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Daily Email - Friday - 8/15/2025

August 15, 2025

Win VIP Mummy access at Hulaween featuring The String Cheese Incident, Goose, Zeds Dead, Illenium & more across 4 days of camping bliss in Florida's Suwannee forest. We're including primitive accommodations beneath ancient oaks plus $600 travel credit!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • The Offspring play The Kia Forum on Friday, 8/29 as part of their SUPERCHARGED Worldwide in ‘25 Tour. Time’s ticking to buy tickets for this punk rock onslaught. Get ‘em while they’re gettable.*

  • Tony Award-winning and two-time GRAMMY winner Dreamgirls icon Jennifer Holliday is hitting Catalina Bar & Grill on Friday, 9/5 to belt, testify, and straight-up resurrect your soul. And you can win your way in (VIP style)!

  • Patriarchy’s back to drown you in blood and synths. Their Manual For Dying album release at Lodge Room won’t just be a concert — it’s a baptism. Come get weird on Sunday, 10/26. Tickets are less than $25!

  • Pouya and Fat Nick are storming the Echoplex this November for the Only A Few Left Tour — which might also match your brain cell count afterwards.

  • Plus fresh announcements from Julia Michaels, Rexx Life Raj, and more!

FREE EVENTS IN LA

Rent in LA is expensive, but these free events aren’t. Here’s where to catch good vibes around LA without going into credit card debt.

LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT

😻 Fierce! The Story of Cats

On Display through February 18 at the Natural History Museum of LA

Unleash your curiosity at “Fierce! The Story of Cats!” Discover wild and domestic cats through interactive displays, cultural objects, and fascinating specimens. Grab your tickets meow!*

🚨 G Herbo

Friday, August 22 at The Observatory (7PM)

Big night. Bigger bars. The “Greatest Rapper Alive” G Herbo hits Santa Ana next week and we’re giving away tickets! Enter to win a pair and thank yourself later.*

🤘 Thirty Seconds To Mars

Tomorrow, August 16 at The Kia Forum (8PM)

Thirty Seconds to Mars are throwing it way back for the 20th anniversary of A Beautiful Lie. Expect big emotions, bigger vocals, and Jared Leto drenched in eyeliner. Tickets start around $30!

🎶 Sharon Marie Cline

Wednesday, August 20 at Catalina Bar & Grill (8:30PM)

Sharon Marie Cline brings sultry jazz heat with The Todd Hunter Quartet for a midweek swoonfest of Summer Love. Wanna experience it like a VIP? Enter to win tickets on us!

👻 Origami Ghosts

Saturday, August 23 at The Harmony Room (7:30PM)

Their new folky jangle-pop album, A Fine Time to Talk About Nothing, embraces the punk rock spirit with a childlike glee. Origami Ghosts are teaming up with Fragile Gang and Y Try? for a night of DIY charm in Eagle Rock. Enter to win a pair of tickets!

Eat & Play Combo

Hit your local D&B ASAP, because where else are you getting dinner, drinks, and game credits for just $19.99!? Grab the Eat & Play Combo, then stick around for watch parties, Godzilla VR, Top Gun: Maverick, and more!*

LOCALS ONLY

  • Little Tokyo’s Nisei Week wraps this weekend with the JANM Natsumatsuri Family Festival tomorrow from 12-5PM, followed on Sunday by Taiko Drumming at the JACCC Plaza. Free, loud, and full of Japanese culture!

  • Mark your calendars, NBA fans! The Lakers and Clippers season schedules have been officially announced. 

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