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Daily Email - Tuesday - 8/19/2025
Lock in your team, then battle it out for bragging rights on the Dave & Buster’s leaderboard. Book your fantasy football draft day party by 9/2 for exclusive perks and 20% off food, plus enter to win $30 food & beverage credit per person on us!*
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After a two-year hiatus, The Sword ride again, celebrating 15 years of Warp Riders with a molten hot stop at The Bellwether on Saturday, 8/30. Enter to win tickets before they vanish again.*
Sunday vibes, loud and unholy. Forget a party, this is a full-on ritual. Summer Mass hits Echoplex on Sunday, 8/31, and yes... we’ve got your shot at free tickets.*
London’s wildest new band hits Lodge Room on Thursday, 9/4. Fat Dog’s debut album WOOF. is a snarling, electro-punk fever dream. And we’re tossing you a bone! Enter to win a pair of tickets on us! No tricks, just treats.
Dusk, Dark, Dawn. British dance music maker-in-chief SG Lewis’ debut album scores the full arc of a night out — and it slaps. Wanna hear it live at The Shrine this October with Sofia Kourtesis? Enter our giveaway!
Plus fresh announcements from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Madison Cunningham, J.I.D., and more!
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🐴 Men I Trust
Tonight & Tomorrow, August 19-20 at House of Blues (7PM)
Thursday, August 21 at The Greek (8PM)
Think floating riffs, mellow beats, and pure electro‑pop. Indie unit Men I Trust brings their silky, hypnotic double-album Equus Tour to the stage with support from strongboi.
✨ Kali Uchis
Tomorrow & Thursday, August 20-21 at The Kia Forum (7PM)
Pop-soul superstar Kali Uchis hits Inglewood this week on The Sincerely, Tour, and it’s giving sultry, surreal, and sexy. Thee Sacred Souls open. Bring tissues and glitter. If you can’t swing it, she’ll be back at Intuit Dome on 9/28!
🖤 Ethel Cain
Tomorrow & Thursday, August 20-21 at The Shrine (8PM)
The Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour feels like a sermon at the end of the world. Dark songstress Ethel Cain is joined by 9Million for two nights of Southern gothic slowcore. And it’s not too late to win tickets for Thursday’s show!
🤠 The Droptines
Thursday, August 21 at The Troubadour (7PM)
Texas-bred and whiskey-laced, The Droptines hit West Hollywood with gritty country-rock and outlaw edge. $25 to howl with the real ones.
🌸 Take It Outside
Friday, August 22 at TBA DTLA (9PM)
This party’s intimate, sweaty, and deeply local at a TBA outdoor venue downtown. B2B house & techno sets all night from Masha Mar, Heidi Lawden, DJ Kerry, Stacy Christine, and more at Take It Outside. Tickets are around $20!
LOCALS ONLY
No fees, no catch. Hit The Shrine box office this Thursday, 8/21 between 12–2PM for fee-free tix + IRL giveaways!
Little Tokyo’s got a new farmers market! Fresh flavors from local farmers and vendors at Isamu Noguchi Plaza at JACCC every Saturday from 9AM-2PM starting 8/30.
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