week with a free performance by Sinkane
The Music Center’s Dance DTLA programming has a different theme each week- this time it’s Argentine Tango
Saturday
Echo Park Rising suggestions for tonight- Jurassic Shark, Henry Clay People, Laetitia Sadier, and Surf Curse are playing at the Echoplex; The Paranoyds, Alice Bag, and The Buttertones are playing the Liberty Stage; The Los Angeles Police Department are playing at Taix; and Tennis System are playing at The Lost Lot Venue (schedule here)
LACMA’s Muse til Midnight party returns with DJ’s and late night access to the galleries ($25 members / $35 non)
X will be playing a free show with Meat Puppets at Pershing Square
Some Like It Hot is the outdoor movie at Hollywood Forever this week
Cinefamily is showing Liquid Sky (off site at the Vista) at midnight with cinematographer Yuri Neyman, and production/costume designer Marina Levikova in person
For Grand Performances this week, Daedelus will recreate EDM/IDM songs with an accompanying band and vocalists (free)
Prism Tats are opening for Pickwick at the Bootleg Theater
Sunday
Echo Park Rising suggestions for tonight- Veronica Bianqui and Summer Twins are playing at Spacedust; Moaning are playing at the Echoplex; Dante Elephante and The Tissues are playing at Lot 1 Cafe; and Avi Buffalo and Brightener are playing at Taix; (schedule here)
Independent Shakespeare Co. is performing The Two Gentlemen of Verona free in Griffith Park (also Wed-Saturday)
The Rock N Roll Flea Market returns to The Regent Theater
L.A. Drones! ” The Rachel’s Hyperbolic Decay” “Official Video” /// A band from “Subterranean Film”
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/18-8/21/16)-
Thursday
Multimedia artist Niko Solorio is performing at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel as part of their After 5 event (free with reservation)
Mavis Staples is playing a free concert at the Santa Monica Pier with The Suffers
For The Broad’s Doll Parts film series this week they are showing Luther Price’s Clown and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu (House)
Today is the first day of Echo Park Rising- a free all ages music and local business event taking place at different venues throughout the weekend. Tonight’s highlights include The Frights, The Regrettes, and Pale Blue at the Echoplex. Consider getting the VIP tix to skip the lines, have easy bar access and get a goodie grab bag-$30 for the whole festival, $11.50 per day
Guns N’ Roses are playing at Dodger Stadium (also Friday)
Friday
PJ Harvey is playing at The Fonda Theatre
Guided by Voices are playing at the Teragram Ballroom (also Saturday) with Broncho
Highlights for Echo Park Rising today include Chastity Belt and Ducktails at The Echo and Roses and Colleen Green at Taix. Full schedule here
Saturday
Highlights for Echo Park Rising today include L.A. Drones at the Echoplex; Feels, Froth, La Luz, and Bleached on the Liberty Stage; So Many Wizards at Stories Books & Cafe; and Kolars at Taix. Full schedule here
Muse til Midnight, LACMA’s late night event, is teaming up with Rhonda Int’l for this installment
Parquet Courts are playing the Regent Theater
The movie at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is 2001: A Space Odyssey
Chinatown Summer Nights is back with bands, DJs, a beer garden, a magician, cooking demonstrations, a market and more, all free
Sunday
LA writer Marisela Norte will be in conversation with artist and friend Gronk at the Craft and Folk Art Museum
Peach Kelli Pop are opening for Audacity at The Smell
It’s the last day of Echo Park Rising and highlights include The Lovely Bad Things and Meatbodies at The Echoplex and Billy Changer and So Many Wizards at Spacedust. Full schedule here
Hibou- Glow
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/13-8/16/15)-
Thursday
Dancehall DJ and singer Sister Nancy of Bam Bam fame, is performing at the Santa Monica Pier with Jesse Royal
Downtown ArtWalk is back for its once a month event
The New Original Works Festival continues at REDCAT theater (ends Saturday)
Friday
Hibou is opening for Cayucas at The El Rey
Buzzfeed’s Hollywood Campus is having an outdoor screening of Empire Records with several of the actors from the film present for a Q&A (free with RSVP)
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic are playing the Club Nokia
Friday and Saturday
Classical Remix Weekend is happening at California Plaza as part of the Grand Performances programs. Friday features Mark De Clive Lowe and Saturday features Daedelus
Saturday
Jibade-Khalil Huffman’s live presentation of his new work “MANTRA” is happening at Blum & Poe gallery in Culver City
Cold War Kids are playing the last of KCRW’s free outdoor concerts at Annenberg Space for Photography- RSVP for entrance
The English Beat are playing at the Roxy
Perform Chinatown: Rush Hour is a free all day performance art festival
Saturday and Sunday
Celebrate Japanese American culture in Little Tokyo as part of Nisei Week with exhibits, dance and musical performances and more. There is also a parade Sunday evening
Sunday
homeLA’s dance performance will take place in an apartment in Highland Park this time. There is a limit of 8 people inside per performance which will take place on the hour from noon-8pm
All Weekend (Friday through Sunday)-
Echo Park Rising is a music event featuring multiple stages and venues with a HUGE lineup- highlights include Dengue Fever, Man or Astroman?,Fever the Ghost, Hanni El Khatib, Hannibal Buress, Tennis System, Happyness, and Tropical Popsicle. Free with a $25 VIP (for all three days) if you are feeling fancy
Berserktown II music festival is taking place at The Observatory in Santa Ana with a big lineup that includes Thee Oh Sees and a reunited Royal Trux
Holy Ghost!- Dumb Disco Ideas
Things to do in (and around) Los Angeles this weekend (8/14-8/17/14)-
Thursday
Foxygen is playing at the Fonda
La Santa Cecilia is playing the Santa Monica Pier (free)
Friday through Sunday
Echo Park Rising– a free music festival throughout the different venues of Echo Park- bands include- Allah-Las, Cherry Glazerr, Myron & E, yOya, The Fresh and Onlys and more
Nick Duran: every time you are near dance performance at the Hammer (each day from 2-3pm)
Friday
The Antlers are playing a free show (plus open bar and event poster) at Mack Sennett Studios- RSVP here
Superchunk is playing at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Saturday
Pacific Festival: The Dunes music festival at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort benefiting the Surfrider Foundation- bands include: Holy Ghost!, Cherry Glazerr, De Lux, Miami Horror; afterwards you could also attend A Club Called Rhonda featuring the music of Giorgio Moroder
Los Angeles photographer Gary Leonard is speaking at the Central Library
There’s a midnight showing of Legend followed by Labyrinth at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Neverending Story @9 is sold out)
Purple Rain is playing at the Autry– http://eatseehear.com/schedule/purple-rain/#.U-x0vEhfnU5
Sunday
Angel City Brewery is hosting Avocado Fest with bands, food, mural tour, avocado ale
It’s the last day of Nisei Week Japanese Festival and Sunday is the closing ceremony