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Daily Email - Friday - 8/22/2025

August 22, 2025

The forest is calling… and it’s blasting Zeds Dead, Goose, and The String Cheese Incident. We’re flying one lucky DoLA-er to Hulaween in Florida for four days of music, magic, and mayhem in the Suwannee woods with VIP passes, $600 travel cash, and a campsite under Spanish moss included. Wanna win the best Halloween ever?*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Portola Festival returns to San Francisco’s Pier 80 the weekend of 9/20–21 with a stacked lineup: LCD Soundsystem, The Chemical Brothers, Dom Dolla, Moby, Peggy Gou, and more. We’ve got a free pair of wristbands to win!*

  • Skank, sway, repeat. Fortunate Youth is bringing their Love for the Music Tour to The Bellwether on Saturday, 9/13, with help from Tomorrows Bad Seeds and Josh Heinrichs. Win a pair of tix and catch a contact high!*

  • “I've got this feeling I wanna be where you are...” especially if you’re at the El Rey on Friday, 12/12 as HAYLA’s debut solo tour will make LA “Shiver.” We’re giving away tickets!

  • “Yo, Tape B!” The bass world’s favorite tag is finally coming to LA when the dubstep disruptor hits The Shrine on Friday, 12/19. Enter to win tickets to see the “Old School x New School” king live!

  • Plus fresh announcements from Papa Roach, Bully, Wafia, and more!

COMING UP AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM

The GRAMMY Museum, credit Tonelson Productions

Tucked inside Downtown’s L.A. Live complex, The GRAMMY Museum is one of our best-kept secrets — an intimate space where music history in-the-making is honored. Past shows here have featured surprise appearances, unreleased tracks, and stories you won’t hear on stage at the actual GRAMMYs. Think of it as live music’s inner sanctum. From deep-dive conversations to stripped-back sets that hit way harder than you'd expect, here’s what’s coming up next:

THIS WEEKEND

✨ Fazerdaze

Tomorrow, August 23 at The Roxy Theatre (8PM)

New Zealand’s Fazerdaze (aka Amelia Murray) brings dreamy, shoegaze-tinged bedroom pop to The Sunset Strip, with an opening set by Alisa Xayalith, whose warm, synth-pop voice led The Naked and Famous. Tickets are under $30!

🎶 Southern Avenue & Will Hoge

Tomorrow, August 23 at Stage Red (8PM)

Sunday, August 24 at The Coach House (7PM)

Tuesday, August 26 at The Peppermint Club (7PM)

Two standout acts, three memorable nights in Fontana, San Juan Capistrano, and West Hollywood. Southern Avenue brings gospel-infused grooves and Memphis-born blues. Will Hoge follows with road-worn, rock-tinged Americana.

😂 Fuck This Month + Holy Shit Improv

Sunday, August 24 at Dynasty Typewriter (7:30PM)

Two of L.A.’s best improv teams unite for one unhinged Sunday. Fuck This Month turns your worst moments into comedy gold, and Holy Shit Improv brings a lineup so good you’ll scream exactly that. Advance tickets are only $20!

🪕 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Monday, August 25 at The Ford (8PM)

Imagine: a banjo, a harmonica, a drumitar, and a space-traveling jazz quartet all walked into a bar. That’s Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, landing at The Ford for a night of jazz-bluegrass-funk fusion only they could invent.

🥄 Spoon

Tuesday, August 26 at The Observatory (7PM)

Spoon is rolling into Santa Ana with sharp riffs, tighter jeans, and two decades of indie rock swagger. Britt Daniel and the gang bring the heat ‘til “time’s gone inside out,” so come sweat it out.

Street Food Cinema Presents: Miss Congeniality

Be the crown! 25 years ago, Gracie Hart made handguns and hairspray look good. Street Food Cinema’s celebrating Miss Congeniality’s silver-screen birthday at The Autry Museum this Saturday, 8/23 with dumplings, burgers, trivia, and a killer sunset backdrop.*

LOCALS ONLY

  • Live demonstrations, open studios, pop-ups, music, and more tomorrow from 3-9PM at the El Segundo Art Walk! Totally free fun for all ages, so bring the whole fam!

  • Culver City’s signature summer festival, Fiesta La Ballona, takes over Veterans Memorial Park this weekend with live entertainment, delicious food, and family-friendly activities! Buy tickets!

WIN STUFF

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You survived the week. Now go ruin your voice at a show.