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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