CRANK IT! Hyperpop Night at El Cid

CRANK IT! Hyperpop Night takes over El Cid on Thursday, October 8, and it costs nothing to get in. If you're hunting for LA events this weekend that start a little early, a Thursday dance floor full of glitchy, sugar-rush pop is a good place to begin. The night runs from 10pm to 2am on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake.

What the night is

CRANK IT! describes itself as a fan-led DJ night. That means the people behind the decks are there because they love the music, not because a booking agency sent them. The listing says the DJs will be spinning Slayyyter, Kim Petras, Charli XCX, COBRAH, SOPHIE and more.

That list tells you most of what you need to know. Hyperpop is the maximalist end of pop: pitched-up vocals, distorted bass, hard synth stabs and hooks you'll still be singing on the drive home. SOPHIE helped define the sound, Charli XCX carried it into the mainstream, and the rest of the lineup in the listing fills out the same neighborhood. No headliner is named, and no live acts are listed, so treat it as a DJ night built around a playlist of favorites.

Why it's worth a Thursday

Free nights are easy to find. Free nights with a clear musical point of view are rarer. A theme this specific usually means a crowd that already knows the words, and that makes for a better room than a general-purpose club night. It's also an easy pick if you want a late night out without a ticket fee, and it sits comfortably on any list of things to do in Los Angeles this month.

The listing asks for an RSVP before 11pm. Do that on the DICE page, and plan to arrive early enough to beat that cutoff. Free-with-RSVP rooms can fill up, and the listing doesn't say what happens to spots after 11pm, so don't count on a late arrival getting in.

Before you go

When: Thursday, October 8, 2026, 10pm to 2am Where: El Cid, 4212 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029 Price: Free with RSVP before 11pm Tickets: RSVP on DICE

El Cid sits on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake, so rideshare is the simplest way to get there and home again. Street parking nearby fills up on busy nights, and Sunset is well served by buses if you'd rather skip the car. Check the DICE page before you head out for any change to the schedule or the RSVP terms.

For more nights like this, browse our EDM events or see what else is happening around Silver Lake.