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Daily Email - Tuesday - 12/23/2025

December 23, 2025

Don’t have plans this weekend? Wanna spend it with GRiZ, ILLENIUM, & SLANDER? We’re sending one winner and a guest to HiJinx in Philadelphia, December 27-28! The Flyaway includes weekend passes, a hotel stay for the festival, and a $600 travel credit. Sign up for DoMORE and enter to lock in your year-end escape!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Dress in your fave 2000s pop-era style, raise a glass, and ring in the New Year with non-stop Y2K nostalgia at Zero Lounge in Hollywood for Total Reboot Live: A NYE Tribute to MTV! Win your way in!*

  • Dawes organized A Concert for Altadena at the Pasadena Civic on Wednesday, 1/7 to commemorate the devastating Eaton Fire. Rufus Wainwright, Taboo, Lord Huron, and Lucius joined the lineup, plus John C. Reilly as the host.

  • Avant-punk heads, Dischord diehards, and anyone who thinks a saxophone can be a weapon: Black Eyes’ new album Hostile Design hits hard, and so will their live set at Lodge Room on Friday, 1/16 (especially if you win tickets).

  • Sweaty, soul-shouting, beer-spraying cults of joy when Andy Frasco & The U.N. bring their traveling party gospel to the Troubadour on Friday, 1/30, with support from Lonesome Joy. We’ve got free tickets for one lucky DoLA-er!

  • Violinist, singer, songwriter, and producer Sudan Archives released her debut album Athena and is taking it on the road. Win tickets to catch her at The Fonda on Friday, 2/20!

COMING UP AT THE EL REY THEATRE

The El Rey is one of those venues that just feels iconic the second you step inside. The neon, the art deco, the perfect-size-for-any-show energy. It’s where buzzy up-and-comers level up, legends pop in for surprise sets, and every night has the chance to become one you brag about later.

Here are a few shows to look forward to in the new year:

  • THE ORPHICS - Wednesday, 12/31 (Free!)

  • TONY JUPITER - Saturday, 1/3 (Win tickets!)

  • ROY BLAIR - Friday & Saturday, 1/30-31 (Win tickets for 1/30!)

  • SAMM HENSHAW - Thursday, 2/12 (Win tickets!)

  • LIGHTS - Saturday & Sunday, 2/21-22 (Win tickets for 2/22!)

HOLEY MOLEY PRESENTS:

PUTT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

If your holiday calendar is filling up with the same old plans, Holey Moley is here to shake things up. This is mini golf turned all the way up: nine holes packed with pop culture references, neon surprises, and just enough attitude to keep things interesting. Add in limited edition holiday cocktails at The Caddyshack plus a stacked lineup of weekly specials, and suddenly your “quick night out” turns into the highlight of the season.

To sweeten the deal, we’re giving away a $50 gift card! Perfect for fueling another round, another cocktail, or another reason to come back. No ifs. Just putts.*

FOR ONE LAST HURRAH THIS YEAR

The Roots via Spotify

🕹️ WED 12/31 - NEW YEAR’S EVE at Dave & Buster’s (Win a family 4-pack of tickets!)*

🙌 WED 12/31 - NO COVER NEW YEARS at Angel City Brewery (Free!)*

🛸 WED 12/31 - COUNTDOWN NYE at LA Convention Center (Win tickets!)*

🎶 WED 12/31 - THE ROOTS at Walt Disney Concert Hall

🪩 WED + THU 12/31-1/1 - RESOLUTIONS NYE/NYD at Union Station

LOCALS ONLY

WIN STUFF

🚨 COMING UP:

👀 IN THE FUTURE:

American Icon: A Mustang Immersive Experience

Six decades of speed, muscle, and horsepower from the Ford Mustang. Roll inside American Icon at Ace*Mission Studios before 2/9!*

Fierce! The Story of Cats

Ready for the PAWlidays? This exhibition at NHMLA is purr-fect for cat lovers everywhere!*

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Before the year ends, skip the fluff and get your brand where it counts: feeds, inboxes, and actual memories. From gift guides to NYE hype, DoLA’s got the placements to make you unmissable. Advertise with us!

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