Club Underground Dance Party at Grand Star Jazz Club

Club Underground Dance Party takes over Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown on Friday, November 6. The listing pitches the night as a dance floor for indie, post-punk, Brit, new wave and darkwave, goth, Madchester and shoegaze records, pulled from every decade between the 80s and the 20s. If your playlists lean toward guitars and drum machines rather than festival drops, this is the room to be in.

When: Friday, November 6, 9:30 PM to 1:30 AM Where: Grand Star Jazz Club, 943 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Tickets: $11.33 on DICE

What to expect

The flyer is black and white and simple, a stack of jagged lines behind the word UNDERGROUND, and the night follows the same idea. This is a club night built around the dance floor rather than a concert with a headliner, and the source names no lineup, so go for the sound and the crowd. Expect songs that sit between the gloom of goth and the lift of Madchester, the kind of set where a Joy Division-style bassline can sit next to a modern shoegaze track without anyone minding.

Grand Star is a long-running Chinatown room with a stage, a bar and a dance floor, which suits a four-hour party. Doors and set times beyond the 9:30 PM start are not listed, so check the DICE page before you head out.

Planning your night

It is one of the easier things to do in Los Angeles if you want a dance night that is not a megaclub. For anyone mapping out LA events this weekend, a Friday start means you can go out first and still have Saturday free.

Tickets are sold through DICE, and the price shown there is $11.33. The listing does not state an age limit, so confirm the entry rules on the ticket page. Chinatown has plenty of street parking and paid lots nearby, but Broadway fills up on busy nights, so leave extra time. Rideshare drop-off is straightforward on Broadway, and the Metro A Line stops at Chinatown station a short walk away.

If the night works for you, the neighborhood is also worth arriving early for. Dinner on or near Broadway makes an easy warm-up before the party starts, and the walk back to your ride after midnight stays lively on a Friday.

Browse more nights on the EDM and nightlife page or look around Los Angeles neighborhoods for other plans nearby.