There’s no celebration like a Brazilian Carnival celebration, especially when it’s the 13th annual Brazilian Independance Day Carnival! The Long Beach Promenade hosts this year’s Rio-style carnival, a Trio-Electrio parade, food, bands, and more color than you can shake a stick at! Headlining the entertainment for this year’s event is SambaLa Samba School, Made in [...]
Sep 17, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Los Angeles | Tags: Brazil, Brazilian Carnival, Brazilian dancers, Brazilian music, Capoeira Centro Sul, carnival, Long Beach, Long Beach Promenade, Made in Bahia, Natalia & Daniel, Pagode, parade, Raiz Brasil Dance Troupe, Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Samba 4 U Bloco, SambaLa Samba, TMA Music, Trio Electrio | Leave A Comment »
Remember your first time? All fresh and virginal, being dragged by your more worldly friends to the theater, completely unaware of what lay beyond the doors? And the scene unfolded around you like a 70′s heyday – rampant underwear runs, blue-humored hosts, and lascivious eyes everywhere. Heaven, no? On Sept. 25, you can relive your [...]
Sep 09, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Play | Tags: Barry Bostwick, Brad Majors, Downtown LA, Dr. Frank, Los Angeles conventions, Los Angeles films, Los Angeles Rocky Horror, Million Dollar Theater, Rocky Horror, Rocky Horror Convention, Rocky Horror live show, Rocky Horror performance, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rocky Horror theater, Sins of the Flesh, Susan Sarandon, theater, Time Warp | Leave A Comment »
The annual invasion of the Lobsters is back and better than ever! Break out your lobster bib and polish off your lobster crackers – you’re gonna need ‘em! The 12th Annual Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival is serving up a heaping portion of sizzling entertainment Sept. 17, 18 and 19 with eighteen bands, comedy [...]
Aug 29, 2010 | Categories: EAT DRINK, FOOD, Los Angeles | Tags: AWOLnation, country folks Leslie Stevens & the Badgers, Dengue Fever, Devon Eisenbarger, Fitz & The Tantrums, Gram Rabbit, John Doe Exene Cervenka, Judson & Mary, KROQ, LA Weekly, Long Beach, Long Beach festival, Long Beach Lobster, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles festival, Los Angeles lobster, Miss Derringer, OC Weekly, Pirates of the Red Swan, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles Lobsterfest, Saint Motel, Spider Problem, Talking Sleep, The Country, The Daily Breeze, The Growlers, The Section Quartet, Tijuana Panthers, Venue Infers, We Barbarians, X | Leave A Comment »
If there’s anything the Sunset Strip is known for, it’s aging rockers, past-their-prime venues, and an overall sense that the ’80s still live on in the hearts of many. This Saturday, Aug. 28, come down to the Sunset Strip Music Festival to celebrate the Sunset Strip at its finest. This year, the Saturday street fest [...]
Aug 24, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Music | Tags: Common, House of Blues, Key Club, Kid Cudi, Kix, live music, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music festival, Los Angeles street festival, Metal Mania, Neon Trees, Nico Vega, POD, Semi Precious Weapons, Slash, Slash with Fergie Ferg, Smashing Pumpkins, Steel Panther, Sunset Strip, Sunset Strip live music, Sunset Strip music, Sunset Strip Music Festival, System of a Down, The Whiskey, Travis McCoy, Unwritten Law, Viper Room, Warner Drive | Leave A Comment »
Everyone knows about it, and you either love it or hate it, but this year’s Sunset Junction Street Fair, scheduled to take place this weekend, promises to be one of the best in years, judging from the line-up of music acts. It just might be worth the ticket price this year! The most notable acts [...]
