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Daily Email - Tuesday - 7/29/2025

July 29, 2025

DoMORE members can win deluxe passes to Austin’s psychiest music festival LEVITATION this September, plus hotel, $600 flight credit, and merch. Catch TV on The Radio, Mastodon, Pavement. Yeah, that’s a Golden Ticket sweepstakes – it's a pretty big deal. Sign up today!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Funk, fashion, and French electro royalty – this October, Kaytranada and Justice are taking over The Kia Forum… together?! Tickets drop this Friday, 8/1 at 10AM!*

  • Coulda been a comedy show. Coulda been a music fest. Druski said: why not both? The Coulda Fest Tour hits The Kia Forum this December with Soulja Boy, Young M.A, Lil Yachty, Caleb Pressley, and Navv Greene. We’ve got your chance to go for free.*

  • This is not a drill: Erykah Badu, The Soulquarian Queen herself, is bringing her cosmic, chaotic, completely electrifying stage energy to the Bowl. If your chakras aren’t aligned, they will be on Friday, 10/3.

  • Durand Jones & The Indications are rolling into The Greek on their Flowers Tour this October like it’s a 1971 soul revue. Their harmony game? Flawless. Their suits? Crisp. Their shows? Time machines with better sound systems.

  • Plus fresh announcements from Nils Hoffmann, La Muerte, and more!

AUGUST TOP PICKS

Photo: HARD Summer

We made you a summer cheat sheet: 50 ways to dodge boredom in August. It’s all killer, no filler. Scroll, save these top events to your DoLA profile, and make all your friends jealous of your insanely stacked concert calendar:

STREET FOOD CINEMA PRESENTS:

PRETTY WOMAN

Not entering our Pretty Woman giveaway? Big mistake. Huge. Catch the iconic film at the LA Equestrian Center in Burbank this Saturday, 8/2 with food trucks and costumes from the film on display, courtesy of Walt Disney Archives.*

INSTEAD OF WATCHING TV

🏈 Fantasy Football Draft Party

At Dave & Buster’s

Bring your fantasy football draft day intensity to the Dave & Buster's arcade! Lock in your picks, then battle it out for bragging rights on the leaderboard. Book your Fantasy party by 9/2 for exclusive perks and 20% off food!*

🎵 NewDad

Tomorrow, July 30 at The Troubadour (7PM)

Shoegaze haze, but make it Irish. NewDad is bringing their dreamy, doom-tinged indie rock to West Hollywood tomorrow night.

🎤 Jessie Reyez

Tomorrow, July 30 at YouTube Theater (8PM)

Jessie Reyez is storming Inglewood this week on the Paid In Memories Tour with support from RAAHiiM. Expect R&B anthems, wild energy, and at least one moment where you gasp-laugh-cry all at once.

💀 Architects

Thursday, July 31 at The Wiltern (6PM)

Architects are leveling The Wiltern with bone-rattling riffs, guttural screams, and post-apocalyptic metalcore precision. Openers Erra and Holywatr set the scene. Wear black, bring earplugs, feel everything.

🌇 Skyline Sessions

Thursday, July 31 at Spire 73 (7-10PM)

Golden-hour 73 floors up, backdropped by sets from LA’s next-big-things — live music, hot bites, and signature cocktails at the tallest open-air bar in the Western Hemisphere. Sunset’s never sounded better. Lock in your tickets for Skyline Sessions!

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LOCALS ONLY

  • It's like Comic Con, but for cat people! CatCon returns to the Pasadena Convention Center this weekend for its 10th year! Meet hundreds of adoptable cats, connect with cat-lebrities, browse 150+ booths, giveaways, games and more!

  • KCRW’s Summer Nights lands at the California African American Museum this Friday, 8/1 with live sets from Linafornia and Tyler Boudreaux, plus food trucks, a beer garden, and late-night museum hangs. Starts at 7! Totally FREE! 

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Who’s ready to go HARD this weekend?