Ty Segall- “Manipulator” Album Teaser

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (8/28-9/1/14)-

Thursday-Sunday

Ty Segall is playing four sold out shows at the Echo (but there may be tickets at the door) to promote his just released album, Manipulator

It’s the last weekend of the Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival. Thursday and Friday, it’s Taming of the Shrew. Saturday and Sunday, it’s Twelfth Night

Thursday

Lee “Scratch” Perry is playing the Santa Monica Pier (free)

Mission of Burma is playing with GRMLN at the Roxy

Friday through Monday

Los Angeles County Fair begins (running until 9/28)

Saturday

Skate and Create opens at Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena. Over forty well known street artists created skateboards for the show.

Saturday and Sunday

Made in America Festival in Grand Park- tons of artists including Kendrick Lamar, Imagine Dragons, Juanes, Weezer, Cypress Hill, Chance the Rapper and more

Sunday

Los Angeles Plays Itself, a 3 hour film compilation of clips of movies filmed in LA, is playing at the Aero. The director, Thom Andersen, will discuss it afterwards and present an additional film.

The Big Picture: Hitchcock at the Hollywood Bowl– scores from Hitchcock’s famous films are played live while scenes play on a screen in the background

Burger presents: OFF!, along with a bunch of other bands including Cherry Glazerr and Lovely Bad Things at Los Globos

All weekend (including Labor Day)

Cinefamily and Everything is Terrible present a weekend’s worth  of programming for Everything Is Festival: Fifth Dimension– including an art opening, movie premieres (one with live score performed by YACHT), found footage compilations and more