Aug 20, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Music | Tags: a Miles Davis tribute, Aurum, B-side Players, Bad Brains, Balandugu Kan, Big Daddy Kane, Bobo Meets Rhettamatu, Brent Bolthouse, Caroline D'amore, Division Minuscula, DJ Carlos Nino, DJ Dexterous, DJ Doc- Martin, Dj Eric cubeechee, DJ Eric Neutron, DJ Gusto, Dj Jeremy Sole, Dj Pelau, DJ Splyce, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Evelyn Champagne King, Fishbone, Fitz & The Tantrums, Freddie Poole, Ghostland Observatory, Girl in a Coma, hipster, Hyphy crunk, indie, indie music, Insite, Lee Scratch Perry, live indie music, live music, live music festival, Los Angeles festival, Maleco Collective, Mayer Hawthorne, Medusa, Meshell Ndegeocello, Orgone, Palenke Soul Tribe, Party Crash Feat. Dj Ruckus, Permanent Ability, Raheen Cohen, Ray Ricky Rivera, Rhythm Root Allstars, Rolling Radio, Saint Motel, Shiny Toy Guns, silverlake, Silverlake events, Silverlake festival, Silverlake live music, Speakers Junkies, Spellbound, Sunset Blvd, Sunset Junction, Sunset Junction festival, Sunset Junction party, The Ohio Players, The Whispers, Tsunami Coffeehouse, White Apple Tree | 1 Comment »
The Red Bull Flugtag has lived in infamy for years now, mainly as one of the most literal translations of a marketing line ever. Red Bull celebrates years and years of giving you wings by allowing you to give something wings and fly it off the 30-ft high flight deck, straight into the waters below. [...]
Aug 18, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz, Los Angeles, Sports | Tags: Burning Man, Flugtag, flying machines, free events, human-powered flight, LA Decom, Long Beach, Long Beach events, Long Beach Flugtag, Long Beach summer events, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles Flugtag, Los Angeles free events, Los Angeles Red Bull, Los Angeles sports, Rainbow Harbor, Red Bull, Red Bull Flugtag, Red Bull Long Beach, soapbox derby, Sports | Leave A Comment »
Ladies and Gentlemen, Nisei Week is go! If you haven’t been to Little Tokyo yet to check out all the Japanese goodness, strap on your jetpack and go! Saturday boasts such OMG fanfare as the Queen’s Coronation Dinner, a car show (not just any car show, a Show Off Car Show – if you ain’t [...]
Aug 14, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Los Angeles | Tags: eating contest, JANM, Japanese culture, Little Tokyo, Little Tokyo grand parade, Little Tokyo Los Angeles, Los Angeles cultural festival, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles Japanese culture, Next Generation Remix, Nisei Week, Nisei Week car show, Nisei Week Film Festival, Nisei Week Los Angeles, Ondo, sake, sushi, Sushi Mac, Taiko | Leave A Comment »
Come one come all to the circus of amusement that is the Good Humor show – an art and comedy show featuring chuckle-inducing artists and hilarious comics. Artists include- Michael Pukac,Davis Cooley, Adrienne Walker, Art Martinez, Cupcake Carnival and more artists than you can shake a stick at! Comics include: Matt Claybrooks, a writer for [...]
Aug 14, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: Adrianne Walker, Anthony Browning, Art Martinez, Cannibal Flower, Chas Byasse, Chris Rock, Culver City, Culver City art openings, Culver City art shows, Cupcake Carnival, David COoley, Delphia, Everybody Hates Chris, free beer, Good Humor art show, Hans Haveron, indie, John Park, Johnathan Bueno, L Croskey, Last Comic Standing, Los Angeles art opening, Los Angeles art show, Los Angeles artists, Los Angeles comedy, Los Angeles indie artists, Los Angeles indie comics, Matt Claybrooks, Michael Pukac, Mr. Numberwonderful, Nate Seubert, Paul Torres | Leave A Comment »
Bloomfest 2010 is a celebration of all things Downtown Arts District, and features open studios, live bands, food trucks, vendors, and all the famous and infamous art that Downtown LA is known for. A little like the Downtown LA Artwalk, but this one strikes us as awesome. Happening on August 14th, downtown LA will fling [...]
Aug 11, 2010 | Categories: Art, Los Angeles | Tags: ADC Gallery, Bloomfest, Bloomfest 2010, Bullet & Snowfox, Downtown LA art, Downtown LA arts district, Downtown LA Artwalk, e3rd, food trucks, Health Club, KillSonic, Lightnin' Woodcock, Los Angeles arts festival, Los Angeles food trucks, Los Angeles galleries, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles lofts, Los Angeles music festival, Los Angeles street fair, Metropol, My Pet Saddle, Raheem Cohen, Red Cortez, Restavrant, Robotanists, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Tarryn & Theresa Gallery, Tawny Ellis, Toy Factory, Vanaprasta, Venus Rising, Wurstkuche, Zip Fusion | Leave A Comment »
Now’s about high time you go check out fast-emerging LA artist Michael Pukac. Relevant, timely and timeless, and beautifully executed, Pukac is well-situated in the current steampunk art movement, while distancing his work through content and tone. This Friday the 13th, the Imaginary Light Bulb Factory proudly presents Pukac’s solo show, “A Dreampunk Review”, at [...]
