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Shintaro Sakamoto
2025-10-28 20:00 - 23:30 (Asia/Kolkata) | The Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California
Shintaro Sakamoto is a highly influential Japanese musician, singer, and producer, first gaining renown as the frontman and creative force behind the legendary psychedelic rock band Yura Yura Teikoku, which was active from 1989 until its amicable disbandment in 2010. Following the end of the band, Sakamoto launched a solo career that saw him evolve his sound from raw psychedelia into a unique, sophisticated blend of soft rock, dub, city pop, and exotica, often described as a Japanese version of Steely Dan or tropicália. Operating his own label, zelone records, his solo work—including albums like How To Live With A Phantom and Let’s Dance Raw—is characterized by smooth, laid-back grooves, subtle wit, and a distinctive deadpan vocal delivery, establishing him as one of the most distinctive and internationally acclaimed voices in modern Japanese indie music.

Dijon
2025-10-29 18:30 - 23:30 | Greek Theatre, 2700 North Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California, 90027.0
Dijon is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer known for his raw, emotionally resonant, and genre-defying music. His sound blends elements of alternative R&B, neo-soul, Americana, and indie-folk, often characterized by a distinctive lo-fi, “bedroom” production style that emphasizes vocal vulnerability, acoustic instrumentation, and spontaneous, jam-like performances. After gaining recognition as half of the alternative R&B duo Abhi//Dijon, he launched his solo career, culminating in the critically acclaimed debut album, Absolutely (2021). His work is celebrated for its deeply personal lyrics, which explore themes of romance, anxiety, and modern masculinity, often delivered with a dynamic voice that can shift from a tender whisper to a powerful, strained plea.

Peces Raros
2025-10-29 19:00 - 22:00 | The Roxy, 9009 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California
Peces Raros is an Argentinian duo from La Plata, Buenos Aires, known for pioneering a unique and compelling fusion of electronic music and rock, often described as electronic rock or indie-pop. Led by Lucio Consolo (vocals) and Marco Viera, the band is defined by its pulsing, dance-driven sound that heavily utilizes synthesizers, electronic textures, and immersive guitar work. They are renowned for their intense and continuous “set-mode” live performances, which blur the line between a rock concert and a DJ session, compelling audiences to move. With albums like Anestesia (2018) and the award-nominated Dogma (2021) and Artificial (2024), Peces Raros has become a prominent and innovative act in the Latin American music scene, performing at major festivals and gaining a strong international following.

Pacific Jazz Orchestra featuring special guest Jane Monheit
2025-10-29 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-10-29 21:30 - 23:30, 2025-10-30 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-30 21:30 - 23:30 | Blue Note Jazz Club
The Pacific Jazz Orchestra (PJO), led by seven-time Grammy-nominated conductor Chris Walden, is Los Angeles’ premier 40-piece ensemble, known for pioneering a hybrid sound that merges a jazz big band with a lush string orchestra to perform an expansive repertoire across genres from swing to Brazilian jazz. When featuring special guest vocalist Jane Monheit, a Grammy-nominated interpreter of the Great American Songbook and Brazilian repertoire, the collaboration results in a unique performance that showcases Monheit’s warm, sophisticated voice against the PJO’s dynamic, custom-arranged orchestrations, delivering a fresh and grand take on classic and contemporary jazz material.

Hadestown
2025-10-29 19:30 - 22:30, 2025-10-30 19:30 - 22:30, 2025-10-31 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-11-01 14:00 - 17:00 | Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd. Wayne McWorter (213)365-3500, Hollywood, CA, 90028.0

Noga Erez
2025-10-29 20:00 - 23:30 | The Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California
Noga Erez is an acclaimed Israeli singer-songwriter and producer known for her bold, genre-bending electronic music. Born in Tel Aviv in 1989, her sound is a vibrant fusion of electro-pop, alternative pop, and sample-based hip-hop, often characterized by punchy, experimental beats and sharp, witty lyrics. Erez gained international recognition with her 2017 debut album, Off the Radar, which featured the hit single “Dance While You Shoot.” She solidified her unique artistic voice with her 2021 album, Kids, and her 2024 release, The Vandalist, all created in close collaboration with her partner and producer, Ori Rousso. While she’s been reticent to label her work “political,” her songs frequently process and critique global and societal issues with a fearless energy that makes her one of the most exciting contemporary artists to emerge from Israel.

