Continental Club

Continental Club sits at 116 W 4th St in downtown Los Angeles, on the block of 4th Street between Main and Spring in the Historic Core. The venue describes itself as an exclusive cocktail bar and lounge in the heart of downtown, and that's the frame for everything booked here: it's a cocktail room first, and the parties work around the bar rather than a stage.

The nights that land at Continental Club are promoter-run, hip hop and R&B parties among them, and each promoter sets the door time, the cover, the age limit and any dress code for their own event. The venue doesn't publish house rules of its own, so the event listing is the final word on what to wear and what ID to bring. Buy from the seller named on the listing, and keep the ticket email handy at the door.

Getting there by train is simple. Pershing Square station on the Metro B and D Lines has an entrance three blocks west at 4th and Hill, and the A and E Line platform at Historic Broadway is a short walk north at 2nd and Broadway. If you drive, plan on metered street parking or one of the paid lots in the Historic Core, and give yourself time to find a spot. Main and Spring have bars and late-night food within a couple of blocks, which makes it an easy place to meet up before doors.