Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, so the whole week tilts toward it. My Chemical Romance play three nights at the Hollywood Bowl, Phoebe Bridgers comes home to Intuit Dome, and the warehouses and clubs stack Friday and Saturday deep. There is also a free Weezer show in Burbank on Tuesday if you move fast. Each event below links to its full post with times, prices and addresses.
Concerts
- Tom Jones at the Greek Theatre opens the week Monday at 8pm.
- Shaboozey with Carter Faith takes the Greek on Tuesday, and Chief Keef plays The Wiltern the same night, doors at 7pm.
- Wednesday is busy: YG at Crypto.com Arena, Malcolm Todd at the Greek and Dilated Peoples at The Belasco.
- My Chemical Romance and The Used start three nights at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday, again Friday, then Halloween night with Thrice.
- Also Thursday: Knocked Loose with Denzel Curry at Shrine LA Outdoors, Slow Pulp at The Wiltern and Shyne with Barrington Levy and Lil Cease at The Novo.
- Phoebe Bridgers at Intuit Dome is Friday at 7:30pm. The Pasadena native brings The Lost Tour to Inglewood.
- Weird Al's UHF live to screen at the Greek on Saturday comes with an orchestra and a Q&A.
- Marilyn Manson plays Antichrist Superstar in full at The Wiltern on Sunday at 7pm, his first LA show in eight years.
Halloween weekend, electronic
- Escape Halloween: Psycho Circus runs Friday and Saturday at NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, 4pm to 2am both nights, 18 and over. It is a drive, so sort the ride early.
- Friday warehouse night: Factory 93 brings ANOTR to Ace Mission Studios, from $100.
- Friday in the clubs: AC Slater's Dark Disco at Academy LA and Dimitri Vegas at Exchange LA, both from 10pm.
- Steve Aoki at Academy LA is Thursday, a Dim Mak night in a room far smaller than he usually plays, $63.95.
- Halloween night: Mayan Warrior's full art car at Grand Park from 4pm, Brunello's Mellow Circus at Ace Mission Studios from 9pm, 21 and over, and INCOGNITO's all-vinyl rave with Bloody Mary, $20, address sent after you buy.
- Also Saturday: Dillon Francis at Exchange LA from 10pm, and Freakquencies at The Hollywood Roosevelt, thirteen DJs across four rooms and the pool.
Halloween weekend, everything else
- Los Angeles Comic Con fills the Convention Center Friday through Sunday. Expect more costumes than usual.
- THE MAZE turns an Arts District block into a Halloween party on Saturday from 5pm, from $70.
- The Boulet Brothers' Halloween Ball takes all three floors of the Globe Theatre on Saturday, from $49.
- Rocky Horror with Sins O' The Flesh at the Ford screens Saturday at 8pm, shadowcast from 7:30pm. Barry Bostwick's Rocky Horror Spooktacular at The Wiltern is Monday.
- 35mm Halloween-O-Thon at the Los Angeles Theatre runs four horror prints back to back on Saturday from 10am, from $18.
- The Hollywood Zombie Crawl runs both Friday and Saturday nights.
- Conan O'Brien and The Vigodas at The Peppermint Club is Saturday and already sold out, so this one is resale only.
Talks, comedy and film
- Lil Jon talks about his book at Barnes & Noble The Grove on Monday at 7pm, $36.56.
- Marcus Samuelsson at the Hammer Museum is Wednesday at 7:30pm and free.
- Kanan Gill at the El Rey Theatre is Friday.
- Gus Dapperton at Zebulon on Thursday and Daði Freyr at The Wiltern on Friday are the week's two best mid-size synth-pop bills.
Free and family
- iHeartRadio LIVE with Weezer is a free Burbank show on Tuesday at 5pm. Request tickets through 1iota; it costs nothing.
- Wheel of Fortune tapes at Sony Pictures Studios Tuesday through Thursday, two sessions a day, free.
- Redondo Beach Pier Halloween is Friday 6pm to 9pm, then Harbor Haunts trick-or-treating on the International Boardwalk on Saturday noon to 3pm. Both free, all ages.
- Night of the Jack at King Gillette Ranch and Dogtoberfest at South Coast Botanic Garden both close out on Sunday.
- Downtown Dia de los Muertos at Grand Park keeps its altars up through Monday, November 2.
- LA Fall Fair at Whittier Narrows runs its carnival midway through Sunday.
Food and drink
- L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade brings a chef lineup to the UCLA campus on Tuesday, noon to 4pm.
- Bienvenidos al Agave pours tequila and mezcal at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena on Friday, $28.45.
- Sushi & Sake Festival is all you can eat at the DoubleTree downtown on Sunday, $45 to $90.
- Cabernet Fest at The Wine House pours more than 100 Cabernets on Sunday afternoon in West LA.
Tips for the week
- Hollywood Bowl three nights running means Highland Avenue is slow all weekend. Use the park and ride lots or the shuttle.
- Escape is in San Bernardino, not LA. The drive back at 2am is long; book a hotel or a sober driver.
- Warehouse shows send the address by email after purchase, often the day of. Check spam.
- Free tapings and the Weezer show are first come, first served through 1iota and On Camera Audiences. A ticket is not a guaranteed seat; arrive early.
- Saturday night costumes plus rideshare surge pricing: set a meeting spot and a time before you go in.
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