Robby Krieger of The Doors, A 60th Anniversary Doors Celebration
2025-10-30 18:00 - 22:00 | Greek Theatre, 2700 North Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California, 90027.0
To commemorate the band’s 60th anniversary, Doors guitarist Robby Krieger headlined “A 60th Anniversary Doors Celebration,” which served as the grand finale to a series of special shows throughout the year. The one-night-only event, held at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, featured Krieger and his band—including his son Waylon on vocals—performing a special homage to the band’s 1970 album, Morrison Hotel, alongside other Doors classics. The celebration boasted an all-star lineup of guest performers from across the rock spectrum, with artists like Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction), Deryck Whibley (Sum 41), Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots), and others joining Krieger on stage to honor the band’s enduring legacy. The evening also began with an opening set from Tripform, an electronic-music act featuring Pablo Manzarek, the son of the late Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, making the event a multi-generational tribute to one of rock’s most influential groups.

Xana with Siena Liggins
2025-10-30 19:00 - 22:00 | The Roxy, 9009 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Xana is an emerging pop powerhouse. Her command of pop music keeps her songwriting enthralling, as her blissful vocals glide across the most intimate storytelling and worldbuilding. It’s her intoxicating vibrance that sets Xana apart, as she encompasses themes of LGBTQ romance and female empowerment through her own experiences across her flourishing repertoire.

GUNHILD CARLING: Sweden’s Queen of Swing! (Jazz Singer and Award-winning Musician)
2025-10-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, California, 90028.0
Gunhild Carling, known as “Sweden’s Queen of Swing,” is an internationally acclaimed jazz musician, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist whose high-energy shows blend vintage jazz with vaudeville showmanship. She is famous for her remarkable ability to play numerous instruments, including the trombone (her favorite), trumpet, bagpipes, harp, and piano, often demonstrating her versatility by playing multiple instruments simultaneously or incorporating tap dancing and juggling into her act. Carling’s musical style is rooted in hot, traditional jazz and swing from the 1920s and 1930s, though she is also known for her modern collaborations, notably with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, where she delivers vintage-style covers of contemporary pop songs.

The Rescues
2025-10-30 19:30 - 23:30 | Hotel Cafe, 1623 Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, CA, 90028
The Rescues are an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008 by a collective of four established singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists: Kyler England, Adrianne Gonzalez (known as AG), Gabriel Mann, and initially Rob Giles (who is a past member, with the band now operating as a trio). The band’s music is known for its soaring, emotional Adult Alternative/Indie Pop rock style, with a major distinguishing characteristic being their intricate and flawless three and four-part vocal harmonies, which critics have compared to groups like Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles. They gained significant recognition for having their songs frequently featured as the soundtrack for major television dramas, particularly on shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, and One Tree Hill, with their single “Break Me Out” being one of their notable TV placements.

"ONCE UPON a ONE MORE TIME"
2025-10-30 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-31 20:00 - 21:30 | Jaxx Theatre Cabaret, 5432 SANTA MONICA BLVD, Los Angeles, CA, 90029, United States
When a fairy godmother goes rogue and plops copies of The Feminine Mystique
in the laps of classic heroines, the damsels embark on a quest to rewrite
their stories and redefine “happily ever after.”
Once Upon a One More Time weaves 23 of Britney Spears’ smash hits—like
“Crazy,” “Oops!…I Did It Again,” “Circus,” “Lucky,” and “Toxic”—into “a big,
modern, musical dance party, with Britney’s beating heart at its core.” (ABC
News) Once Upon a One More Time is a modern day Into the Woods and a jukebox
musical fantasy come true!
Once Upon a One More Time started previews on Broadway on May 13, 2023,
opened on June 22, 2023 and ran for 83 performances before closing on
September 3, 2023. Jaxx’s producing team saw the show on Broadway and
recognized its potential as a post-Broadway camp classic.

Robby Krieger of The Doors
2025-10-30 20:00 - 23:00 | Greek
A 60th Anniversary Doors Celebration

Get Out
2025-10-30 20:00 - 23:30 | California
Kick off Halloweekend a day early with Jordan Peele’s film on “a truly terrifying monster: racism” (The New York Times), starring Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya.

Geese
2025-10-30 20:00 - 23:30 | The Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California
The rock band Geese is an American indie rock and post-punk group that formed in 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Known for their energetic and eclectic sound, the band consists of vocalist Cameron Winter, guitarist Emily Green, bassist Dominic DiGesu, and drummer Max Bassin. After gaining attention with their self-produced demos, the band signed with Partisan Records, leading to the release of albums like Projector (2021), 3D Country (2023), and their latest, Getting Killed (2025). Geese’s music is characterized by a blend of angular, raw energy and complex arrangements, drawing comparisons to a wide array of rock influences from the New York scene and beyond.