Aug 09, 2010 | Categories: Art, Los Angeles | Tags: A Dreampunk Review, Alyssandra and teh Daymakers, Atlantis, fantasy art, indie art, indie artist, Long Beach, Long Beach art openings, Long Beach artists, Los Angeles emergin artists, Los Angeles emerging art, Los Angeles indie artists, Michael Pukac, Paper Kites, steampunk, steampunk art, The Hive Gallery, Victorian art, Viento y Agua | 1 Comment »
Had enough of the LA Zoo for one summer? With their live animals walking around on all 4′s? Come to Royal/T this Friday night, and experience an altogether different kind of zoo – The Nonlife Zoo. Not only is it a fun excuse to bring out your furry inclinations, it’ll also make you think about [...]
Aug 05, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Parties | Tags: art exhibit, Cartz Royale, costume party, Culver City, Culver City art, Culver City art exhibit, Culver City art opening, DJ Daedelus, indie art, Kenny Scharf, LA Zoo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art exhibit, Los Angeles art opening, Los Angeles indie art, Los Angeles indie artists, Los Angeles party, MollaSpace, museums, Nonlife Zoo, Royal T, Royal/T, Susan Hancock | Leave A Comment »
Thought you could just sit at home and watch reality shows on this random Tuesday evening? You thought wrong! Enrich your life with art from young local emerging artists at the Circassians, Curiosities, and Conspiracies show at the Daydream Republic tomorrow night. Circassians, by the way, are the original inhabitants of Caucasus. You life is [...]
Aug 02, 2010 | Categories: Art, Los Angeles | Tags: art exhibitions, art openings Los Angeles, Circassians, Conspiracies, Curiosities, Daniel Kusunoki, Daydream Republic, emerging LA artists, Eunice San Miguel, GeoVanna Gonzalez, Graham Walzer, Heidi Calvert, indie, indie art, indie art Los Angeles, Los Angeles art openings, Los Angeles emerging artists, Los Angeles indie artists, Rebecca Peolquin, underground art, underground galleries, underground Los Angeles, young Los Angeles artists, Yuki Miyazaki | Leave A Comment »
When it’s time to get down, it’s time to get fun-kaaay, and there’s no easier way to get down with the funk than the 2nd annual Make It Funky Art & Music Festival, formerly known as The Funk Rumble Block Party. Add this one to the pile of all the other street fests and community [...]
Jul 29, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: Art, Babystone, Chinatown, Chinatown Central Plaza, Connie Price and the Keystones, Downtown LA Art Walk, Downtown LA artists, downtown LA events, E Reece and the Core Elements, Funk Rumble Block Party, indie festival, Jeremy Sole's Musaics, KRCW, LA DJs, LA underground DJs, Loa Angeles indie artists, Los Angeles indie artists, Los Angeles underground, Los Angeles underground clubs, Make It Funky Fest, MC Daakir Soup or Jurassic 5, Music, music festival Los Angeles, Simple Citizens, street festival, The Flock Shop, The Grand Star, The Hive Gallery, The Rebirth, underground art, underground music, Wildchild | Leave A Comment »
Otherwise known as the K-Town Om-Nom-Nomz Festival. LA isn’t your usual American BBQ town like Houston or Memphis, it’s a whole-hearted Korean BBQ town. Which is no surprise, given K-town is the largest Korean enclave in America. And now, on August 7, noon – 7pm, Angelenos can witness the cook-off of champions and find out [...]
Jul 28, 2010 | Categories: EAT DRINK, FOOD, Los Angeles | Tags: 2nd Annual Korean BBQ Cook-off, Beverly Soon Tofu, bulgogi, Byul Dae Po, galbi, Ham Ji Park, Jinju Galbi, Jonathan Gold, KBBQ, Korean BBQ cook-off, korean food, LA galbi, LA Korean BBQ, LA korean restaurants, Los Angeles Korean BBQ, Moo Dae Po, Mu Dae Po, Park's BBQ, pork ribs, So Hyang, soju, Soowon Galbi, Star BBQ | Leave A Comment »
Call it the Invasion of the Epic Summer Block Party, the Los Angeles chapter. In LA, this summer has been rife with heat, and apparently that makes people want to organize and attend block parties. So here’s yet another one, if you’ve become addicted to these block parties. This Saturday, July 31, is the Eat, [...]
