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Daily Email - Tuesday - 10/14/2025
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Raise a stein for Oktoberfest at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica this weekend! Pair Paulaner and Hofbräuhaus beers with bratwurst, roasted chicken, pretzels, Sauerkraut, and apple strudel. Enjoy classic Oktoberfest games with cash prizes, traditional Polka playlist, and live bands! Tickets are only $20, but we’re giving away a pair!*
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HUMP! Film Festival hits Brain Dead Studios next month with 22 new jaw-dropping shorts full of kink, laughs, and chaos. There's something for everyone (unless you’re boring). New kink unlocked: winning tickets!*
Watching the Rams or Chargers at home? Snooze. Dave & Buster’s has wall-to-wall screens, $5 drinks, frozen margs, and an arcade that keeps the hype alive even at halftime. Game day, upgraded!*
Big feelings. Bigger sound. Same sad boy magic. New Jersey native, global melancholic Jeremy Zucker lands at The Wiltern on Saturday, 10/25 for his Welcome to the Garden State Tour.*
One floor, two idiomas, same energía – IYKYK kicks off with Rock ‘N’ Rolas: Spanglish Night at The Venice West this Friday, 10/17 with English and Spanish anthems curated by LUNIQUE. Win tickets!
Plus fresh announcements from Portugal. The Man, Demi Lovato, Khruangbin, and more!
50 THINGS TO DO IN OCTOBER
Photo: BIIANCO, credit Dasha Gladkov
We’re halfway through spooky season, but there’s still a LOT of fun stuff to do before October ends:
THE WILLOWS - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays at Beckett Mansion
FIXTURE X GAIA BY BIIANCO - Saturday, 10/18 at Lot 613 (win tix!)
ZIGGY MARLEY + BURNING SPEAR - Sunday, 10/19 at Great Park Live Irvine (win tix!)
CHANCE THE RAPPER - Monday, 10/20 at Hollywood Palladium and Wednesday, 10/22 at The GRAMMY Museum
VIAGRA BOYS - Friday, 10/24 at The Shrine (win tix!)
AFTER SURVIVING THIS WEEK
🪩 Smerz
Friday, October 17 at The Regent Theater (9PM)
Half-scandi pop, half fever dream, Smerz brings their icy, high-art club chaos to DTLA for a night that’s equal parts performance piece and haunted rave. Win tickets!*
🔊 Odd Mob
Friday, October 17 at The Shrine (9PM)
One of the most innovative forces in electronic music, Australian producer Odd Mob is bringing his genre-breaking, bass-rattling, globally-dominating madness to The Shrine with TOBEHONEST and Leisan. Get tickets before they disappear LEFT TO RIGHT!
🎷 The Hip Abduction
Saturday, October 18 at The Bellwether (7PM)
1M+ Spotify listeners can’t be wrong. The Hip Abduction blend Malian blues, sax solos, and beachy grooves into one wild, Reggae fusion-fueled set. Last chance to win tickets to see them in DTLA this weekend!*
🎺 Fly Me To The Moon: A Tribute To Quincy Jones
Saturday, October 18 at The Soraya (8PM)
Chris Walden and the Pacific Jazz Orchestra are throwing it back to Quincy’s big band days — think jazz trumpets, Hollywood scores, and the kind of grooves that made MJ moonwalk. Enter to win a pair of tickets!*
🇦🇷 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Saturday & Sunday, October 18-19 at Walt Disney Concert Hall (7:30PM)
Four decades of Argentine ska, soul, and pure Latin rock royalty await! Los Fabulosos Cadillacs hit Walt Disney Concert Hall for two nights as part of their La Música Salvará Al Mundo Tour.*
LOCALS ONLY
Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Día De Los Muertos celebration kicks off next Saturday, 10/25 with performances by El Marchante, Mariachi Las Catrinas, and Danza Artes de México, along with community altars, paper mache art, and more! Free and family- and pet-friendly!
LA Fright Club organized a spooky hike at the Colorado Street Bridge in South Pasadena next Sunday, 10/26! Costumes encouraged, and kids and pets are welcome, too!
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