The Nightmare Before Christmas : Hollywood Glam! Rooftop Cult Classic Screening
2025-10-31 17:00 - 23:00 | The Montalban, 1615 Vine St, Hollywood, California, 90028.0
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a beautiful and spooky musical about Jack Skellington, the master of all things frightening in his home of Halloween Town. After years of the same creepy routine, Jack gets completely bored with scaring people. He accidentally stumbles through a magical door and discovers Christmas Town, a world filled with dazzling lights, snow, and joy.
Completely charmed by the new holiday, Jack decides to take over Christmas and be “Sandy Claws” himself, convincing his monster friends to make their own version of gifts. This goes terribly wrong when their scary presents cause chaos in the human world and they accidentally put the real Santa in danger. With the help of the kind, rag-doll Sally, Jack must fix the mess he made and realizes that being the Pumpkin King is his true calling, finding love and a new appreciation for his own unique life and holiday.

Surfer Girl, Bikini Trill, and Tessellated
2025-10-31 19:00 - 23:30 | The Roxy, 9009 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California
The collective touring presence of Surfer Girl, Bikini Trill, and Tessellated offers audiences a diverse and sun-soaked blend of contemporary beach-meets-city sounds. Headlined by Surfer Girl (led by Carter Reeves of Aer), the lineup centers around a genre-fusing aesthetic that leans into indie-pop, reggae, and surf-rock vibes. They are joined by the Los Angeles surf-pop trio Bikini Trill, who seamlessly mix electronic elements, hip-hop drums, and catchy melodic vocals for a sound compared to the likes of No Doubt and Sublime. Completing the bill is Jamaican Grammy and Emmy-nominated artist/producer Tessellated, known for his unique blend of Caribbean music, Dancehall, Reggae, and Jazz, famous for his hit “Pine & Ginger.” This combination promises a high-energy live show that bridges the gap between different genres for a laid-back yet infectious dance-party atmosphere.

Night of the Living Dead
2025-10-31 20:00 - 23:30 | Ford Amphitheatre, California
More than just a zombie classic, this Halloween staple shows how fear itself can be the real monster.

Mind's Eye
2025-10-31 20:00 - 23:30 | The Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California
Los Angeles-based indie rock band that gained traction in the 2020s, characterized by their lovesick, often tongue-in-cheek lyrics and a blend of indie and alternative rock, generating buzz with songs like “Wasted Affairs” and “Modern Fear.” Despite the name overlap, both acts utilize a foundation of strong musicianship to craft emotionally resonant and deeply layered soundscapes in their respective styles.

Dia de los Muertos
2025-11-01 13:00 - 15:30, 2025-11-01 16:30 - 21:00 | Hollywood Forever, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90038, United States
• ALTARS EXHIBITION
50+ altars throughout the grounds viewable for the duration of the event.
• AZTECS
Performing ancient rituals and dances.
• ARTS & CRAFTS VENDORS
• CULINARY VENDORS
• THE 4:30PM EVENT ALSO FEATURES:
SCREENING OF DISNEY•PIXAR’S COCO AT 6:45PM & DRONE SHOW!
• THE 9:30PM EVENT ALSO FEATURES:
SCREENING OF DISNEY•PIXAR’S COCO AT 11PM!

SUREN ARUSTAMYAN (Blues, Jazz & Rock Guitar Virtuoso)
2025-11-01 19:00 - 23:30 | Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, California, 90028.0
Suren Arustamyan is an Armenian-born, internationally acclaimed Blues, Jazz, and Rock Guitar Virtuoso, singer, and songwriter. Known for his superior guitar skills and sophisticated musical fusion, Arustamyan rose to prominence after appearing on Armenian Idol in 2009. His distinguished career includes high-profile collaborations with renowned artists and producers, most notably sharing the stage with Deep Purple’s lead singer Ian Gillan. Further cementing his reputation, his 2023 debut studio album, I Am Free, was recorded with an all-star band featuring legendary session musicians like Steve Gadd, Nathan East, and Abe Laboriel Jr.

Jennifer Knapp
2025-11-01 19:00 - 23:30 | Hotel Cafe, 1623 Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, CA, 90028
Jennifer Knapp is a highly respected American-Australian singer-songwriter recognized for her work in both contemporary Christian music (CCM) and folk rock. She initially rose to fame in the late 1990s as a major CCM artist with three successful albums, including the Gold-certified Kansas, before abruptly taking a seven-year hiatus in 2002. Her highly-anticipated return in 2010 was accompanied by her announcement that she is a lesbian, a pioneering move as the first major CCM artist to openly discuss her LGBTQ+ identity. She subsequently transitioned her career to the mainstream folk rock and Americana genres, releasing albums like Letting Go and Set Me Free, while simultaneously becoming a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion within faith communities through her non-profit organization, Inside Out Faith, and her memoir, Facing the Music.

Black Comedy Festival
2025-11-01 19:30 - 23:30 | Dolby Theatre, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California, 90028.0
Lineup:
Deon Cole
Lil Rel
Nate Jackson
Earthquake
Tacarra Williams