Jul 26, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Parties | Tags: Allagash, Bare Knuckles, block party, Bohemia, Coney Island Lager, Dogfish Head, Dos XX, Drink, EAT DRINK, Eat Drink Play Block party, Einhorn, Fat Tire, free beer, Hollywood Blond, Kona, Ladyface, Los Angeles block party, Los Angeles movie lots, Los Angeles movie studios, Los Angeles street party, Los Angeles summer party, Mataveza, Metal Shop, Original Sin, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Paramount Studios, Parasoul, Play, Red Hook, Stella, Strongbow, Super Duper | Leave A Comment »
For all you Italio-philes who love Jovanotti or even know who he is, rejoice! The advent of the international rappers has come! He will be making his Los Angeles debut on the Santa Monica Pier tomorrow – tonight he’s playing at the Viper Room, along with Chilean-French rapper Ana Tijoux. There’s just something so refreshing [...]
Jul 21, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Music | Tags: Ana Tijoux, Atmosphere, Beastie Boys, concert on the pier, European rap, hip-hop, independent rap, indie, indie artists, indie bands, indie musicians, indie rap, international rap, Italian music, Italian rap, Jovanotti, Los Angeles, Los Angeles live music, Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica Pier concert series, sunset concerts | 1 Comment »
One of the coolest still-surviving music stores in LA, Origami Vinyl is hosting a folk rock double header on July 24, and your wallet will be happy to hear that both shows are free. The first show is at 4pm, featuring folk rocker James Apollo, who tugs at Americana’s heartstrings with hobbled, broken-hearted blues and [...]
Jul 20, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Music | Tags: Americana, Christmas in July, folk rock, Hi Ho Silver Oh, indie folk, indie music, James Apollo, Jody Orsborn, Los Angeles, Los Angeles folk music, Los Angeles indie, Los Angeles indie music, Los Angeles music, Origami Vinyl, Redwood Bar and Grill, Summer Holidaze, The Smart Brothers, When You Awake | Leave A Comment »
Thomas Pridgen at the Airliner on a Sunday night, hmm? After three years with the explosive talents in Mars Volta, Pridgen has decided to part ways and focus on a project of his envisioning, like everyone else in Mars Volta. He played on the albums Bedlam in Goliath and Octahedron, and was called out many [...]
Jul 18, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Music | Tags: 2FRESH, alternative, Ayahuasca, Babel, Bloodthirsty Unicorn, Dark Tourism, indie music, indie shows, Kiaire, live music, live shows, Los Angeles, Mars Volta, My Enemy's Enemy, Nick Brewer, Seiri, Stars At Night, Taking Fire, The Airliner, The Kill Pills, the Thomas Pridgen Show, Thomas Pridgen, Viveca Hawkins | 2 Comments »
Have you been guilted into buying organic/sustainable/locally-made lately? If not, this serves as your friendly reminder to get on it! The 2nd Annual Renegade Craft Fair will be in full swing July 24 and 25, from 11am – 7pm at the Los Angeles State Historic Park, and they’re hosting some of the coolest vendors known [...]
Jul 13, 2010 | Categories: FASHION, Los Angeles | Tags: 2nd Annual Renegade Craft Fair, Amoeba Music, Bee Mice Elf, Beyond Wonderland, Bossa Nova Baby, Chicken Mouse, Collisionware, Dip It Designs, eco-friendly gifts, Etsy, Hungry Dog Designs, I Made You A Beard, indie artists, indie arts, indie craft fair, Itty Bitty Love, Juxtapoz, Juxtapoz magazine, KXLU, Lefthand Originals, locally-produced, Los Angeles State Historic Park, Ochiobo, Punky Bunny Designs, Queens Metal, Reform School, Renegade Craft Fair, Skeletal Dropkick, sock monkey, Squid Ink Collective, summer festivals, sustainable, sustainable arts, sustainable crafts, Tomato Club, Urban Craft Center | 1 Comment »
Behold, ye hungry – the Taco Truck cometh. And lo, the gods of street food hath cast their glory into the stomachs of Los Angeles and all became right in the world. Yes, folks, it’s the long-awaited LA Street Food Fest, coming back with their all-new Summer Tasting Event on July 24 at the Rose [...]
