Poom Poom Tuesday Returns to El Cid

Poom Poom Tuesday runs weekly at El Cid, and the October 20 edition keeps the formula intact: afrobeats, soca, dancehall and hip-hop in one of Silver Lake's oldest rooms, from 10 PM until 2 AM. The venue has been a Sunset Boulevard fixture for decades, a former silent movie house that now splits its calendar between flamenco dinner shows and late-night parties. On Tuesdays, the party side wins.

When: Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 10 PM to 2 AM Where: El Cid, 4212 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029 Tickets: $13.65 on DICE

What to expect

The listing keeps it short: afrobeats, soca, dancehall, hip-hop. That last genre is the wrinkle worth noticing. Where many diaspora nights stay strictly in Caribbean and West African territory, this one folds hip-hop into the rotation, which tends to keep the floor moving even between riddim sets. Soca supplies the sprint, dancehall the low end, afrobeats the mid-tempo glue.

No DJs are named on the event page, so treat the genres as the booking. If a lineup gets announced, it will show up on the DICE listing first.

If your idea of EDM in Los Angeles starts and ends with warehouse techno, a Tuesday like this is a useful correction. The city's dance floors cover a lot more ground than four-on-the-floor, and El Cid's patio is a friendlier place to find that out than a converted loading dock.

Getting there

El Cid sits just east of Sunset Junction, where Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevard split. Street parking in that stretch thins out fast at night, and the party runs to 2 AM, so a rideshare saves you the circling and the closing-time walk back to the car. Doors at 10 PM on a weeknight usually means the first hour is the easy window to get in, grab a drink and stake out patio space.

Tickets are $13.65 through DICE, and the listing is where to confirm the age policy before heading out. Weeknight parties in this city reward the people who commit; most of the things happening in Los Angeles on a Tuesday are quieter than this one.

More nights out

For more parties across the city, browse our EDM events, or see the Silver Lake guide for what else the neighborhood does after dark.