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Daily Email - Thursday - 10/9/2025

October 09, 2025

Bars like Baldwin. Beats like butter. Oddisee makes hip-hop for thinkers, feelers, and real ones who still believe in rap with a pulse. Snag free tickets to see him live at The Regent Theater next Tuesday, 10/14 with Good Compny on The Good Fight Anniversary Tour!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Expect waves of eerie synth, brooding vocals, and a night of doom-pop where the walls feel alive. Part philosopher, part goth-pop prophet, John Maus plays The Belasco on Wednesday, 10/22!*

  • Break out the skinny jeans ‘cuz All Time Low, Mayday Parade, The Cab, and The Paradox are bringing the emo nostalgia to YouTube Theater on Wednesday, 10/22 for the Everyone’s Talking! Tour. You might cry. You’ll definitely scream.*

  • Sinister sounds await at the biggest Halloween party in the country. Escape Halloween: Psycho Circus brings Porter Robinson, DJ Snake, Peekaboo, Walker & Royce, and more to San Bernardino. Win your way in!*

  • From Stagecoach to SXSW, Rosy Nolan’s been everywhere. Win tickets to hear her tear-stained two-step and new EP Main Attraction at Pappy & Harriet’s in Joshua Tree next Thursday, 10/16!

  • Plus fresh announcements from Little Feat, Sabrina Claudio, The Adicts, and more!

BEST PIZZA IN LA

Photo: Little Coyote

Fun fact: October is National Pizza Month! Thin crust, gourmet, Chicago-style deep dish, vegan, stuffed crust – there's no shortage when it comes to amazing pizza in LA. That's why we put together our list of the best pizza in LA from the classic pepperoni to the fully loaded mac-n-cheese...

STREET FOOD CINEMA PRESENTS:

BOO-ZE, BITES & FRIGHTS

Join Street Food Cinema 10/16-25 for Boo-ze, Bites & Frights, an immersive Halloween movie series at Heritage Square Museum in Pasadena! Sink your teeth into an evening of hair-raising fun, featuring Halloween double features, mouth-watering street food, adult trick-or-treating, boo-zy bars, creepy photo ops, guided tours of hauntingly beautiful Victorian mansions, and much more!*

  • Thursday, 10/16 - Terrifier 2

  • Friday, 10/17 - American Psycho + The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

  • Saturday, 10/18 - The Menu + Ready Or Not

  • Friday, 10/24 - Friday The 13th Part 2 + Friday The 13th Part 3D

  • Saturday, 10/25 - Scream 2 + Scream 3

ON A GOOD HAIR DAY

🎷 Kamasi Washington

Tonight thru Sunday, October 9-12 (5PM & 9PM Showtimes)

Big jazz. Tiny room. Perfect acoustics. Kamasi Washington’s dropping into Hollywood for four more nights of sax, clarinet, and keyboards! See him before he’s gone!*

🌊 California Seaweed Festival + Seaweed Speakeasy

Speakeasy: Tomorrow, October 10 at AltaSea (5-9PM)

Festival: Saturday, October 11 at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (10AM-6PM)

Seaweed goes wild this weekend in San Pedro. Free for all ages, the 6th Annual California Seaweed Festival features ocean talks, live music, seaweed snacks, & mermaids. Tickets for the Seaweed Speakeasy get you cocktails, oysters, and underwater art.

🔥 Bambu

Tomorrow, October 10 at The Paramount (7PM)

No gimmicks. No flexing. Just bars that hit like truth. LA’s own Bambu brings his razor-sharp rap skills to Boyle Heights for a night of community-rooted fire. He’s joined by Klassy and DJ Phatrick, and tickets are only like $30!

💀 Carnival of Death Tour

Saturday, October 11 at Whisky A Go Go (6PM)

Vader, Kataklysm, Malevolent Creation, and more bust out blast beats, breakdowns, and death metal carnage on the Sunset Strip for the Carnival of Death Tour. Tickets start at $40! Mosh in the pit or perish trying.

🙌 Maris & Caroline Kingsbury

Wednesday, October 15 at The Echoplex (6PM) 

Think Lorde meets Clairo in a Lisa Frank fever dream. Maris & Caroline Kingsbury’s Give Me A Tour rolls through Echo Park next week with alt-pop that’s glittery, chaotic, and emotional as hell.*

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