Jul 12, 2010 | Categories: EAT DRINK, FOOD, Los Angeles | Tags: Antojitos, Border Grill Truck, Camarena, Carmen Antojitos, Cemitas y Clayudas Pal Cabron, Chef Brian’s Comfort Truck, Crazy Creole Café, Crepe’n Around, Cupcakes a Go Go, Dim Sum Truck, Dogtown Dogs, Dogzilla Hot Dogs, Don Chow Tacos, Elena Taqueria Escuela, festival, Flying Pig Truck, food festival, Fresh Fries, Frysmith, Gourmet Guild, Inc., indie, indie concert, indie music, Jaliscos Mobile Taco Grill, Kabob N’ Roll, Komodo, La Abuelita, LA food trucks, LA Street Food fest, LA Street Food Festival, LA taco trucks, Louks, Malo, Mandoline Grill, Manila Machine, Mariscos El Tetos, Mariscos Jalisco Truck, Messob, Mo-Chica, Monsieur Egg, Nana Queens, Patty Wagon, Piaggio Gourmet on Wheels, Rosa’s Bella Cucina, Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl summer, Sailor Jerry, Seabirds, Sedthee Thai Eatery, Seoul Sausage Co., Starry Kitchen, summer festival, Summer tasting, Ta Bom Tamales, The Breek Truck, The Deadly Syndrome, The Fox Pizza Bus, The Gastrobus, The Good Karma Truck, The Grilled Cheese Truck, The Mighty Boba Truck, The Munchie Machine, The Vegan Joint, Tiara Café, Warpaint, Whisk LA | Leave A Comment »
Los Angeles has long been home to some of the strangest, most creative, and wildest bar crawls this side of the San Andreas Fault Line. From the legendary Bunny Hop of Aught-Five to the bleary-eyed Christmas cheer of Santa Con, Los Angeles bar crawls tend to go down in the annals of underground city legend. [...]
Jul 05, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Play | Tags: Allen's BBQ, burners, Burning Man, Crepes and Grapes, Facebook, Firehouse Grill, indie, Los Angeles, Los Angeles burners, party, Phlight, pub crawl, Spin Lounge, Spitfire Interiors, Steve's BBQ, The 6740, The Bottle Room, underground, uptown Whittier, Vinatero Wine Shop, Whittier, Whittier pub crawl, Whittier Zombie Pub Crawl, zombie pub crawl | 2 Comments »
Who doesn’t love Bastille Day? No one doesn’t love Bastille Day, that’s who. Not only is Bastille Day an excuse to wear your most questionable of fashions and get chocolate wasted on a vat of red wine, you, but you can enjoy a day of all that is wonderful about France. Spend a languid summer’s [...]
Jun 29, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Los Angeles | Tags: Bastille Day, Bastille Day Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium, Elysian Park, festival, French Canadian, French cheese, French cultural festival, French festival, French wine, indie, Los Angeles, Pentanque, summer, summer festival | Leave A Comment »
Summer is when LA gets fun, sometimes in a party-all-day way, sometimes in a so-indie-it-hurts way, and sometimes in a flat out weird way. The La Brea Tar Pits and the Page Museum are offering up the latter all summer long, with B Movies and Bad Science, a summer film screening series that only those [...]
Jun 25, 2010 | Categories: Los Angeles, Play | Tags: B Movies, B Movies and Bad Science, Bad Science, Brendan Fraser, Encino Man, film screenings in the park, free film screenings, free La Brea Tar Pits, free Los Angeles, free Page Museum, indie, indie film screening, indie films, La Brea Tar Pits, LA Film Fest, LA Film Festival, LA film screenings, Los Angeles film screening, Page Museum, summer film screening, summer in LA | Leave A Comment »
Dance Camera West (DCW) presents an outdoor screening of Dzi Croquettes, a lively Brazilian documentary exploring the outrageous all-male cabaret group, Dzi Croquettes, who used an empowering sexuality to counter Brazil’s military dictatorship and revolutionize the gay movement worldwide during the 1970′s. Directed by Tatiana Issa and Raphael Alvarez, this revealing documentary explores the legacy [...]
Jun 20, 2010 | Categories: Art, Los Angeles | Tags: 1970s, all-male cabaret, Brazil, cabaret, California Plaza, carnival, dance, Dance Camera West, drag show, Dzi Croquettes, film screening, gay, Grand Performances, indie, indie film, indie films, Raphael Alvarez, Rio, Tatiana Issa | 3 Comments »
